17 questions à la Marcel Proust:

[Call Me Wesley]

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
2. Where would you like to live?
3. What is your idea of earthly happiness?
4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
6. Who are your favorite characters in history?
7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
9. Your favorite painter?
10. Your favorite musician?
11. The quality you most admire in a man?
12. The quality you most admire in a woman?
13. Your favorite virtue?
14. Your favorite occupation?
15. Who would you have liked to be?
16. What is your present state of mind?
17. What is your favorite motto?

[EstimatedProphet]

1. Tough ones

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Constant, unending pain
2. Where would you like to live? Amsterdam
3. What is your idea of earthly happiness? That little lightbulb that goes on when you 'get' something-nothing beats it!
4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent? Gluttony
5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction? Glan Runciter
6. Who are your favorite characters in history? Martin Luther, Galileo, Da Vinci, Edward R. Murrow
7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life? Marie Curie, Cindy Sheehan
8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction? Scirrocco Jones
9. Your favorite painter? Goya or El Greco
10. Your favorite musician? Bela Fleck or Phil Lesh
11. The quality you most admire in a man? Integrity
12. The quality you most admire in a woman? The same
13. Your favorite virtue? Honesty
14. Your favorite occupation? Internet game tester
15. Who would you have liked to be? An astronomer-couldn't deal with the math
16. What is your present state of mind? Tired
17. What is your favorite motto? The more you do, the more you are

[Call Me Wesley]

9. Not the usual Lounge questionnaire, eh? ;)

Thank you for answering! And good vibes/prayers for you and the Prophetess! :hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

2. Mine:

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?

Suffering, in any cases.

2. Where would you like to live?

On a soft hill in Tuscany, fenced by tall pine trees.

3. What is your idea of earthly happiness?

To be free from suffering.

4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?

Lazyness.

5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?

The loners who care; the ones who walk through life fully aware.

6. Who are your favorite characters in history?

Shakyamuni, Gandhi, Leo Trotsky, Plato, Diogenes.

7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life?

My wife

8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?

Cassandra, Medea.

9. Your favorite painter?

Egon Schiele, my wife.

10. Your favorite musician?

Paganini.

11. The quality you most admire in a man?

Honesty.

12. The quality you most admire in a woman?

Honesty.

13. Your favorite virtue?

Compassion.

14. Your favorite occupation?

Writing.

15. Who would you have liked to be?

No one else. Everyone has edges, so I think it does not really matter except for a different social environment to have.

16. What is your present state of mind?

Stuffed. (Cold.)

17. What is your favorite motto?

To go on.

[distantearlywarning]

3. Message deleted.

Sorry, pressed post before I was ready.

[Call Me Wesley]

10. No worries!

Thanks, anyway! :hi:

[Heidi]

4. 17 answers.

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Irrational fear.

2. Where would you like to live?
I like Ticino, but I'd like Tortola, BVI, a bit more.

3. What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Knowing that all sentient beings live in love, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity.

4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Sweets.

5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
matcom.

6. Who are your favorite characters in history?
Shakyamuni, Clarence Darrow, Malcolm X, Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy.

7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
My mom, my maternal grandmotgher, Simone de Beauvoir, Molly Ivins, Coretta Scott King, Colette Dowling, and my DU warrior woman girlfriends (you know who you are).

8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
I don't read much fiction.

9. Your favorite painter?
Today, it's Cole Morgan. http://www.kashyahildebrand.org/geneva/morgan/morgan003.html

10. Your favorite musician?
Today, it's Van Morrison.

11. The quality you most admire in a man?
Compassion.

12. The quality you most admire in a woman?
Compassion.

13. Your favorite virtue?
Compassion.

14. Your favorite occupation?
Artist.

15. Who would you have liked to be?
Who I am: artist, warrior woman, girlfriend, parter, cat-mom, godmother, friend-for-life.

16. What is your present state of mind?
After this, _tired_.

17. What is your favorite motto?
Fear is the single greatest limiter of human potential.

[ZombieNixon]

5. All right...

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Being unloved

2. Where would you like to live?
Where I live now, only in a different building

3. What is your idea of earthly happiness?
That feeling you get at the moment when you know a huge project has just been completed to your satisfaction

4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Lust, gluttony

5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
The ones in the novels I'm writing

6. Who are your favorite characters in history?
They probably haven't been born yet

7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Susan B. Anthony, Coretta Scott King, all the women who have fought for equality and human rights

8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
See answer to #5

9. Your favorite painter?
Pablo Picasso

10. Your favorite musician?
Bad Religion

11. The quality you most admire in a man?
Honesty

12. The quality you most admire in a woman?
Intelligence (boobs) :evilgrin:

13. Your favorite virtue?
Comapssion

14. Your favorite occupation?
Author

15. Who would you have liked to be?
I refuse to answer

16. What is your present state of mind?
Unshaven (and yes, that is a state of mind)

17. What is your favorite motto?
I wish I had a motto

[Call Me Wesley]

11. Thank you for answering,

and good luck for your novel! :hi: And I totally get what you mean by 'unshaven.'

[skygazer]

6. Let's see if I can make any sense

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? - chronic depression

2. Where would you like to live? - right where I am

3. What is your idea of earthly happiness? - having few regrets, being good to my fellow creatures and respecting the earth

4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent? - impatience

5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction? - those who learn from their experiences

6. Who are your favorite characters in history? - those who fight for the voiceless

7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life? - all the women who pushed the envelope and enabled me to live the life I've lived

8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction? - any who aren't just pretty faces waiting for a man to rescue them

9. Your favorite painter? - don't know

10. Your favorite musician? - my dad's friend Ed who can play a mean fiddle

11. The quality you most admire in a man? - honesty

12. The quality you most admire in a woman? - honesty

13. Your favorite virtue? - compassion

14. Your favorite occupation? - thinking

15. Who would you have liked to be? - a teacher

16. What is your present state of mind? - sick and miserable

17. What is your favorite motto? - when in doubt, use a hammer

[Call Me Wesley]

12. Makes a lot of sense. Thank you.

So, did you use the hammer on your car's clock already? ;)

:hi:

[SOteric]

7. Now ~that's~ a set of questions~

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? To stand by helplessly and watch while those you love are in pain.
2. Where would you like to live? Here is fine. It's really nice here.
3. What is your idea of earthly happiness? A gentle rain hitting the rooftop whilst I'm curled up on a sofa with my favourite kitty, my favourite coffee, my favourite book, and my favourite guy.
4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent? Sloth and Indolence.
5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction? Frodo Baggins, Sherlock Holmes, Stephen Daedalus, David Copperfield, Archy and Mehitabel
6. Who are your favorite characters in history? St. Francis of Assissi, St. Thomas Aquinas, Mohandas K. Gandhi, Ramohun Roy, Henry David Thoreau, The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Jimmy Carter and Nelson Mandela.
7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life? My mother, Maya Angelou, Rosa Parks, Gilda Radner, Mother Theresa, Ste. Julian of Norwich
8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction? C. J. Craig, Mrs. Landingham
9. Your favorite painter? Paul Gaugin
10. Your favorite musician? Bach
11. The quality you most admire in a man? A sense of humour and the ability to admire depth and intelligence.
12. The quality you most admire in a woman? A sense of humour and the ability to admire depth and intelligence.
13. Your favorite virtue? Patience.
14. Your favorite occupation? Laying about like a lump. No anyone hiring for that?
15. Who would you have liked to be? Being me has definitely had it's moments, but overall I'm good with it.
16. What is your present state of mind? Massachusettes.
17. What is your favorite motto? On this refulgent summer day it is a luxury to breathe the breath of life. -Emerson

[Call Me Wesley]

13. Thank you!

I guess you're talking about Johann Sebastian Bach. Check out once Johann Christian Bach, one of his sons. Great musician, too.

