Proust Questionnaire: Jen Gerlach's answers

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On Mon, 03 Sep 12 06:35:03 UTC Jen Gerlach (39) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: hatred and separation
Where would you like to live?: Wales, London, NYC, Carmel, Fort Worth, Edinburgh, any port, anywhere New England
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: aquatic life. my life. perpetual travel.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: defeat, passion. escapism, distorted intellectualism, self negation, supressed despair
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Sherlock Holmes. Any Cormac McCarthy protagonist/antagonist
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Marcus Aurelius. Hume.leaders, warriors, dissidents, mothers, fathers and children and inventors
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Somaly Mam, Ayan Hirsi Ali, Sheridan Lea, Leila Petratos, Grammy Helene
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Kathy (Never Let Me Go), Elinor (Austen)
Your favorite painter?: Caravaggio, Goya, Cotan
Your favorite musician?: Johann Sebastian B, Jon Brion, Nina Simone, Heart
The quality you most admire in a man?: integrity, self control, sense of humor
The quality you most admire in a woman?: integrity, self confidence, sense of humor
Your favorite virtue?: courage, kindness. strength. patience.
Your favorite occupation?: pilot, adventurer, scientist, artist, writer, teacher, leader, innovator
Who would you have liked to be?: combat journalist, movie producer, designer, diplomat
Your most marked characteristic?: Sheridan says it is empathy. I think it may be confusion.
What do you most value in your friends?: intellectual, artistic and moral scope. originality, wisdom. loyalty. sense of humor. curiosity
What is your principle defect?: Sheridan says it is impulsiveness. I like this quality. I have too many...principals...
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: to be consumed by poison. to become it. to commit an unforgiveable act
What would you like to be?: an angel
What is your favorite color?: shifitng reds, black/white contrast. metallic tones
What is your favorite flower?: lily, sunflowers
What is your favorite bird?: phoenix
Who are your favorite prose writers?: non-fiction - florence king, hitchens, theodore dalrymple, c.s. lewis, orwell, swift, o'rourke
Who are your favorite poets?: Shakespeare, Blake, Millay, Pope, donne
Who are your heroes in real life?: fathers, survivors, warriors, judges, leaders
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Marie Curie, Thatcher
What are your favorite names?: Anna, Eve, Sheridan, Helene, Jennifer, Leila, Joshua, William, Aaron, Ian
What is it you most dislike?: treachery, moral weakness
What historical figures do you most despise?: Stalin, Pol Pot, Mao, Robsepierre. Hitler and Mengele
What event in military history do you most admire?: I do not admire war or wartime events. I admire soldiers and leaders who persevere, protect and live with their experiences
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: ability to paint/sketch. patience.
How would you like to die?: with Sheridan, knowing my loved ones are safe.
What is your present state of mind?: changeable, excited, peaceful, stimulated, questioning, resolute, sad
What is your motto?: live and let die

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