Guardian Questionnaire

What is your idea of perfect happiness? - sitting by the window with pouring rain outside while sipping hot coffee/hot chocolate and listening to Paul Weller.

What is your greatest fear? - becoming really ill

With which historical figure do you most identify? - i really can`t answer this one...christopher columbus maybe? LOL

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? - impatience

What is the trait you most deplore in others? - arrogance, superior behaviour

What vehicles do you own? - a bike

What objects do you always carry with you? - my keys, lip balm, eukalyptus drops

What do you most dislike about your appearance? - my pale legs :P

What is your most unappealing habit? - biting my nails

What is your favourite smell? - freshly brewed coffee

What is your favourite word? - Dostoprimetshtelnostuy ("sights" in russian)

What is your favourite book? - The Firm by John Grisham

Should the Royal Family be scrapped? - dont know, i guess they are a good tourist attraction :P

Do you believe in monogamy? - yes, i think :P

What or who is the greatest love of your life? - not found him/it yet

Have you ever said 'I love you' and not meant it? - no

Which words or phrases do you most overuse? - "das is ja voll wahnsinn"

How do you relax? - reading, listening to music, going for a coffee with my friend

What single thing would improve the quality of your life? - security

What keeps you awake at night? - the sound of alarms going off outside our house

How would you like to die? - peacefully

Do you believe in life after death? - not sure

How would you like to be remembered? - as a good friend

What is your idea of perfect happiness? Having someone you can love and trust.

What is your greatest fear? Getting lost.

With which historical figure do you most identify? - no answer.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? not having self trust.

What is the trait you most deplore in others? talking too loud.

What vehicles do you own? a Daewoo Matiz with my sister.

What objects do you always carry with you? - my wallet.

What do you most dislike about your appearance? im ok with me.

What is your most unappealing habit? dont know.

What is your favourite smell? smell of foods that i love.

What is your favourite word? Memory.

What is your favourite book? - Alice's Adventures In Wonderland (by Lewis Carroll)

Should the Royal Family be scrapped? no answer.

Do you believe in monogamy? - sure.

What or who is the greatest love of your life? - my guitar (as a what). no WHO yet.

Have you ever said 'I love you' and not meant it? - No.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse? - Oh s***! (when something bad or sudden happnes)

How do you relax? - lying down, drink cold cola, shuting my eyes and listening ot music.

What single thing would improve the quality of your life? - happiness

What keeps you awake at night? - im usually awake all night long sitting behind my pc.

How would you like to die? - not from war or earthquake.

Do you believe in life after death? - sure.

How would you like to be remembered? - being good to others.

interesting questionnaire Jana


What is your idea of perfect happiness? a lunch in the backyard with my family during a sunny sunday


What is your greatest fear? - we are really gonna make disappearing life on this planet

With which historical figure do you most identify? - i don't know .... really


What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? - stubborn

What is the trait you most deplore in others? hypocresy , mean ppl

What vehicles do you own? - a pole zafira (need a van to have 4 kids and 2 dogs and a hubby aboard )

What objects do you always carry with you? - my keys and unfortunately credit card (this is what hubby thinks)

What do you most dislike about your appearance? -ha ha ... everything

What is your most unappealing habit? - i am always doing grimace while talking .. I talks a lot !!

What is your favourite smell? - the japanese tea leaves and the washing that was hung out on a sunny day

What is your favourite word? - hmmm ... mon coeur which means sweetheart in french

What is your favourite book? - I don't read much Kawabata Yasunari .. nemureru bij™

Should the Royal Family be scrapped? - dont know and i don't care

Do you believe in monogamy? - yes

What or who is the greatest love of your life? - greatest love .. my kids no doubt

Have you ever said 'I love you' and not meant it? - no

Which words or phrases do you most overuse? - dame da "means no in japanese

How do you relax? I love the japanese bath (ofuro) very very hot you almost boil in it ... then a cold shower ... then if you are not dead ... sit on the couch (half naked lol and as red as a lobster) drink a cup of the most expensive green tea and listen to some good music

