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mrs_conclusion

The Proust Questionnaire

Mar 23, 2009 17:08

This one comes from Vanity Fair (www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/proust_questionnaire) via frescadp . Possibly the most exhaustive meme ever: 35 questions, the answers to which - according to Marcel Proust himself - reveals a person's true nature. This will be a long-time project that I'll hack away at, one or a few questions at a time. The whole set ( Read more... )

proust questionnaire

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kelpie667 March 23 2009, 21:06:46 UTC

I've already seen this questionnaire at some other places, but so far, I was too lazy (and in some ways to insecure about myself) to try and answer it.

I like the principle of the Lush shops, but I can't stand to spend longer than five minutes in one, because the combined smell of all the different soaps just kills my nose.

Oh, and now that you mention him, I have to read more Umberto Eco - so far I've really enjoyed the Name of the Rose and Foucault's Pendulum (read both of them twice), but I have still two more of his books in my shelf, which I bought somewhere at the flea market but somehow I never found the time to read.

mrs_conclusion March 24 2009, 07:37:55 UTC

I see what you mean about the explosion of smells in the Lush shops! They used to have a big sign in one of the London units saying "No, we do NOT get a headache from working here", because they were tired of the customers asking that. :D Somehow it's part of the experience for me, it's a strong smell but not the artificial, headache-inducing kind. Then, on the other hand, I don't have a very acute sense of smell.

For me, Eco's books are very time-consuming and it takes a lot of concentration to keep up with the plots, so I haven't read any of his books more than twice. If you have Baudolino, I recommend that! It's somewhat lighter, more of an adventure tale with silly (but still very learned) middle ages humour.

mortmere March 23 2009, 22:29:51 UTC

Ha, the epic (and absurd) battle against unwanted hair! That's all too familiar to me, too. Not that I trouble myself with it that much these days; one of the big pros of being single is not having to worry about someone discovering that they're in a relationship with a wookie.

Nothing more constructive to say, I'm afraid... This is a great meme and I look forward to the next installment, but I'd never dare answering it myself. It'd take me an entire a year.

mrs_conclusion March 24 2009, 07:39:51 UTC

And you have fair hair! Being a blonde wookiee is OK in my opinion.

I'm planning on taking around a year to answer this, actually...

frescadp March 24 2009, 19:11:07 UTC

Ooooh! Thanks! I love that people are answering these amazing questions, and your choice to do it piecemeal is very wise. I answered them all at one blow, very quickly, so I didn't give them much thought. If I were to answer them again, I'm sure my answers would be different. Hmmmm.... maybe I will do that--answer them every birthday ( ... )

mrs_conclusion March 25 2009, 15:18:03 UTC

I was impressed at how interesting and thoughtful youre answers were, even though you seemed to have come up with them on the spot! I read some of the celebrity answers at VF's webpage, and they were quite hurried and not that interesting (not even Umberto Eco's, which I'd had high hopes about ( ... )