Proust Questionnaire: ccchnl's answers

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On Sun, 02 Oct 11 23:43:42 UTC ccchnl answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: for a loved one or yourself to have an incurable, fatal disease
Where would you like to live?: The US
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: being recognized and respected for your talent and being able to make a living off of it
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: lazyness
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: intellectuals and adventurers (or both)
Who are your favorite characters in history?: the ones who were ahead of their time
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: women who achieve their goals without the patronage of men
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: the ones who save the day
Your favorite painter?: Degas
Your favorite musician?: Rachmaninov
The quality you most admire in a man?: talent
The quality you most admire in a woman?: intelligence
Your favorite virtue?: patience
Your favorite occupation?: working on my craft
Who would you have liked to be?: Simonetta Vespucci
Your most marked characteristic?: determination
What do you most value in your friends?: loyalty
What is your principle defect?: fear of change
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: loosing your life or a life of a loved one to a fatal disease too soon
What would you like to be?: the most succesful version of myself
What is your favorite color?: my favourite colour changes but I get a constant sense peace from an absence of colour- white
What is your favorite flower?: orchids and sheer bliss roses
What is your favorite bird?: my favourite birds are peacocks, but my favourite bird is my pet parrot
Who are your favorite prose writers?: no favorites
Who are your favorite poets?: Byron and Pushkin
Who are your heroes in real life?: my mother
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Elizabeth I
What are your favorite names?: Alexander, Aurora, James, Lara, Anastasia, Concordia...
What is it you most dislike?: the occasional spells of lazyness
What historical figures do you most despise?: the dictators of the past century, then and now
What event in military history do you most admire?: I admire the discipline and traditions of the military and peace treaties that conclude nearly all the "events"
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: a gift for the sciences
How would you like to die?: a long time from now
What is your present state of mind?: tired, it's nearly 3 in the morning right now
What is your motto?: hope for the best, prepare for the worst

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