Tam Velo Club Member Tim Baker Answers the Proust Questionnaire
Describe yourself in ten words or less.
I’m a doer. I get ideas in my head and try to make them happen.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Playing music riding a bike achieving a goal.
What is your greatest fear?
Failure.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Self centered.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Complacency.
What is your greatest extravagance?
My studio.
What is your current state of mind?
Minor depression. Common these days. I don’t really have much to be depressed about tho. I’m concerned about the inequities in our society tearing it apart.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
If it’s a virtue how can it be overrated?
On what occasion do you lie?
So as not to hurt other people feelings mostly.
What do you most dislike about your appearance?
Wrinkles.
Which living person do you most despise?
Trump.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Yeah.
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
Teá.
When and where were you happiest?
Now.
Which talent would you most like to have?
Music.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Become more empathic.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Building a successful construction company from nothing. Designing and building hundreds of projects in Pacific heights.
If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
A musician.
Where would you most like to live?
Here.
What is your most treasured possession?
Not a possession. But my cat Mr Jinn. Beat bud for over ten years.
What is your favorite occupation?
Carpenter.
What is your most marked characteristic?
ADD.
What do you most value in your friends?
Sense of humor.
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Churchill.
Who is your hero of fiction?
Bilbo.
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
"E."
Now that you've read a little about Tim, go check out his music!
I’m a doer. I get ideas in my head and try to make them happen.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Playing music riding a bike achieving a goal.
What is your greatest fear?
Failure.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Self centered.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Complacency.
What is your greatest extravagance?
My studio.
What is your current state of mind?
Minor depression. Common these days. I don’t really have much to be depressed about tho. I’m concerned about the inequities in our society tearing it apart.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
If it’s a virtue how can it be overrated?
On what occasion do you lie?
So as not to hurt other people feelings mostly.
What do you most dislike about your appearance?
Wrinkles.
Which living person do you most despise?
Trump.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Yeah.
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
Teá.
When and where were you happiest?
Now.
Which talent would you most like to have?
Music.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Become more empathic.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Building a successful construction company from nothing. Designing and building hundreds of projects in Pacific heights.
If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
A musician.
Where would you most like to live?
Here.
What is your most treasured possession?
Not a possession. But my cat Mr Jinn. Beat bud for over ten years.
What is your favorite occupation?
Carpenter.
What is your most marked characteristic?
ADD.
What do you most value in your friends?
Sense of humor.
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Churchill.
Who is your hero of fiction?
Bilbo.
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
"E."
Now that you've read a little about Tim, go check out his music!