What single thing would improve the quality of your life? -to be sure to always have enough money to not starve

What keeps you awake at night? - I love the night I am a night person .. everything keep me awake .; the night itself keep me awake

How would you like to die? - while sleeping

Do you believe in life after death? - I don't think so .. but i would lobe this to be true

How would you like to be remembered? - as a passionate person

What is your idea of perfect happiness? -be healthy and surrounded by people who love you

What is your greatest fear? -death

With which historical figure do you most identify? -dunno really

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? -eh

What is the trait you most deplore in others? -that they lie

What vehicles do you own? -a car

What objects do you always carry with you? -a bracelet

What do you most dislike about your appearance? -everything? yeah

What is your most unappealing habit? -i think i don't have one

What is your favourite smell? -the sea breeze

What is your favourite word? -saudade (its a portuguese word for the feeling of missing someone/something)

What is your favourite book? -i dont read much to be honest

Should the Royal Family be scrapped? -no

Do you believe in monogamy? -yes

What or who is the greatest love of your life? -...

Have you ever said 'I love you' and not meant it? -never

Which words or phrases do you most overuse? -shit

How do you relax? -listening to music

What single thing would improve the quality of your life? -health

What keeps you awake at night? -my conscience

How would you like to die? -i wouldnt *like* to

Do you believe in life after death? -no

How would you like to be remembered? -as a wise person

What is your idea of perfect happiness? - good career, comfortable life and loving family

What is your greatest fear? - kung fu badgers (come on, you'd shit yourself if you saw that )

With which historical figure do you most identify? - I hate history so as such I can't think of any

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? - Shyness, not sure if that counts, lol

What is the trait you most deplore in others? - Treachery

What vehicles do you own? - None

What objects do you always carry with you? - Usually my phone and keys

What do you most dislike about your appearance? - My big "beer gut" (weird as i have never drunk beer, lol)

What is your most unappealing habit? - I don't really have any

What is your favourite smell? - Nature after rain

What is your favourite word? - Blampish (you knew it was coming :P)

What is your favourite book? - Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (I probably spelt that wrong and will get jumped on by a certain fan)

Should the Royal Family be scrapped? - Scrapped like metal, recycled? lol No I don't think they should be scrapped, perhaps have more power though, they'd get a hell of a lot more done than any group of pointless, squabbling governments

Do you believe in monogamy? - Yes

What or who is the greatest love of your life? - Well not love in the romantic sense but surely everyone loves their family.

Have you ever said 'I love you' and not meant it? - never

Which words or phrases do you most overuse? - I randomly say badgers and squirels a lot

How do you relax? - Listen to classical music, generally film scores

What single thing would improve the quality of your life? - Money

What keeps you awake at night? - My over-active imagination

How would you like to die? - By the gun or knife, the other way there's too much pain, night after night after night after night....seriously though, I guess I'd like to be immortal, but since it probably won't happen then in space

Do you believe in life after death? - No

How would you like to be remembered? - To my friends and family as they knew me, to the rest of the world I wouldn't, I hate seeing these people mourning for people they never knew, "remembering" someone they never met

What is your idea of perfect happiness? - feeling peace and knowing the ones I love most are safe

What is your greatest fear? - Alzhiemer's

With which historical figure do you most identify? - I'll have to come back to that one.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? - holding onto things I should let go of

What is the trait you most deplore in others? - arrogance and dishonesty

What vehicles do you own? - A Ford Explorer Sport Trac and a Ford Explorer (okay, the company owns the Explorer, but I drive it)

What objects do you always carry with you? - my keys, Blistex,

What do you most dislike about your appearance? - the shape of it

What is your most unappealing habit? - not paying attention

What is your favourite smell? - freshly brewed coffee

What is your favourite word? - ??

What is your favourite book? - Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Should the Royal Family be scrapped? - they are kind of pointless, aren't they?

