Proust Questionnaire: Cat's answers

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On Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:32:58 UTC Cat (36) answered the Proust Questionnaire:

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Regret
Where would you like to live?: On a plot of land with gardens and cats and dogs and kids and my love
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Deep connection with another person. Shared food and laughter. And when the gasp of "I understand" hits me.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Laziness and procrastination.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Atticus Finch
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Lincoln, FDR, Pericles, Malcolm X, MLK, Harvey Milk, Oskar Schindler, Mary Magdelene
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: My grandmothers
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Jo March
Your favorite painter?: Chuck Close, Edward Hopper
Your favorite musician?: Oy. Too many...
The quality you most admire in a man?: Kindness, intelligence, humor
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Strength, wisdom, patience
Your favorite virtue?: Forgiveness, redemption
Your favorite occupation?: Cooking, eating, reading, dreaming, walking
Who would you have liked to be?: Me, but more decisive and more ambitious
Your most marked characteristic?: Finding joy in loving and the little serendipities
What do you most value in your friends?: Honesty
What is your principle defect?: Weakness of will
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To never have children
What would you like to be?: A better, wiser version of myself
What is your favorite color?: Deep deep wine-blood red; green like the grass in April
What is your favorite flower?: Lilacs; violets
What is your favorite bird?: The one singing outside my window
Who are your favorite prose writers?: At the moment, John Steinbeck
Who are your favorite poets?: Rilke
Who are your heroes in real life?: Malcolm X, MLK
What are your favorite names?: Julian
What is it you most dislike?: My own worst qualities; indifference; extreme hatred and intolerance fueled by religion; homophobia
What historical figures do you most despise?: Stalin, Hitler, George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, and anyone who makes the trains run while looking the other way.
What event in military history do you most admire?: The liberation of the concentration camps; D-Day
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Will power; a good singing voice
How would you like to die?: A better person than I am, content, and as someone who loves much and is loved much in return
What is your present state of mind?: Mild anxiety; restlessness
What is your motto?: Not sure if I have one... perhaps "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."

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