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On Sat, 25 Feb 17 15:24:41 UTC SiegeWind (40) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
wrongful imprisonment
Where would you like to live?
my own private continent
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
being left alone to do as I like
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
sloth
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
redemptive figures, those who have failed in the past and seek to be better
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Einstein, Sagan, Asimov, those who add to our knowledge or wonder
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, my mother
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Karrin Murphy, Diana of Themiscyra, strong, capable women unafraid to show their strengths
Your favorite painter?
Van Gogh, Dali
Your favorite musician?
David Draiman
The quality you most admire in a man?
curiousity
The quality you most admire in a woman?
curiousity
Your favorite virtue?
self-knowledge
Your favorite occupation?
escapism
Who would you have liked to be?
Myself at 15, not only so I didn't make the same mistakes, but so that I could make new ones.
Your most marked characteristic?
disregard for the opinions of others
What do you most value in your friends?
loyalty
What is your principle defect?
temper
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
mental incapacitation
What would you like to be?
powerful, influential
What is your favorite color?
green fuck you Proust
What is your favorite flower?
fleur-de-lys
What is your favorite bird?
croven
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Jim Butcher, Stephen King
Who are your favorite poets?
Kipling,
Who are your heroes in real life?
Hitchens, Dawkins, deGrasse-Tyson
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
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What are your favorite names?
SiegeWind, Ninja
What is it you most dislike?
stupidity in the form of willful ignorance
What historical figures do you most despise?
St. Paul
What event in military history do you most admire?
the creation of the Red Cross
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
consistent self-motivation
How would you like to die?
instantaneously, preferably while performing some act of heroic kindness
What is your present state of mind?
curiousity about how I might have answered these questions years ago and how I might years hence
What is your motto?
Carpe Vita

I stated above that I am 40. I am also an ex-con, a former security guard, an uncle, a writer, a gamer, a thinker and a general failure as a human being. (This is not me being hard on myself, this is simple fact and facts ARE liable to alteration in the right circumstances.)

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