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On Fri, 08 Jan 16 16:06:19 UTC alex (23) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: to feel invisible to the ones you love
Where would you like to live?: anywhere but here
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: satisfied contentment
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: arrogance and cynicism
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: john watson
Who are your favorite characters in history?: tennessee williams, louisa may alcott, oscar wilde
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: my friends
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: lisbeth salander
Your favorite painter?: waterhouse
Your favorite musician?: shostakovich if classical, billy joel if modern
The quality you most admire in a man?: humility
The quality you most admire in a woman?: humor
Your favorite virtue?: generosity
Your favorite occupation?: writer
Who would you have liked to be?: basically anyone except who i am
Your most marked characteristic?: a sharp wit and a brilliant mind
What do you most value in your friends?: acceptance
What is your principle defect?: self loathing and fear
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: dying feeling as if you'll never be remembered
What would you like to be?: a writer
What is your favorite color?: black and blue
What is your favorite flower?: daffodils
What is your favorite bird?: robins
Who are your favorite prose writers?: tennessee williams, donna tartt, anne rice, khaled hosseini
Who are your favorite poets?: neruda, auden, byron, robert frost
Who are your heroes in real life?: you should never treat people like heroes
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: alcott if that counts
What are your favorite names?: for girls, grace, michelle, portia, samantha. for boys, darren, felix, benjamin
What is it you most dislike?: people's unnecessary cruelty
What historical figures do you most despise?: no one is a fan of hitler
What event in military history do you most admire?: i don't admire the military much at all
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: confidence
How would you like to die?: either in a rapid tragic accident or in my sleep - any way where i'm not acutely aware of my own death coming
What is your present state of mind?: exhaustion
What is your motto?: those who can do good should

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