Proust Questionnaire: Alexis Johnson's answers

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On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:28:21 UTC Alexis Johnson (19) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: knowing I could have done more
Where would you like to live?: A home, whether it be a great deal away from where I am now, I will always regard the place with teh people I love as where I belong.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Laughter so deep it makes my bones shake; accepting that I can't be perfect
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: anger and sarcasm
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Faustus, someone who doesn't know everything; Lars Lindstrom, a precious, relentless man that is deeply sensitive; Atticus Finch, a lawyer
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Johnathan Edwards, a preacher; Martin Luther King Jr., a pioneer; Richard Nixon, a prevaricator
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie O, Hilary Clinton, my grandmother and aunt, women who go to extraordinary measures to the the right thing
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Veronica Mars, intelligent, beautiful, sarcastic; anyone that is an attainable persona
Your favorite painter?: myself, though unbiasedly, Monet, for I like his depiction of nature rather than nature itself
Your favorite musician?: Van Morrison, a man with a mind and a voice
The quality you most admire in a man?: Intelligence, godliness, wit
The quality you most admire in a woman?: humor, not just the ability to laugh along
Your favorite virtue?: prudence, charity, wisdom, and humor
Your favorite occupation?: thinking
Who would you have liked to be?: A daughter of a father who loves her, a woman that possesses diplomacy
Your most marked characteristic?: sarcasm
What do you most value in your friends?: love that is not easily offended
What is your principle defect?: ignorance, the ability to argue
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: to never have know the Lord, Jesus Christ
What would you like to be?: who I supposed to be
What is your favorite color?: the yellow of leaves in the fall
What is your favorite flower?: a daisy, easy on the eyes, soul, and budget
What is your favorite bird?: Sparrow, it teaches me the Lord's love
Who are your favorite prose writers?: any, just as long as i learn from them
Who are your favorite poets?: those with rhyme and those without
Who are your heroes in real life?: a father, a theologian, someone who loves without pretentions
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Eleanor Roosevelt, Jackie O, Hilary Clinton, women who wanted power in the world, not in bed
What are your favorite names?: Emily, Grace
What is it you most dislike?: being lied to, dissapointing
What historical figures do you most despise?: I would like to say Hitler, but even a man that evil cannot be entirely despised
What event in military history do you most admire?: A war that is not easily explained which requires great dimplomacy
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: charm
How would you like to die?: having given all that I could
What is your present state of mind?: confusion
What is your motto?: i have not yet developed one that I am comfortable living by

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