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On Fri, 29 Oct 10 06:48:22 UTC RD answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
isolation
Where would you like to live?
in the city, preferably New York City
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
knowledge and pleaure
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
celebrity
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
the anti-hero with a redeeming quality
Who are your favorite characters in history?
the outcasts, the hipsters
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
the women who challenge society's norms to change it
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
the free-spirited, the ones that hold firm in their beliefs
Your favorite painter?
Dali
Your favorite musician?
Thelonious Monk
The quality you most admire in a man?
Intelligence and a sense of humor
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Intelligence, strength and humor
Your favorite virtue?
Charity
Your favorite occupation?
Anything in the arts
Who would you have liked to be?
An artist
Your most marked characteristic?
Determination
What do you most value in your friends?
Sworn secrecy
What is your principle defect?
Not knowing when enough is enough
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
No friends
What would you like to be?
An artist
What is your favorite color?
Red and black, the colors of voodoo war spirits
What is your favorite flower?
I have no preference
What is your favorite bird?
The Raven
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Wilde
Who are your favorite poets?
Dickingson, Plath
Who are your heroes in real life?
A rotating pantheon of celebrities, A to D list, largely female, one or two male
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Harriet Tubman
What are your favorite names?
Edward and Lauren
What is it you most dislike?
Ignorance; it creates a security blanket of delusion
What historical figures do you most despise?
The murderous ones
What event in military history do you most admire?
The Trojan War
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Charm
How would you like to die?
Old
What is your present state of mind?
Hungry
What is your motto?
Offend the status quo

aged 26

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