Proust Questionnaire: Abbie's answers

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On Tue, 16 Feb 16 22:05:53 UTC Abbie (22) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Mens rights activism. Particularly encountering those who have distorted whatever it may have once been into the sexist drivel it has become.
Where would you like to live?: Across the street from the Hostel I stayed at in Indianapolis, with a lush tree to read under and a clean well-stocked kitchen.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Ideally, contentedness, meaningful work, and acting upon people with love. Practically, a fleeting sensation that can easily be stimulated with drug use.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Engaging depression with sad songs, engaging selfishness by saying rude things to people I love.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Jesus Christ, Siddharta Guitama (The Buddha), Mary Wollstonecraft, Emma Goldman, Nelson Mandela
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: My grandmother, who spent all of her life being blunt, and never stopped. But in the end was one of the most loving mother figures I knew.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Julia from 1984, who loved despite it’s criminalization.
Your favorite painter?: Monet
Your favorite musician?: Regina Spektor or Kaki King
The quality you most admire in a man?: When he is honest about his sensitivities and emotions. Including the “masculine” traits that sensitive people seem to look down on, like aggression. I want to know, I hate that stagnancy we expect of men.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Brutality, honesty, the ability to talk about things that are more controversial. Too many women are afraid to do that.
Your favorite virtue?: Mindful compassion
Your favorite occupation?: Professor of evil. ;)
Who would you have liked to be?: A talented musician or artist in an alternate universe steampunk utopia, rich, successful and inspired. With long, silky black hair and a fantasy wardrobe.
Your most marked characteristic?: Neuroticism with a creative aftertaste.
What do you most value in your friends?: Genuine enthusiasm & the ability to "geek out”.
What is your principle defect?: I am rude and irrational when I get emotional. And I get emotional too often.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To have succumbed to my mania and depression instead of learning to understand myself and others in a more nuanced way.
What would you like to be?: Someone with grace and integrity.
What is your favorite color?: Purple with blue, fading into each other beautifully.
What is your favorite flower?: All flowers.
What is your favorite bird?: The raven
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Not a fan
Who are your favorite poets?: Poe, and some lesser known poets who I don't know.
Who are your heroes in real life?: Pope Francis and Snoop Dogg
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Mary Wollstonecraft, Emma Goldman, and many others who endorsed a feminism that held women up to the same standards of men, and didn't excuse female frivolity
What are your favorite names?: Luna, Zelda, Vincent, Artemis, Nanesko, too many to count
What is it you most dislike?: Technically, lacking serotonin or dopamine. But I do hate insincerity and willful ignorance.
What historical figures do you most despise?: I really don't like Reagan
What event in military history do you most admire?: The creation of the United Nations, perhaps not a military event, but it's better than one
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: A sense of humor.
How would you like to die?: Knowing that I’d made an impact, honestly. That I’d changed many people for the better in positive ways.
What is your present state of mind?: I’m on edge, shaking from too much caffeine, honestly.
What is your motto?: Being good is a process that will take your entire life.

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