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On Wed, 27 Mar 13 05:10:11 UTC Captain Crunch answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Being isolated emotionally and mentally, nowhere to turn
Where would you like to live?
In the country but with modern comforts
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
To live freely without fear that some random occurance will come and destroy whatever life you've managed to build
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Depression, sensitivity, insecurity, anger, laziness
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Orpheus
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Warhol, Dali, Camus, James Dean, Sitting Bull, Rimbaud, Marie-Antoinette, Nureyev
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Mother, Marilyn Monroe, Jean Seberg, Amelia Earhart
Your favorite painter?
Renoir
Your favorite musician?
The Beatles
The quality you most admire in a man?
Artistic, kindness, uncommon intelligence, unique sense of humour, non-judgmental
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Artistic, kindness, uncommon intelligence, unique sense of humour, non-judgmental
Your favorite virtue?
Compassion
Your favorite occupation?
Painting/drawing, playing music, listening to music, reading, dreaming
Who would you have liked to be?
Me, but with all the things I lack obviously.
Your most marked characteristic?
Creativity
What do you most value in your friends?
Loyalty, gentleness, and being accepting although sometimes I think most people can't actually practice these things
What is your principle defect?
A lack of self-esteem
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
Not having your life improve at some point, having the same bad luck from womb to tomb.
What would you like to be?
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What is your favorite color?
Black
What is your favorite flower?
Lilac
What is your favorite bird?
Hummingbird
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Genet, Capote, Camus
Who are your favorite poets?
Verlaine, Rimbaud, Baudelaire, Yevtushenko, Akhmatova
Who are your heroes in real life?
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Who are your favorite heroines of history?
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What are your favorite names?
Eurydice, Persephone, Lorelei
What is it you most dislike?
Negativity
What historical figures do you most despise?
Any who stole and destroyed lives and cultures
What event in military history do you most admire?
The defeat of the Nazis
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Ambition, happiness, and extreme beauty
How would you like to die?
Without fear or sadness
What is your present state of mind?
"Annoyance at having to think about myself in order to answer these questions"
What is your motto?
I don't have one. there isn't always words for every occasion.

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