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[27 Jul 2010|11:35pm]
* Your most marked characteristic?
Well, there's the obvious. I'm pronouncedly a natural redhead.
* The quality you most like in a man?
Joy
* The quality you most like in a woman?
.Joy
* What do you most value in your friends?
Joy. Go figure.
* What is your principle defect?
Self-indulgence
* What is your favorite occupation?
Fencing.
* What is your dream of happiness?
Happiness for my country that doesn't preclude getting out some.
* What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
Well, I guess there's always accidental eternal damnation
* What would you like to be?
Doesn't 'The Demon Queen of Ruritania' have a great ring to it.
* In what country would you like to live?
Ruritania...with an option for getting out whenever I'm about to go crazy.
* What is your favorite color?
Red..
* What is your favorite flower?
Tea roses
* What is your favorite bird?
Nightingale
* Who are your favorite prose writers?
Orczy, Bujold
* Who are your favorite poets?
Rilke, Schiller
* Who is your favorite hero of fiction?
Zorro
* Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Cordelia Vorkosigan. Marguerite Blakeny -- in the better-done incarnations.
* Who are your favorite composers?
Handel, Mozart, Wagner (had to, come on), and Parton
* Who are your favorite painters?
Rembrandt, Rasputin
* Who are your heroes in real life?
My parents, Uncle Logan.
* Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Queen Flavia I,  Mom.
* What are your favorite names?
Marie, Olivia. Adler
* What is it you most dislike?
How much my country has needed the bigotry kicked out of it. Fortunately, Mom got a lot of it done already. And the culture has a shallowness about royalty that makes certain things a lot easier now.
* What historical figures do you most despise?
At least 10% of my ancestors.
* What event in military history do you most admire?
The ones nobody knows about.
* What reform do you most admire?
The various Ruritanian marriage reforms. .
* What natural gift would you most like to possess?
A tail.
* How would you like to die?
.With enough time for some /fantastic/ last words.
* What is your present state of mind?
Bemused
* To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Family's.
* What is your motto?
Never panic. Watch /them/ panic. It's more entertaining.
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