Proust Questionnaire: Mimi's answers

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On Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:14:46 UTC Mimi (31) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Losing my children
Where would you like to live?: The perfect place. Perfect weather, peace, happiness, and the perfect distance from my parents.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Sitting with my family, laughing.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: My fear
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Mr Darcy. Colonel Brandon.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: The Tudors, Jane Austen, Shakespeare.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: The women struggling to raise good human beings on their own.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Elizabeth Bennet
Your favorite painter?: My kids
Your favorite musician?: No Favorites
The quality you most admire in a man?: Humor, integrity, ambition, emotional honesty, kindness.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Strength, kindness, humor, integrity.
Your favorite virtue?: kindness
Your favorite occupation?: Reading
Who would you have liked to be?: Actor, author, photographer
Your most marked characteristic?: intense emotions
What do you most value in your friends?: Respect
What is your principle defect?: Fear of the uncontrolable
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Not seeing my kids grow up.
What would you like to be?: Someone my kids are proud of.
What is your favorite color?: green a very lush green.
What is your favorite flower?: Lilies
What is your favorite bird?: cardinal
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Don't have one
Who are your favorite poets?: Don't have one but I should
Who are your heroes in real life?: The youth willing to make a difference.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Elizabeth I
What are your favorite names?: Other than my childrens names, Charlotte and Gabriel.
What is it you most dislike?: People turning away from someone who needs help.
What historical figures do you most despise?: Hitler
What event in military history do you most admire?: My husband's pride in being an airman.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: ambition
How would you like to die?: Quietly in my sleep at a very old age. Preferably at the sane time or near the time my husband does.
What is your present state of mind?: wishful
What is your motto?: Treat others how you would want to be treated.

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