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On Tue, 18 Jun 13 09:26:16 UTC Misk Odium Oersted answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Trapped at the bottom of the barrel, and forced to stay there by the fish.
Where would you like to live?
In no country or world previously known; bound not by the laws of others or even the laws of the universe.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Isolation; separated from those that bring nothing but misery to my doorstep.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Irrationality.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
There are not many. I do however look towards the villains, not for their violence, but for their conviction to alter the status quo.
Who are your favorite characters in history?
The great tacticians; the warriors of the mind.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
I refuse to distinguish between "hero" and "heroine." Ergo I group them in the same category. The answer to this question is simple: the only heroes in real life are those that take action.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Again, I do not draw a line between "hero" and "heroine." So see above.
Your favorite painter?
Picasso.
Your favorite musician?
Beethoven.
The quality you most admire in a man?
Willingness to stand up and take action against any percieved injustice, either by his definition or the definitions of those at large.
The quality you most admire in a woman?
I must say I am growing weary of this gender discretion. See above.
Your favorite virtue?
Once more, the surpassing of the Bystander Effect. The ability and will to take actions when most others refuse to.
Your favorite occupation?
No more than storytelling.
Who would you have liked to be?
There is no one I would have rather been than myself. That being said, "where" is another matter entirely.
Your most marked characteristic?
A mask of delightfulness and politeness, with a very strong undercurrent of bitterness.
What do you most value in your friends?
Some sort of ability to understand my blatherings.
What is your principle defect?
Intolerance to my own shortcomings.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
To have become one of those I despise; to wear a smile at the sacrifice of my own virtues, and an overbearing blindness to the reality around me.
What would you like to be?
Beyond Human. Far removed from those that believe themselves superior yet never show anything for it.
What is your favorite color?
The only answer I can provide is red.
What is your favorite flower?
I have no interest in nature.
What is your favorite bird?
See above.
Who are your favorite prose writers?
I do not believe I am at liberty to say.
Who are your favorite poets?
I rather despise poetry.
Who are your heroes in real life?
Again with the sex discrimination...
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
How much longer must this go on.
What are your favorite names?
The ones the individual is permitted to choose for themselves.
What is it you most dislike?
If it has not become obvious by this point, I weep for you.
What historical figures do you most despise?
Any and all who stood in the face of progress, and succeeded in halting it.
What event in military history do you most admire?
The Battle of Normandy
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
There is no quality or gift in the natural world that could satisfy me.
How would you like to die?
In a great battle, fighting to hold my own and defending my own ideals, not whimpering in a hospital bed regretting all the decisions I've made in life.
What is your present state of mind?
Rage at having my hatred brought to the forefront.

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