Proust Questionnaire: D

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On Sat, 27 Apr 13 13:23:22 UTC D_Alex (46) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Blindness would totally suck. Also paralysis.
Where would you like to live?: In cyberspace as an upload. Before than, near my children.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: It would involve true love, good food, nice scenery.... and internet access.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: That I disagree often with others. For example, on what constitutes a fault.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Most interesting: those in Master and Margarita. Most admired: Maybe those in War and Peace.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Charles Darwin, Bertrand Russell, Nicola Tesla, Leonardo Da Vinci
Your favorite musician?: Justin Beiber. Lol. Seriously, I do not have one, and I find it hard to understand people who do.
The quality you most admire in a man?: I'll go with Proust's intelligence and moral sense, and add "energy"
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Intelligence and moral sense
Your favorite virtue?: Curiosity
Your favorite occupation?: Tinkering
Who would you have liked to be?: My great-grandson.
Your most marked characteristic?: Probably curiosity
What do you most value in your friends?: Intelligence, moral sense and openness
What is your principle defect?: Inability to sustain productive effort
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Personal misfortunes: Death, severe brain damage.
What would you like to be?: D_Alex 2.0. Incorporating all the lessons learned from previous editions of D_Alex.
What is your favorite color?: I do not have one...
What is your favorite flower?: Rose
What is your favorite bird?: Chicken, or duck if roasted just right.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Leo Tolstoy, Nikolay Bulgakov, Jack Vance.
Who are your favorite poets?: Pushkin
Who are your heroes in real life?: My family (seriously), my first boss's boss.
What are your favorite names?: Birfak Konoplev
What is it you most dislike?: Diseases and aging
What historical figures do you most despise?: Dictators who ruin their countries. G. W. Bush also ranks low.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Real or imaginary? ... Intellect and eternal youth, respectively.
How would you like to die?: I do not want to die at all.

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