Yesterday afternoon I spent about 7 minutes trying to answer questions to "The Interactive Proust Questionnaire" from Vanity Fair (one of my favorite magazines). One questioned had me mildly stumped.

"Which historical figure do you most identify with?"

I ended up writing Katharine Graham, but I'm not quite sure if that's true. I mean, I identify with parts of her, but honestly, she was a very weak woman for most of her life, and basically pulled it out toward the finish line.

In the end the questionnaire said I answered most like: Donna Karen and Eleanor Lambert. I thought it was sort of funny — I answered most similarly to fashionistas. Creators. DK, obviously of Donna Karen clothing and Vanity Fair's Eleanor Lambert, the pioneering "Queen of Culture."

It's sort of cool to have a look back at history and see who you emulate compared with who you want to emulate. What's cooler is when those two somehow match up.