Proust Questionnaire: Charly Mariaan's answers

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On Wed, 06 Jul 11 00:27:26 UTC Charly Mariaan (49) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: To be emotionally starved, intimacy-less
Where would you like to live?: In any country, possibly mono-culture, and in peace/safety
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: A few close friends, a home I love, a lover, companion animals, books, music, a fireplace, a mountain, a beach
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Irreverence
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: The underdog making good, and those in desperate, unrequited love
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Any of the defiant thinkers and warriors
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: The defiant ones, such as Aung San Suu Kyi
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: The free-thinkers and fighters, Moll Flanders, Anna Karenina, Anais Nin, Emma Bovary
Your favorite painter?: Kandinsky
Your favorite musician?: Metallica, Joy Division
The quality you most admire in a man?: Intelligent passion
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Intelligent passion
Your favorite virtue?: Kindness, grace, fearlessness
Your favorite occupation?: Words
Who would you have liked to be?: A woman warrior, such as Phoolan Devi
Your most marked characteristic?: I hate injustice & unfairness, but I'm a bit anal
What do you most value in your friends?: Humour, loyalty
What is your principle defect?: Fear; I'm afraid of things, like submission, vulnerability, and lions
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To never have found a soul-mate lover, or to lose a soul-mate friend
What would you like to be?: A fearless version of myself
What is your favorite color?: Red
What is your favorite flower?: Lily
What is your favorite bird?: Eagle
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Jeanette Winterson, Kerouac, Virginia Woolfe
Who are your favorite poets?: EE Cummings, Charles Bukowski, Anne Sexton
Who are your heroes in real life?: The defiant ones, wherever they may be *salute*
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: All warrior women, and those who lived/loved fearlessly
What are your favorite names?: Names are not key
What is it you most dislike?: Fear
What historical figures do you most despise?: All those who served themselves first or only
What event in military history do you most admire?: The Battle of Isandlwana, 1879 - the Zulus gave the British their greatest defeat in colonial history,
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Creativity in any of the arts
How would you like to die?: Unexpectedly and quickly, in front of a bus one ordinary Wednesday, maybe
What is your present state of mind?: Temporarily unfulfilled and grey, but good red wine is somewhat of an antidote
What is your motto?: Venceremos, & Ek is jammer om van jou k*k te hoor.

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