Proust Questionnaire: Kristi's answers

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On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:50:04 UTC Kristi (35) answered the Proust Questionnaire:

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?: The awareness of ineffectualness,.
Where would you like to live?: In a library.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?: Variety and choice. Basiic needs met and a lack of boredom.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?: Ones I recognize myself in.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?: Ordinary people coping with / surviving extraordinary situations.
Who are your favorite characters in history?: Euripides, other misfits.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?: See heroes of fiction.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?: See heroes.
Your favorite painter?: Waterhouse
Your favorite musician?: Loreena McKennit
The quality you most admire in a man?: Open-mindedness combined with judgement.
The quality you most admire in a woman?: See man.
Your favorite occupation?: Reading, snuggling, crafting.
Who would you have liked to be?: All the people I might have been if I had made different choices.
What is your principle defect?: Smugness.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?: Too many possibilities to answer.
What would you like to be?: Myself but smarter and more creative.
What is your favorite color?: White.
What is your favorite flower?: Wild rose.
What is your favorite bird?: Alex the talking parrot.
Who are your favorite prose writers?: Terry Pratchett. A. S. Byatt. Sarah Monette. Banana Yoshimoto.
Who are your favorite poets?: Homer, Euripides, Sappho.
Who are your heroes in real life?: Too many.
Who are your favorite heroines of history?: Anne Boleyn
What are your favorite names?: Daniel
What is it you most dislike?: Lack of compassion.
What historical figures do you most despise?: All the usual. Any politician who seeks gain rather than good.
What event in military history do you most admire?: None.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?: Creativity.
How would you like to die?: Quickly and quietly.
What is your present state of mind?: Uncertainty.
What is your motto?: Don't injure yourself!

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