Proust Questionnaire: Bob's answers

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On Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:27:37 UTC Bob (22) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: A lack of direction.
Where would you like to live?: Rural Connecticut/eastern Massachusetts
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: A sense of accomplishment.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Procrastination.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Any hero who can make me laugh.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Ted Williams, Ty Cobb
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: My mom? I dunno. Honestly I don't have any heroes.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Any who can entertain me long enough to make me forget she's a woman.
Your favorite painter?: Van Gogh
Your favorite musician?: Neil Fallon
The quality you most admire in a man?: I'm going to agree with Proust on this one.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Confidence
Your favorite virtue?: Wit.
Your favorite occupation?: Writing
Who would you have liked to be?: Earl Weaver
Your most marked characteristic?: I don't talk much. Also, I have really long hair. People tend to notice both of these.
What do you most value in your friends?: They are willing to talk to me.
What is your principle defect?: Mistrust of others.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Dying young.
What would you like to be?: Self-sufficient.
What is your favorite color?: Blue
What is your favorite flower?: The tulip.
What is your favorite bird?: The parrot.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: What's.... uh.... nevermind. Bill James?
Who are your favorite poets?: That guy. The guy with the.... uh....
Who are your heroes in real life?: Stephen Colbert
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Hmmm... never thought about it. Eleanor Roosevelt?
What are your favorite names?: Buzz
What is it you most dislike?: Waking up.
What historical figures do you most despise?: Regan.
What event in military history do you most admire?: D-Day.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: What he said.
How would you like to die?: In a foolish car stunt.
What is your present state of mind?: General unease.
What is your motto?: I don't have one actually. Perhaps I should.

I'm a college student currently unsure of where he'll be in a year or how he'll get there. Perhaps someday I will look back on this from some position of immense accomplishment. Currently I'm not counting on it.

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