:hi:

[jpgray]

8. All of my answers involve Alain de Botton being stabbed with an icepick

1. Not seeing Alain de Botton being stabbed with an icepick
2. Somewhere near Alain de Botton being stabbed with an icepick
3. Alain de Botton being stabbed with an icepick
4. My desire to be the only witness to Alain de Botton being stabbed with an icepick

And so on.

[Call Me Wesley]

14. LOL!

You just forgot the picture:

http://www.theage.com.au/ffximage/2004/06/30/status_ld,0.jpg

:hi:

[SOteric]

15. Good god, man! - Is there no room in your heart

for shoving a red hot fire poker up his bum?

[Call Me Wesley]

19. Uhmm, honestly,

I don't even know who this guy is, besides just seeing some awkward pictures ... :shrug:

[Rabrrrrrr]

21. Well, he did write a book about Proust

I was going to compliment you on how utterly witty you were with that post.

[Call Me Wesley]

23. Who did not write a book about Proust or

at least used him in a footnote ... Never heard of this guy, probably seen his books somewhere but haven't touched it. Switzerland just doesn't have good authors anymore ...

[SOteric]

22. Ah...

http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth16

Particular emphasis on the second paragraph. :hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

30. I was just browsing through his critics,

and I feel totally secure now that I haven't missed anything but shallow filling of paper made from cutting trees ... :yawn:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

16. answers

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?

helplessness


2. Where would you like to live?

goa

3. What is your idea of earthly happiness?

the feeling of accomplishment when a difficult task is finished succesfully

4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
sex/chocolate

5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?

count of monte christo

6. Who are your favorite characters in history?

netaji subhash chandra bose

7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life?

angelina jolie. a gorgeous woman with a heart and a passion to make the world a better place.

8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?

jane eyre

9. Your favorite painter?

boticelli

10. Your favorite musician?

tori amos

11. The quality you most admire in a man?

kindness

12. The quality you most admire in a woman?
kindness

13. Your favorite virtue?

mercy

14. Your favorite occupation?

15. Who would you have liked to be?

16. What is your present state of mind?
sad/anxious

17. What is your favorite motto?

live and let live

[Call Me Wesley]

26. I just googled

Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose and am reading a bit through. Thanks! :hi:

[Rabrrrrrr]

17. Jeez, what a set of questions. Rabrrrrrr's Instant Answer Generator says:

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Not being curious

2. Where would you like to live? In a society in which intellect, curiosity, education, and artistic expression are valued and encouraged by all members, and in which hatred, phobias, and sloth are non-existant.

3. What is your idea of earthly happiness? To be content with oneself and the world, while still striving to be more

4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent? procrastination/perfection and arrogance/aloofness

5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction? Muad'dib, Sherlock Holmes, Gandalf, Spock, Kirk, Picard, Curious George, Pippi Longstocking

6. Who are your favorite characters in history? Ben Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, Jesus, Hildegard of Bingen, Perpetua and Felicity, Newton, Einstein, Heisenberg, Mahler, Zappa

7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life? Rosa Parks, and any woman who has fought for emancipation from any oppressive system

8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction? Pippi Longstocking, Amelia Badelia,

9. Your favorite painter? Cy Twombly

10. Your favorite musician? Zappa or Mahler

11. The quality you most admire in a man? Integrity, honesty, intellectual curiosity, and comfort with his sexuality, masculinity and femininity; and someone who loves himself enough to take care of his body and his mind

12. The quality you most admire in a woman? Integrity, honesty, intellectual curiosity, comfort with her sexuality, femininity and masculinity; and someone who loves herself enough to take care of her body and her mind

13. Your favorite virtue? Self improvement/growth as a human being

14. Your favorite occupation? Any occupation that I have a chance to excel, improve, and be creative in

15. Who would you have liked to be? While I immensely glad I am me, and can't imagine anything better, I would have loved to have been Thomas Jefferson

16. What is your present state of mind? Chiastic

17. What is your favorite motto? Live free or die

[SOteric]

18. Why does no one ever say

"Live reasonably-priced or die?"

[Rabrrrrrr]

20. How about "Live - special! 40% off! - or die"?

[Call Me Wesley]

25. Thank you!

Quite profound, and I feel ashamed now that I forgot about Pippi Longstocking. :hi:

[Rabrrrrrr]

27. She was my first hero! Then Encyclopedia Brown.

But yes, I'd say that Pippi was the first legitimate real or fictional character that I wanted to be and that I wanted to model my life after.

[Call Me Wesley]

29. I always thought

that Lindgren's Pippi books would now be banned from libraries by upset parents (or endorsed by the 'Why your kid needs Ritalin'-lobby.)

[GOPisEvil]

24. How dare you make me actually think!

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Being powerless to help those close to you.
2. Where would you like to live? Hmmm...this week it's the Costa del Sol in Spain.
3. What is your idea of earthly happiness? Being surrounded by the people I love in good times.
4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent? Procrastination. I'm doing it now, actually.
5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction? I'm not much of a fiction person.
6. Who are your favorite characters in history? Thomas Jefferson, Albert Einstein, George S. Patton, John F. Kennedy
7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life?My mom.
8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?Once again, I'm not a huge fiction reader.
9. Your favorite painter? Kandinsky, this week.
10. Your favorite musician? Miles Davis, this week.
11. The quality you most admire in a man? Compassion.
12. The quality you most admire in a woman? Understanding.
13. Your favorite virtue? Empathy
14. Your favorite occupation? Teaching, although I'd be lousy at it full-time.
15. Who would you have liked to be? I like being me.
16. What is your present state of mind? I'm in a pretty good place, mentally.
17. What is your favorite motto? No matter where you go, there you are.

[Call Me Wesley]

28. Procrastination gets us all once in a while I think.

Thank you for the answers! :hi:

[djeseru]

65. Weirdness.

Your answer to #17 was mine as well, so I had to go find one my others. :)

I also have the ancient Egyptian version of it: "If thou journey on a road made by thy hands each day, thou wilt arrive at the place where thou wouldst be."

[GOPisEvil]

106. I stole that from Buckaroo Banzai!

:blush:

I really like the Egyptian version. :)

Edit - several of our answers match. :hug:

[bridgit]

31. why 17? why not 20?

