Proust Questionnaire: Jake's answers

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On Tue, 24 Dec 13 06:36:11 UTC Jake (21) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Depression
Where would you like to live?: New York City, or the romantic ideal of it
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Good food, friends, and art. And a decent amount of money to support it.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Good food, good art.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Greek tragedy, Stephen Daedalus, Bilbo/Frodo
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Spinoza, Socrates, and those like them.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Sontag, Susan B. Anthony, Steinem, my mother
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Antigone
Your favorite painter?: J.M.W Turner, Goya, Whistler, Mondrian
Your favorite musician?: Kevin Shields, Brian Wilson, Schumann, Ravel, Bach
The quality you most admire in a man?: The same as in women
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Intelligence, realness, moral fiber
Your favorite virtue?: Generosity
Your favorite occupation?: Writing, reading, playing video games.
Who would you have liked to be?: A great writer, or game designer, or someone who could change political fabrics.
Your most marked characteristic?: A craving for attention, praise.
What do you most value in your friends?: Interest, knowledge of me and how to entertain; character.
What is your principle defect?: Laziness, aloofness
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To not have met my most important of friends
What would you like to be?: Myself as I want me to be.
What is your favorite color?: Purple
What is your favorite flower?: Orchids
What is your favorite bird?: Cardinal
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Philip Roth, Pynchon, Flaubert
Who are your favorite poets?: Shelley, Mark Strand, Donne, Herbert, Wallace Stevens
Who are your heroes in real life?: Writers and artists more generally
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Rosa Luxembourg, Susan B. Anthony, etc.
What are your favorite names?: My own name, or whatever is affectionately applied.
What is it you most dislike?: My laziness and arrogance
What historical figures do you most despise?: Ronald Reagan, people similar to him
What event in military history do you most admire?: I don't appreciate military endeavors
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Talent in writing
How would you like to die?: Peacefully, and well-regarded
What is your present state of mind?: Pensive
What is your motto?: Mottos are too simple and too general.

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