Proust Questionnaire: Anjel's answers

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On Sat, 16 May 2009 19:16:23 UTC Anjel (28) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: to be unloved
Where would you like to live?: somewhere warm, slow-paced, with lots of trees, rivers and streams, a retreat, somewhere that always feels safe
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: to be loved, fit, energetic, intellectually stimulated, within easy reach of friends and family
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Procrastination and sloth
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: those whose intellect I can most identify with
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Toulouse-Lautrec, Oscar Wilde
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Women who can hold their own with men without resorting either to masculinity or to girlishness/flirting
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Those who demonstrate how not to let the world, however restrictive, stifle your intelligence or wit.
Your favorite painter?: Manet
Your favorite musician?: Chris Martin
The quality you most admire in a man?: Intelligence, wittiness, ability to argue a case thoughtfully and successfully
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Intelligence, wittiness, ability to argue a case thoughtfully and successfully
Your favorite virtue?: Honesty
Your favorite occupation?: Reading, gardening, listening to music, sleeping in the sun
Who would you have liked to be?: Myself, born in 1900
Your most marked characteristic?: A desire for intellectual stimulation, excitement and to have a plan
What do you most value in your friends?: Honesty, knowing when to talk, and knowing when to order a round of Gin & Tonics
What is your principle defect?: Procrastination, laziness
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To have been born to a family with no interest in my intellectual capacity
What would you like to be?: Someone involved in historical and heritage preservation
What is your favorite color?: Rich red
What is your favorite flower?: Stargazer lilies
What is your favorite bird?: The female blackbird who sings so beautifully from behind drab feathers
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Charlotte Bronte, E M Forster and Jane Austen
Who are your favorite poets?: Carol Ann Duffy
Who are your heroes in real life?: I don't have specific heroes but anyone who achieves something exceptional, be it physical or intellectual
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: The suffragettes
What are your favorite names?: Charlotte, Elizabeth, Catherine, Victoria, Cameron, George
What is it you most dislike?: Peanut butter, my weight, duplicity
What historical figures do you most despise?: The obvious dictators but I tend not to despise.
What event in military history do you most admire?: The sacrifice of the millions in the Great War
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Focus and will power
How would you like to die?: In my sleep, at a very great age, having seen some positive change in the world, with no tears.
What is your present state of mind?: Anxiety at the status of my Masters dissertation.
What is your motto?: You cannot change other people, only yourself.

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