:shrug:

[Call Me Wesley]

32. I didn't want to explode the Lounge ...

The original questionnaire is about 50 questions I think, and the only thing Marcel Proust has to do with it was the fact he answered it ...

Next time I'll keep the rule "No more than 10 questions." But then I might make a poll instead. I haven't done a poll yet. :yoiks:

[bridgit]

34. well alright, in that case i'll try to reconstruct my answers as i lost...

them in a 'spell check' mishap of unknown origin so here goes...

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? induced social isolation
2. Where would you like to live? arcosanti http://www.arcosanti.org
3. What is your idea of earthly happiness? resolution beneath breezy blue skies with puffy whites clouds sailing past
4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent? fermentation
5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction? they are legion
6. Who are your favorite characters in history? they are not so legion as they are fewer in number
7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life? amy goodman, christian amanpour, and my friend betsy
8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction? anne of green gables
9. Your favorite painter? rauschenberg http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/rauschenberg_r.html is but one
10. Your favorite musician? n/a as stated
11. The quality you most admire in a man? confidence/honesty
12. The quality you most admire in a woman? honesty/confidence
13. Your favorite virtue? integrity
14. Your favorite occupation? the arts
15. Who would you have liked to be? elizabeth, the virgin queen
16. What is your present state of mind? occupied
17. What is your favorite motto? "wait till we get our haines on you"

better B-) posting these now before they sucked into the ether :rofl:

[Call Me Wesley]

38. Wow! All 17!

:thumbsup: Thank you for participating. :hug:

[bridgit]

40. por nada...

:hug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

33. My answers

1. Proust's novel ostensibly tells of the irrevocability of time lost, the forfeiture of innocence through experience, the reinstatement of extra-temporal values of time regained. Ultimately the novel is both optimistic and set within the context of a humane religious experience, re-stating as it does the concept of intemporality. In the first volume, Swann, the family friend, visits...

2. Er, well, Swann, Swann — there's this house, there's this house, and er... it's in the morning, it's in the morning — no, it's the evening, in the evening and, er... there's a garden and, er... this bloke comes in, bloke comes in — what's his name, what's his name? Er... just said it — big bloke — Swann! Swann...

3. Proust, in his first book, wrote about, wrote about... Proust, in his first book, wrote about, wrote about... Proust, in his first book, wrote about, wrote about... Proust, in his first book, wrote about, wrote about... Proust, in his first book, he wrote about the...

Well, ladies and gentlemen, I don't think any of our contestants this evening have succeeded in encapsulating the intricacies of Proust's master work, so I'm going to award the first prize this evening to the girl with the biggest tits.

[Call Me Wesley]

36. Proust ... proust ... proust!

:thumbsup:

[Oeditpus Rex]

47. 'If you're calling the author of 'A La Recherche du Temps Perdu

a looney, I shall have to ask you to step outside!"

[Call Me Wesley]

50. Oh sure!

Just because I'm flat chested, I get beaten up!

HEY LOOK! There's Lolo Ferrari over there! :yoiks:

On edit: And OeditpusRex, what are your hobbies outside the summarise Proust competition?

[Oeditpus Rex]

54. Uh.... golf, strangling animals

and being censored by the Beeb. :evilgrin:



Oh... and Lolo's dead. You ain't foolin' me.

[Call Me Wesley]

57. Heh heh!

I just wondered how you work your way through the 'beep.'

Lolo isn't dead! She just floated off. Or so. I thought I just met her last summer in the Caribbean on my yearly boobcruise. :shrug:

[ghostsofgiants]

35. Answers à la primate1

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
A lack of self-fulfillment.

2. Where would you like to live?
Sweden, maybe.

3. What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Social justice, music, and art.

4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
I have a slight DVD and CD addiction.

5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Probably more of an anti-hero, but the narrator from Fight Club comes to mind.

6. Who are your favorite characters in history?
Tommy Douglas, Gandhi, George Orwell (His non-fiction writing is quite interesting)...damn, this is a tough one...

7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Emma Goldman...Shit, this one is even harder, haha.

8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Continuing with the Fight Club theme, I've always been fond of Marla Singer, though whether or not she's a heroine I'm not completely sure.

9. Your favorite painter?
At the moment, probably Audrey Kawasaki.

10. Your favorite musician?
Omar Rodriguez Lopez or John Frusciante

11. The quality you most admire in a man?
Honesty.

12. The quality you most admire in a woman?
Honesty.

13. Your favorite virtue?
The ability to think for myself.

14. Your favorite occupation?
I have no idea. I suppose I'll figure it out eventually.

15. Who would you have liked to be?
I'm still not 100% sure who I am.

16. What is your present state of mind?
Hungry.

17. What is your favorite motto?
"Fuck it, dude."

[Call Me Wesley]

39. Interesting painter.

I see some slight influences from Schiele and Klimt.

:hi:

[RandomKoolzip]

37. Good questions.

1. November 5, 2004

2. Neptune

3. A deep, sloppy blowjob from a college cheerleader while tripping on mushrooms during a rain of frogs

4. I'm not cynical enough, but I'm catching up

5. Nick Danger, Michael M. Pemulis

6. Pete Puma

7. Valerie Solanis, Corin Tucker, Pauline Kael

8. Dorothy (Wizard of Oz), Joan of Arc

9. Don Van Vliet, Robert Williams, Donald Roller Wilson

10. Robert Pollard

11. The ability to know when he's being annoying

12. The ability to know when she's being annoying

13. Doing kind things for people without them knowing it

14. Musician

15. Rooco Siffredi or Peter North

16. Resigned

17. "Rock over London, Rock on Chicago. Mitsubishi: The Word is Getting Around"

8.

[Call Me Wesley]

42. Wait a second,

you do know that Rocco Siffredi and Peter North resigned from 'actual duty' and joined the producer's/director's chair? Well, on second thought, that's probably nice, too. ;)

:hi:

[RandomKoolzip]

43. Oh, no....they're both still "acting."

And "acting" well. They're like the Scorsese and De Niro of thir "genre."

*sigh* A man can dream, can't he?

:hi:

[hyphenate]

41. An interesting slate upon which to work

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?

For myself, it's knowing that I can't help everyone who needs help, including myself, and especially the innocents in the world, namely the children and the animals.

2. Where would you like to live?

I am living in the state in which I want to live, though most of New England would count; however, if money were no object, I would want to live next to the ocean.

3. What is your idea of earthly happiness?

Being able to understand what is enough and what is not needed. To be able to keep searching for knowledge without impediment or hindrance, and to always have a goal that is slightly ahead of me that might or might not come, but with the satisfaction that reaching it would be nice, but not necessary.

4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?

On a purely physical level, sensual activation like a massage or other such pleasures of the body--on a mental level, finding or creating entertainment and queries to which finding the answers might be a worthwhile challenge and not a waste of time, energy and heart.

5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?

