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Dissident Heart 
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 Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 12:32 pm Post subject: Proust Questionnaire
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
What is your greatest fear?
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Which living person do you most admire?
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
What is your greatest extravagance?
What is your favorite journey?
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
On what occasion do you lie?
What do you dislike most about your appearance?
Which living person do you most despise?
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
What is your greatest regret?
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
Which talent would you most like to have?
What is your current state of mind?
If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be?
What is your most treasured possession?
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Where would you like to live?
What is your favorite occupation?
What is your most marked characteristic?
What is the quality you most like in a man?
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
What do you most value in your friends?
Who are your favorite writers?
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Who are your heroes in real life?
What are your favorite names?
What is it that you most dislike?
How would you like to die?
What is your motto?
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| Posted: Fri Dec 29, 2006 1:56 pm Post subject: Re: Proust Questionnaire
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Freedom from ignorance and ignorant people who say I should live like they do.
What is your greatest fear?
Succumbing to ignorant people's wishes and designs.
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Anyone who was not the perfect fit for the current mode of thought.
Which living person do you most admire?
None in particular. I like most people and find things to admire in many people.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Lack of focus.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
The fact that they exist! (Kidding).
What is your greatest extravagance?
Nothing. I am not too extravegant at all.
What is your favorite journey?
Reading
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Charity. Because it is mostly used as a tool as opposed to what it should be for.
On what occasion do you lie?
When talking to someone I am trying to get rid of or have no respect for....and when answering long questionaires.
What do you dislike most about your appearance?
That I cannot see it more often myself!!
Which living person do you most despise?
I will just go with Bush.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Go fuck yourself; I dont give a shit.
What is your greatest regret?
Not finishing college.
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
My kids.
Which talent would you most like to have?
Art.
What is your current state of mind?
Fed up with this world.
If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
Geography.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Surviving.
If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
Who cares.
If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be?
A compass.
What is your most treasured possession?
Me.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Living in a world where 95% of your co-species believes in insignificant fairy tales and ruins your happiness by insisting they are the ones who are right about reality.
Where would you like to live?
Out of the city and urban areas. The woods, in a log cabin. And yes...I would build bombs and mail them to you all! (beat you to it did'nt I?)
What is your favorite occupation?
None.
What is your most marked characteristic?
Physical or not?
What is the quality you most like in a man?
A set of tits.
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
A set of balls.
What do you most value in your friends?
That they know when to back off.
Who are your favorite writers?
Asimov, Moorcock.
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Elric. (Anti-Hero actually)
Who are your heroes in real life?
None.
What are your favorite names?
Derogatory ones!
What is it that you most dislike?
Bullshit and senseless ponderings that are taken too seriously.
How would you like to die?
By the end of the biological processes that make me live.
What is your motto?
Go fuck yourself.
Here's how Norman Mailer answered.
Fuck Normal Mailer...
Mr. P. Mr. P's place. I warned you!!!
Mr. P's Bookshelf.
I'm not saying it's usual for people to do those things but I(with the permission of God) have raised a dog from the dead and healed many people from all sorts of ailments. - Asana
The one thing of which I am positive is that there is much of which to be negative - Mr. P.
The pain in hell has two sides. The kind you can touch with your hand; the kind you can feel in your heart...Scorsese's "Mean Streets"
I came to kick ass and chew Bubble Gum...and I am all out of Bubble Gum - They Live, Roddy Piper
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| Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 2:10 pm Post subject: Re: Proust Questionnaire
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A cup of tea, a purring cat, some mellow blues, a compelling book, and my man at the other end of the sofa, also reading.
What is your greatest fear?
Will I ever make steady money at my new career?
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
None really. I do have a Woody Allen-esque sense of humour though...
Which living person do you most admire?
Mark Twain said of Cecil Rhodes: "I admire him, I frankly confess it; and when his time comes I shall buy a piece of the rope for a keepsake."
I admire various individuals in my life for whatever their sterling qualities are.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Laziness
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Dishonesty
What is your greatest extravagance?
Books
What is your favorite journey?
So far, my own, of discovering my new career, my new life
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Lust (in today's world, it seems to be considered a virtue)
On what occasion do you lie?
