quickie

taking a quick break from packing and sweating. thanks for your patience, things will go back to normal by next week!

in the meantime, here's a proust questionnaire that judd apatow filled out for vanity fair (my favorite is the last one).

What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Watching my wife and children eat.

What is your greatest fear?
That I will suddenly lose my sense of humor, and everyone knows it but me.

Which living person do you most admire?
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, Neil Young. Not in that order.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
“That’s hilarious.”

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
My bottomless pit of need. Soft erections. It was hard to keep it to just two.

What do you dislike most about your appearance?
A back that makes me look hairier than Aristotle Onassis.

Which living person do you most despise?
I don’t despise anyone. Should I?

What or who is the greatest love of your life?
My wife, Leslie Mann. Don’t call her Leslie Apatow or she’ll get upset.

Which talent would you most like to have?
I would like to be a sexual dynamo. I mean, Leslie would like me to be a sexual dynamo.

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I would live in the moment. Even now, I am half watching Saturday Night Livewhile doing this.

If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
I couldn’t get the job done in one. I need at least 11.

If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
A beloved dog.

What is your most treasured possession?
The book Cruel Shoes, autographed by Steve Martin when I was 13.

What is your favorite occupation?
Reading self-help books and forgetting what I’ve learned.

What is your most marked characteristic?
A giant chicken-pox mark between my eyes. Is that what you meant by “marked”?

What do you most value in your friends?
What friends?

Who are your favorite writers?
F. Scott Fitzgerald, Philip Roth, Andrew Dubus, James Brooks, Garry Shandling, Warren Zevon.

Who are your heroes in real life?
Martin Luther King Jr., Bill Gates.

What is it that you most dislike?
Ancient religious laws.

How would you like to die?
A moment after someone tells me I am going somewhere great.

What is your motto?
“Less jizz, more heart.”