Those who are able to find the truth, act upon it, but not harm others in their pursuit of it. Those who are able to make their goals a reality without an expense to others, in fact, offering something to others instead. The song, "The Impossible Dream" says it well: "To right the unrightable wrong; to love pure and chaste from afar" and "To be willing to march into hell for a heavenly cause." Those who are willing to sacrifice themselves for others without regard to what is right and what is wrong, but who also know when to stop actions and ask questions instead.

6. Who are your favorite characters in history?

Characters? Real life figures are more in tune with my sensibilities. Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Robert the Bruce, Florence Nightingale, Joan of Arc, Hypatia, Mary, Queen of Scots, Mother Theresa, Marie Curie--women, especially, who fought against the stereotypical role of their gender to achieve something great and right.

7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life?

In addition to those above, add Margaret Sanger, Eleanor of Aquitaine, several of the female Egyptian Pharoahs, and almost any women who spoke up about the injustices visited upon our gender by those who sought to suppress us.

8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?

People like Xena, I suppose, Hippolyta, Penelope--the wife of Ulysses; such modern day counterparts like Samantha Carter (Stargate) who are intelligent and filled with purpose.

9. Your favorite painter?

Edward Hopper; the gang of Seven (Canadian)

10. Your favorite musician?

I suppose that is pretty subjective, but I would probably pick someone who is a composer and writer of music as well as someone who understands the smaller nuances of music as a whole. In which case, Beethoven, Bach, Mozart; as far as modern musicians, Neil Diamond and John Denver made careers out of writing both music for others as well as for themselves and were highly successful in it; a New Age composer that I really enjoy for his compositions is David Lanz.

11. The quality you most admire in a man?

Thoughtfulness, a sense of humor that isn't at the expense of others, someone who is not selfish or egocentric, and someone with whom I can easily converse about any subject.

12. The quality you most admire in a woman?

Honesty, trustworthiness, passionate and compassionate.

13. Your favorite virtue?

My own? I try to place friendship above differences, so that even while my friends and I might disagree on many subjects, our history of friendship is a long and pleasant one. Many of my friendships have withstood both time and distance for many years--I've known some people for nearly 30 years and we pick up almost exactly where we left off the last time.

14. Your favorite occupation?

For myself, the interpretation I use in my photography and writing makes those creative projects worthwhile. I always hoped I would be a producer and director as well, of a television series--I always have thought that television is a more useful tool to reach people and teach them than film, and that by using it as a medium we can enlighten people and give them back something. Of course, as we know now, this has been exploited by some to the detriment of many involved.

15. Who would you have liked to be?

I've never wanted to "be" anyone else per se, I've wanted myself to be far more successful, more worldly, and to possess the ability to educate, inform, enlighten and help more people along the way.

16. What is your present state of mind?

Currently, my state of mind tends to be scattered more than ever. There is a lot of hope there, but after being devastated and disappointed more in the past 10 years than ever before in my entire life, I tend to view almost anyone promising to "fix" all the errors in the world with a grain of salt.

17. What is your favorite motto?

Mottos really don't convey much to me. "Semper fi" is a good one, because that's how I look at my relationships with others--if you have been a friend to someone for a very long time, you will always have an obligation to them, regardless of what happens along the way and even if they aren't always right. But there are few mottos out there which really convey anything more than just a sound bite.

[Call Me Wesley]

44. Deep insights.

Thank you for participating, it's really appreciated. :hi:

[hyphenate]

48. Sorry--I do tend

to get serious at times! Just my temperament right now. :)

[Call Me Wesley]

51. It's appreciated, no worries.

No apology necessary, on the contrary. Thank you! :)

[jane_pippin]

45. Oooh, I feel like I'm on the back page of Vanity Fair:

1. Feeling trapped (in a job, in a town, in a relationship, etc.)
2. Alone in a nice, clean San Francisco apartment. Maybe with a small dog named Leon.
3. Being surrounded by friends, laughing our heads off all day long.
4. Laziness
5. Billy Pilgrim and Seymour Glass
6. Rasputin, Mary Queen of Scots
7. My gramma
8. Franny Glass (if she counts as a heroine)
9. I don't know. Today it's Josef Albers, or Mark Rothko I guess. I'm in the mood for simple things today.
10. Bob Dylan
11. A lack of a superiority complex
12. A lack of an inferiority complex
13. Honesty
14. As in job: Comedy writer. As in thing to do: Think.
15. I'm cool with being me.
16. Relaxed
17. You don't know nothin. Someday you'll know you don't know nothin, and then you'll know somethin'.

[Call Me Wesley]

46. Thanks!

Intersting that you did chose 'comedy writer' instead of comedian. I have total respect of the guy performing on stage and could never do it, but standing behind the curtains, having severe anxiety attacks about "She/he didn't deliver that well ..." and so forth ...

:hi:

[jane_pippin]

53. Well, I think I could do it, but I have no real desire to.

When I was in college I had to host one of the open mic nights we put together. It went really well until there was a lull and one of my friends shouted out, "tell a joke." Ok fine. This was in, oh, 2002 or 2003, I forget. I had just written one that week about Bush being like an abusive husband, and our tax cuts were like the flowers Ike sent to Tina. Something like that. So I tell it and my friend is the only person laughing. Everyone else is looking at me like they want to kill me. Also, it was a women's college, which I thought would have increased the chances of people getting on board with that comparison, but noooooo. Luckily the drunk driving nun anecdote I told right after that brought people back. (It was also a Catholic school--go figure.)

All this time I felt so horrible about that joke--like I was so off the mark and wrong to even think of it. But now I'm starting to notice actual employed comedians travel down that very road so I'm finally getting over my anxiety over my first on-stage failure.

Still, I think I'd rather be an essayist like David Sedaris or work on a good TV show than perform.

Good idea for a thread, by the way. :hi:

[Call Me Wesley]

55. I think

everyone in this business was going through this; and the good ones just immediately counter it with something else. Being on a stage without feeling failure once is worthless, believe me. There's always two sides to everything, and wouldn't it be quite dull to just encounter only one side always?

But the badest thing I ever saw was at a German comedy festival (you could win an important prize), and there was this Swiss comedian (Switzerland doesn't have one serious comedian, so if somebody tells you she/he is a well known Swiss comedian, just start to laugh uncontrollably) who had to perform in front of a German audience. His jokes might have found some echo in the Swiss state he was from, and he must have thought that every German knows all about Swiss bigotry. Wrong. They knew nothing about it, and every joke he sent off was answered with silence. It hurt to watch it, but it was also pretty funny, I have to admit. ;)

[SeattleGirl]

49. My answers.

1. A broken heart.
2. Right where I am: Seattle.
3. Being with the one I love.
4. Self-pity, though I have overcome that fault to a great extent.
5. Don't have an answer for this one.
6. Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., and anyone else who fights the good fight.
7. Rosa Parks, Coretta Scott King -- actually, any woman of strength and conviction, including
my mother.
8. Scarlett O'Hara, Joanna Brady, Rena Lazarus.
9. Monet.
10. Don't have a fav.
11. Honesty.
12. Honesty.
13. Honesty. (Sense a pattern here?)
14. Anything in the arts.
15. Rosa Parks.
16. Conflicted.
17. My sig line: Silence is consent.

