Proust Questionnaire: Jae's answers

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On Tue, 12 Jan 16 01:47:57 UTC Jae (18) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: The lowest depth of misery is alienation. To feel alienated is similar to the loneliness of isolation, except for the fact that people can surround you everywhere and yet you still feel alone. That's the misery of alienation.
Where would you like to live?: I would like to live on a planet filled with peace. That doesn't exist currently, except maybe on Mars. Maybe the Earth, one day.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Having the pleasure of companionship, whether with a friend, family, or with animals.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: I can be very indecisive. That has always been a fatal flaw of mine.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: The villain who believes they're right.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Nikola Tesla, Leonardo daVinci, Vincent Van Gogh, Isaac Newton, Carl Sagan, and Jimi Hendrix.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Frida Kahlo, Virginia Woolf, Marie Curie, Malala Yousafzai, Janet Mock, and Hatshepsut.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Matilda.
Your favorite painter?: Gustav Klimt.
Your favorite musician?: Freddie Mercury.
The quality you most admire in a man?: Bravery, kindness, and intelligence.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Bravery, kindness, and intelligence.
Your favorite virtue?: Compassion.
Your favorite occupation?: Circus performer. I wish I had the talent.
Who would you have liked to be?: Tesla's best friend. (Not a pigeon)
Your most marked characteristic?: Empathy. I sometimes curse how sensitive and attuned I am to the people around me. There is so much pain and I sometimes can't bear it. During the good moments, I feel lighter than air.
What do you most value in your friends?: Loyalty and courage. Show me a silver of either and I will follow you to the end of the universe.
What is your principle defect?: That people want to box me to a form of conformity and I can't will myself to, otherwise I lose a bit of myself. If I could shape my mind, I would never do it. I consider that a defect; from society itself.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To die without influencing good towards the world.
What would you like to be?: A cat. A cat's life is so simple.
What is your favorite color?: The color in between amethyst and lavender.
What is your favorite flower?: Roses.
What is your favorite bird?: Blue Jay.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Too many to count.
Who are your favorite poets?: Percy Shelley, Shel Silverstein, Poe, Robert Frost, Maya Angelou, and e.e. cummings.
Who are your heroes in real life?: My father, Kosta.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: My ultimate lady love is Frida Kahlo.
What are your favorite names?: Tesla, Artemisia, Rory, Rosaline, Emmaline, Naim, Kamala, Khan, and Farrohk.
What is it you most dislike?: Selfishness. Cruelty. Violence.
What historical figures do you most despise?: George W. Bush.
What event in military history do you most admire?: When people in the U.S. opposed getting drafted for the war in the 60s. Peace and love. That's the mantra I support.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: To speak more than one language fluently. (I am learning!)
How would you like to die?: To be sucked up by a black hole in the utter silence of space.
What is your present state of mind?: Sad.
What is your motto?: Peace and love.

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