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On Thu, 11 Sep 2008 04:53:01 UTC Mark D Anderson (23) answered the Proust Questionnaire:
- What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
- Having either absolutely nothing or absolutely everything one could ever desire.
- Where would you like to live?
- On top of a mountain in a small cozy house by a garden.
- What is your idea of earthly happiness?
- The honest, mutual, and present love of a human companion; oh, and a ray of sunshine and a free bench.
- To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
- Delusions of grandeur, fears of future, fear in general, not leaving a good art behind for this world; mostly failure paranoia and fear.
- Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
- Odysseus, Rorshach from the Watchmen, Sam from LOTR, Huckleberry Finn, and Mellville's Ishmael.
- Who are your favorite characters in history?
- Socrates, Julius Ceaser, Alexander the Great, Winston Churchill, Hunter Thompson, Job
- Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
- I'll have to agree with Proust on that one: A woman of genius leading an ordinary life.
- Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
- Desdemona, Eve, Rose of Sharon,
- Your favorite painter?
- Marc Chagall, Picasso, Monet
- Your favorite musician?
- Jerry Garcia, Paul Simon, Beirut
- The quality you most admire in a man?
- Humility, intelligence, laughter, universal respect and understanding.
- The quality you most admire in a woman?
- Inner and outer natural beauty and activity
- Your favorite virtue?
- humble respect for the connectivity of all, that people need each other
- Your favorite occupation?
- Writing, reading, sleeping well, performing, chatting, buzzing, being at peace
- Your most marked characteristic?
- a craving to be admired
- What do you most value in your friends?
- humor and trustworthiness
- What is your principle defect?
- pride, and a complexity of mental loopholes revolving around the fear that stems from avoiding that pride
- What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
- To have not grown up with my brother.
- What would you like to be?
- A happy adventurous contented creative giving lucky man.
- What is your favorite color?
- agree with Proust, harmonization
- What is your favorite flower?
- lotus
- What is your favorite bird?
- owl
- Who are your favorite prose writers?
- Tom Robbins, John Steinbeck, Neil Gaiman, and Tolkein
- Who are your favorite poets?
- Billy Collins, David Berman, Shakespeare, and Donne
- Who are your heroes in real life?
- My brother and my grandmother, and my Louise.
- Who are your favorite heroines of history?
- Helen of Troy, Anne Frank, and Mother Teresa
- What are your favorite names?
- Aidan, Salome,
- What is it you most dislike?
- the hideousness of spiders despite their profound ecological neccessity
- What historical figures do you most despise?
- Contemporary American politicians
- What event in military history do you most admire?
- D Day
- What natural gift would you most like to possess?
- A fearlessly comfortable psyche.
- How would you like to die?
- Blasted by a cannon through a tidal wave off a cliff while being struck by lightning.
- What is your present state of mind?
- accomplished and deluded for the moment upon completion here
- What is your motto?
- Moderation, endless motion
Freewill and determinism are the two best poker buddies in the universe; in fact, no game ever exists without them.
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