What are you afraid of, bitch?

My second attempt at a vlog recording was an epic FAIL. So, to congest your reader I bring you the Proust questionnaire from Vanity Fair that was orginally posted here. I stole it from her.

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being successful in every aspect of my life. Education, career, family (not in that order).

What is your greatest fear?
Losing my husband and my daughter.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
I am incredibly judgmental of others.

What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Self-righteousness.

On what occasion do you lie?
Sure. I cannot be myself around most people and I will agree with someone just to appear friendly.

What is your greatest extravagance?
I suppose that our new house is an extravagance but I don't think that having a place to live is considered an extravagance.

What is your current state of mind?
Frazzled. I always feel like a cat in the dryer.

What is the quality you most like in a man?
Humor. The ability to deliver a joke and the ability to take a joke.

What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Trust. I am not a woman hater but after being burned by women friends in the past I distance myself until she has earned my trust.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
"Shut up!" I also noticed that I have been saying "You've got to be kidding" a lot lately.

When and where were you happiest?
The day that my daughter was born was the happiest day of my life. The end of my pregnancy and the beginning of my labor were very stressful times and when she finally arrived it was a huge relief.

Who are your favorite writers?
If I list a bunch of bloggers will that make me appear like I don't read actual books? I don't read much these days but would like to find time to pick up a damn book. Also, now that I am a mom I have a newfound love for chick lit.

Which talent would you most like to have?
I would love to to be telepathic. Oh, you mean an ACTUAL talent? I wish I could bake. Like, REALLY bake. Martha-level quality baking.

If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
I wish that my sister and her family lived closer. I also wish that JuJu's brother and sister-in-law were easier to get along with and that we'd have more in common.

If you died and came back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
A liger. It's only the coolest animal ever.

What do you dislike most about your appearance?
My weight. I'm so tired of being fat.

Where would you like to live?
I would love to live someplace colder.

What is your most treasured possession?
My wedding rings.

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Self abuse and isolation.

What do you most value in your friends?
Unconditional love. That's why I don't have many friends.

What are your favorite names?
I love names that are unique but not weird and nothing that is misspelled for the sake of being misspelled.

What is it that you most dislike?
Post-partum depression. I dislike it A LOT.

What is your greatest regret?
I regret not finishing college earlier. I hate being a twenty-six year old college freshman.

How would you like to die?
ALONE. Actually I'd like to die in my sleep and I'd like to be old but not so old that I can't take care of myself.

What is your motto?
IT IS WHAT IT IS.