Proust Questionnaire: Misha's answers

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On Wed, 15 Sep 10 15:41:45 UTC Misha (24) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Mental illness.
Where would you like to live?: New York City
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Health, a place to be alone, a rich inner life, a few good friends
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Procrastination
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Anyone morally ambiguous with good dress sense
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Marie Antoinette; Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire; Napoleon
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Tough old broads.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Anyone morally ambiguous with good dress sense who isn't neurotic/whiny
Your favorite painter?: I can't pick just one. I'll say Bronzino for now because that's the print I have on the wall closest to me.
Your favorite musician?: Zach Condon
The quality you most admire in a man?: Vulnerability
The quality you most admire in a woman?: A backbone
Your favorite virtue?: Fortitude
Your favorite occupation?: Sleeping, reading, seeing, teh internets
Who would you have liked to be?: A bird
Your most marked characteristic?: Quietness
What do you most value in your friends?: Honesty
What is your principle defect?: I can alienate anyone.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Going backwards/backsliding.
What would you like to be?: A good person.
What is your favorite color?: Depends. To wear - grey, black and sometimes brown. In general - green.
What is your favorite flower?: I'm not picky.
What is your favorite bird?: Mourning doves.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: I tend to like books more than writers now.
Who are your favorite poets?: Dante, Rimbaud, Sexton
Who are your heroes in real life?: People who see no reason to be anything they're not. People who are candid but quiet.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Rosa Parks.
What are your favorite names?: Anything the Medicis ever used.
What is it you most dislike?: Intolerence, ignorance, mental laziness to ensure only comfortable thoughts.
What historical figures do you most despise?: Uh, recent ones.
What event in military history do you most admire?: Anything involving a sniper.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Charm/charisma
How would you like to die?: Either in my sleep or armed with a shotgun and screaming YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE
What is your present state of mind?: Blank.
What is your motto?: Not everyone has to like you and you don't have to like everyone.

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