Dr. Pettice, Full Time Professor of English at Lebanon Valley College, answers the Proust Questionnaire.
What is your greatest fear?
- Being misunderstood.
What do you like most about yourself?
- I'm a very fast reader.
What living celebrity do you most despise?
- I try not to despise people, and it's a strong word to use for people I know nothing about. I'm annoyed by most reality stars, but who knows what demons they're fighting?
What living celebrity do you most admire?
- Celebrities, as in entertainers, and not including business, government, and organization leaders? I admire celebrities for their artistry, if indeed they are artists. Let's say Joss Whedon.
Who is your favorite writer?
- That's a very difficult question to answer. I guess I'll say James Joyce.
Where would you most like to live?
- New Zealand. That was easy!
What is your biggest regret?
- That my dad didn't live long enough to meet my daughter.
If you knew you only had one day to live, how would you spend it?
- With my family at Knoebel's.
What is your most treasured possession?
- An external hard drive filled with pictures of my family.
If you could be any fictional character, who would you be?
- Úrsula Iguarán, the matriarch of the Buendía family in One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez.
What is your greatest fear?
- Being misunderstood.
What do you like most about yourself?
- I'm a very fast reader.
What living celebrity do you most despise?
- I try not to despise people, and it's a strong word to use for people I know nothing about. I'm annoyed by most reality stars, but who knows what demons they're fighting?
What living celebrity do you most admire?
- Celebrities, as in entertainers, and not including business, government, and organization leaders? I admire celebrities for their artistry, if indeed they are artists. Let's say Joss Whedon.
Who is your favorite writer?
- That's a very difficult question to answer. I guess I'll say James Joyce.
Where would you most like to live?
- New Zealand. That was easy!
What is your biggest regret?
- That my dad didn't live long enough to meet my daughter.
If you knew you only had one day to live, how would you spend it?
- With my family at Knoebel's.
What is your most treasured possession?
- An external hard drive filled with pictures of my family.
If you could be any fictional character, who would you be?
- Úrsula Iguarán, the matriarch of the Buendía family in One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez.