Proust Questionnaire: James H's answers

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On Tue, 18 Apr 17 23:22:40 UTC James H (27) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Losing my pack.
Where would you like to live?: There's no reason to change what's comfortable.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To share our stories with the world, in the ways they were meant to be told
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Temper
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Those blurring the lines between fiction and reality
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Jacob and Wilheim of course.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Just the woman in the red cowl
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: I take grievance with your use of the word fiction here.
Your favorite painter?: Ludwig
Your favorite musician?: Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs
The quality you most admire in a man?: Ability to evolve
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Deduction
Your favorite virtue?: Justice
Your favorite occupation?: Reading, acting, telling a good tale.
Who would you have liked to be?: I am who I am and that's who I would have liked to be.
Your most marked characteristic?: Fierce loyalty to my inner circle.
What do you most value in your friends?: That we're still a family after all this time
What is your principle defect?: My anger and appetite typically get me in trouble.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Not having control over my own actions
What would you like to be?: I'm happy being myself
What is your favorite color?: Red is lovely.
What is your favorite flower?: Flowers throw off my olfaction.
What is your favorite bird?: Some of my kin find usefulness in the crow, but I haven't a care for birds.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Orwell
Who are your favorite poets?: Robinson Jeffers, William Ernest Henley
Who are your heroes in real life?: Teddy Roosevelt
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Rosa Parks
What are your favorite names?: Jacob, Wilhelm, Schneewittchen, Aschenputtel,
What is it you most dislike?: The unknown
What historical figures do you most despise?: Caligula
What event in military history do you most admire?: The Nika riots
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: A gentle heart
How would you like to die?: I'm not sure that's possible
What is your present state of mind?: Should I call my lawyer?
What is your motto?: Better the devil you know

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