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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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