Proust Questionnaire: Blair C.'s answers

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On Wed, 06 Jun 12 17:20:57 UTC Blair C. (29) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Not being in control of one's mind and subject to others' control
Where would you like to live?: Somewhere clean, warm, and near water
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Lots of family, friends and free from monetary worries
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Gluttony and laziness
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: The ones who find solutions
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Too many to name - artists with the courage to do what they love; Isis, Cleopatra, Nefertiti
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: My Aunt Marcelle
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: The ones who help heroes find solutions
Your favorite painter?: The ones who create things of beauty. Now define beauty. That depends on cultural conditioning
Your favorite musician?: Theolonious Monk and John Coltrane
The quality you most admire in a man?: Strength, courage, wisdom, compassion, and PATIENCE. I also like social and friendly as characteristics.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Loyalty, PATIENCE, determination, tact, and kindness
Your favorite virtue?: The ones that make life's interactions more pleasant
Your favorite occupation?: Writing, thinking, eating, sharing
Who would you have liked to be?: The best version of myself
Your most marked characteristic?: Kindness, the desire to be understood, and emotional intuition
What do you most value in your friends?: Honesty and passion
What is your principle defect?: Short temper, tunnel vision which comes off as selfishness
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To have never achieved my ultimate goals; to fail as a mother
What would you like to be?: Loved unconditionally and free from monetary worries
What is your favorite color?: Blue, green, purple (But I enjoy them all depending on my mood)
What is your favorite flower?: Tulips, peonies, gardenias
What is your favorite bird?: Peacock
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Too many to name. I like the lyrical styles that I can relate to
Who are your favorite poets?: Nikki Giovanni, Amiri Baraka, Gil Scott Heron, T.S. Eliot
Who are your heroes in real life?: Right now Michelle Obama and women who embody love and determination
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: The ones no one recognizes
What are your favorite names?: Unisex names - Blake, Cooper. Memorable and cultural names - Maximilian, Thelonious, Valentina, my name, names with meaning
What is it you most dislike?: Greed and selfishness
What historical figures do you most despise?: The oligarchs who decide and manipulate the principles of economics
What event in military history do you most admire?: Haitian Revolution
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Wisomd, the ability to dance, be multilingual, and infalliable willpower
How would you like to die?: Surrounded by love
What is your present state of mind?: Annoyed at trite busy work and the wasting of time (among other things)
What is your motto?: Treat other people the way you would want to be treated and difficult takes a day impossible takes a week

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