Do you believe in monogamy? - yes

What or who is the greatest love of your life? - I haven't found him yet

Have you ever said 'I love you' and not meant it? - no--it's hard enough for me to say it when I do mean it.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse? - "just" in my writing/dialogue

How do you relax? - reading, listening to music, sitting or walking outside with the dogs

What single thing would improve the quality of your life? - security

What keeps you awake at night? - I think too much--can't turn my brain off.

How would you like to die? - peacefully

Do you believe in life after death? - yes

How would you like to be remembered? - as a great mother

What is your idea of perfect happiness? - seeing my kids going on with their lives and being happy and content [winning lotto would be a wonderful gift too - being able to share something like that with my family and best friends - that would give me great happiness]

What is your greatest fear? - losing any of my kids

With which historical figure do you most identify? - can't answer that...if it had asked 'admire' would have said Mahatma Ghandi

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? - expecting things to be right the first time [very Aries trait]

What is the trait you most deplore in others? - lying, betrayal, dishonesty - I can forgive those things, but I never forget

What vehicles do you own? - a car

What objects do you always carry with you? - my keys, my nursing registration, my car's rego and a smal flip out hair brush

What do you most dislike about your appearance? - my feet

What is your most unappealing habit? - being too hard on others

What is your favourite smell? - BBQ - there is nothing that smells better than that, nothing- now if someone could just find a way to put that aroma into an airfreshener, I'd be one happy camper

What is your favourite word? - hug

What is your favourite book? - The Lord of The Rings

Should the Royal Family be scrapped? - maybe not entirely...don't know really, I'm an aussie and have strong republican views for this country - so us, yeah...for Britain, probably not re: the tourist aspect

Do you believe in monogamy? - absolutely

What or who is the greatest love of your life? - my kids

Have you ever said 'I love you' and not meant it? - no

Which words or phrases do you most overuse? - "crap"

How do you relax? - reading, listening to music, eating at a nice restaurant by the water, walking along the beach near my house

What single thing would improve the quality of your life? - hate to say it, cause it sounds greedy etc., but a smallish win in lotto would not go astray right at this minute

What keeps you awake at night? - absolutely nothing - the head hits the pillow and I'm lost in blissful sleep

How would you like to die? - while I was sleeping

Do you believe in life after death? - no

How would you like to be remembered? - as a good parent and a loyal friend

what is your idea of perfect happiness? To share life with someone I love and whom loves me back.

what is your greatest fear? Having something happen to my children. for me personally dementia or Alzheimers, both of them are terrifying.

Historical figure that i identify with? Wow that's a tough one. There are several that i admire but I'll have to get back to you on this.

what is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Lack of patience.

what trait do you most deplore in others? Dishonesty and a lack of common sense.

What vehicle do you own? A car, a pickup and a bike.

what objects do you always carry? Wallet, pics of my kids, chapstick cigarettes and a lighter.

What do you most dislike about your appearance? my butt.

What is your most unappealing habit? I'm not very tolerant with people or things I consider stupid.

Favorite smell? Lilacs brought in on the breeze through my bedroom window.

Favorite word? Hi Mom.

Favorite book? No way do i have just one. I read endlessly so the list is long, very long.

Royal family scrapped? I'm American so I'm probably not qualified to say anything on this subject.

Do you believe in mongamy? For myself, yes. do I think it's the only way? No.

What or who is the greatest love of your life? my late husband and my children.

have you ever said I love you and not meant it? Sure, but i probably thought it was true when i said it.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse? I'll be damned.

How do you relax? i read, take walks with my puppies, go to movies or listen to music.

what single thing would improve your life quality? Right now? moving back to the east coast of the US.

What keeps you awake at night? Not much honestly. Years of managing bars has taught me to just empty my mind of all the crap that went on all day and just go to sleep.

How to die? In my sleep or quickly no long drawn out illnesses for me.

Do you believe in life after death? I believe there is something we are all supposed to accomplish here and we have to keep coming back until we get it done right.

