Proust Questionnaire: Jonny South's answers

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On Sun, 24 Feb 13 04:18:16 UTC Jonny South (18) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Guilt, self-pity
Where would you like to live?: Somewhere at once relaxed, but vaguely lively. Australian tropics, Far North Queensland
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: A relaxed life, music to listen to and play, to be around people that I love and are vibrant and awesome. To share my life with someone I love. To live in the sun, free from the perils of money. To be active, to teach, to engage for a living.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Guilt, self-pity, self-absorption
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Kerouac's
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Alan Shearer
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Patti Smith, Elizabeth Dickinson, Brody Dalle
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Cordelia of King Lear
Your favorite painter?: David Cho
Your favorite musician?: Elliott Smith
The quality you most admire in a man?: Honesty, enthusiasm, bravery
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Genuinity, character, kindness, openness
Your favorite virtue?: Enthusiasm
Your favorite occupation?: Feeling engaged, Teaching, watching NBA/NRL, playing pool, listening to music, relaxing
Who would you have liked to be?: LeBron James...haha
Your most marked characteristic?: Desire for simplicity, to be honest and open, and to be able to be engaged and share my life with ones I love, despite my own deep reservation and nervousness
What do you most value in your friends?: Shared interests/loves, accepting, easy-going
What is your principle defect?: Self-absorption, guilt, lack of self-confidence
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Never to feel enthusiastic about anything
What would you like to be?: Free from restraints and guilt which make us miserable. To be enthusiastic about life.
What is your favorite color?: Orange
What is your favorite flower?: Ben Flower
What is your favorite bird?: Magpies
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Don DeLillo, Jack Kerouac. Zach Lowe/Bill Simmons of Grantland. David Halberstam.
Who are your favorite poets?: Rilke, Joe Bolton, John Ashbery, Billy Collins, Percy Shelley, Phillip Larkin, Allen Ginsberg
Who are your heroes in real life?: Elliott Smith, Johnathan Thurston, Cameron Smith, LeBron James, Kyrie Irving, Tim Duncan
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Elizabeth Dickinson, Patti Smith, Brody Dalle, Elizabeth Bishop, Sylvia Plath
What are your favorite names?: Carmelo, Kelly, Williams, Connell, Kyrie,
What is it you most dislike?: Dishonesty
What historical figures do you most despise?: Adolf Hitler, slaver owners, Kevin Sinfield
What event in military history do you most admire?: Any victory for genuine good
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Freedom from self-doubt, natural confidence
How would you like to die?: In a positive place
What is your present state of mind?: Improving, relaxed, self-accepting
What is your motto?: Just be honest, enthusiastic.

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