Wednesday, April 27, 2011

urrrrgh why do I fall for these

I refuse to encourage it with a response.  However, while waiting for this conf call:

favorite virtue = humility
favorite qualities in a man = kindness, respectfulness, integrity (in sense of being the same person at all times)
favorite qualities in a woman = emotional openness, honesty, nul-beun ma-eum-ness
your chief characteristic = enthusiasm
appreciate most in your friends = wit
your main fault = distrust
your favorite occupation = reading
your idea of happiness = knowing I’m loved
your idea of misery = boredom
who else would you be? = Derek Jeter, obviously...to be that self-assured, to get along with everyone, doing exactly what he was put on earth to do and loving it - how can you beat that
where would you like to live? = Vancouver
favorite color = depends on mood... usually green or purple
favorite flower = was freesia for so long; probably peonies now
favorite prose writers = Russo, Ishiguro, Franzen
favorite poets = Herbert, Donne, Shakespeare
favorite heroes in fiction = how strange…realizing they're essentially absent (at least in the classical sense) in most contemporary literature (at least what I read) because the protagonists are usually so flawed.  Hmm.  Pippin, Morse, Papa Chance
favorite heroines in fiction = Psyche, Oedipa Maas, Alice
favorite painters = Vermeer (for the light), Mondrian (for the music), Magritte (for the revolution)
favorite composers = Schubert, R.E.M., Mozart
heroes in real life = my dad; TAW; GF
heroines in real life = my mom; ERA; PI
historical characters you most dislike = you are seriously making me think about history? ugh no thank you
heroines in world history = Esther, Maria Theresa, Catherine the Great
favorite food & drink = strawberries, cheese, olives; gin, Leipziger Gose, pineapple juice
favorite names = Kyle (b/c of KTY), Clarisse (b/c of Starling), Adonai
what you hate the most = dishonesty
the military event your admire most = what? next
the reform you admire the most = civil rights movement
the natural talent you wish you had = hm, can't really think of any.  I guess that's good.
how you wish to die = !! I'd rather not know, so in my sleep I suppose
what is your present state of mind = content, grateful
of what fault are you most tolerant? = oo, interesting one.  gambling/other kinds of "bad" risk-taking, prob b/c I'm unlike that to a fault
your favorite motto = currently:  it'll all be ok in the end. If it's not ok, it's not the end.

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