questionnaire de proust
Monday August 06th 2007, 3:46
Filed under: blogging, lists

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
The loss of loved ones.
Where would you like to live?
Everywhere. At least once.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
To be whole.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Idleness.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Sydney Carton. David Dunn.
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Simon-bar-Jonah. Elizabeth I of England.
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Susan B. Anthony. Harriet Tubman. Mother Teresa.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
The Slayer. Of course.
Your favorite painter?
Albrecht Dürer. Lucien Freud post-1960.
Your favorite musician?
Depends on my mood. At the moment, David Fonseca.
The quality you most admire in a man?
To quote Proust himself: Intelligence and moral sense.
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Wit.
Your favorite virtue?
Wisdom.
Your favorite occupation?
Authoress.
Who would you have liked to be?
I’ve never wanted to be anyone else. Not really.

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Aaah, Proust. “The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes but in having new eyes.”

I may borrow this meme, if I may.

Comment by Jurgen Nation 08.06.07 @ 5:24

This is the questionnare at the end of Vanity Fair every issue! I love reading the answers.

Comment by Minx 08.07.07 @ 2:56

Salt of the earth, you are Buffy ~

Comment by Doug 08.07.07 @ 16:35

Your favorite occupation?
Authoress……..

I can’t wait to read the book!!

Comment by steph 08.07.07 @ 18:26

I liked your answers to this – I think I also may need to borrow it at some point.

Comment by golfwidow 08.08.07 @ 21:10

Hi Buffy! Thanks for visiting. I hope to read more of your blog! :)

Comment by Yuriko 08.09.07 @ 3:34

Marcel Proust was a Yenta

This is a Proust questionnaire that apparently appears in Vanity Fair, but I don’t read that……

Comment by golfwidow 08.09.07 @ 17:40

I take it you don’t watch a lot of reality television!

Comment by Lefty 08.09.07 @ 18:34

The artist Paul Klee said (well, not to me, but he could have)regarding daily endeavors: Becoming is superior to being.” I have treasured this concept since I first read it.

To ward off the stings of implied or actual criticism, just remind yourself, “I am becoming,” and you’re off the hook. Like a plenary indulgence.

Comment by The G-Ma 08.09.07 @ 21:23

I’m a Harriet Tubman fan myself. Cool post.

Comment by LisaBinDaCity 08.09.07 @ 22:01

Idleness. Me, too. And I’m so GOOD at it!

Comment by Angie 08.10.07 @ 1:53

Hey Buffy! Lowest depth of misery. . . toss up between loss of loved one and being betrayed by a loved one.

Comment by hattigrace 08.10.07 @ 13:26

Thanks for stopping by! I’m going to take some time this weekend to read your archives..great blog..

Comment by suz 08.10.07 @ 13:56

have you seen the trailer
for the new elizabeth film with
blanchett that will be coming
out? i can’t wait!! i am also
fascinated by elizabeth I, maybe
even more so with her mother,
anne boleyn.

Comment by cyn 08.10.07 @ 19:32

I came to you by you coming to me and I just have to say that I love, love, love your site! You are truly gifted.

I will definitely purchase a book authored by you. Keep us posted, for sure.

Comment by Jen 08.10.07 @ 23:17

I grabbed this one from you, and posted on my blog today. :)

Comment by J 08.14.07 @ 16:43

I grabbed this one from you and posted my responses on http://www.chicken-scratch.ca

You can now count me among your regular readers. I thoroughly enjoyed my visit here.

Cheers, XINE

Comment by Christine 08.28.07 @ 17:03

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