Proust Questionnaire: FYS13Michaela's answers

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On Thu, 29 Aug 13 01:09:23 UTC FYS13Michaela (18) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: To look back on my life and wonder what I did with the time that I was given, to lose hope that things will change.
Where would you like to live?: In an old Victorian house high up on a hill filled with happiness, love, and lots of character.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To be surrounded by those that I love with a pile of books by my side.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: My own insecurities, pride, selfishness when it comes to material goods.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Those that seem most real with their own flaws, evils, and heartbreak.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Those that strive to change the world and better the lives of those around them.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: A woman who sticks to her morals and isn't afraid to speak her mind. One who values life and all it has to offer.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Those who have flaws that make them come alive by forcing them to face their demons head on.
Your favorite painter?: Gustav Klimt
Your favorite musician?: Currently? I have a soft spot for Ron Pope. Frank Sinatra and Conway Twitty are always an excellent pair though.
The quality you most admire in a man?: Loyalty is my number one quality, although I have many more that I now look for after being hurt too many times.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Compassion, strength, humbleness, patience, a sense of humor.
Your favorite virtue?: Loyalty and compassion go hand in hand for me.
Your favorite occupation?: Creativity and the time to indulge in it. If I could, I would be a personal reader and writer.
Who would you have liked to be?: I wouldn't want to be anyone else but myself, even though I have days where things aren't so bright.
Your most marked characteristic?: Compassion, love, and value
What do you most value in your friends?: Loyalty, honesty, humor, emotion, a shoulder to lean on and an ear to listen.
What is your principle defect?: Lack of self-confidence and at times loss of self
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To never have had the family and friends that I have, currently, and will have in my life.
What would you like to be?: A counselor who writes into the wee hours of the night on things that no one may ever see, yet they mean the most.
What is your favorite color?: Purple although I do happen to love the color of the ocean as the sun rises over it. I would call that: hope.
What is your favorite flower?: Lilies
What is your favorite bird?: The dove since they have been with me since the beginning.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Walt Whitman
Who are your favorite poets?: I have a soft spot for e.e. cummings along with those who create with their words a picture for the mind.
Who are your heroes in real life?: My father and my grandfather.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: My mother and my grandmother.
What are your favorite names?: Way too many to count but currently I love Alyssa and Julian.
What is it you most dislike?: My own insecurities with myself and the world around me.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Clarity of the mind and of the heart
How would you like to die?: With those that I love and the ability to not be afraid of what awaits me.
What is your present state of mind?: Thoughtful and reflective on myself and others around me.
What is your motto?: Live and breathe for yourself and don't let anything stop you from getting where you aspire to be. - Myself

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