Proust Questionnaire: Mahalo's answers

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On Fri, 10 Jun 11 13:45:38 UTC Mahalo (/) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: The dank pit of drug withdrawal
Where would you like to live?: Alpine canada. Cold, with forests.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: The company of good friends, a steady supply of synaptic lubricants, an audiophile-grade studio and a well stocked kitchen.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Sleep. Endless sleep.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: I love a well-written detective. Hard boiled, troubled. An investigator.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Miyamoto Musashi,
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: My mother.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Angelina diGriz.
Your favorite painter?: Heironymous Bosch
Your favorite musician?: Too many to count... though Bob Dylan is a strong contender.
The quality you most admire in a man?: Intelligence and passion.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Honesty, passion. Fire. Self-sufficiency.
Your favorite virtue?: Truth and Privacy.
Your favorite occupation?: Performing to a crowd.
Who would you have liked to be?: Myself. Only in a different Now.
Your most marked characteristic?: Confidence & Humility
What do you most value in your friends?: Their patience for my madness
What is your principle defect?: Impulsitivity
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To become estranged again from my family.
What would you like to be?: More firm in my convictions.
What is your favorite color?: Olive
What is your favorite flower?: Lotus
What is your favorite bird?: Owl
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Philip K Dick, William Gibson, Aldous Huxley
Who are your favorite poets?: Wilfred Owens, Alan Ginsberg, TS Eliot
Who are your heroes in real life?: Hunter S Thompson, Julian Assange, Kevin Mitnick, Marilyn Manson
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Eris
What are your favorite names?: Those names which have the most meaning.
What is it you most dislike?: Passive-aggressive facebook status updates.
What historical figures do you most despise?: Richard Nixon, Wouter Basson
What event in military history do you most admire?: Gallipolli
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Tranquility of mind.
How would you like to die?: I would like my death to mean as much to the world as my life has.
What is your present state of mind?: Somewhat sedated and uncomfortably lucid
What is your motto?: Live, Love, Learn - Without fear.

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