[Call Me Wesley]

52. Thank you!

:hug: Honesty seems quite rare to find, doesn't it?

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

61. Indeed it does.

And it's so refreshing when I find it. :loveya:

[hfojvt]

56. in these types of threads

It is a little bit like talking to myself.

Is there anybody out there, just nod if you can hear me?

I feel inadequate to some of the earlier answers.

1. The lowest depth of human misery?
Having no heat in the winter, no air conditioning in the summer, and not enough food, clean water, hot water, constantly plagued by mice, rats, cockroaches, poison ivy, raining all of the time, too much drudge work to do, and nothing to read. Alot like the winter of 1987 for me.

2. Where to live?
Anywhere is fine if it not too crowded. And if it is free from hurricanes, earthquakes, wars, oppressive governments, loud rap music, poisonous snakes, and voracious carnivores.

3. Earthly happiness?
Being loved, or being free.

4. indulgent faults
In myself or others? Probably everything except unkindness.

5. Heroes of fiction?
George Bailey, Stefan Krieger, Jack Havig, Legion

6. Favorite characters in history?
Jeremiah, Mary, George, Matilda, Joseph Loomis, Mary White, etc. - ancestors of mine

7. Favorite heroines in real life?
Other than the above - Vida Scudder, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Emily Greene Balch

8. Favorite heroines of fiction?
Sarah Connor, Alisa Perne

9. Favorite painter?
my mom, but she only does exterior walls

10. favorite musician?
Joan Jett

11. most admired male quality?
compassion

12. most admired female quality?
same

13. favorite virtue?
Studiousness

14. favorite occupation
Perfessor, in theory

15. Who would I have liked to be?
EF Schumacher

16. Present state of mind?
drifting with a faint undertone of dread

17. favorite motto
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

[Call Me Wesley]

59. :nods:

EF Schumacher was quite before his time, unfortunately. Great mind, and great concepts that I wish to see realized once. Good choice!

:hi:

[enigmatic]

58. My Man!

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Not being able to listen to music.

2. Where would you like to live?

Canadian Badlands (Drumheller, Alberta)

3. What is your idea of earthly happiness?

Completely subjective; it's changes for me in little ways every day.

4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?

Materialism; I'm a electronics packrat.

5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?

Larry Darrell of The Razor's Edge, and Mr. Singer of The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter.

6. Who are your favorite characters in history?

Tommy Douglas.
7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life?

Mrs. E.

8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?

Boy, there are a few; I'm going to have to think about this.

9. Your favorite painter?

Edward Hopper.

10. Your favorite musician?

Right now; Willy Vlautin of Richmond Fontaine.

11. The quality you most admire in a man?

Idealism.

12. The quality you most admire in a woman?

Idealism.


13. Your favorite virtue?

Kindness.

14. Your favorite occupation?
None.

15. Who would you have liked to be?

Bukowski.

16. What is your present state of mind?

Mostly Happy, w/ a smattering of Melancholy.

17. What is your favorite motto?

"I'll Sleep When I'm Dead."

[Call Me Wesley]

60. Hey enigmatic!

Good to see you! :hi:

I think I'd have to give in the fault of being an electronics packrat too ... And I'm glad you chose your wife as heroine, because Heidi couldn't believe I did chose her. But it's not the picture of someone who rescues a million people and then dies that come up in my mind thinking of heroines; it's the little things that make you comfortable and understood.

Thanks for your answers! :pals:

[enigmatic]

62. Hey bro!

No problem; I completely agree w/ you about what a Heroine is, and that's why I chose Mrs. E. Well, that, and the fact that she's looking over my shoulder as I write this:)

[Call Me Wesley]

63. LOL!

Driven by greater force, I call it. ;)

[SeattleGirl]

64. Hey e!

Been awhile since I've seen you around. How you doing? :loveya:

[djeseru]

66. Caught-off-guard kind of thinking.

Of course I'll have the answers for these later.

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Isolation and despair.
2. Where would you like to live?
Westside Fort Worth
3. What is your idea of earthly happiness?
To live emotionally free & open, not to have to suppress it.
4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Procrastination
5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Atticus Finch
6. Who are your favorite characters in history?
Abraham Lincoln, Will Rogers
7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Hedy Lamarr
8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Elizabeth Bennett
9. Your favorite painter?
Paul Klee, this week
10. Your favorite musician?
Louis Armstrong
11. The quality you most admire in a man?
Compassion
12. The quality you most admire in a woman?
Understanding
13. Your favorite virtue?
Sacrifice, not because it's a favorite, but because I know it best.
14. Your favorite occupation?
Archaeologist / restorer
15. Who would you have liked to be?
No one.
16. What is your present state of mind?
Wondering what's next...
17. What is your favorite motto?
Think twice before you speak, then talk to yourself.

[Call Me Wesley]

73. There you are. ;)

Thanks for taking the time! :hi:

[NNadir]

67. Let's start with misery.

1. Isolation, especially isolation through ignorance.

2. New Zealand.

3. A secure stable ecosystem with a long term future.

4. Intellectual arrogance.

5. Atticus Finch, Billy Pilgrim, Demian come to mind. I haven't read fiction, though, for twenty years or more.

6. Abraham Lincoln, Fredrick Douglass, Cincinattus, Nelson Mandela, George Washington...

7. Eleanor Roosevelt.

8. Hermine (Steppenwolf) See 5.

9. Delvaux, probably.

10. John Abercrombie.

11. Intellect.

12. Intellect.

13. Asceticism. (A virtue I lack.)

14. Nuclear Engineer.

15. Impossible to answer. I know no one else's misery or joy, but many who have done great things have suffered for it.

16. Mixed. Worried, but personally I am in love.

17. I have none.

[Call Me Wesley]

75. Thanks for sharing your thoughts!

How am I not surprised that you chose 'Intellect'; isn't it one of the most sexiest things alive?

:hi:

[leeroysphitz]

68. Ok, I'll bite....

1. Losing something that you did not think you COULD lose and still survive, and yet still surviving.

2. In the upstairs apartment of a Reconstruction era building in the center of a very old southern town. Preferably something with a store front on the ground floor, and near the court house or town hall (whichever stands at the hub of the town).

3. A justified and complete lack of anxiety.

4. Selfishness, gluttony, lust.

5. Raoul Duke, Louis Wu and Frodo Baggins

6. Longstreet, Chamberlain, Thompson

7. Chisholm, roosevelt

8. Galadriel, Starling

9. Matisse

10. Jack Dangers

11. Honesty

12. Honesty

13. Selflessness

14. Animator

15. Myself, but better.

16. Gloomy, maudlin

17. "I'd rather be LUCKY than SMART"

[Call Me Wesley]

76. Thank you!

And your motto reminds me of a single line from a poem of my favorite poet, Gottfried Benn:

"Not to be smart and having a good job, that's luck."

