Proust Questionnaire: goblin64's answers

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On Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:26:14 UTC goblin64 (45) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: clinical depression
Where would you like to live?: Vancouver
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Having enough money not to work
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: pessimism
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: King Arthur, Will from the Golden Compass trilogy,
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Queen Victoria, Amelia Earhart, Tennyson
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: J. Sterling. Pat N.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Precious Ramotswe, Ninny Threadgood, Clarice Starling
Your favorite painter?: Dante Gabriel Rossetti
The quality you most admire in a man?: Simplicity
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Strength to the core of her being
Your favorite virtue?: Loyalty
Your favorite occupation?: Finding out stuff
Who would you have liked to be?: Myself, only better
Your most marked characteristic?: Sense of humour
What do you most value in your friends?: Sense of humour, loyalty
What is your principle defect?: Pessimism, anxiousness
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To have my marbles but be trapped in a useless body
What would you like to be?: Myself, only better
What is your favorite color?: Green
What is your favorite flower?: Stargazer Lily
What is your favorite bird?: Robin
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Frances Itani, Elizabeth Hay, Phillip Pullman
Who are your favorite poets?: Christina Rossetti, Tennyson
Who are your heroes in real life?: J. Sterling, Pat N.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: See above
What are your favorite names?: Robin. Isobel. Brynah
What is it you most dislike?: Lack of discipline
What historical figures do you most despise?: The obvious ones
What event in military history do you most admire?: Vimy Ridge
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Musicianship
How would you like to die?: Quickly, without knowing what hit me.
What is your present state of mind?: Good
What is your motto?: The best way around a problem is through it.

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