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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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