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It had too much of my soul in it. Remember how trusting a piece if his soul to a friend worked out for Voldemort?
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A 20-year-old human female who's in community college for an associate's in Administrative Assistant who cases properly. >_>
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Color: Purple/violet. Sometimes called royal purple. The Grape GameBoy Color shade is my favorite. Cool-toned purple, like the shades in this background on here. Warm-toned purple just pisses me off, it's so close to excellence and then it's all murky wannabe burgundy and shit, fuck that. Yellow's my favorite to wear makeupwise though :)
Cookie-Never really met a cookie I didn't like. I'm partial to doublestuf Oreos though, and tagalongs, and those fudge stripe ones. Really I'll take em all though. I also really loved these ones I made for Christmas, lace cookies. A stick of butter, powdered sugar, 2tbps of honey, a half cup of flour and then chopped cashews. They bake up transparent and crunchy. So pretty to look at, and sooo delicious. -
The Rev. I absolutely fucking HATE that I could've met him and I didn't get to, so dinner from beyond the grave suits me fine. I flatter myself by thinking we'd have an amazing rapport so the conversation would flow well :D. We'd shoot the shit about music and pretty much everything else. Plus I just love him so much. It also absolutely breaks my heart that I didn't get to tell him that his music inspired the first movie I ever started writing and helped me discover that was what I should be fucking doing for a living. I'd tell him about the music-based films and see what he thought and get his blessing. He would also probably have mindblowingly awesome ideas to make the movie better, what to put on the soundtrack, and cool thoughts about casting and shots to take. He was beyond brilliant and I'd probably ask his advice about life so I could learn to be more fearless and realize my goals like he absolutely did. He had a supernatural understanding of the world and I could use that wisdom right now. I would also let him know how much myself and the rest of the fans missed him :(
Where to go? If he had an idea of a place I'd like to go out in SoCal or something, I'd be open to his suggestions, my window to the world is very small, especially compared to his. Out of my pick though, here in Battle Creek, I recently discovered this GREAT pub downtown, TC's at Arcadia Brewery. It's got a really warm atmosphere and great acoustics so you can talk forever and hear the other person and it's kinda dark so it's intimate but it's still casual and fun. Pretty good prices too, service is a bit slow for a nice long conversation, and Arcadia beer is amazing--I bet Jim would like it. The food was amazing, they have one of those wood ovens so everything tastes firegrilled and fabulous. The barbeque I got was absolutely beautiful too. It's totally my new lunch/dinner spot :) -
Sounds strange, I don't think I've ever had a happy day all the way through in my entire life, because as far back as I can remember being Brandy, my moods flip over anything (sometimes not even sure what). It's an extremely rare 24 hour period where I don't experience at least a shade of every basic emotion on the map, and I've gone through the whole fucking rainbow of emotions in a half hour before. Because of this I've never really had any day that's stood out to me as the Happiest Day. Maybe it just hasn't happened yet.
That said, some of the most intensely happy moments I've had in my life: have been just joking with my family after something bad happening--shows how we can stick together even though we aren't the closest overall. Avenged Sevenfold have brought me many moments too--I think that's why I care so much about them and do so much for them--you'd do anything for something that brings you such bliss.
-Making fun of people on TV with my parents, particularly my mom. It's just so funny, and one of the things we bond over.
-Going to the Daddy Daughter dances for Valentine's Day downtown with my dad <3 when I was little. My mom'd take all day doing my hair fancy and getting me all dolled up and then we'd go get Chinese food and go to the dance. Only time I've really felt superclose to my dad, he made me feel so special <3
-Listening to music in my dad's car, we'd play dueling air guitar together ^__^. We felt together, and silly, and it was fun.
