Proust Questionnaire: Kate McJ's answers

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On Sat, 25 Jul 2009 13:04:41 UTC Kate McJ (31) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: Not being true to myself. I'm wallowing in it as we speak.
Where would you like to live?: Where I am in both the city and the country, the beach and the mountains, but it must never be cold.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To experience love, not only of people but of all creation.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Mindlessness, in its many forms.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: They are all my favorites as I am reading them - I fall in love so easily.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: All who have been romanticized.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Those who nurture.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Hermione. We are the same person, although her magical abilities are more honed than mine...
Your favorite painter?: Allison, my college roommate.
Your favorite musician?: Chopin and Jim Morrison have had the most influence in my life.
The quality you most admire in a man?: Confidence, reliability.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Loyalty, genuineness.
Your favorite virtue?: Kindness.
Your favorite occupation?: Being.
Who would you have liked to be?: All who I have been.
Your most marked characteristic?: Fragility.
What do you most value in your friends?: Their smiles.
What is your principle defect?: Weakness of conviction.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To have never known love.
What would you like to be?: A tree.
What is your favorite color?: I love them all.
What is your favorite flower?: The blooming type.
What is your favorite bird?: Whip-poor-will
Who are your favorite prose writers?: J.K. Rowling, Beverly Cleary, Tolstoy, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Who are your favorite poets?: It's not fair to pick a favorite poet.
Who are your heroes in real life?: I'm trying to be my own.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Joan of Arc
What are your favorite names?: I prefer classical names.
What is it you most dislike?: Dead spiders' legs
What historical figures do you most despise?: Those whose motivations were evil.
What event in military history do you most admire?: Switzerland's exploits
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Courage.
How would you like to die?: Full of life.
What is your present state of mind?: Critical of my answers and sleepy.
What is your motto?: Never say never.

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