How would you like to be remembered? Hmm, never really thought much about this. i guess as a good mom and a good friend.

What is your idea of perfect happiness? I don't know.

What is your greatest fear? Fire/water/heights

With which historical figure do you most identify? Patrick Henry/Sam Adams

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? My inability to let go.

What is the trait you most deplore in others? Weakness/fear/stupidity.

What vehicles do you own? None.

What objects do you always carry with you? Two knives and my wallet.

What do you most dislike about your appearance? I'd like to be a few inches taller and have straighter hair.

What is your most unappealing habit? My inability to let go.

What is your favourite smell? Pine/spring air/wood-smoke

What is your favourite word? Indubitably (sp?)/superfluous

What is your favourite book? Star Wars:Traitor by Matthew Stover

Should the Royal Family be scrapped? Can't really say I feel one way or another about it.

Do you believe in monogamy? Yes.

What or who is the greatest love of your life? I'll let you know when I find her.

Have you ever said 'I love you' and not meant it? No.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse? Actually.

How do you relax? Hang out online/play Tetris/watch movies.

What single thing would improve the quality of your life? A good real-life friend.

What keeps you awake at night? Sometimes worry.

How would you like to die? In such a way that I didn't feel it and didn't know it was coming.

Do you believe in life after death? Reincarnation? No. Heaven? Yes.

How would you like to be remembered? As someone who believed in freedom and responsibility.

Adrian

What is your idea of perfect happiness? - I don't even know. sitting outside on a lovely warm day with my friends and family, good music, good food and good drink would go a long way but I dunno if perfect happiness is even feasible for anyone to achieve. Sorry for going all philosophical.

What is your greatest fear? - dying alone, becoming ill to the point where I'd be better off dead.

With which historical figure do you most identify? - This is tough I dunno. My greatest historical figure is Churchill and I probably share more than a few traits with him, I drink too much, I'm partial to a cigar now and again, I'm fiercly patriotic and I'm a stubborn cunt.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? - I dunno. I'm probably alot harsher on some people than I need to be if I have a grieviance with them.

What is the trait you most deplore in others? - imaturity, lying and being deceitful

What vehicles do you own? - i use my mums banged up vauxhall astra when I need to

What objects do you always carry with you? - my wallet with my drivers licence, bank card and condom in it. if you have those 3 things you can get out of any situation (or in ) my phone and keys.

What do you most dislike about your appearance? - I think my heads too big but I'm not losing any sleep over it.

What is your most unappealing habit? - I dunno. the only thing I used to not like about myself was that i was too aggresive but now I've mellowed out so about the only thing I have a problem with is indecisiveness and that's just on stupid things like what to eat or what to wear.

What is your favourite smell? - just now: deisel plus plus and the way girls hair smells just after they've washed it. "girl smell" as i call it.

What is your favourite word? - dunno

What is your favourite book? - wouldn't say I have a favourite book. not much of a reader.

Should the Royal Family be scrapped? - nope and back in the good old days you'd be hung for uttering that sentence

Do you believe in monogamy? - yes, i don't see the point in being in a relationship if you're not going to be loyal. not everyone sees it the same way.

What or who is the greatest love of your life? - as it stands, my mum is the only person in the world worth loving

Have you ever said 'I love you' and not meant it? - yup and I don't believe that not one person in this thread hasn't either. sometimes it's the easiest and best thing to do in certain situations.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse? - ****in" i subconciously manage to slip it into about every 2nd sentence.

How do you relax? - drumming, playing my guitars, having a beer or glass of wine, chilling with friends,

What single thing would improve the quality of your life? - security money wise. apart from that life's pretty cushy.

What keeps you awake at night? - my tendency to knock a proper sleeping pattern out of whack going out or staying up all night.

How would you like to die? - peacefully in my sleep but if I had to go some other way it would be off the top of somethign very high. I'm fascinated with what must go through your head knowing you're going to die and that would be the best and least painful way to find out.

Do you believe in life after death? - not sure

How would you like to be remembered? - as a good guy