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On Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:39:41 UTC Matt (30) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Tacoma. In the dense fog. Homesick and in physical pain. Explaining to a local and original Washingtonian why I moved there.
Where would you like to live?
On a prairie in a white farm house. Or in the mountains in a trailer.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Falling asleep someplace where I can leave the window open in the summer.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
an obsession with beauty and sensations
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Those who stand up to tyrants and bullies. Those who live for themselves without needlessly harming others.
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Ovid, Ayn Rand, Julian the Apostate, Hendrix, Rachel Carson
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Any woman who can front a metal band and hold her own. Women who resist the urge to be crusaders and live for themselves and those they love.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Ayla in Clan of the Cave Bear.
Your favorite painter?
H.R. Giger
Your favorite musician?
Paz Lenchantin
The quality you most admire in a man?
decency, knowledge, and strength
The quality you most admire in a woman?
A free spirit. good judgment.
Your favorite virtue?
Intelligence coupled with morality and strength.
Your favorite occupation?
Eating and drinking
Who would you have liked to be?
An Evolutionary Biologist
Your most marked characteristic?
My solitude and shyness
What do you most value in your friends?
Loyalty and empathy
What is your principle defect?
my profound distrust of others
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
To enter middle age as a solitary man
What would you like to be?
A patriarch of a large family. An effective teacher and writer.
What is your favorite color?
Green
What is your favorite flower?
Wild ones that grow uncultivated
What is your favorite bird?
Corvids and Wading Birds
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Henry James, Frank Herbert, Twain
Who are your favorite poets?
Frost, Spencer
Who are your heroes in real life?
My English 101 teacher.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Rachel Carson, Ayn Rand, Marija Gimbutas, Boudicca
What are your favorite names?
You can call me either one.
What is it you most dislike?
Crowds. The mob. Willful ignorance.
What historical figures do you most despise?
All fascists, tyrants, and fanatics.
What event in military history do you most admire?
The invasion of Normandy and the liberation of Europe.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
the ability to do mathematics. Physical attractiveness would have been nice, also.
How would you like to die?
on a bed of leaves and turf along the bank of a river at midsummer.
What is your present state of mind?
Exhuastion. Anxiety.
What is your motto?
If you can't fix it with bailing wire and duct tape, the best thing you can do is take it into the desert and set it on fire.

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