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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A good book in a bubblebath. Or a good book on the beach.

What is your greatest fear?
Disappointing the people who I care about.

What historical figure do you most identify with?
Daria? I can't think of one.

Which living person do you most admire?
Jack Layton

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
I am incredibly unreliable.

What trait do you most deplore in others?
Poor boundaries.

What is your greatest extravagance?
Really good coffee, and all/any accessories/appliances associated with really good coffee.

On what occasion do you lie?
When my parents ask if I'm "okay for money".

What do you most dislike about your appearance?
Terrible posture. Flat ass.

What is your favorite journey?
Driving west across Canada, when you're still in the flatlands but you can see the mountains rising up in the distance. They look so close but are still nearly a day away.

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Patience.

Which living person do you most despise?
Ann Coulter.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
"Seriously" "Apparently" "Totally" "For Real?" "For Real!" "Situation"

What is your greatest regret?
Not managing my finances better.

What or who is the greatest love of your life?
Rock and Roll. (No, I'm really not kidding.)

When and where were you happiest?
Friday nights at Buddies in Bad Times in Toronto. Earlier in the night I would be one of the only people on the dancefloor, moving to the Cure or Siouxsie. Everything always felt so perfect.

Which talent would you most like to have?
I wish I could play the guitar.

What is your current state of mind?
Nostalgic. Melancholy.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I'd like to be braver.

If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
They wouldn't be such giant homophobes.

If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what would it be?
I'd want to come back as myself. Who wouldn't want a do-over?

If you could choose what or who to come back as, what would it be?
See above.

What do your consider your greatest achievement?
Learning to become less shy.

What is your most treasured possession?
"Interlude" by Morrissey and Siouxsie on 7" vinyl

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Being bored.

What is your most marked characteristic?
Silliness

What is the quality you most like in a man?
Humour, Brains

What is the quality you most admire in a woman?
Humour, Brains

What do you most value in your friends?
Humour, Brains

Who are your favourite writers?
John Irving, Aldous Huxley

Who is your favourite hero of fiction?
Owen Meany

Who are your heroes in real life?
Nick, Drew Barrymore, and my boss (Joanne)

What are your favourite names?
Boys - Clyde, Eliot, Tobias
Girls - Charlotte, Betty, Carmen

What is it that you most dislike?
Being too hot.

How would you like to die?
Suddenly, and in my sleep.

What is your motto?
Let the children boogie.