Proust Questionnaire: Gainer's answers

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On Thu, 19 Jun 14 18:36:57 UTC Gainer (52) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Poor, unloved & unemployed
Where would you like to live?: Asia; South America
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To have the means to move about the world while learning and experiencing its diversity.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: The pursuit of understanding and pleasure; the pleasure of understanding.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Those that seek to understand the mysteries of the world; and those that appreciate the beauty.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Marco Polo; James Cook; Charles Darwin
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: A woman that will struggle to overcome adversity, while retaining a sense of humour.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Those refusing to be gender stereotyped while still maintaining their sense of the feminine.
Your favorite painter?: Da Vinci
Your favorite musician?: Jimmy Buffet
The quality you most admire in a man?: Intelligence, sense of humour, wit, honesty & integrity
The quality you most admire in a woman?: intelligence, sense of humour, wit and grace, honesty & integrity
Your favorite virtue?: honesty, tolerance, a sense of wonderment, a sense of humour
Your favorite occupation?: Reading, travelling, conversation, climbing mountains; sailing seas
Who would you have liked to be?: Marco Polo, Nathaniel Bumpo, Robin of Lochsley, Aristotle, Kim Sejong,
Your most marked characteristic?: A desire to make a positive contributon to the world around me.
What do you most value in your friends?: Honesty, sense of humour, open mind
What is your principle defect?: I'm too easily frustrated by some setbacks; which leads to procrastination.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: A 9 to 5 automaton-like job with a picket-fence existence in the suburbs.
What would you like to be?: Worldly & traveled, yet generally humble
What is your favorite color?: Those shades that contrast and provide the subtle nuances that catch the eye.
What is your favorite flower?: Those in the alpine meadows in spring.
What is your favorite bird?: Northern Sawhet Owl, Peregrine Falcon, any raptor
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Flavour of the day
Who are your favorite poets?: Byron, Keats, Lorca
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Florence Nightingale; Evelyn Sayre; Ching Shih
What is it you most dislike?: Any of my mistakes that cause inconvenience, harm or discomfort to others.
What historical figures do you most despise?: The Puritans, Zealots, other fanatics & their ilk.
What event in military history do you most admire?: Alexander of Macedon in Asia; Peace Keeping in the modern era
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Practical wisdom and the opportunity to use it effectively.
How would you like to die?: Well regarded, but with little fuss.
What is your present state of mind?: Immense frustration - feeling stagnated; and with little hope of finding the resources to extricate myself anytime soon.
What is your motto?: Korean Expression - Sounds like: "Fighting" in English - and refers to struggling against the odds; as an underdog; yet with honour, dignity and persistence.

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