Via Keith PLEASE INCLUDE THE INTRO

The questionaire of Marcel Proust (1871 – 1922)
“At the age of fourteen, Proust was given an English album 'Confessions: An album to record thoughts, feelings'. Seven years later Marcel Proust published this questionaire. In the literary salons in nineteenth century paris, this parlour game was a popular amusement.”

The main traits of my character.
Passion, Faith.

A quality I desire in a man.
Intelligence.

A quality I desire in a woman.
Survivability.

What I appreciate most among my friends
Fraternity.

My principal defect.
Faith.

My favourite occupation.
Creation.

My dream of felicity.
Time.

What would be the biggest misfortune for me.
Not fulfilling my responsibilities.

Who I would like to be.
Me.

Were I would like to live.
Be Here Now.

The colour I prefer.
Truth.

The flower I love.
“I believe that much of the world's sorrow comes from people who know they are this [a daisy] yet let themselves be treated as that [a homogenous field of daisies].”

The bird I prefer.
Penguin.

My favourite authors.
Nearing, Thoreau, Nietzche.

My favourite poets.
Cioran, Bukowski, Bataille (well I think they're poets).

My heroes in fiction.
Dave Bowman.

My heroines in fiction.
(Sorry, drawing a blank).

My favourite composers.
Yauch, Diamond, Horowitz.

My favourite artists.
Gauguin, Grunewald, Bruegel the Elder.

My heroes in real life.
Jesus, the people of Gaviotas.

My heroines in history.
St. Joan of Arc.

My favourite names.
(For obvious suspense reasons I leave this blank).

What I dislike the most.
Sloth.

The historic characters I dislike most.
Lincoln et al.

The military enterprise I like the most.
Guerrilla-based homeland recovery.

The reformation I appreciate the most.
Reform is an illusion.

Natures gift I would like to have.
Clean water and fertile land.

How I would like to die.
We are immortals and do not die. I don't believe this is a relevant question.

My soul's present condition.
Universal.

The faults I can bear.
I don't believe in having faults. As long as I am the best I can be, nothing is a fault.

My motto.
“All the interesting roads are one way”


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Wow Shannon, that's really annoying! What is it, 1997 on Geocities? Retroweb is NOT cool!

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