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On Thu, 13 Apr 17 03:05:30 UTC matt (23) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To feel disconnected from the world & humanity
Where would you like to live?
A medium/large city with all my close friends
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Living near lots of friends with shared interests, all of us contributing to the arts and respecting each other for how long we've known each other and for the creative work we're doing
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Not applying myself to what I do
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
male protagonists from books by Haruki Murakami and Thomas Bernhard. But most protagonists I read are anti-heroes.
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Lenin, Eugene V. Debs, Thomas Sankara
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Assata Shakur, Nadezhda Krupskaya
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Women in short stories by Chekhov. Cynthia Forrest and Nina from Falling Into Place by Ann Beattie. Franny from Franny and Zooey
Your favorite painter?
Rothko
Your favorite musician?
Mark Nelson (Pan American), Stuart Braithwaite
The quality you most admire in a man?
Perspective, honesty, generosity
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Playfulness, humor, intelligence
Your favorite virtue?
Compassion
Your favorite occupation?
Reading
Who would you have liked to be?
A more pure version of myself
Your most marked characteristic?
My perspective on myself and my place in history, which I feel informs all my thinking
What do you most value in your friends?
Capacity to laugh at what they're saying while they say it, even if they believe it deeply. Finding as many things funny and sad as possible.
What is your principle defect?
Being irresponsible with my time
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
To travel back in time and alter the past such that, upon returning to the future, all my memories are of people I've never met, who don't know me, and who are actually different people from the ones I had known from not having met me
What would you like to be?
A more pure version of myself
What is your favorite color?
Cyan
What is your favorite flower?
sunflower
What is your favorite bird?
Black phoebe
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Murakami, Chekhov, Thomas Bernhard, Amy Hempel, Frederick Barthelme
Who are your favorite poets?
Heather Christle, Matthew Rohrer
Who are your heroes in real life?
Lenin, Thomas Sankara
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Assata Shakur, Nadezhda Krupskaya
What are your favorite names?
Sarah
What is it you most dislike?
People who worship rules and authority
What historical figures do you most despise?
Hitler, Churchill
What event in military history do you most admire?
I don't know any by name, but probably something from the American Civil War
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Charm, and the ability to not feel anxiety in conversations with strangers. The ability to speak my mind
How would you like to die?
Of old age after trying my hardest
What is your present state of mind?
I wonder if I'm going to make it
What is your motto?
I don't have one

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