Ned Hepburn

Proust Questionnaire.


WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST FEAR?
Unanchored violence. 

WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT STATE OF MIND?

Restless. 

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE OCCUPATION? (WAY OF SPENDING TIME)

Walking somewhere I’ve never been. 


WHAT HISTORICAL FIGURE DO YOU MOST IDENTIFY WITH?

Thomas Paine. 


WHICH LIVING PERSON DO YOU MOST ADMIRE?

Jon Stewart. 

WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE FICTIONAL HERO?

Garfield. 

WHO ARE YOUR REAL-LIFE HEROES?

Whoever wrote the last good thing I read. 

WHAT IS YOUR MOST TREASURED POSSESSION?

a good pair of black Levis. 

WHEN AND WHERE WERE YOU HAPPIEST?

any family vacation before the age of 10. 

WHAT IS YOUR MOST OBVIOUS CHARACTERISTIC?

Loucheness. 

WHAT IS THE TRAIT YOU MOST DEPLORE (HATE) IN YOURSELF?

Selfishness. 

WHAT IS THE TRAIT YOU MOST DEPLORE IN OTHERS?

MORE THAN ANYTHING ON THIS EARTH: Dispassion, dispassion, dispassion. 

WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST EXTRAVAGANCE?

As much time alone as I can stand. It’s the only way I can decompress. 

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE JOURNEY?

Driving from Los Angeles to San Francisco with an open window; that moment that you turn left into Gilroy and you can smell all of the garlic. 

WHAT DO YOU MOST DISLIKE ABOUT YOUR APPEARANCE?

Having a head so big it means I can’t wear almost every hat. 

WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER THE MOST OVER-RATED VIRTUE?

Conformity. 

ON WHAT OCCASION DO YOU LIE?

When I want to leave, either mentally or physically. 

WHICH WORDS OR PHRASES DO YOU MOST OVER-USE?

Fuck. 

IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOURSELF, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

Bitterness. 

WHAT DO YOU CONSIDER YOUR GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT?

I’m still here. 

WHERE WOULD YOU LIKE TO LIVE?

Paris. 

WHAT IS THE QUALITY YOU MOST ADMIRE IN A MAN?

Honesty. 

WHAT IS THE QUALITY YOU MOST ADMIRE IN A WOMAN?

Empathy. 

WHAT IS IT YOU MOST DISLIKE?

Lying. 

WHAT DO YOU VALUE MOST IN YOUR FRIENDS?

Honesty, laughter. 

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO DIE?

After a great shit. 

IF YOU WERE TO DIE AND COME BACK AS A PERSON OR AN ANIMAL, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WOULD BE?

An odd family dog. 

IF YOU COULD CHOOSE AN OBJECT TO COME BACK AS, WHAT WOULD YOU CHOOSE?

a Cadillac.

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO (WORDS YOU LIVE BY OR THAT MEAN A LOT TO YOU)?

“Don’t try.” - Bukowski (meaning: don’t try, just do)

WHO HAS BEEN THE GREATEST INFLUENCE ON YOU?

my Dad


Notes

  1. henryeatspeople said: If you were kind enough to take that big shit BEFORE you die then I’m sure your friendly mortician would thank you.
  2. rising said: big head solidarity
  3. blitzkriegslut said: why does anyone ever sent to me things like that ? i’m so lonely….
  4. nedhepburn posted this