Name:  Bailey Basinger

Occupation: Program Coordinator for Reno County Communities That Care

Name of spouse (if you have one):  Casey Stiggins – we were married Jan. 2^nd!

Pets: Riley, the girlfriend dog (well, that last part I just added myself).  She’s a Golden Retriever.

Name(s) of children: N/A

Years living in Reno County: All my life, except for the years I was at K-State (2002-2006).  I’m a proud Nickerson Panther!

Proust Questionnaire

What is your idea of perfect happiness?  K-State winning a National Championship

What is your greatest fear?  An asteroid hitting Earth

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?  Procrastination

What is the trait you most deplore in others?  Irresponsibility in the care of a child, you can thank my line of work for this one.

Which living person do you most admire?  Bill Snyder

What is your greatest extravagance?  Most recently, wedding purchases.  Typically, football and basketball tickets.

What is your current state of mind?  Grateful

What is the quality you most like in a man?  Dependability

What is the quality you most like in a woman?  Decisiveness

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?  Really intelligent things such as, “Dude,” “Peeps,” and I refer to most of my friends and family as “Swans” when I’m annoyed by them.

When and where were you happiest?  At K-State, living with my sorority sisters

Who are your favorite writers?  Roald Dahl is my all-time favorite.  But I’m not going to lie, I don’t read very often.

Which talent would you most like to have?  I wish I could do the splits and have more flexibility in general.

Who is your favorite hero of fiction?  Robin Hood (preferably the fox from the Disney version)

Who are your heroes in real life?  My parents, my husband, my boss, Bill Snyder and Frank Martin

What do you consider your greatest achievement?  Maintaining great relationships with the people I care about.

Where would you like to live?  Manhattan, KS

What is your most treasured possession?  My stuffed dinosaur, Little Foot

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?  Loneliness

What do you most value in your friends?  High fun levels

What are your favorite names?  Anything that’s never been in the top 25 baby names

What is it that you most dislike?  KU

What is your greatest regret?  Anytime when I didn’t give 100% to something

How would you like to die?  Ninety years old, shot by a jealous wife.  My grandpa always says this – except insert “husband” instead of “wife.”

What is your motto?  EMAW, Every Man A Wildcat

 

 Source: Proust Questionnaire (thank you Vanity Fair!)