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11-19-2009, 08:44 AM
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Otherworldly
lesbiaphrodite is offline
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The Infamous Proust Questionairre
Please respond to the following Proustian questionnaire if you have the time and inclination to do so.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
being penniless and being unable to find the way home
Where would you like to live?
deep within a forest or high upon a hill above the ocean
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
good food, ample time to dream and make love, good family, great art
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
I indulge myself too much in fantasy and also too much in reality.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Odysseus, Antigone, King Lear
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Churchill, Kennedy, Joan of Arc
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Isabelle Archer, Little Miss Muffet
Your favorite painter?
Picasso
Your favorite musician?
Beethoven
The quality you most admire in a man?
strength and willingness to push someone down if need be
The quality you most admire in a woman?]
strength and the ability to create life and beauty
Your favorite virtue?
honesty
Your favorite occupation?
loving and when not loving, writing about loving
Who would you have liked to be?
I like who i am
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11-19-2009, 08:59 AM
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CHARACTER ASSASSIN.
JAMESBJOHNSON is offline
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What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Executing innocent lives.
Where would you like to live?
Savannah, Georgia
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
To reside at the place that provides you with joy.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Buying too many books.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
George Smiley
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Robert E. Lee
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
None.
Your favorite painter?
Monet
Your favorite musician?
Francis Poulenc and Alexandre Guilmant.
The quality you most admire in a man?
courage.
The quality you most admire in a woman?
courage.
Your favorite virtue?
duty
Your favorite occupation?
exploration
Who would you have liked to be?
Michealangelo.
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11-19-2009, 12:34 PM
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Straight to the Heart
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What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Having no more coconut-chocolate candies
Where would you like to live?
On a secret headquarters compound in a lovely forested area on the Coast (Northern or East).
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Writing a great story.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Lying. I'm a writer.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
The Silver Surfer. Cyclops of the X-Men. Renfield from Dracula.
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Less interested in individuals than periods in history 
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Medea, Circe, Wicked Witch of the West, Lilo (from Lilo & Stitch)
Your favorite painter?
Peter Max
Your favorite musician?
Bach
The quality you most admire in a man?
Humor
The quality you most admire in a woman?]
Humor
Your favorite virtue?
Courage
Your favorite occupation?
Writing
Who would you have liked to be?
An evil genius ruling the universe. Oh. Wait. I'm already that.... 
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"You don't go up there to fish!"
-- Brokeback Mountain
"I find that if I even look at the smallest thing, my imagination begins to roam the milky way."
--John Adams the Series
Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
-- Thomas Berger
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11-19-2009, 12:38 PM
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Straight to the Heart
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So. I filled out the Proust Questionnaire...where's my tea and madeleine? 
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"You don't go up there to fish!"
-- Brokeback Mountain
"I find that if I even look at the smallest thing, my imagination begins to roam the milky way."
--John Adams the Series
Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
-- Thomas Berger
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11-19-2009, 12:38 PM
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Really Experienced
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Please respond to the following Proustian questionnaire if you have the time and inclination to do so.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
being unloved
Where would you like to live?
somewhere people don't live
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
a big bed with lots of pillows, an infinite supply of Mom's cooking, the time to write, to make love, and to ride a motorcycle
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
I indulge myself by being overly sensitive. I indulge myself by sometimes drinking too much.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Hamlet, Oedipus
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Buddha, Jesus, St. Thomas More
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind
Your favorite painter?
Cezanne
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our favorite musician?
Billie Holiday
The quality you most admire in a man?
bravery
The quality you most admire in a woman?]
brains
Your favorite virtue?
honor
Your favorite occupation?
making love to a woman
Who would you have liked to be?
Marc Antony
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Whatever makes you feel good is okay. Whatever makes you feel bad is immoral. --Hemingway
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11-19-2009, 03:25 PM
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Literotica Guru
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Location: New York
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What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Working/taking classes at the Ayn Rand Institute
Where would you like to live?
With humanoid aliens on another planet just like Earth but awesomer
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
On top of my wife
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Sniffin' panties
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Albertine and Ada Veen
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Dorothy Parker, Freddy Nietzsche
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Lawrence of Arabia, that B who drowns herself at the end of The Awakening
Your favorite painter?
Aron Tager dot com
Your favorite musician?
Bob D
The quality you most admire in a man?
femininity
The quality you most admire in a woman?]
fecundity
Your favorite virtue?
Lust
Your favorite occupation?
packaging municipal bonds
Who would you have liked to be?
The Peacock Angel or the bass player from the Cream that no one cares about.
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11-19-2009, 10:52 PM
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Straight to the Heart
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Ah-hem! Still waiting on that tea and madeleine.
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3113
"You don't go up there to fish!"
-- Brokeback Mountain
"I find that if I even look at the smallest thing, my imagination begins to roam the milky way."
--John Adams the Series
Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
-- Thomas Berger
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11-19-2009, 11:23 PM
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It's one of those days
TE999 is offline
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Location: Next in line
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What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Working at a job you hate but the money's good.
Where would you like to live?
A cabin high in the Appalachian's.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Peace, quiet and a full stomach.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Buying and collecting books...with no place to put them.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Captain Nemo, Retief, Conan the Barbarian, Fahfrd and the Grey Mouser.
