Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Full post of Proust Questionnaire

Full Text of Proust Questionnaire

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Clay Douglass: To be stuck in sameness
Where would you like to live?
Clay Douglass: In the present
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Clay Douglass: Good food and good friends. Isn't that Applebees?
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Clay Douglass: Following whims all the way to the end
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Clay Douglass: The little prince
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Clay Douglass: Jesus, The Buddha
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Clay Douglass: Female DJs
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Clay Douglass: Madonna
Your favorite painter?
Clay Douglass: Andreas Gursky (photographer)
Your favorite musician?
Clay Douglass: Loco Dice
The quality you most admire in a man?
Clay Douglass: Peace
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Clay Douglass: Grace
Your favorite virtue?
Clay Douglass: Generosity
Your favorite occupation?
Clay Douglass: Bicycling
Who would you have liked to be?
Clay Douglass: An around the world sailor
Your most marked characteristic?
Clay Douglass: Standard issue white guy-ness
What do you most value in your friends?
Clay Douglass: Their life force
What is your principle defect?
Clay Douglass: Distraction
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
Clay Douglass: Living in Brussels
What would you like to be?
Clay Douglass: Proust said it best
What is your favorite color?
Clay Douglass: Blue
What is your favorite flower?
Clay Douglass: Blooming ones
What is your favorite bird?
Clay Douglass: Hawk
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Clay Douglass: Updike and Ellison
Who are your favorite poets?
Clay Douglass: Thich Nhat Hahn
Who are your heroes in real life?
Clay Douglass: Muhammad Yunus
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Clay Douglass: Lady Marian
What are your favorite names?
Clay Douglass: Wilhelmina
What is it you most dislike?
Clay Douglass: Proust: My own worst qualities
What historical figures do you most despise?
Clay Douglass: Those who could have done the best and did the worst
What event in military history do you most admire?
Clay Douglass: Swamp fox's exploits
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
Clay Douglass: A strong serve and volley
How would you like to die?
Clay Douglass: Merging into light
What is your present state of mind?
Clay Douglass: Proust: Annoyance at having to think about myself in order to answer these questions
What is your motto?
Clay Douglass: No motto
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