What do you consider your greatest achievements?

Finishing college. Never getting in debt. Getting over stage fright. Starting up a scholarship fund. And being able to support myself.

Which talent would you most like to have?

Michaelangelo's patience when he painted the Sistine Chapel.

What is your most marked characteristic?

Dimples.

What is your favorite occupation?

Dream Job: Taste Tester for Ben and Jerry's Ice cream, Vermont's Finest.

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?

Superficiality... beauty comes from within.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?

Sawadee Ka, Pee?... (forgetting the VIP's name) and smiling weakly.

What or who is the greatest love of your life?

My first computer I bought with the money I saved from working at14.

Which living person do you most admire?

Aung San Suy Kyi (Burma), the Dali Lama of Tibet (not China) for their braveness and Bugs Bunny for his wittiness.

What do you most despise?

All forms of corrupt, surpressive, fascist governments.

Which historical figure do you most identify with?

Vincent Van Gogh (one deeply crazy, depressive guy who makes vivid, lively paintings... I really like the Sunflower self-portrait).

Who is your favorite hero or fiction?

The Road Runner (for being able to forgive his enemy).

Who are your favorite writers?

Tom Wolfe, Shakespeare (love sonnet 29), Robert Frost, M. Scott Pect, Gloria Steinem, Amy Tan, E.M. Forster (not necessarily in that order).

How would you like to die?

At the age of 101, dancing the tango with a Brad Pitt look-alike, some whipper-snapper under 40, on the dance floor, quick and fast with a red-rose between my teeth, smiling... :)

If you could choose what to come back as in the next lifetime, what would it be?

Yo Yo Ma's million dollar VIOLA; a musical instrument that brings joy to the audience and love from the owner.

What is your motto?

Carpe Diem, Latin for Seize the Day: Robin Williams said it in "The Dead Poet Society." But if I can't get out of bed, Timothy Leary's "Tune in, Turn on, and Drop out," also comes in handy.

What is your top 10 favorite web site?

See my answer here