Tuesday, November 10, 2009

I Am Shirley MacLaine


Photo from shirleymaclaine.com

At least according to The Vanity Fair Proust Questionnaire. It is just great fun. Marcel Proust apparently developed this parlor game of questions he felt revealed people's innermost self. So, Vanity Fair has been asking iconic figures these same questions and recently pulled them into a book. Their online quiz matches you with your most similar luminary. (My third match-up was James Brown. I'm not going to dwell on what this reveals about me.) Go on, who are you? And, tell me. I have to know!

Also, the NYTimes Book Review has released their list of best illustrated children's books. Most are for kids older than my own but they look beautiful and wondrous. Books that open into the magical, fascinating world of the imagination.

Photo from NYTimes of The Odd Egg by Emily Gravett

3 comments:

Beth said...

I answered like Eleanor Lambert (over 96% similar responses). Who is that? I have no idea. Second on the list was Arnold Schwarzenegger?! At least I know who that is, but I wonder what the two of us have in common...

Julie said...

Dude, I got Oscar de la Renta. That's just depressing. Stupid quizzes.

Juniper said...

I skipped ahead to the childens book list- thanks for sharing it!!! When I get a longer moment I hope to check out the questionnaire! Fun post!