Proust Questionnaire: EJ's answers

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On Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:54:24 UTC EJ (29) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: probably some sort of constipation mixed with loss of family and roof overhead.
Where would you like to live?: in a private place, with nature in abundance
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: watching those NOVA video clips of the earth turning..
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: ah, where to begin? drinking, smoking, playing with oneself.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: the journeymen.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: the founding fathers, teddy roosevelt, richard pryor, stanley kubrick, louis armstrong, the beatles...
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: those little olympic gymnasts are made of steel.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: kate chopin, "The Awakening"
Your favorite painter?: Philip Guston
Your favorite musician?: miles davis / john coltrane...too close to call.
The quality you most admire in a man?: the ability to lead other men.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: the ability to order salad consistently
Your favorite virtue?: morality
Your favorite occupation?: it would be napping, if i could nap.
Who would you have liked to be?: Pope,circa the Inquisition or Jim Morrison.
Your most marked characteristic?: kindness, i hope.
What do you most value in your friends?: confidence, frank opinions, a pretty face helps
What is your principle defect?: personal finance, a weakness for alcohol
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: the bomb
What would you like to be?: someone like myself
What is your favorite color?: i truly dont have a favorite
What is your favorite flower?: lilac
What is your favorite bird?: the owl or the eagle
Who are your favorite prose writers?: peter gammons...murakami, vonnegut, halberstam.
Who are your favorite poets?: bukowski, sappho
Who are your heroes in real life?: those who earn what they have ....
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: katherine the great, the queen of horse racing .
What are your favorite names?: the ones that fit the personality that comes with it.
What is it you most dislike?: aggression
What historical figures do you most despise?: george w bush, the nazi minions, stalin, jim jones.
What event in military history do you most admire?: the day my close friend left for boot camp.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: musicianship
How would you like to die?: i would like it to be a surprise ...
What is your present state of mind?: neutral, as usual.
What is your motto?: it would be false to say i had one.

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