Proust Questionnaire: Alexandra's answers

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On Wed, 11 Mar 2009 06:23:15 UTC Alexandra (19) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Self-inflicted misery.
Where would you like to live?: I don't know if I'll ever have the answer to that question. I do not mean that in a wistful way.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Being one with the earth. Knowing love, loving, laughing.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: I indulge in mood swings from time to time.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: I've never had a hero. I don't know if that's positive or negative, but I do know that it is true.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Those who exposed the truth. Those who changed the course.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Women who recognize that there is absolutely no excuse for not acting on their values.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: I don't garner a hero from a book. I hold on to the knowledge.
Your favorite painter?: The one who holds no pretense.
Your favorite musician?: Tori Amos, by default. But if I were to be honest, I would more likely say Ani Difranco.
The quality you most admire in a man?: Kindness.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Honesty.
Your favorite virtue?: Virtue.
Your favorite occupation?: Exploring.
Who would you have liked to be?: No one I've heard of so far.
Your most marked characteristic?: Sarcasm. More than that, a blunt honesty that comes from a need to seek and spread truth.
What do you most value in your friends?: Openness.
What is your principle defect?: Feeling like a burden, as though I am someone's obligation, and feeling shame for it.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To be an ignorant fool.
What would you like to be?: A wolf.
What is your favorite color?: I don't have one. It's that simple.
What is your favorite flower?: It depends. Daisies make my joy spread, orchids fill me with grace, and brilliantly blue flowers electrify my spirit.
What is your favorite bird?: Hummingbird. It's the frantic pace, the long beak, or perhaps the fact that they are the sole birds capable of flying backwards. I didn't know this until just now, but they co-evolve. That's enough reason for me.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: I don't keep track of creators. I pay attention to their words, their lessons.
Who are your favorite poets?: Again, I read not to memorize the authors and poets of classics and prose. I read to devour their meaning.
Who are your heroes in real life?: As I stated before, I've never had a hero. It's as if I didn't consider it, more than turning away from the idea.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Ester.
What are your favorite names?: Anything that sounds graceful and joyful when spoken.
What is it you most dislike?: Latent negativity. And people who don't follow through.
What historical figures do you most despise?: I suppose the first thing that came to my mind was Hitler. I almost didn't answer this question merely because I don't want to give him any credit. For anything.
What event in military history do you most admire?: None. Absolutely none.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Motivation. (Though truthfully I don't believe any gift is natural. We learn, we choose, we ignore, we build upon our gifts).
How would you like to die?: Happily.
What is your present state of mind?: I'm imagining the list of things I must do in the coming week.
What is your motto?: No excuses.

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