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Leonardo da Vinci, Shakespeare, 'Stonewall' Jackson, Gen. George Patton.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Red Sonja.
Your favorite painter?
Van Gogh.
Your favorite musician?
Bob Seger.
The quality you most admire in a man?
Being strong, yet kind to women and children.
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Poise, confidence and a sense of humor.
Your favorite virtue?
Loyalty.
Your favorite occupation?
Writing.
Who would you have liked to be?
Who I am now, only fifteen years earlier.
"O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursel's as others see us."
Robert Burns.
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I used to be disgusted, now I'm just amused.
Never be led astray into the paths of virtue.
Artists are misunderstood. Not by people, but by themselves.
Life is but active anguish in a context of flux.
"Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret." Ambrose Bierce
"When my ugly ol' car won't climb the hill, I'll write a suicide note on a hundred dollar bill."
'Heavy Fuel' Dire Straits
TE's stories: http://www.literotica.com/stories/me...ge=submissions
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11-20-2009, 12:03 AM
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Really Experienced
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What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
The brightest hopes of my life were a fool's vanity.
Where would you like to live?
Somewhere warm with enough food and wine and pot and a few close and friendly people.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
That it is found, no more than enough, in surprising places.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Hope.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
I am so fickle. Right now, I have to say Gulley Jimson because I was just talking with a friend about the constraints of success.
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Ben Franklin, for now. I love how he was just so busy with fun!
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Again with the fickle: Eli in Let The Right One In, maybe because that's what I'm reading and I love the age ambiguity and the tension between her love and her greed.
I like Alice Munro's narrators. They see so much stuff.
And Elizabeth Bennet.
Your favorite painter?
Joe The
Just kidding.
Your favorite musician?
Whatever I've been happily listening to for more than two minutes.
The quality you most admire in a man?
Providing. Generosity in all the spheres.
The quality you most admire in a woman?]
Self-confidence, openness, an appreciation of men.
Your favorite virtue?
Compassion.
Your favorite occupation?
Writing.
Who would you have liked to be?
I would like to start over. Can I? Please!
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11-20-2009, 12:10 AM
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Straight to the Heart
3113 is offline
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There are no madeleines...are there? 
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3113
"You don't go up there to fish!"
-- Brokeback Mountain
"I find that if I even look at the smallest thing, my imagination begins to roam the milky way."
--John Adams the Series
Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
-- Thomas Berger
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11-20-2009, 12:35 AM
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Just for You...
sadangel is offline
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What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
For me, it was ten years ago. Waking up and finding my partner dead beside me.
Where would you like to live?
Anywhere that my Sir is.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Being with my Sir. Being snuggled, cuddled, loved.
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Reading too much. Buying books when I really shouldn't.
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Hercules
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Joan of Arc, Abraham Lincoln, Jesus
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Zena; Warrior Princess, Isis
Your favorite painter?
Michelangelo
Your favorite musician?
Reba McEntire or Amy Grant
The quality you most admire in a man?
Strength and honesty
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Courage and honesty
Your favorite virtue?
Honesty
Your favorite occupation?
That I have done: Working Customer Service for a large retail chain.
That I have not done: Psychologist/Counselor
Who would you have liked to be?
As a girl, I wanted to be a ballerina, or an ice skater. As an adult, I wanted to become a Psychologist and work with children and adults who had been sexually abused as children. (Alas, money stood in my way; or rather, lack of it.)
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11-20-2009, 12:37 AM
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Alabama Slammer
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What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
being utterly alone, without family or connections
Where would you like to live?
California - it'll always be home for me.
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Making a difference, even if it's very small
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Laziness, procrastination
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
hmmm...Hercules (the flawed hero), Kate (Taming of the Shrew)
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Eleanor of Acquitane...what a woman.
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
I thought of one! Coraline. 
Your favorite painter?
R. C. Gorman
Your favorite musician?
Stevie Ray Vaughan, Mozart, Jimmy Page, John Bonham
The quality you most admire in a man?
strength of character, honesty
The quality you most admire in a woman?]
strength and compassion
Your favorite virtue?
empathy
Your favorite occupation?
Historian
Who would you have liked to be?
If only I'd had the time - Anthropologist, maybe
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Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart," all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart."
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11-20-2009, 02:40 PM
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Otherworldly
lesbiaphrodite is offline
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Originally Posted by 3113
So. I filled out the Proust Questionnaire...where's my tea and madeleine? |
Sooooo sorry for the delay on this. Many thanks for answering the questions. In return, I offer you tea and scones. (Sorry, we're fresh out of madeleine today). :Hope this is okay.  |
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11-20-2009, 02:44 PM
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Alabama Slammer
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Originally Posted by lesbiaphrodite
Sooooo sorry for the delay on this. Many thanks for answering the questions. In return, I offer you tea and scones. (Sorry, we're fresh out of madeleine today). :Hope this is okay. |
please let there be pralines...please let there be pralines...please let there be pralines...
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Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart," all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart."
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11-20-2009, 03:09 PM
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Otherworldly
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Originally Posted by cloudy
please let there be pralines...please let there be pralines...please let there be pralines...
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 Are you kidding me? No other way but with pralines baby. And, for you, beignets also!!  |
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11-20-2009, 04:20 PM
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Alabama Slammer
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oh, yummy!
And shrimp etoufee for supper makes me a happy southern girl. 
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Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart," all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart."
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