Proust Questionnaire: Koinekid's answers

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On Sat, 18 Apr 2009 23:33:01 UTC Koinekid (28) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: To die as an unknown person
Where would you like to live?: Alone
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: To be known and highly regarded
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Pride, dear one, pride
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Real people, free of the trappings of false heroism
Who are your favorite characters in history?: The conquerors and those who fought for freedom
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: Those who do not need to denegrate men to find fulfillment
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: Those who are smart and capable enough to function in a world where men are not dumbed down and shown as ineffectual
Your favorite painter?: The one left unnamed
Your favorite musician?: Conway Twitty
The quality you most admire in a man?: Intelligence, forthrightness, an unwillingness to compromise his core values, a refusal to bow the knee to corrupt authorities
The quality you most admire in a woman?: Intelligence, loyalty, kindness, strength
Your favorite virtue?: Self-reliance
Your favorite occupation?: Writing and reading
Who would you have liked to be?: Alexander the Great, Lawrence Block, or George R. R. Martin
Your most marked characteristic?: A desire not to be forgotten, to be hailed as the foremost authority in my field
What do you most value in your friends?: Loyalty and respect
What is your principle defect?: Fear of conflict
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: To have been born stupid
What would you like to be?: A great writer and teacher of writing, a guru
What is your favorite color?: Black - it is what I most often wear
What is your favorite flower?: A single white rose with a speckle of blood dotting its petals...seriously, hycacinth - I like the name
What is your favorite bird?: The male cardinal
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Lawrence Block and David McCullough
Who are your favorite poets?: I read poetry only rarely
Who are your heroes in real life?: Ron Paul, Wayne Allyn Root, Lawrence Block, George R. R. Martin
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Mary Ann Evans (George Eliot), Kate Chopin
What are your favorite names?: Harker, Jessica,
What is it you most dislike?: Democrats...also Republicans...and idiots, but I repeat myself
What historical figures do you most despise?: FDR
What event in military history do you most admire?: The American Revolution
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: A strong work ethic
How would you like to die?: I'd rather not, but if I must - loved and on my own terms
What is your present state of mind?: Amenable
What is your motto?: Today...Ask for nothing and see to your own house.

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