I found this questionnaire on a design website which used it as a part of an interview with John Maeda (of MIT fame).

at the age of fourteen proust was given an english album “confessions : an album to record thoughts, feelings”. seven years later marcel proust published this questionaire. in the literary salons in nineteenth century paris, this parlour game was a popular amusement. I invite you to answer these ‘old fashioned’ questions.

Questions

Answers

the main lineaments [properties defining the apparent individual nature] of my character.

Conflicted, Passive, Aggressive, Ambivalent, There.

a quality I desire in a man.

Fight (read as six-pack)

a quality I desire in a woman.

Intensity

what I appreciate most among my friends.

The ability to appreciate self-deprecation.

my principal defect.

An overwhelming amount of self.

my favourite occupation.

Director/videographer for Karaoke videos

my dream of felicity.

I think I’ve had a couple dreams about Kerri Russell. I’d have to go back in the archives to see what they were really about… I do remember seeing her at De La Guarda when I went some years ago.

Oh, you mean the state of well-being… Decisive Productivity.

what would for me be the biggest misfortune.

The loss of control over my thoughts

whom I would like to be.

I’d like to be Michelle today, just for a minute.

were I would like to live.

Presently, Pittsburgh.

the colour I prefer.

Smoke

the flower I love.

Lady Slipper

the bird I prefer.

Dinosaurs

my favourite authors.

Children, Paul Auster, Bill Watterson, Joseph Heller, Charlie Kaufman, Tina Fey

my favourite poets.

Is it bad if I admit I don’t really read poetry? Uncultured Swine!

my heroes in fiction.

Max Fischer, Howard Roarke, Calvin

my heroines in fiction.

Franny, Eugenie Rose Chaney, The Metroid Lady

my favourite composers.

Clint Mansell, Kronos Quartet, Steve Reich, Timberland, Dirty Three, Sigur Ros

my favourite artists.

From Saturday’s visit to the galleries: Jesper Just (!!!), Nelson Leirner, Raymond Pettibon, Lars Arrhenius. Sorry Guerilla Girls, there were no ladies…

my heroes in real life.

Buckminster Fuller, Da Vinci, P, Henry Darger, my friends.

my heroines in history.

Florence Nightingale, Amelia Earhart, Ray Eames, The Shaker girls, Sister Gertrude Morgan

my favourite names.

Nola, Cick, Boris, Fey

what I hate most.

Inability

the historic characters I dislike most.

Pontius Pilot (though I always felt sorry for him), Shakespeare (I don’t think he was the sole author of all his works), Mickey Mouse

the military enterprise I like the most.

Diplomatic prevention

the reformation I appreciate the most.

Round-Earth Theory

nature’s gift I would like to have.

Nature’s gift I would most like to understand: Dreams

how I would like to die.

Exhaustion

my soul’s present condition.

According to my biorhythmic cycle, 9%. “Today is not your day”. Ouch.

the faults I can bear.

Exaggeration. Obsession.

my motto.

Just keep working.

I was looking at my biorhythm (not sure why) for today and noticed that I am at an almost ultimate low. Ouch! A biorhythm is based on the idea that certain aspects of your life move in cycles. For those that can’t read the image; red represents Physical, blue is Intellectual, and green is Emotional.

When polled together, the above three qualities then translate into those represented by: purple/pink is Passion, yellow equals Mastery , and light blue/green is Wisdom. As you can see, it is only uphill from here! Well, until it goes back down, and then up and then down and then up…

I found this drawing last night, walking down West End Ave. It makes me want to spend all day drawing. Amazing.

I also found a love note on my walk.

Today I received a copy of the TV program that I was recently featured in. The show, called Amazing 10 Seconds: Count 10 was shown on 2004 October 08 on TBS. That’s Tokyo Broadcasting System, not to be confused with Turner Broadcasting System. Hopefully your Japanese friends were able to see this one.

The show featured 10-second clips of interesting video; slow-motion slaps to the face, a camera traveling through the digestive tract, my face morphing over time, etc. When they filmed it this summer, I had no idea how it would turn out, but I was pleasantly surprised. These are just two quick screen grabs from the background info on who I am. I can’t wait until Kiyo can translate the audio and text for me later in the week. I’m especially curious whether it was a game show or not. It seemed like it oddly enough.

This summer I was asked to be a part of a photo-shoot for Work Magazine, a magazine designed by my friends at Project Projects. As you can tell by the wire-rimmed glasses, the casual-sporty suit, and XL S,M,L,XL, I’m portraying the role of Architect in the shot. It’s supposed to look like a cheesy multi-cultural stock photo BTW. If only I had more of a receding hairline, it would have been perfect.

I have to give a HUGE THANKS to Alberto Frigo who eMailed me and sent the link to Tehching Hsieh’s One Year Performance. In 1980, Tehching punched a time clock hooked up to a camera in a gallery every hour on the hour for a year. I had seen a little blurb somewhere once and have been trying to re-find info on this project for 4–5 years now. I am so excited by this!

There’s even a movie clip of the project at the bottom of the page that’s quite nice. I wish I could get the One Year Performance DVD-ROM, but I’m broke. Anyone willing to support me by gifting me a copy would be notably thanked.

I have added Tehching’s project, as well as Alberto’s own ‘interaction’ photo project to the Obsessive Photo Links page.

Wow, it’s been about a month and a half since I uploaded the latest batch of daily photos. Well, we’re current now… The Daily Photo Project

For those of you who have e-mailed: Yes, I am still alive, doing okay, and the project continues. I just don’t update it every day.