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On Mon, 26 Jul 10 02:07:42 UTC BillyBobABC123zzz answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To live without love and beauty in my heart, acumen in my mind, and agility in my body
Where would you like to live?
Where days are long and the citizens are authentic, kind and passionate
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Peaceful connections
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Balance and contentment have become my constant companions
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
The chivalrous, gallant, romantic, courageous, charming, poetic, authentic, creative and the problem solvers
Who are your favorite characters in history?
The poets, prophets and philosophers
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
The thinkers and artisans in tune with themselves, others, and life
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Those of grace, beauty, sophistication, sensuality, compassion and tenderness
Your favorite painter?
Contemporarily, Fabian Perez
Your favorite musician?
Contemporarily, Paco de Lucia
The quality you most admire in a man?
Authenticity
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Sweetness
Your favorite virtue?
Love, truth, beauty
Your favorite occupation?
Art, books, music, exploration
Who would you have liked to be?
Me...no one else...period.
Your most marked characteristic?
Passionate
What do you most value in your friends?
Diversity
What is your principle defect?
Occasionally prone to distraction
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
To die without having fully loved my Tania
What would you like to be?
Financially free
What is your favorite color?
Blue
What is your favorite flower?
Bougainvillea, red roses, and, most of all, my Tania's private flower ;-)
What is your favorite bird?
Hummingbird, Owl
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Contemporarily, Bill Bryson
Who are your favorite poets?
Byron, Blake, Emerson, Thoreau, and other transcendentalists and romantics
Who are your heroes in real life?
My son
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Those of grace, beauty, sophistication, sensuality, compassion and tenderness
What are your favorite names?
Those than end in 'a'
What is it you most dislike?
Senseless violence
What historical figures do you most despise?
Hitler and Himmler
What event in military history do you most admire?
American Revolution, Nuremberg Trials
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Musical genius
How would you like to die?
Heroically, or in my sleep before health deteriorates
What is your present state of mind?
Contemplative
What is your motto?
Seize the day

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