:hi:

[Heidi]

69. Kick for the Nighthawks. (nt)

[NMMNG]

70. Such an intriguing list of questions

Alas I do not have time to compile answers to them at this time, so I shall return to this when I return tonight... :-)

[Call Me Wesley]

77. I will look forward to it!

:hi:

[Fox Mulder]

71. Wow...um, let me take a stab at it:

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
--Regret
2. Where would you like to live?
--Budapest, Hungary
3. What is your idea of earthly happiness?
--Being surrounded by friends and family, laughing our asses off and having a good time.
4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
--Lust, gluttony, and sloth
5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
--Lestat de Lioncourt (or is he the anti-hero? :shrug:), Sherlock Holmes, Fox Mulder (obviously), Angel, Spike, Wesley Wyndam-Pryce
6. Who are your favorite characters in history?
--MLK JR, FDR, JFK, Lincoln, Gandhi, Jimmy Carter, etc...
7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
--Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, Madame Curie, Joan of Arc
8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
--Cordelia Chase from Buffy/Angel, Dana Scully, Selene from Underworld, Buffy Summers, Willow Rosenberg
9. Your favorite painter?
--Edvard Munch
10. Your favorite musician?
--Franz Liszt
11. The quality you most admire in a man?
--Honesty, trustworthiness, sense of humour
12. The quality you most admire in a woman?
--Honesty, trustworthiness, sense of humour
13. Your favorite virtue?
--Honesty
14. Your favorite occupation?
--I'd love to be a historian...or something like a ghost hunter/researcher (like they do in the show Most Haunted)...hell, I'd love to work on something like the X-Files (no, I'm not obsessed with the show. I really want to research the unexplained/unknown!)
15. Who would you have liked to be?
--Fox Mulder
16. What is your present state of mind?
--Depressed, big time.
17. What is your favorite motto?
--Sometimes the only sane answer to an insane world is insanity.

[Call Me Wesley]

74. Thank you!

I feel honored being one of your heroes of fiction. Oh no, that's another Wesley ... Never mind. :rofl:

C'mon, you just have a crush on Scully, admit it.

:hi:

[ScreamingMeemie]

72. A little late to play...but I will...

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
The loss of a child

2. Where would you like to live?
On 100 acres of treed land...anywhere

3. What is your idea of earthly happiness?
My family...safe, sound...and content


4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
defensiveness


5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Bink of the North Village from the Xanth novels-proving perserverance pays off

6. Who are your favorite characters in history?
Thomas Jefferson

7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
The woman across the street who raised 5 sons after the death of her husband...all by herself

8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Scarlett O'hara (i can't help myself, even thought she isn't very welcome here...


9. Your favorite painter?
Matisse
10. Your favorite musician?
Can't pick just one

11. The quality you most admire in a man?
Honesty

12. The quality you most admire in a woman?
Honesty

13. Your favorite virtue?
Courage...I admire it in others

14. Your favorite occupation?
Real Estate appraising

15. Who would you have liked to be
I only know myself well enough


16. What is your present state of mind?
Content

17. What is your favorite motto?
"Give me a second..."

[Call Me Wesley]

78. Thank you!

I really like your answer to #15. :thumbsup:

:hi:

[NMMNG]

79. 17 answers a la Me

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Severe depression

2. Where would you like to live?
In the US, MA, NV or AZ. Outside the US perhaps the Netherlands.

3. What is your idea of earthly happiness?
People living free of hunger, prejudice, hatred and war.

4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
My love of junk food.

5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Konstantin Levin,Andy Dufresne

6. Who are your favorite characters in history?
Martin Luther King Jr., Thomas Jefferson, The Buddha

7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Margaret Sanger, Rosa Parks

8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Jane Eyre, Kira Argounova

9. Your favorite painter?
Salvadore Dali

10. Your favorite musician?
Pink Floyd and Georges Bizet

11. The quality you most admire in a man?
The ability to see women as equals

12. The quality you most admire in a woman?
The ability to stand up for herself no matter what

13. Your favorite virtue?
Fierce advocacy for those who cannot advocate for themselves

14. Your favorite occupation?
Librarian

15. Who would you have liked to be?
I wouldn't like to switch places with anybody else

16. What is your present state of mind?
Calm

17. What is your favorite motto?
The Bibliophiles Creed: The Number of Bookshelves You Have is Always One Less Than You Need

[Call Me Wesley]

80. Last but not least! ;)

Thank you for participating! :hug:

So, you want to meet EstimatedProphet in Amsterdam? ;)

[NMMNG]

81. Indeed

I was supposed to visit Gelderland and Amsterdam last Autumn. Unfortunately the plans fell through and I didn't end up going :-(. Maybe another time. :shrug:

[BigMcLargehuge]

82. Answers

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?

Slowly dying of cancer, alone

2. Where would you like to live?

A little more rurally than I do now. Still in New England.

3. What is your idea of earthly happiness?

Children's laughter. The soft cooing of a couple in love. Iron Maiden CDs.

4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?

I will indulge in massice chocolate consuption on occasion.

5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?

The ones I've written about mostly. Though, in other people's fiction -

Lazarus Long, Ivan Karamazov, Conan

6. Who are your favorite characters in history?

Musashi, John Rabe, Ghengis Khan, General Ferdinand Foch, Robert Heinlein, Kiffin Rockwell... The list is really long.

7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life?

My dad, flawed as he is.

8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?

Margorie Friday

9. Your favorite painter?

Otto Dix

10. Your favorite musician?

Classical - Beethoven
All else - Iron Maiden (at the moment), Dire Straits (Only their first two records though), Dead Kennedys... Again, really long list.

11. The quality you most admire in a man?

Compassion, good humor, generosity

12. The quality you most admire in a woman?

Compassion, good humor, generosity

13. Your favorite virtue?

Generosity

14. Your favorite occupation?

Writer

15. Who would you have liked to be?

Kiffin Rockwell

16. What is your present state of mind?

Melancholy

17. What is your favorite motto?

"Fucked if I know"

[Call Me Wesley]

84. I had to look up Kiffin Rockwell.

Very interesting story! Thank you for taking the time to answer! :hi:

[BigMcLargehuge]

87. My pleasure

Long live the Lafayette Escadrille!

Gee, can you tell what my next book is probably going to be about??

[Call Me Wesley]

89. Good choice!

:thumbsup: From one writer to another!

[northzax]

83. I can play this, while =drunk at least

1: knowing what you want and being unable to do it.
2: Rome
3: someone who loves you for you
4: forgetfulness
5: Dirk Pitt, Horatio Hornblower
6: Tom Paine
7: my mother and my sister
8: any Bond Girl
9: Johannes Vermeer
10: whoever is playing (I am tone deaf)
11: honesty
12: honesty
13: honor
14: sanitation engineer
15: my grandfather althougth being my grandson might be interesting. (and I don't have children)
16: drunk
17: "iste bombus aliquid significat." - a. a. milne. "Once down is no battle" -anon.

