Proust Questionnaire: Rosie's answers

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On Fri, 24 Aug 12 00:08:58 UTC Rosie (52) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: To be friendless
Where would you like to live?: Portland, Or
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Driving down backroads looking for people and places to photograph
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Sloth
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Mr Darcy, Mr Rochester, Sherlock Holmes - all those dark Victorian Goths
Who are your favorite characters in history?: The Tudors
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: As much as I hate to admit it - it's Oprah. She uses her wealth and influence for postive outcomes.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Jane Eyre, Elizabeth Bennett
Your favorite painter?: Lucien Freud
Your favorite musician?: Steven Tyler
The quality you most admire in a man?: A sense of humor and intelligence
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Strength and independence
Your favorite virtue?: Honesty
Your favorite occupation?: photography
Who would you have liked to be?: thin and rich
Your most marked characteristic?: being outspoken and funny
What do you most value in your friends?: their confidence
What is your principle defect?: procrastination
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: I'm a visual person, so blindness would be awful
What would you like to be?: a great photographer and artist
What is your favorite color?: Green
What is your favorite flower?: wild
What is your favorite bird?: sparrows
Who are your favorite prose writers?: I enjoy Iris Johansen, Anne Rice, and many others
Who are your favorite poets?: William Carlos Williams
Who are your heroes in real life?: firefighters, the armed forces, the people who rescue animals
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Elizabeth I, Abigail Adams, Susan B Anthony
What are your favorite names?: Abigail, Daniel
What is it you most dislike?: Christian fundamentalists
What historical figures do you most despise?: too mny to list
What event in military history do you most admire?: any end of hostilities
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: I'd love to have a wonderful powerful singing voice
How would you like to die?: in my sleep
What is your present state of mind?: peaceful
What is your motto?: I don't have one.

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