Proust Questionnaire: Jenn's answers

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On Sat, 27 Jul 13 19:04:03 UTC Jenn (39) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Being seperated from my children.
Where would you like to live?: In the woods or on the beach in France.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Being with my family, having fun in our home. Being near nature and domestic comforts.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: To be deprived of a life less ordinary.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Hester Prynn in Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Odysseus, Abrham Lincoln, Homer
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Queen Elizabeth I
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Hester Prynn
Your favorite painter?: Pollack
Your favorite musician?: Beethoven, Dave Matthews Band
The quality you most admire in a man?: Intelligence, character, kindness, ambition
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Intelligence, grace, character
Your favorite virtue?: To thine self be true
Your favorite occupation?: Reading, running, baking
Who would you have liked to be?: Queen Victoria, Gwyneth Paltrow
Your most marked characteristic?: I need an inordinate amount of love and attention
What do you most value in your friends?: Intelligence, presence, depth
What is your principle defect?: I am a pointed and critical person
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Losing my family
What would you like to be?: Me, just the best version I could possibly be
What is your favorite color?: Purple
What is your favorite flower?: Lily of the valley
What is your favorite bird?: Mourning dove
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Kate Chopin
Who are your favorite poets?: Robert Frost
Who are your heroes in real life?: My father
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Joan of Arc, Elizabeth I
What are your favorite names?: Guinevere, Jackson, Samuel, Ryan
What is it you most dislike?: Sloth, neediness
What historical figures do you most despise?: Hitler
What event in military history do you most admire?: The WW2 invasion of Normandy
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Will power, the ability to sing
How would you like to die?: Quietly and comfortably
What is your present state of mind?: Contented
What is your motto?: Be the best version of yourself.

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