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On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:50:29 UTC Screaming Bastard Child of the Apocalyps (23) answered the Proust Questionnaire:

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: To feel utterly worthless. To look back on life and see a squandered opportunity.
Where would you like to live?: Somewhere where freedom is valued. A centre of love, acceptance and learning. Geographically I'd like to live in Ireland.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Family, friends, falling in love, art, music, sex, literature, exploration, the journey of self-discovery.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: I'm often called arrogant, though in truth I'm actually very humble. My worst fault is not acting when I should, allowing fear to get the better of me.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: I have many. From Raskolnikov to Han Solo. I find myself drawn to the characters who are compelled by circumstance to change the world as opposed to those who set out to.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Dr. Martin Luther King, Socrates, Crazy Horse, Che Guevara, Jimi Hendrix
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: My Mum.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Mrs. Emma Peel, Catwoman
Your favorite painter?: My Mum again. If they count, I'd say the Dadaists, also Paul Klee and my girlfriend gemma.
Your favorite musician?: Now that's tough because there are so many...if pushed I'd say Robert Johnson.
The quality you most admire in a man?: Honesty. Integrity. Honour. Strength. Intelligence.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Intelligence. Honesty. Truthfullness. An inquisitve mind. A sense of humour. Individuality. Frankness.
Your favorite virtue?: Being yourself at the expense of everything else.
Your favorite occupation?: Writing, Reading, Discussing, Photography, Listening to and making music, helping others, drawing, walking, sex, film making, admiring films, laughing.
Who would you have liked to be?: Exactly who I am.
Your most marked characteristic?: The volume of my voice.
What do you most value in your friends?: Understanding. Support. Intelligence. Honesty. Courage.
What is your principle defect?: I have many, I am a work in progress.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Not being born into the family I was.
What would you like to be?: Respected and listened to.
What is your favorite color?: Blood Red.
What is your favorite flower?: I don't like flowers, if I had to pick, I'd say those that I grow myself, or the lotus, for it's tantric significance.
What is your favorite bird?: The vulture, I also like eagles and mythological birds generally I'm quite a big bird fan.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Many...Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Jean Paul Satre, Jack Kerouac, Phillip K. Dick, Joseph Conrad, Ken Saro-wiwa and many more
Who are your favorite poets?: John Agard, Charles Baudelaire, John Lennon, Henry Rollins
Who are your heroes in real life?: My Dad all the way, My Uncle John, I admire Barack Obama at the moment, though I'm fully aware I may regret that later, Henry Rollins of Black Flag and a few others
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Mary Magdelene, believe it or not.
What are your favorite names?: Maya, Michelle, most gaelic names...
What is it you most dislike?: Fascism and far right politics. Greed. Lies. Weakness.
What historical figures do you most despise?: Field Marshall Hague, Margret Thatcher, Adolf Hitler & his lot, Myra Hidley, Nick Griffin
What event in military history do you most admire?: The battle of the lttle bighorn, The battle of santa clara where Che's forces took Cuba, The bravery of the men of the Somme, though I do not admire the war itself.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: A more even temper, leadership qualities.
How would you like to die?: In full possesion of my faculties and phisiology, having achieved all I can in one lifetime.
What is your present state of mind?: Placid, calm.
What is your motto?: Rock n Roll will never die!

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