Proust Questionnaire: Beatlhoven 's answers

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On Wed, 11 Feb 15 08:53:21 UTC Beatlhoven (47) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: The death of my parents
Where would you like to live?: By the ocean
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To love and be loved and to be able to support myself doing something I love doing.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Smoking
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: I like those who overcome adversity despite the fact that they do not fit in with the world they are in.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Ah, there are way too many to list here; J.S.Bach, George Washington, Muhammad Ali, Django Reinhart
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: My friend Molly, my cousins Michelle, Andi & Ilana and our Grandmother Lillian
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Olive from Little Miss Sunshine, Harpo from The Color Purple
Your favorite painter?: Gosh, so many....Rockwell, De Kooning, Gaugin, Bosch, Michelangelo, Bettina burch
Your favorite musician?: Oh gosh.....impossible to answer - love bach, Bill Evans, Tom waits, the Beatles, the stones, jimi, Miles, john McLaughlin, the staples singers
The quality you most admire in a man?: Kindness
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Kindness
Your favorite virtue?: Honesty
Your favorite occupation?: Being creative and appreciating the creation of another
Who would you have liked to be?: I don't know whom I would like to be but I think I would have enjoyed the career path of Beck
Your most marked characteristic?: Patience and understanding
What do you most value in your friends?: Honesty and acceptance
What is your principle defect?: Being overwhelmed by this world and by relationships
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To never know what it's like to be with the love of my life
What would you like to be?: I'd love to be a more accomplished and successful version of myself
What is your favorite color?: I like em all equally
What is your favorite flower?: I'm gonna go with poppy
What is your favorite bird?: Charlie Parker
Who are your favorite prose writers?: All the really good ones
Who are your favorite poets?: All the ones which speak to me
Who are your heroes in real life?: The people who figure out how to live as they wish to live
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: I don't know that I have one
What are your favorite names?: Gosh, I like ones that tickle my brain
What is it you most dislike?: Insensitivity
What historical figures do you most despise?: Despots
What event in military history do you most admire?: The American revolution, The Israeli War of Independence
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Humor
How would you like to die?: Painlessly and in my sleep
What is your present state of mind?: I am frustrated and anxious and horny
What is your motto?: I do not have one

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