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On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 23:02:13 UTC almavidrio (35) answered the Proust Questionnaire:

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To be unfulfilled - in love, in work, in knowledge, in community.
Where would you like to live?
California. Or Samso Island, Denmark.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Love. Ska music. Dogs. Laughter. Sunshine. Good books.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Cynicism.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Walter Mitty
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Nikola Tesla, Einstein
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Frida Kahlo
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Innocent Erindira
Your favorite painter?
Gustav Klimt
Your favorite musician?
Tom Waits
The quality you most admire in a man?
Morality. Uxoriousness.
The quality you most admire in a woman?
The ability to live the way she wants, to be who she wants.
Your favorite virtue?
The will to always do the right thing. Or to TRY to do the right thing...
Your favorite occupation?
Silversmithing.
Who would you have liked to be?
Me, but better. Smarter, taller, prettier, faster. With better teeth.
Your most marked characteristic?
Imagination
What do you most value in your friends?
Moral fortitude
What is your principle defect?
I can be pretty lazy.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
Losing the will to continue.
What would you like to be?
A milliner.
What is your favorite color?
That perfect blue sky, seconds before dark.
What is your favorite flower?
Peonies. "Royal Wedding" poppies.
What is your favorite bird?
Scarlet tanager
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Nicholson Baker, Marquez, Palahniuk, Julian Barnes
Who are your favorite poets?
Neruda, cummings, Cohen.
Who are your heroes in real life?
Carl Sagan.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Dorothy Dandridge
What are your favorite names?
Veronica. Poppy.
What is it you most dislike?
Moral weakness. And onions.
What historical figures do you most despise?
Hitler was kind of a jerk. And GWB, too.
What event in military history do you most admire?
The Taiping Rebellion
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Seductiveness.
How would you like to die?
Satisfied.
What is your present state of mind?
Thoughtful. Curious.
What is your motto?
Who the hell is looking at me, anyway??

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