I prefer to stay silent than to lie. It's easier to keep track of. 
What do you dislike most about your appearance?
Not much, actually.
Which living person do you most despise?
GWB. Of people I actually know, none.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
any quip used by my father..."As my father used to say, ..."
What is your greatest regret?
Not being challenged in high school
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
The man I found 4 years ago, who is now my husband
Which talent would you most like to have?
to be able to sing
What is your current state of mind?
Content
If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
If I changed them, they wouldn't be my rather wacky family. But I would like to have my dad back.
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
My career change.
If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
Since reincarnation is hogwash, I'll not answer this
If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be?
...that said, it would be fun to be an otter (I'd like to be comfortable in water), or a house cat (to cater to my laziness)
What is your most treasured possession?
my brain
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Not being taken seriously, not being seen
Where would you like to live?
Where I'm living.
What is your favorite occupation?
Planning something, anything.
What is your most marked characteristic?
I genuinely like people.
What is the quality you most like in a man?
The abiltity to think
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Unconventionality
What do you most value in your friends?
Their independence, & intelligence
Who are your favorite writers?
Too many to list
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Zorro 
Who are your heroes in real life?
Anyone who navigates the bullshit with ease
What are your favorite names?
Ask me instead about the silly names parents come up for their kids today!
What is it that you most dislike?
Besides raw sea cucumber? Idiots who intrude on others' lives
How would you like to die?
When it is time.
What is your motto?
"Life is too short." "All beings are the owners of their deeds, the heirs to their deeds."
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| Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 5:57 pm Post subject: Re: Proust Questionnaire
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What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Orgasm
What is your greatest fear?
Being paralyzed
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Octavian Augustus Caesar
Which living person do you most admire?
Me
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Stubbornness
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Selfishness
What is your greatest extravagance?
Collocate cake
What is your favorite journey?
Self descovery
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Religious Faith
On what occasion do you lie?
To spare someone I care about feelings
What do you dislike most about your appearance?
My left pinky toe nail is crooked
Which living person do you most despise?
Jane Fonda
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
Cow, chicken and zombie dog.
What is your greatest regret?
None, everything I have done good or bad has made me who I am today, and I would not change that.
What or who is the greatest love of your life?
My wife
Which talent would you most like to have?
Perfect swordsmanship
What is your current state of mind?
Positive
If you could change one thing about your family, what would it be?
They were more independent
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
My personal improvement
If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?
A dog because my loyalty has been compared with that of a dogs
If you could choose what to come back as, what would it be?
Me
What is your most treasured possession?
My knife
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Ignorance
Where would you like to live?
Anyplace that stayed about 50 degrees all year round
What is your favorite occupation?
Actor
What is your most marked characteristic?
Intelligence
What is the quality you most like in a man?
Honesty
What is the quality you most like in a woman?
Strength
What do you most value in your friends?
Loyalty
Who are your favorite writers?
Tolken, Stephen King
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Captain Kirk
Who are your heroes in real life?
Gaius Julius Caesar
What are your favorite names?
Anthony, Lurch, Marcus, Verinous, Zack
What is it that you most dislike?
Loud chewing
How would you like to die?
Fast
What is your motto?
Keep your weapon handy!
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| Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 5:09 pm Post subject: Re: Proust Questionnaire
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Great responses Mr. P and Frank...I'm not sure what the job would be yet, but if I were hiring and this were part of the interview...you're both hired.
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| Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 6:20 pm Post subject: Re: Proust Questionnaire
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Hmm...now that I think of it...was DH being sarcastic?
Well anyway, who is saying we would WANT to work for him anyway!!!
Mr. P. Mr. P's place. I warned you!!!
Mr. P's Bookshelf.
I'm not saying it's usual for people to do those things but I(with the permission of God) have raised a dog from the dead and healed many people from all sorts of ailments. - Asana
The one thing of which I am positive is that there is much of which to be negative - Mr. P.
The pain in hell has two sides. The kind you can touch with your hand; the kind you can feel in your heart...Scorsese's "Mean Streets"
I came to kick ass and chew Bubble Gum...and I am all out of Bubble Gum - They Live, Roddy Piper
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Loricat
Don't worry, your responses were great, they were what motivated me to post mine.
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