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On Fri, 12 Jun 15 03:21:07 UTC M.K. (21) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):
- What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
- To know that I made mistakes, however trivial, that harmed people, and that these errors cannot be rectified.
- Where would you like to live?
- In the pristine forested mountains as a shepherd or farmer somewhere with simple, traditional people; perhaps in Georgia (Kavkasus), Bulgaria, Siberia, or Alaska.
- What is your idea of earthly happiness?
- To have of an abundance of nourishing material - food for the body, books/art for the spiritual - to share with others.
- To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
- Being either too particular or too careless.
- Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
- Those who are not weak/sick/cowardly but who are good/moral.
- Who are your favorite characters in history?
- Diogenes "the Dog"
- Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
- Amy Goodman.
- Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
- Those who are meek and mild but also have a surprising intelligence andmind of their own and screw things up badly for the villains
- Your favorite painter?
- I like the Symbolists and W Blake.
- Your favorite musician?
- Bob Dylan, Beethoven, & Bach.
- The quality you most admire in a man?
- Courage and intelligence - more trivially, lots of wit, frankness, and a kind of cheerful pessimism that is exhibited by those who know that the world is falliing to shit because of war, stupidity, and greed but live contently with humor.
- The quality you most admire in a woman?
- Confidence in her own life & values, moral sensitivity, and toughness/lack of vanity.
- Your favorite virtue?
- Courage or Compassion
- Your favorite occupation?
- Games of skill that don't make you think too hard, like ping pong. So fucking addicting.
- Who would you have liked to be?
- A naturalist or translator of literature.
- Your most marked characteristic?
- Having an interesting opinion or take on any subject.
- What do you most value in your friends?
- Creativity and decent morality.
- What is your principle defect?
- Inconsistency or forgetfulness.
- What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
- To be without friends and have the government after me!
- What would you like to be?
- Self-sufficient but generous as hell. This is kinda possible, I think.
- What is your favorite color?
- Green.
- What is your favorite flower?
- Roses.
- What is your favorite bird?
- Raven/crow.
- Who are your favorite prose writers?
- Dostoyevsky. Kafka, and Steinbeck.
- Who are your favorite poets?
- I don't like poetry, but maybe WH Auden.
- Who are your heroes in real life?
- They've all died recently, I think.
- Who are your favorite heroines of history?
- Unfortunately, females haven't featured much in Western history. So I don't know of any.
- What are your favorite names?
- I tend like Greek names like Theodor or Alex.
- What is it you most dislike?
- Hypocrisy. Especially in evil old bastards in positions of authority who judge other people to keep them afraid/submissive.
- What historical figures do you most despise?
- Alexander Hamilton comes to mind.
- What event in military history do you most admire?
- I have no idea.
- What natural gift would you most like to possess?
- Quicker thinking! To process things fast and be ready to react and reply...
- How would you like to die?
- A devastating disease/injury after being over-worked as a poor old bugger. I'll go out somewhere and shoot myself.
- What is your present state of mind?
- Tiredness.
- What is your motto?
- The first will sometimes be last and the last first.
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