Proust Questionnaire: Raph's answers

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On Sun, 03 Aug 14 00:21:03 UTC Raph answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: homelessness, absolute poverty
Where would you like to live?: wealthy, politically/economically stable country
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: loving family, wealth, health, success
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Sexual promiscuity, base lust.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: The most flawed ones; the good ones and the "evil" ones.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Michael Collins. WB Yeats. Charlie Chaplin.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Emma Watson; there's something special about her.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Arya Stark, Minerva McGonagall, Hermione Granger; the ones who exhibit the strength and fortitude that are often attributed to male protagonists.
Your favorite painter?: Musicians; I'm not an avid fan of visual art.
Your favorite musician?: This question is impossible to answer. A fusion of Hozier, Michael Jackson, Drake and Mali Music.
The quality you most admire in a man?: Strength, physical and mental
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Happiness with oneself; complete confidence despite an awareness of his own flaws. A compete belief in one's own beauty.
Your favorite virtue?: Love.
Your favorite occupation?: Engaging in any hobby with/in the presence of a loved one or someone who's company i enjoy.
Who would you have liked to be?: Beautiful, physically and characteristically. Beautiful from my skin right down to my soul.
Your most marked characteristic?: Poisonous arrogance, God help me overcome it.
What do you most value in your friends?: Kindness and loyalty, to me, of course.
What is your principle defect?: narcissism
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To be as weak in adulthood as I am as a child
What would you like to be?: Taller, that is all.
What is your favorite color?: Black; the absence of colour. It looks good on me.
What is your favorite flower?: The one without a scent.
What is your favorite bird?: Phoenix. Non-mythical is the eagle
Who are your favorite prose writers?: George RR Martin, Andrew Hozier Byrne, Mali Music.
Who are your favorite poets?: The above.
Who are your heroes in real life?: I have none. I try (and often fail) to be my own hero.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: None come to mind.
What are your favorite names?: Sebastian, Caleb, Tristan, Savannah, Celeste
What is it you most dislike?: All of them really.
What historical figures do you most despise?: Eamon de Valera, he was an awful cunt
What event in military history do you most admire?: Christmas day, WW1, allied forces and opposing forces set aside their differences. For a while, rather than just being enemy soldiers, they were people.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Will power, irresistible charm
How would you like to die?: Old but sane; wealthy. Surrounded by loved ones. Famous last words. Peace.
What is your present state of mind?: Exhausted, optimistic. Tomorrow will be better.
What is your motto?: God is great in my life.

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