Stolen from Daryl...the PROUST meme!
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Hmm... realizing that sometimes, loving someone and being loved in return isn't enough to keep you together.
Where would you like to live?
Western Ireland (Doolin, Dingle, or Clifden), coastal Maine, on a lake somewhere.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Glorious meal with great friends at one of my favorite restaurants (maybe Cuchi Cuchi)?, the great sweat-and-burn feeling of a good workout, followed by a hot shower, hot cider with cinnamon in the fall, laughing with friends and family, the way a woodstove or campfire feels when it's cold out.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
An amazing capacity for self-loathing and self-destruction.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Odysseus (The Odyssey), Nick Carraway (The Great Gatsby), R.G. Quoyle (The Shipping News).
Who are your favorite characters in history?
William Shakespeare, Commodore Longfellow
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Mary Shelley, Karen Blixen
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Lady Macbeth (Macbeth), Eliza Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)
Your favorite painter?
Hmm, Rembrandt, Monet, Degas, M.C. Escher
Your favorite musician?
Mozart, Yo-Yo Ma, Bela Fleck, Maynard James Keenan
The quality you most admire in a man?
Strength of word and strength of will!
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Intellectual prowess and kindness
Your favorite virtue?
Honesty
Your favorite occupation?
College professor. Intellectually challenging, nurturing, flexible, demanding, creative.
Who would you have liked to be?
Ha ha, maybe Legolas in the Lord of the Rings? :)
Hmm... realizing that sometimes, loving someone and being loved in return isn't enough to keep you together.
Where would you like to live?
Western Ireland (Doolin, Dingle, or Clifden), coastal Maine, on a lake somewhere.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Glorious meal with great friends at one of my favorite restaurants (maybe Cuchi Cuchi)?, the great sweat-and-burn feeling of a good workout, followed by a hot shower, hot cider with cinnamon in the fall, laughing with friends and family, the way a woodstove or campfire feels when it's cold out.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
An amazing capacity for self-loathing and self-destruction.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Odysseus (The Odyssey), Nick Carraway (The Great Gatsby), R.G. Quoyle (The Shipping News).
Who are your favorite characters in history?
William Shakespeare, Commodore Longfellow
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Mary Shelley, Karen Blixen
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Lady Macbeth (Macbeth), Eliza Bennet (Pride and Prejudice)
Your favorite painter?
Hmm, Rembrandt, Monet, Degas, M.C. Escher
Your favorite musician?
Mozart, Yo-Yo Ma, Bela Fleck, Maynard James Keenan
The quality you most admire in a man?
Strength of word and strength of will!
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Intellectual prowess and kindness
Your favorite virtue?
Honesty
Your favorite occupation?
College professor. Intellectually challenging, nurturing, flexible, demanding, creative.
Who would you have liked to be?
Ha ha, maybe Legolas in the Lord of the Rings? :)