Proust Questionnaire: Artie Mondello's answers

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On Sun, 24 Jul 11 00:32:08 UTC Artie Mondello (18) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: To have no friends, no skills, no faith, and no future
Where would you like to live?: Most probably Italy, though Scandinavia might be nice if I could speak their languages
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To stay in close contact with my friends and family, and to find a solid girlfriend
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: I can't find a healthy outlet for pent-up hormones
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Gromit, Hobbes, Gandalf, Albus Dumbledore
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Jesus, Pope John Paul II, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Benjamin Franklin, Giuseppe Garibaldi
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: My mother (no one else would have put up with me for as long)
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Lisa Simpson, Lyra Silvertongue
Your favorite painter?: Leonardo da Vinci
Your favorite musician?: Billy Joel
The quality you most admire in a man?: Intelligence, strong morals, the ability to overcome hubris and/or compromise
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Intelligence, sensibility, patience, the ability to make something good out of a man
Your favorite virtue?: Charity
Your favorite occupation?: Reading, drawing, making lists, thinking up fan-fictions
Who would you have liked to be?: Something that gives me a lot of money and a lot of moral satisfaction
Your most marked characteristic?: A screwy sense of humor
What do you most value in your friends?: The ability to enjoy my company
What is your principle defect?: Constant frustration with the world
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Never to have discovered my ability to draw
What would you like to be?: A permanent deacon, but probably with something else to back it up
What is your favorite color?: Either red, blue, or black
What is your favorite flower?: Probably roses, I never really thought about it
What is your favorite bird?: Hawks and eagles
Who are your favorite prose writers?: J.R.R. Tolkien (though he could also be a poet) and J.K. Rowling
Who are your favorite poets?: Shel Silverstein and Dante Alighieri
Who are your heroes in real life?: My grandfather (90 years old and he still does volunteer work)
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Eleanor Roosevelt, Emma Goldman
What are your favorite names?: Benjamin's always a good name
What is it you most dislike?: People who make everyone else miserable just so they can feel less pathetic
What historical figures do you most despise?: Adolf Hitler, Bull Connor, the guy who shot Harvey Milk
What event in military history do you most admire?: The Americans' final victory at Yorktown in 1781
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Patience and diligence (I need them the most for when I get to college)
How would you like to die?: Preferably in my sleep, after a good meal, with a loved one close by
What is your present state of mind?: Introspection
What is your motto?: Matthew 5:11-12 (look it up)

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