Hey Team,
So I am sorry for the long hiatus- things have been rather strained here. Mom is in the hospital (but oddly that is a good thing) so that has taken a bit of my time up, but I will try to do better, because I could be. I was hanging out with Michael yesterday and he gave me this questionnaire that he loves. Its very thoughtful and rather profound as far as surveys go, and he says he tries to take it every year to see where he is at that point. He has a great book actually that has a bunch of famous authors answers to the questions. I was a bit drunk so I am not sure how this related but it had something to do with Marcel Proust.... lol, idk. :)
So here it is, with my answers (for this year at least) :)
Your favorite virtue. Integrity
Your favorite qualities in a man. Loyalty and strength
Your favorite qualities in a woman. Loyalty and grace.
Your favorite occupation. Anything creative.
Your chief characteristic. Open honesty
Your idea of happiness. Inner peace
Your idea of misery. Alone
Your favorite color and flower. Periwinkle and Hydrangeas
If not yourself, who would you be? I wouldn't. If not myself I couldn't exist.
Where would you like to live? Paris
Your favorite prose authors. Fitzgerald, George Bernard Shaw, Shakespeare, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, John Green*
Your favorite poets. Baudelaire, Shell Silverstein, Emily Dickenson, Auden, Byron, Keats
Your favorite painters and composers. composers: Bach, Tchaikovsky. Painters: Correggio, Guerin, Delacroix, Boucher, Robert Delaunay, Rothko, too many to name
Your favorite heroes in real life. I don't have any.
Your favorite heroines in real life. Perhaps my mother.
Your favorite heroes in fiction. Wolverine, Superman, Angel
Your favorite heroines in fiction. Hermione, Faith
Your favorite food and drink. Casoulet or chocolate and Italian wine
Your favorite names. Logan, Jacob, Remy, Rose, Marie, Belle, Dawn
Your pet aversion. Disingenuousness
What characters in history do you most dislike? The boring ones** and Pol Pot
What is your present state of mind? Confusion
For what fault have you the most toleration? Insecurity
Your favorite motto. Currently it's "Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding."
*Because the question is regarding prose specifically rather than fiction I chose these authors, John Green being the only contemporary, and I selected him because I am currently in love with his book that I am reading. However were the question to simply be favorite author or fiction writer I would have no problem putting JK Rowling.
**I love history, and it would be much easier to select the characters I LIKE than those that I dislike. I obviously dislike the evil ones as well, but that is not a particularly interesting question to me. My favorite is Lafayette.
What about y'all? Any fun answers? Any favorite questions from the list? I think it is very interesting and gives great insight into ones character.
xoxo
Princess Kelley
Hi, totally understand the things being straine with all you have going on. Thinking of you and all involved
ReplyDeleteHello Kelley! Wishing your mom good health and you a relaxing vacation the minute it becomes practical for you to take one.
ReplyDeleteRegarding your questionaire: My favorite question is "your idea of happiness" because, for so many of us, the answer is relatively the same even if it appears different on the surface. We all want peace of mind, or contentment in some form or other. I suppose you could say we want to not want, or feel lacking both internally and externally. Buddhism says desire is the root of all suffering, and in a way it's true right?
My answers ^_^
Your favorite virtue: Devotion
Your favorite qualities in a man: Intelligence, devotion, strength of character, ability to tolerate my sense of humor.
Your favorite qualities in a woman: Ability to tolerate my sense of humor, intelligence, devotion, honesty among friends.
Your favorite occupation: writing stuff.
Your chief characteristic: introverted/quiet (in RL)
Your idea of happiness: A man to love, who loves me back, and a job I don't hate that provides enough money to pay all my bills with a little left over for travel on the weekends.
Your idea of misery: FOREVER ALONE :'-(
Your favorite color and flower: Purple for color, for the flower, hm...roses. Not very original but roses.
If not yourself, who would you be: A SPACE PILOT!! Oh, realistically? Someone either really rich or really talented, and either way, super hot.
Where would you like to live: NEW YORK CITY!!! Or Tokyo.
Your favorite prose authors: Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Steinbeck, and Natsuo Kirino.
Your favorite poets: Not so much into reading poetry so no favorites. Occasionally I write some, and it's really, really, bad.
Your favorite painters and composers: composer: John Williams :-D For paintings, no particular favorites.
Your favorite heroes in real life: Meh, none. Actually, I take that back: my dad. He always gives his all in the name of family.
Your favorite heroines in real life: Hm, my former boss. She was awesome, refused to tolerate drama, held together a team of the most ornery employees ever while taking care of her mom when she was sick, now a wonderful mother herself. She's a wonderful person, strong, assertive, but fair, and still considerate of others.
Your favorite heroes in fiction: Luke Skywalker, was given the power and opportunity to take over the galaxy and gave it up because it was the right thing to do and he loved his friends more.
Your favorite heroines in fiction: SAILOR MOON!!!! Because I too disliked homework and loved junk food and hot guys as a teenager. Wow, I sure haven't changed :-P
Your favorite food and drink: Drink: Godiva hot chocolate "elixer", sold only in Godiva stores. That is the best drink ever. Food? 'nilla cake w/chocolate frosting. I love sugar...
Your favorite names: Madison, Casey, Max, James, Isis, Kyle, Robin, Sylvia, Jackie.
Your pet aversion: Not knowing what people really think of me.
What characters in history do you most dislike: The ones that killed people for no good raeson.
What is your present state of mind: uuuuuuuuhhhhh I dunno?? Funny, but ever notice that the fasted way to clear someone's mind is to ask them point blank what they are thinking?
For what fault have you the most toleration: a short temper.
Your favorite motto: "Better late than never" I live by it, apparently...
Hi Kelley,
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you're back. I took your questionnaire in a very silly direction.
Hugs,
Bonnie
Your favorite virtue. Integrity, most definitely!
ReplyDeleteYour favorite qualities in a man. Integrity, commitment, strength
Your favorite qualities in a woman. Integrity, loyalty, compassion
Your favorite occupation. Anything where someone is willing to stand up for what they believe in!
Your chief characteristic. Honest to a fault
Your idea of happiness. Surrounded by family and friends
Your idea of misery. Lack of any family or friends around
Your favorite color and flower. Purple and Roses
If not yourself, who would you be? I can't be anybody but me, that is no way to live.
Where would you like to live? Close to family!
Your favorite prose authors. I don't know, don't get to read much other than school right now!
Your favorite poets. Kipling
Your favorite painters and composers. I'm boring, don't really look at much art or listen to music that is by "composers"
Your favorite heroes in real life. My amazing husband, who has faced adversity literally since he was born and has not allowed that to stand in his way! :)
Your favorite heroines in real life. My Momma
Your favorite heroes in fiction. Atticus Finch - he took on the unpopular case because it was the right thing to do.
Your favorite heroines in fiction. Scarlett O'Hara - she didn't always make the best or most popular decisions, but she didn't back down to people at all!
Your favorite food and drink. Chocolate and Dr Pepper
Your favorite names. Nolan, Paul, Millie, Timothy (can't help those, sorry), Sara, Phillip would be some others
Your pet aversion. Dishonesty
What characters in history do you most dislike? Anyone that was fake/not genuine!
What is your present state of mind? Drugged up from pain meds!
For what fault have you the most toleration? Insecurity
Your favorite motto. "Go BIG or go home!"
Sorry it took awhile to respond...
Shay