Proust Questionnaire: Michael's answers

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On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 01:47:48 UTC Michael (40) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: To find love and lose it. I would have rather not loved.
Where would you like to live?: In a place rich with culture.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To truly love and to be loved.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: To live without knowing myself.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Pooh Bear, Mole (Wind In The Willows), and Bilbo Baggins. Each possess more than they even know.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Christ, St. Augustine, Kierkegaard, All the noteworthy poets, artists, and composers.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Women who surprise themselves, and others, with zeal and passion. Ones not afraid to evolve.
Your favorite painter?: Dali
Your favorite musician?: Gawd. Possibly Miles, Bickert, Monk, or Bird.
The quality you most admire in a man?: Passion.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Passion.
Your favorite virtue?: Patience.
Your favorite occupation?: Expressing love in whatever vehicle I'm into at the time. Poetry, music, conversation, long gazes.
Who would you have liked to be?: Only me.
Your most marked characteristic?: A quick study. Ability to improvise in life.
What do you most value in your friends?: Unconditional love and acceptance.
What is your principle defect?: Demanding and exacting.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To have never met, loved, and been loved by Elizabeth.
What would you like to be?: Whatever I want to be, and the freedom to do so.
What is your favorite color?: Green.
What is your favorite flower?: Those that sprout in the most unfavorable conditions. Eg., Saffron Crocus
What is your favorite bird?: Whippoorwill
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Edgar Allen Poe, CS Lewis, Orwell, Kafka
Who are your favorite poets?: Plath, John Donne, Poe, Cummings, Neruda
Who are your heroes in real life?: Ones who contain heroic qualities in the most surprising of circumstances.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Why MUST there be a separation between heros and heroines? See above for the same answer.
What are your favorite names?: Elizabeth and Michael
What is it you most dislike?: Seeing someone humiliated or desperate.
What historical figures do you most despise?: Warmongerers
What event in military history do you most admire?: Draft-dodgers of the sixties.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Compassion
How would you like to die?: In love.
What is your present state of mind?: Deliriously and passionately in love with Elizabeth, myself, and the future.
What is your motto?: Fuck it.

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