The Story of a Girl

Who am I? Right now, "That's one secret you'll never know" and "Jean Valjean" are the only thing I can think of as answers. But really my name is Brittany and I am a 20 something English major and cinema minor and soon-to-be college graduate. I like parentheses way too much and write way too many run on sentences. I have a deep love of cinema that only comes close to my love of Harry Potter. To get to know a little more about me, below are my answers to the Proust Questionnaire, the same questionnaire they ask to celebrities at the end of every issue of Vanity Fair. 

• What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
  
  To have my family die and leave me all alone, being stuck somewhere without a book 
• Where would you like to live?
  
  Hogwarts or the Burrow 
• What is your idea of earthly happiness?
  
  A good book, a cup of coffee, and a comfortable armchair 
• Your favorite painter?
  
  Vincent van Gogh 
• Your favorite musician?
  
  The Beatles, The Smiths, Bon Iver, Florence + the Machine 
• The quality you most admire in a man?
  
  Compassion, thoughtfulness  
• The quality you most admire in a woman?
  
  Fearlessness  
• What is your favorite virtue?
  
  Patience (because I don't have any)
• Who would you have liked to be?
  
  Audrey Hepburn 
• Your most marked characteristic?
  
  Quick, sarcastic humor, bright yellow rain boots 
• The quality you most like in a man?
  
  Sense of humor, intelligence 
• The quality you most like in a woman?
  
  Honesty, kindness 
• What do you most value in your friends?
  
  Their ability to put up with all my quirks, good listening, need to not keep in touch constantly
• What is your principle defect?
  
  Always wanting to be everywhere at once 
• What is your favorite occupation?
  
  Movie or food critic 
• What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
  
  Not having exact change 
• What would you like to be?
  
  Happy... and taller 
• In what country would you like to live?
  
  United States, but I would not oppose to spending some time in England 
• What is your favorite color?
  
  The color of the sky on a cloudless day  
• What is your favorite flower?
  
  Peonies, hydrangeas 
• What is your favorite bird?
  
  I've never thought of it before...hummingbird? 
• Who are your favorite writers?
  
  J.K. Rowling, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Colum Mccann 
• Who are your favorite poets?
  
  Shakespeare, e.e. cummings, Billy Collins 
• Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
  
  Jay Gatsby, Harry Potter
• Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
  
  Ginny Weasley, Hermonie Granger, Lisbeth Salander  
• Who are your favorite composers?
  
  Alexandre Desplat, John Williams, Hans Zimmer 
• Who are your heroes in real life?
  
  My parents 
• What are your favorite names?
  James, Maya, Ophelia 
• What is it you most dislike?
  
  Smokers, ignorant people, ketchup 
• What historical figures do you most despise?
  
  Hitler 
• What event in military history do you most admire?
  
  All of them. I have the utmost respect for all who serve this country (plus I have a major thing for men in uniform)
• What reform do you most admire?
  
  Women's suffrage and hopefully soon gay marriage 
• What natural gift would you most like to possess?
  
  Bravery,  the ability to apparate  
• How would you like to die?
  
  From fangirling preferably over Leo, Brad, or JGL
• What is your present state of mind?
  
  Torn between wanting to be funny and serious over this questionnaire 
• What is your motto?
  
  I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night 

Completed on January 13th, 2013