restlessWhat is your most marked characteristic?
Who the bloody hell knows, certainly not me. You tell me in comments.
To what things do you feel most indulgent?
Sushi and Valrhona chocolate
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
Being a Christian or Muslim fundamentalist
The quality you most like in a man?
Humility
The quality you most like in a woman?
Being independent of men
What do you most value in your friends?
Security, dependability, loyalty, maturity, thoughtfulness
What is your principle defect?
My body is in the worst shape it has ever been in, and I'm learning to accept that
What is your favorite occupation?
Novelist, philanthropist
What is your dream of happiness?
The one where I'm Emperor and there is sorbet for all
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
Having no choices
What would you have liked to be?
An elected official for my home state
In what country would you like to live?
I wouldn't live anywhere but here.
What is your favorite color?
Cobalt blue
What is your favorite flower?
Sunflowers
What is your favorite bird?
Turkey - with dressing, gravy, & cranberry sauce.
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Sylvia Plath, Christopher Okigbo
Who are your favoite poets?
Christopher Okigbo, Sylvia Plath, Charles Baudelaire, Arthur Rimbaud, Wole Soyinka, Beah Richards, Patti Smith, Maya Angelou
Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Charlotte A. Cavatica
Who are your favorite composers?
Leo Delibes & Franz Schubert
Who are your favorite painters?
Maxfield Parrish, Marc Chagall, Jean Michel Basquiat, Frida Kahlo, Paul Cezanne, Paul Klee, Edgar Degas, Henri Matisse, Paul Gauguin, Wassily Kandinsky, Gustav Klimt, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
Who are your heroes in real life?
Danny Thomas, J. Krishnamurti, Damien, and my friends
Who is/are your favorite heroines of history?
Ladybird Johnson, Beah Richards, Ruby Bridges
What are your favorite names?
Emmeline and Jade
What is it you most dislike?
When people make situations complicated that require no complication
What historical figures do you most despise?
The Pope, Adolf Hitler and the SS, Pol Pot, Slobodan Milosovic, The Janjaweed, any and all televangelists and racists
What event in military history do you most admire?
The liberation of Auschwitz, Bergen Belsen, and all other concentration camps
What reform do you most admire?
The end of Apartheid and the '06 Midterm elections
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
An intact foreskin
How would you like to die?
When I'm blissfully happy and free of worry
What is your present state of mind?
Shot out, but on the way to contentedness
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Being impatient, oversensitive, and too quick to aggravation
What is your motto?
There is never a right time, there is never a perfect time, but there is ALWAYS a better time.
What is your greatest fear?
That I will never see Peter Gabriel in concert.
What is your greatest extravagance?
Sushi
What is your favorite journey?
The one that begins and ends with Damien at my side.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Chastity
On what occasion do you lie?
I don't.
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
All derivatives of the word "fuck", and in response to something unbelievable I tend to say in a disgusted and exasperated way "I am SO sure!"
What is your greatest regret?
Staying when I should have left.
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