Proust Questionnaire: jj's answers

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On Sat, 13 Dec 2008 16:13:52 UTC jj (43) answered the Proust Questionnaire:

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Being unable to shake the concept of my own mortality
Where would you like to live?: The Italy of my imagination
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Experiencing peace and security, and knowing those comforts extend far beyond my cohort.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Self-preservation
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Jeeves, Andrea del Sarto ("...or what's a heaven for?"), Childe Rolande
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Gro Harlem Bruntland, mothers who raise their children to be good people
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Úrsula Iguarán from 100 Years of Solitude, Auntie Mame
Your favorite painter?: Seurat
Your favorite musician?: Pat Metheny
The quality you most admire in a man?: Conscience, compassion, dedication
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Self-respect, compassion, dedication
Your favorite virtue?: Respect
Your favorite occupation?: Reading, gardening, cooking for loved ones, tending my katz
Who would you have liked to be?: Someone healthier
What do you most value in your friends?: Respect, intelligence
What is your principle defect?: Bad genes, impatience...and I'm very judgemental
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To have been stuck with my biological family, instead of the much better one my mom and new dad made. To be an abused child old enough to understand the betrayal of cruel parents.
What would you like to be?: A philanthropist
What is your favorite color?: Green
What is your favorite flower?: Sweet pea
What is your favorite bird?: All
Who are your favorite prose writers?: VS Naipaul, Peter Carey, Margaret Atwood, Alice Munroe
Who are your favorite poets?: Sharon Olds, Robert Browning
Who are your heroes in real life?: Barack Obama (so far)
What is it you most dislike?: Zealotry of all kinds
What historical figures do you most despise?: Self-aggrandizing leaders--those who ruined their domains with their hubris and greed
What event in military history do you most admire?: None...it hasn't really worked yet
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: I'd like to be able to sing
How would you like to die?: Old, loved, in no pain, and quickly
What is your present state of mind?: Low-grade fury at the messes all over this beautiful world
What is your motto?: "I came to live out loud" (but I don't really do it enough)

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