-Driving around in the backroads BLASTING Avenged Sevenfold always makes me incredibly happy. One particular time, it was around Halloween, and I took different country roads. It was slightly chilly, Jimmy-eyed skies, and the roads were dark, and curvy and went through woods. All these amazing, gnarled half-dead for the Fall trees but still so colorful. It was one of the prettiest days I've ever seen and I sped through it all, half afraid I'd fly off the road but half exhilirated and alive feeling, as Avenged Sevenfold screamed Desecrate Through Reverence in my eardrums. I finally had my true moment of alignment with Waking the Fallen. Until then I loved the album but didn't have a like...soul-love? like I had with CoE and the S/T with it until that day. I can count on one hand the number of times I've felt that alive and happy.
-Going to Michigan's Adventure (it's a themepark here, it's got a rollercoaster/other rides park and an awesome waterpark) with my family, in particular taking the waterfall ride and floating around all day in the wavepools with my little cousin Mary :). Don't really have much of a reason besides I like when my family does fun stuff together--we don't very often. And I love being around water.
-Fun times on AMB. It's one of the places I truly feel at home, and we have so much fun together sometimes <3.
-Watching really good movies at the theater by myself <3. I love disappearing into a different world and feeling so many emotions (probably because it's from the movie not my moodswings lol). When I go alone it's so much more of an immersive, beautiful experience, just me and the movie. Going with other people I feel like I have to worry about them, and they're just still /there/, thinking, living, breathing, watching too and I love it so much better with solitude. And I love movie theater popcorn!
-Shopping trips at Meijer's with my grandma and my mom when I was little, we'd go every week and I got to help. I love spending time with them both, it was a nice ritual, and it's how I learned how to spot bargains!
-When I found out I got into the Math and Science Center. I wasn't going to have to go to the normal highschool with people I hated all day! I got to go to one with cool labs and all the smart kids instead! <3
-When I figured out how to do shapes with my makeup--it opened up a whole new world for me.
-Both times I had barrier for Avenged concerts. 90 minutes of pure bliss. I wish I could go every night. -
My grandmother on my mom's side. My parents actually moved to Battle Creek and built a house here so that we'd live next door to my grandparents :). I never had to go to daycare or anything, or ever have a babysitter, because I'd either go to my grandparent's house or she'd come to our house to watch me. I've always loved her so much that even when I was like 14 I'd be like "grandma my parents are going out can you come watch me?" and she'd come over to watch Law and Order with me, lol.
She's really been the biggest, or at least the best influence? on the person I am today imo. The love of bright colors and generally tacky shit, for instance, 100% learned from her. All of her clothes are quite bright and most everything she has is tackyish in some way (she makes it work, hbic<3). She has a HUGE blown glass collection (we can't even find new pieces for it for her bday anymore) and I've always loved looking at it cause they're so shiny/sparkly. We'd color with crayons a lot, play make-believe, have tea parties in a toy teaset she got me with real coffee (lol), and make Barbie clothes out of mismatched socks and stuff. I think I wouldn't be half as creative as I am today without all the little games we'd play. A big part of what she's taught me too is common sense (well), and sarcasm, because man she is so funny. Her strength is incredible--she had a stroke that really should've killed her or severely crippled her, but she beat it the fuck back and there's no big difference :). She's always had time for me, gives great advice, and really has spoiled me throughout the years, ILY GRANDMA! <3
If you mean someone that you might know more familiarly--Lady Gaga is a huge inspiration in my life (I'm trying to live more like The Rev now too but I just can't write that yet). I wish I was just like her, and I think I could be somewhat closeish? if I dedicated myself to it body and soul like she has. She's intensely creative, confident, fearless, and so sure of everything she does; and pours so much attention and love into every little thing she works on.
Honestly, I'm kinda excited to be living on the planet at the same time as this woman and want to go to one of her shows someday (maybe meet her? omg) so I can tell my grandkids about it and they'll like...not fucking believe me, lol. On a less personal note of it, I also love her fearless personal style. If I had her body and money, I would dress a lot like her 24/7 even though I'm not a performance artist like she is (Okay maybe not quite that ~big? all the time but I'd have my moments and I'd always have weird shit going on). Musically and image-ly(uh haha) and personality-wise I feel she's the perfect yin to A7X's yang. She's happy and poppy, they're heavy and intense. She's so carefully orchestrated with everything she does and presents, Avenged do not give a fuck and don't care who knows that. Gaga does it for the fans, Avenged do it for themselves. She balances them and gives me everything that Avenged do not, and vice versa.
