Proust Questionnaire: Ash's answers

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On Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:57:36 UTC Ash (23) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Lacking self-confidence.
Where would you like to live?: In an urban city infused with culture and the arts.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Being with friends and family.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Over analysis of everything. Whining.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Mr. Darcy.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Jane Austen, Henry II, Arthur Rimbaud, Emily Bronte.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Jane Austen.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Elizabeth Bennet.
Your favorite painter?: I don't have one.
Your favorite musician?: Mozart. Cat Stevens. David Bowie. The Beatles. The Smiths.
The quality you most admire in a man?: Self-confidence, honesty.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Self-confidence, honesty.
Your favorite virtue?: Creativity.
Your favorite occupation?: Writing.
Who would you have liked to be?: Elizabeth I.
Your most marked characteristic?: Speaking my mind, regardless.
What do you most value in your friends?: Honesty.
What is your principle defect?: Lack of patience.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Not having friends.
What would you like to be?: A successful writer.
What is your favorite color?: Purple.
What is your favorite flower?: Roses, daises and sunflowers.
What is your favorite bird?: The sparrow.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Emily Bronte, Jane Austen, John Steinbeck, Richard Yates, Truman Capote, Flannery O'Conner.
Who are your favorite poets?: Arthur Rimbaud, Sylvia Plath, William Blake, Dorothy Parker.
Who are your heroes in real life?: Mr. Samuel, my grade 12 politics and philosophy teacher.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: I don't think I have a favourite, but I love reading about women in medieval Europe.
What are your favorite names?: Cordelia, Lauren, Jenna, Jake, Jack, Llwelyn, John, Autumn, Jane, Mark.
What is it you most dislike?: Mind games.
What historical figures do you most despise?: The ones that used their power to fuck up the world instead of making it better. What a waste.
What event in military history do you most admire?: The Normandy Landings (D-Day).
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: The ability to diffuse conflict.
How would you like to die?: Peacefully and painlessly.
What is your present state of mind?: Mellow.
What is your motto?: You might as well live.

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