Proust Questionnaire: Erin's answers

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On Fri, 19 Feb 16 20:14:51 UTC Erin (31) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Losing my mom, and losing everything that disappeared into the crack of her last breath, which I witnessed while holding her hand. She was 57, I was 28.
Where would you like to live?: Everywhere
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To be entirely comfortable in my own skin, to be authentically myself and to act as such, as the fullest expression of myself in the company of those I love, wherever I may be
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Daydreaming and/or drinking!
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Moses E. Herzog
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Any of Shakespeare's comedic characters
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: My mom
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Alice in Wonderland
Your favorite painter?: Jackson Pollock
Your favorite musician?: Matthew Bellamy
The quality you most admire in a man?: Generosity of spirit
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Authenticity
Your favorite virtue?: Kindness
Your favorite occupation?: Entrepreneur
Who would you have liked to be?: An adventurer!
Your most marked characteristic?: Ponderous
What do you most value in your friends?: Kindness
What is your principle defect?: Overthinking/Overanalyzing -- construed as Laziness!
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Never to have lived out one's potential
What would you like to be?: The fullest, kindest, most impactful expression of ME I can be
What is your favorite color?: Depends on the day -- some variation of green, blue or grey -- (interesting, I just now realized those are all eye colors.... or more specifically, the eye colors of my mom - blue, my dad - green, and me - blue/grey
What is your favorite flower?: Morning Glory (my mom's) Lupines! Gladiolas! And really, any wildflowers
What is your favorite bird?: Hummingbird
Who are your favorite prose writers?: At the moment, Cheryl Strayed, and always, Saul Bellow
Who are your favorite poets?: Dallas Clayton, Rainer Maria Rilke
Who are your heroes in real life?: My mom (now in spirit) My dad (in real life) and both my grandmothers, in real life...
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Amelia Earhart
What are your favorite names?: My love, my dear, my darling, my sweetheart
What is it you most dislike?: My weaknesses
What historical figures do you most despise?: Anyone who has deliberately caused the hurt and suffering of others
What event in military history do you most admire?: The killing of Osama Bin Laden -- swift, smart and effective as hell
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: willpower! incredible intelligence, the willpower to execute that incredible intelligence in the most meaningful and monetarily rewarding way, oh and also irresistible charm and allure
How would you like to die?: I described my mom's death as the most beautiful ending possible to an impossible situation -- she went peacefully, surrounded my me, my brother and my father. I would like to die as the best possible version of myself, having loved well. Loved by many
What is your present state of mind?: That I need to get off my ass and start living up to my God-given potential if I want to live like the person I'm describing! State of mind is amused with myself, as I usually am, and generally happy :)
What is your motto?: Do great (my dad will understand this response)

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