[Call Me Wesley]

85. I like your mottos.

Thanks for participating. :hi: Oh, and :toast:

[Kid OfThe Black Hole]

102. I saw Dirk as your answer to #5 and was about to award you

infinite cool pts for naming Dirk Gently, alas...:(

[RFKHumphreyObama]

86. My answers -interesting quiz

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Loss of faith in humanity and your life

2. Where would you like to live?
In this world, I'd like to live in either the United States or Canada. In the next life, paradise

3. What is your idea of earthly happiness?
True love, fulfilment in life and an idealistic view of the world.

4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Laziness, lack of self-confidence, lack of self-motivation

5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Atticus Finch and Aslan (from Narnia)

6. Who are your favorite characters in history?
Jesus Christ, Buddha, Franklin Roosevelt, George Washington, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Abraham Lincoln and Pierre Trudeau

7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
My two grandmothers, the Jersey Girls and Barbara Boxer



8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Carolyn Langdon (from a Donna Anders novel), Lizzie Bennett (Pride and Prejudice), Emma (Emma), Desdemona (Othello)

9. Your favorite painter?
My grandparents. They were not famous but their paintings adorn our house and the houses of our relatives and family friends. Also Salvador Dali

10. Your favorite musician?
Hard to chose. Don McLean and Louis Armstrong come to mind but it's too difficult to choose.


11. The quality you most admire in a man?
Open-mindedness and knowledge

12. The quality you most admire in a woman?
Open-mindedness and tolerance

13. Your favorite virtue?
Tolerance

14. Your favorite occupation?
Political adviser

15. Who would you have liked to be?
Paul Wellstone

16. What is your present state of mind?
Confused, sad, fearful, disappointed, apprehensive (family circumstances)

17. What is your favorite motto?
See sig line. Also Arthur Calwell's quote "it is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies

[Call Me Wesley]

88. Thank you!

And some good vibes to lighten up your present state of mind coming your way. :hi:

[Kid OfThe Black Hole]

90. Answers

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?

Realizing your life is utterly devoid. On EDIT, it doesn't matter if its true. If comes to bear in your own mind you are still mucho fucked. Maybe moreso if you have the nagging suspicion that you're wrong but can't see past the fugue you're in. Goddamit.

2. Where would you like to live?

Some cross between Nirvana and Valhalla where you can still get the rush of kicking ass while existing in a perpetual state of Zen-like bliss

3. What is your idea of earthly happiness?

Its an end unto itself, maybe. If you find it, or think you have it, then that's it. Just try not to break the eggshells

4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?

Sloth

5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?

Captain Kirk types. Basically act stupid, do dumb things all the time but never fuck up in the end. And you did it with clarity of purpose, for all the right reasons, with a wry grin, all the while indulging your hedonistic bent. And acting conflicted the whole way so as not to scare off us mere mortals who revere you (you got lucky again, you stupid fuck)

6. Who are your favorite characters in history?

The ones who spit in the wind but somehow made it stick to the wall. I'm thinking of the guy from antiquity who lived in the streets and prompted Alexander the Great to say: "If I were not Alexander I would be ..." Too bad his name escapes me :(

7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life?

Don't know. As a 20-something male I don't feel the same connection to some of the 20th century pioneers that many do (Susan B Anthony, Eleanor Roosevelt, etc). I think its those women who managed to define themselves in thier own terms throughout history in a world that has almost always been weighted against them and forcibly defined them in the basest terms, most often as little more than property/chattel. I admit to not being a particularly apt student of history, sorry :(

I remember seeing this schlocky old time christian movie about the Exodus of the israelites and the alliance of the surrounding nations...not sure what they were joining forces against...peg it on my disinterest in the Old Testament if you must. I think it was the Queen of Sheba in her dealings with Nebuchadnezzar and other powers that be...depicted as a badass, fiery redhead who knew how to deal the cards and wielded a horsewhip like nobody's business. Empowered and sexy as all get out in a superior bitch-chic sorta way. Probably not the best example, or even a good one, but thats what randomly sprang to mind. Definitely need the temptress element in there though :)

8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?

The ones that start off on a pedestal or as damn near caricatures and gradually metamorphose into self-aware individuals sure of themselves and their own abilities. Shit, I'm short on examples on all of these questions lol. Also, these tend to be the type of heroines who eventually come into their own and have to bail Joe Asshole male protagonist out of a big jam. It's stupid but I'm thinking of the girl from Under Siege with Stephen Seagal.

9. Your favorite painter?

...

10. Your favorite musician?

Ben Weasel hahaha

11. The quality you most admire in a man?
Mostly the things I wish I had, even though they are more or less fatal flaws. A clarion sense of purpose for starters. I'm thinking of the fiction character Waylander here, not sure why.

Some people just seem to *know* what to do and they follow through. I don't think its a perceived infallibility on their part so much as absolute confidence that if they fuck up they can right the wrong so its not worth thinking about.

12. The quality you most admire in a woman?
Ability to have fun

13. Your favorite virtue?
Enlightenment, even if it means acknowledging the abject degradation life entails. Even if it kills you.

14. Your favorite occupation?

Sexual exploration, no job

15. Who would you have liked to be?

Someone who could somehow get past their own flaws and inadequacies and experience life and joy more vividly than I. A happy idiot arrived at that state through honest introspection. Or a bum on the street. I may get there yet.

16. What is your present state of mind?

Defiantly down, since I actually have reason to be excited today

17. What is your favorite motto?

Come as you are

[Call Me Wesley]

91. First: Welcome to DU!

Second: Thanks for taking your time and your insights. :hi:

Diogenes is a good choice, I have to say. Here's the whole story:

So Alexander went to visit Diogenes at his home and found him lying down, sun-bathing. Diogenes raised himself up a little when he heard the crowd approaching, and Alexander asked the philosopher very courteously if there was any favor a king could do for him. Diogenes only said: "Yes, please take your shadow off me." Alexander's companions, on the way back, were making fun of the simple-minded old man, but Alexander told them: "Laugh if you must, but if I were not Alexander I would choose to be Diogenes."

[Kid OfThe Black Hole]

94. I googled it and found the name

but figured it would be lame to edit my post just to pretend I remembered his name lol

Thanks for the welcome and expanding on my answer better than I could lol

[imperialismispasse]

92. Hard questions but here goes

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Someone you love is scared, alone, hurt or dying and you can't help.

2. Where would you like to live?
Nowhere but here.

3. What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Same as my answer to the "what do you hope to get for V-Day" thread: steak and a blowjob. :D

4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Laziness.

5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Sherlock Holmes and James Bond.

6. Who are your favorite characters in history?
Thomas Paine and FDR.

7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
My mom and Cindy Sheehan.

8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
?

9. Your favorite painter?
Jackson Pollack

10. Your favorite musician?
John Coltrane

11. The quality you most admire in a man?
Courage of his convictions

12. The quality you most admire in a woman?
The same

13. Your favorite virtue?
Honesty

14. Your favorite occupation?
I like mine.

15. Who would you have liked to be?
Any Powerball winner :D

16. What is your present state of mind?
I'm tired but good.

17. What is your favorite motto?
I like my sig line.

[Kid OfThe Black Hole]

95. 3. What is your idea of earthly happiness? steak and a blowjob.

asshole

...

