[Answer the Proust Questionnaire] [Answers by name or age] [Random answer] [Image gallery]

On Fri, 04 Jun 10 03:34:50 +0000 JW (27) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
When I don't even have the energy to describe my misery.
Where would you like to live?
A place green, elevated, windy & spacious
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
The concept fails to register
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Hopelessness
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Lucifer
Who are your favorite characters in history?
H.P. Lovecraft, Caligula, and the forgotten nameless dead
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
The ones I haven't read about yet
Your favorite painter?
Gustave Dore (if engravings count)
Your favorite musician?
Too many...
The quality you most admire in a man?
Trustworthiness
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Trustworthiness
Your favorite virtue?
Vigilance
Your favorite occupation?
Iraq (har har)
Who would you have liked to be?
To quote Proust: "Since the question does not arise, I prefer not to answer it."
Your most marked characteristic?
Darkness
What do you most value in your friends?
Trust, truth, reliability & humor
What is your principle defect?
Chronic Depression & Anhedonia
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
Falling prey to prolonged torture and/or molestation
What would you like to be?
High(-spirited) & creative
What is your favorite color?
Cannot answer, depends on the hue
What is your favorite flower?
Opium poppy
What is your favorite bird?
Owl
Who are your favorite prose writers?
H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, Robert Anton Wilson
Who are your favorite poets?
I hate poetry
Who are your heroes in real life?
Ones that reject the concept of heroism
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Margaret Sanger
What are your favorite names?
Cthulhu
What is it you most dislike?
Life
What historical figures do you most despise?
Ones that are doomed to repeat themselves
What event in military history do you most admire?
"Friendly fire": it is blackly comic on so many levels
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Inspiration
How would you like to die?
Soon
What is your present state of mind?
Depressed, disappointed & lonely
What is your motto?
"Too many ideas is a better flaw than none at all."

Clicking on the left button will increase the likelihood of JW's answers being displayed as featured answer.