What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Walking to eighth grade on a cool rainy morning while listening to music.
What is your greatest fear?
The character suits that people wear for kids’ parties.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
My impulse to try and help or otherwise inject myself into a situation that is not mine to fix.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
A lack of regard for the thoughts and feelings of others. Which living person do you most admire? Everyone has aspects of their character that I admire.
What is your greatest extravagance?
My cereal consumption.
What is your current state of mind?
Cool as a cucumber. Or maybe as a hot pickle.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Strength.
On what occasion do you lie?
When I’m feeling intimidated.
What do you most dislike about your appearance?
One of my toes looks a bit funny.
Which living person do you most despise?
I don’t really despise anyone, but I tend not to like people who use their opportunities and privilege to put others down.
What is the quality you most like in a man?
Warm-heartedness and courage.
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Warm-heartedness and courage.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
“In a minute.”
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
Cereal.
When and where were you happiest?
Having dinner at a Mexican restaurant with my teammates after playing frisbee all day.
Which talent would you most like to have?
Being able to sing. Or dunk.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I’d like to be able to dunk.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
My maintenance of self and sensibility through times of uncertainty and worry.
If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
A frog, maybe a stalk of corn.
Where would you most like to live?
To be honest, I quite like Ann Arbor.
What is your most treasured possession?
A blue zip-up hoodie I thrifted with a friend.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Feeling as though there is no escape from the circumstances you are in.
What is your favorite occupation?
Dog Rater.
What is your most marked characteristic?
Rationality.
What do you most value in your friends?
Sincerity and kindness.
Who are your favorite writers?
Any writer who is brave enough to share their work.
Who is your hero of fiction?
Bart Simpson.
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
I don’t have a good answer for this.
Who are your heroes in real life?
My parents. And Ingmar’s parents.
What are your favorite names?
Jenny and Zeus (my current and past dogs).
What is it that you most dislike?
Cruelty.
What is your greatest regret?
I wish I read more.
How would you like to die?
In my own bed, when I decide I’m ready.
What is your motto?
I’m too young to have a motto.
