Proust Questionnaire: Katya Allnutt's answers

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On Wed, 13 Jan 16 07:18:52 UTC Katya Allnutt (27) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: To never be with the man I love
Where would you like to live?: Somewhere isolated, quiet, yet accessible with the man I love, where I won't be judged for being who I am. I also like France.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Being able to indulge in my creative pursuits but also have a home and family with my loving soulmate and keep healthy relationships with my other friends and family.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: laziness, despair, doubt, and delicious yet rich foods
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Morally centered anti-heroes with questionable ethics who do the right thing despite being out for themselves.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Battlefield poets, drunken literary greats, and rebels with good causes
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: All the women who fought so I could vote, work, go to school, and even wear pants today.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Women with sharp blades and sharp minds who recognize their own individual beauty and worth.
Your favorite painter?: Monet
Your favorite musician?: I can never choose just one. I admire anyone making music for the passion they have for it, strong messages in songwriting and beautiful and intriguing melodies.
The quality you most admire in a man?: Intellect, a gentle tenderness, passion
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Intellect, strength in its various forms, independence
Your favorite virtue?: In myself, my creativity and strong moral centre
Your favorite occupation?: Writing, reading, cooking, appreciating life
Who would you have liked to be?: Myself but with stronger motivation and less self-doubt
Your most marked characteristic?: A desire to succeed with my creative pursuits.
What do you most value in your friends?: Companionship, patience, and understanding when I need it. They are excellent company.
What is your principle defect?: Self-doubt, brutally high standards for myself, and a tendency to give in to despair
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To never have found my soulmate and to have given up on myself completely
What would you like to be?: Myself but prouder of who I am. I need to let myself shine.
What is your favorite color?: Midnight Blue with waves of deep red and purple with a sprinkle of silver
What is your favorite flower?: A deep red rose in the rain.
What is your favorite bird?: Rufous sided towhee
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Neil Gaiman, J.R.R. Tolkien, Anton Chekhov, Oscar Wilde
Who are your favorite poets?: Edgar Allan Poe, W.H. Auden, John Keats
Who are your heroes in real life?: My friends pursuing their passions.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Ada Lovelace
What are your favorite names?: Eva, Una, Sebastian
What is it you most dislike?: Greed, a disregard for life, destruction of the environment, ignorance
What historical figures do you most despise?: Hitler, Nero, Christopher Columbus
What event in military history do you most admire?: The courage in the Battle of the Somme and Dieppe
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: A mysterious allure
How would you like to die?: I wouldn't mind immortality, even if it's only achieved in the legacy of my creative work
What is your present state of mind?: I just had a delicious cup of lychee black tea and some good chocolate so I feel quite content.
What is your motto?: I don't have one at this point in my life.

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