Bran Keeps You Regular

So, I have been tagged by the lovely Katrina Storm and thought I'd be a good little dead boy and participate.  She also gave me a blog award so thank you much for that!  On to the survey:

1.  What's your personal style like?
Unfortunately, I don't actually have one.  Because my weight fluctuates so much and I'm always having to buy new sizes every six months to a year, I don't have a proper wardrobe, just a mash up of different clothes from different seasons in different sizes that almost fit me and a whole lot of black.

If I had a better body and the time, money, effort and fashion sense, I think I'd fall somewhere between vintage and modern.  Simple clothes.  Mostly jeans and a shirt.  Not so much out of comfort but out of the clean simplicity of the look.  Dark colors.  No flashy jewelry.  Cardigans.  Plaid.  Everything slim or fitted.  Along with simple, clean clothing I'd go for a short, clean hairstyle and clean shaven face as well.  Scruff doesn't work for me.  But, I don't mind shaving so it's not that big of a loss.

Or, if anyone knows of Arthur Spooner from King of Queens....yeah, what he wears.

2.  How did you meet your best friend?
I don't have a best friend.

3.  Describe your family.
Nuclear family:  Average.  I have two parents who are still together and an older sister.  My parents are okay, for the most part.  I mostly rely on them for financial support because all they know is hard work.  They can't really teach me about life 'cause they don't know about it themselves.  I don't keep in contact with my sister very much because she is not a nice person.  I used to look up to her until I realized she wasn't worth looking up to.

Extended family: Ever seen an episode of Cops?  Uh, yeah.  Except both my grandmothers are cool.  All my uncles and aunts and cousins are alcoholic hicks.  I think only a handful graduated from high school and none went on to college.  They don't value education so much as inebriation.  And there's a slew of illegitimate children, too.  There's literally a new baby at every Christmas gathering.

I'm not close with any of my family because I have nothing in common with any of them.  I'm not into mud riding and beer guzzling like they are and they aren't into horror movies and philosophy like I am.  I guess you could say I'm the black sheep and I'm actually fine with that.  I'd rather be a black sheep than white trash.

4.  What's been the best day of your life, so far?

I don't really have one and I don't say that to sound emo.  It's not that every day is the worst day of my life but I just can't think of any that stand out as being worthy of mentioning.  If I had to choose, I suppose it would be graduating from college or seeing my completed short film that I created in college for the first time.  Or when I got published in my college's literary journal.  I guess they aren't big things but when you're life is as bland as mine, those moments are kind of special.

5.  What are you afraid of?
Clowns, snakes, sharks, people finding out I am actually quite talentless


6.  Cocktail of choice?
When I'm feeling really naughty, I'll reach for the hard stuff: A Mr. Pibb.  So sugary, so delicious. 

7.  Favorite movie, and why?
Gigli.

Just kidding.

As for a comedy, probably Dumb & Dumber.  Seriously, I never get tired of watching that film.  Every time it comes on television, I'll watch it or at least have it on in the background.

For a horror film, probably a tie between the original Day of the Dead and the original Dawn of the Dead.  Both films are good cheese but there's also an injection of dread that really gets under your skin and I love it.

I don't watch very many dramas but from the limited selection of those I've seen, I'd pick The Chumscrubber.  I think it's a good social commentary on child neglect and prescription pill cures.

For all time, probably Drop Dead Fred.  Ah, used to be a childhood favorite of mine and I still love it.

8.  If you life had a soundtrack, what are five songs that would play, and when would they play?
This one was so hard to narrow down to events in my life so I totally copied Katrina's moments.  Hope you don't mind!

Sia- "My Love" for when I want to get my snog on.  And I totally ripped this from Eclipse.  Oh, well I don't care.  It's hot.

Showbread- "Sing Me to Sleep" for my wedding

Ben Jelen- "Counting Down" for contemplation

Peaches- "Serpentine" for those times when I want to get silly or have fun (yes, it does happen!)

Showbread- "The Beginning (Nervosa Version)" for my funeral

9.  Favorite Book?
Either The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka because of how much I can relate to it or It by Stephen King because of the sheer epic scope of the piece.  It's beautiful.  Ironically, the movie version literally traumatized me when I was a child and that is why I am terrified...TERRIFIED of clowns.

10.  Favorite TV Show?
Buffy the Vampire Slayer.  The show developed my love for vampires and hot girls who can kick some arse.  I literally grew up with Buffy and so there's a sense of attachment to the show as it's linked with my adolescence.  Also, the show is so dense with mythology and morality.  It's almost perfect.  And also good cheese.


11.  Quote(s) you live by?
"When you're through changing, you're through." -Bruce Barton 

"You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it." - Charles Hadden Spurgeon

"We all need help with our feelings. Otherwise we bottle them up, and before you know it, powerful laxatives are involved." -Buffy the Vampire Slayer 

"He was a young man of no particular stature or distinction of feature, with acne scars that neither medication nor spot-spell had been able to eradicate entirely. His hair was dishwater brown and somewhat unkempt, and his teeth were unfashionably irregular. He was obviously a depressive type." -On a Pale Horse  

12.  If you could have a dinner party with any five people, living or dead, who would they be?
Sia, Mandy Moore, Josh Dies, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Stephen King

And if they couldn't make it, Lisa Lampinelli, Chuck Palahniuk and Joel McHale

13.  Pet Peeves?
Everything

14.  Have any pets?
Dog named Sam and cat named Moses

15.  If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I care way too much about what others think of me, my words and my actions.  If I could just be satisfied with myself without worrying about the reactions of others, I think I'd be much better off.