:)

mine too

[Call Me Wesley]

96. Thank you!

:hi: Powerball winner sure would be nice, and since I'm timewise ahead of you, I'll try to send you the numbers. ;)

[slide to the left]

93. and away we go

1. Listening to bush talk
2. Portland in a 90 year old craftsman house
3. cuddling with my husband or gossiping with my girlfriends
4. Project Runway
5. Those who walk away from Omelas
6. My father in law, Ben Franklin
7. Ursela LeGuin
8. Sayuri from Geisha, but that has been my fave book for nearly a decade, and the women of Poisonwood Bible
9. dont have one
10. don't have one
11. Patience
12. Honesty
13. Honesty
14. Teaching
15. myself
16. bored out of my mind.
17. If you do not believe in Freedom of speech for those you despise, then you do not beleive in it al all.

Edit: numbering problem

[Call Me Wesley]

97. Welcome to DU, slide to the left!

And thank you for taking the time to answer! :hi:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

98. Deeeeeeeep questions, CMW...

1. Having no outlet for creative energies and/or having no one to love
2. Stay in the NE
3. Being loved, having outlets for creative energy, and not having to stress out
4. Physical/mental handicaps--real problems/syndromes
5. ...
6. Anne Boleyn, Marie Antoinette.... I don't know. :D :P
7. My mother, an ex-teacher of mine....
8. Hester Prynne from A Scarlet Letter... There are others, but I can't think of 'em...
9. I have no idea. :P
10. Love many, many musicians...Jackson Browne, Phil Collins, Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, Theolonious Monk, Bruce Hornsby, etc., etc., etc. Pianists I have a special spot in my heart for.
11. Wit/Humor/Sensitivity (Can't choose, but basically anything you WOULDN'T find in a teenager :P :P)
12. Intelligence and a refusal to submit to sexism/sexual sterotypes
13. Honesty/Creativity, with Wit and Intelligence right behind those
14. I want to be a writer, lecturer/professor, or musician....I admire musicians, writers, artists, and teachers
15. Why, doggone it, I'm too young to be thinking like that...I've still got the world ahead of me!
16. Mildly annoyed at the amount of homework my teachers have foisted upon me right before vacation, and yet so happy that tomorrow is the last day before vacation... Feeling rather creative, too...
17. "We are all but drops of water in the ocean of existence, it is true, but never forget that without the individual drops, there would be no ocean."--I came up with it, thank you very much... :P :P

[Call Me Wesley]

99. Deep questions, deep answers.

Thank you for that! :hi:

And great and true motto. :thumbsup:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

103. Thank YOU.

I was so proud of myself for five whole seconds when it came to me :D :P :D

:hi:

[mdmc]

100. fun

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
near absolute absence from God.
2. Where would you like to live?
near water.
3. What is your idea of earthly happiness?
compassion uber alles.
4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
sloth...lust
5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
benson...President Santos...Jack Stanton.
6. Who are your favorite characters in history?
dylan...pete seeger...gene mcgovern...
7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
toshi seeger... anne sexton
8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Susan Stanton.
9. Your favorite painter?
John Trembley
10. Your favorite musician?
Bob Marley
11. The quality you most admire in a man?
compassion
12. The quality you most admire in a woman?
compassion
13. Your favorite virtue?
compassion
14. Your favorite occupation?
peace maker
15. Who would you have liked to be?
garry Trudeau
16. What is your present state of mind?
anxious
17. What is your favorite motto?
peace and low stress

[Call Me Wesley]

101. I'm glad you had fun!

Thank you for answering. :hi:

I never heard of John Tremblay before, but it's quite interesting art.

And of course I like your motto.

[mdmc]

104. peace 'call me wesley'

J. Trembley is an American, but I saw his stuff in Vienna. This one of his reminds me of the good doctor Gonz ->

[Metta]

105. Food for thought.

1. Sometimes that unshakeable funk just settles in and is had to shake for awhile.

2. In peace and harmony.

3. Liberty and justice for all.

4. Inertia.

5. Sam Spade, Philip Marlowe, Rick, Robin Hood, Frankenstein's monster (in the book)

6. The Buddha, T.E. Lawrence, Jesus, M.L. King, Meir Baba, The Dalai Lama, every monk in Tibet.

7. Elizabeth Cady Stanton/Susan B. Anthony/Lucretia Mott, Rosa Parks, Eleanor Roosevelt, every nun in Tibet.

8. Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca,

9. J.M.W. Turner http://www.j-m-w-turner.co.uk/artist/turner-parliament2.htm and a whole bunch of contempory Haitians.

10. An interviewer for Down Beat magazine asked Miles Davis to say a few words about modern jazz, to which he replied "Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker." Also, Louis Jordan, Duke Ellington, T-Bone Walker, Lester Young and many common and lesser known classical composers and performers.

11, 12 and 13. Honesty, compassion, harmony - all aspects of the heart.

14. Meditation teacher, therapist, artist, home maker.

15. The Buddha, Shiva, Duke Ellington,

16. Kicked back and mellow, my rainbow egg shining and humming.

17. When I was in high school, it was "A shroud has no pockets." Later, it was "Excelsior!" (Onwards and upwards!) Nowadays, it's "Be good to yourself."

[Call Me Wesley]

109. The Tibetan nuns and monks

should have our deepest respect.



Thank you for the answers! :hi:

[Metta]

110. We can't do enough for them.

Thanks for the initial post. I always find worth in introspection, my friend. :pals:

[TOhioLiberal]

107. Here's mine:

1. What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Being cold, lonely and depressed.

2. Where would you like to live?
If money's no object, I'd like to live on the island of Fiji.

3. What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Lounging around in bed, knowing for absolute certain that I have nothing pressing to do. Reading, doing the newspaper crossword puzzle.

4. To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Judging by answer #3, I'd say sloth. :)

5. Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Odd Thomas, anybody in the Trek universe.

6. Who are your favorite characters in history?
Martin Luther King, Jr. George Washington, Ben Franklin.

7. Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Cindy Sheehan, Barbara Boxer

8. Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Can't think of any right now...:shrug:

9. Your favorite painter?
Andy Warhol.

10. Your favorite musician?
Van Morrison

11. The quality you most admire in a man?
Kindness, honesty, compassion.

12. The quality you most admire in a woman?
Kindness, compassion, honesty, confidence

13. Your favorite virtue?
Compassion

14. Your favorite occupation?
internet web surfer (think there's such a job?)

15. Who would you have liked to be?
I'd like to live far in the future, at a time man has figured out how to co-exist without killing each other...

16. What is your present state of mind?
Kinda bummed out...

17. What is your favorite motto?
Where are we going? And what the HELL is with this handbasket?

[Call Me Wesley]

108. Thank you!

The future we still await, I guess.

:hi: