Introducing the Civetta Questionnaire! (In Which We Get to Know Each Other)

Do you love the Proust questionnaire on the last page of Vanity Fair? Did you love the quizzes in Seventeen magazine? Of course you do; who doesn’t? To that end, I have decided to bring that magic to my own little piece of the internet. It’s a mash-up of the aforementioned Proust, a few items from the Actor’s Studio, and a couple I threw in there out of sheer nosiness. I’ll be doing it (hopefully) every week with different bloggers, and even some friends and family members of your blog hostess! To kick it off, I thought I’d answer it myself… but even better, the Gent (whose name, you might as well know by now, is John) has agreed to do it too! I really hope y’all enjoy these, and if you’d like to do one yourself, just leave me a comment! 

WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT STATE OF MIND?

Hopeful with pockets of blissful.

WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST FEAR?

John dying before me. Macabre, but that’s the truth. 

WHO ARE YOUR REAL-LIFE HEROES?

Baba Hari Dass, Joseph Campbell, Cornel West, Nicolas Kristof, Amy Goodman,  Sister Helen Prejean,  John, my mom and my grandfather.

WHAT DO YOU LOVE?

India, birds, coffee, Santa Fe, the Universe conspiring to help you, John’s laugh, the smell of Jake and Baxter’s paws, date night in, the little ones I teach,  community, words in print, shouting it from the rooftops, a wicked sense of humor, green chile, cookbooks, and the electricity that comes with anticipating the future.

WHAT IS YOUR MOST TREASURED POSSESSION?

The ring John gave me and photos of my dad.

WHAT ARE YOUR CURRENT OBSESSIONS?

My little family (always), drinking red wine out of our Picardie glasses, anything Clare Vivier and monogrammed, learning how to perfectly roast a chicken, this song by the Bahamas, and John when he hasn’t shaved.

 WHAT IS THE QUALITY YOU MOST ADMIRE IN ANOTHER PERSON?

A tender heart, thoughtfulness (in every sense), a willingness to be ridiculous, and curiosity.

 WHAT IS IT YOU MOST DISLIKE?

Ostentatiousness, cruelty and empty Sunday afternoons.

WHAT DO YOU VALUE MOST IN YOUR FRIENDS?

Frankness,  and a willingness to talk for hours about everything and nothing.

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE NAMES?

Eloise, Hadley, Flannery,  Lily,  Jake,  John,  Atticus, Charlie and Flynn.

WHO IS YOUR CELEBRITY CRUSH?

He’s not a celebrity (and I hope he never is because I want him all to myself), but John… always has been since the moment I saw him, always will be.

WHAT’S YOUR DREAM CAR?

1997 Black Toyota Landcruiser

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE DRINK?

An Airmail… though those are hard to come by, so if not that a Moscow Mule or Summer Ale

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO OR FAVORITE QUOTES? This is hard because I’m the queen of quotes, so I’m going to do three…

 

“A human being is part of the whole, called by us ‘Universe,’ a part limited
in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as
something separated from the rest – a kind of optical delusion of his
consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to
our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our
task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of
compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole nature in its
beauty. Nobody is able to achieve this completely, but the striving for such
achievement is in itself a part of the liberation, and a foundation for inner security.”

Albert Einstein

“The important thing is not to think much but to love much and so do that which best stirs you to love.”

St. Teresa of Avila

“People say that what we’re all seeking is a meaning for life. I don’t think that’s what we’re really seeking. I think that what we’re seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances without own innermost being and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.”

Joseph Campbell

WHAT IS YOUR CURRENT STATE OF MIND?

Striving daily to keep my sense of humor while evolving to accept what can often seem like a boat load of bad decisions… that ironically all have led to one good one

WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST FEAR?

Not living up to my potential… being a fraud… letting someone down when it counts… and the thought of having to say goodbye someday to my one true love… oh and spiders and snakes… big time!

WHO ARE YOUR REAL-LIFE HEROES?

My Father and Mother for truly loving me and somehow always making me feel good about my weirdness, Malala Yousufzai, family friends Tina & Lino, Cornel West, my Grandpa, Maya Angelou… and Jess

WHAT DO YOU LOVE?

A good beach, live music, the way Jessica looks at me, hanging out with no agenda, puppies, the mountains, a proper fitted baseball hat on backwards, a tired yellow lab, and being with family & friends

WHAT IS YOUR MOST TREASURED POSSESSION?

Anything Jessica has ever written to me

WHAT ARE YOUR CURRENT OBSESSIONS?

Bloody Mary’s & skittles

WHAT IS THE QUALITY YOU MOST ADMIRE IN ANOTHER PERSON?

Humility

WHAT IS IT YOU MOST DISLIKE?

Ignorance

WHAT DO YOU VALUE MOST IN YOUR FRIENDS?

A rad sense of humor

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVORITE NAMES?

Jess, Jake, Cooper, Eloise, Poppy, Sarah, Jack

WHO IS YOUR CELEBRITY CRUSH?

Eddie Vedder

WHAT’S YOUR DREAM CAR?

1996 white Toyota Land Cruiser with tan interior

WHAT’S YOUR FAVORITE DRINK?

An ice-cold coke straight from the bottle

WHAT IS YOUR MOTTO OR FAVORITE QUOTES?

“Run around the house like a fucking champion!”

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