Most of all I think--the attention and love she so openly gives to all of her fans draws me to her. It feels absolutely genuine and honestly? Despite my admiration for her, I don't really go out of my way for her or go to her shows yet, I listen to her quite a bit and bought her CD, but it's nothing spectacular compared to what my friend Lauri does for her or even most of her fans. And yet? I still feel absolutely 100% like her spoiled cherished precious little loved baby monster with a prized place in her heart. Thank you, Lady Gaga, for reminding me what it feels like to be loved and respected...even thought of? by a favorite musical artist that I admire. It's been so long since I've gotten the privilege and I adore you for it.
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Is there any answer to this besides "make love the Bruce Campbell way"?
Real talk though, he's like 51 and married (his wife's gorgeous too, get it gurl) sooo idk. I love him still and he's still amazingly hilarious/talented and devastatingly handsome out of all the married-with-kids 51 year olds to bang, um, yeah hi BC. But egh I prefer Army of Darkness Bruce, he was in his early 30s. So he had the sexy experienced older man shit going on but not /fifty with kids/ and godddd he was hot. He's all "WHO WANTS SOME?" at the medieval people and I'm sittin on my couch like "ME! ME OVER HERE!" If it was THAT Bruce, oh gurl. It'd be the above answer, and possibly some Sir Mixalot lyrics that I won't reproduce here.
So I'd die inside, close the door for a moment and like do a quick fangirl-the-fuck-out flailing-shaking-and-crying incident in place to compose myself, then open on up again to invite him inside for amaretto sours. And we'd talk about making low-budget B-grade horror movies, crack sarcastic jokes about the goings-on in pop culture, he'd tell me how awesome my movie ideas are, and I'd chill out and I'd try not to ogle his chest hair too much in the robe (Lord Hammercy). If he still seduced me then, so be it lol, but I wouldn't be going into things lookin to hit that. -
He was pretty sure he wouldn't fit the natural way, and he needed out RIGHT THEN so no time for a cesarean. So he wiggled around a bit, and burst out through his mom's chest cavity--aviator glasses and all! Then he did the scream from the intro to Bat Country because he was so overjoyed to live. His beautiful voice brought his back to life and healed the gigantic hole in her chest.
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The willpower to lose weight. I think it's the one single thing holding me back from pretty much everything awesome in life that I haven't got. Not that I'm doing badly right now, I'm grateful! Butttt I'm not exactly Miss Confidence USA coming home from my "keep up the great work you are so healthy!" doctor's appointment, going to my great job as a screenwriter/director (in LA, where I totally fit in), fielding calls from all my friends about which one of them I'm taking backstage with me to the A7X show cause they SO love TheDeathbat.Com, and refusing the advances of squillions of horny men on the way because I've got an amazingly loving and hilarious boyfriend who is banging me fucking /silly/ at home.
And yet? My dumb fat ass still can't freakin put down the cupcakes and go for a goddamn walk. Ugh. I think I'm getting there though, I'm getting mad sick of this. -
I can see myself in a lot of things. Ultimately I just don't wanna do the same thing every day and I wanna use my creativity and brain. I don't wanna starve either. Right now the plan is to get my administrative assistant's degree, move to Cali or someplace they make movies and get a job as a secretary for some sort of producer or director. Work there and become invaluable to boss/the company for a few years, really learn the industry. Then steal the FUCK out of my boss' job. :)
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Sam Raimi, my favorite director <3. I've been coming up with hella sweet and original ideas for movies, a few a week for a while now and...I'm eventually gonna have to start shootin these bitches. He wrote the original Evil Dead with friends, scared up the money themselves, and got it shot out in the sticks. Like...wow much?<3 I could benefit from picking through all the knowledge and experience in his brain. Plus I admire his shooting style and career and everything so much <3. Likewise Quentin Tarantino or Eli Roth (admittedly as Eli I would probably look at myself naked a lot too).
Or somebody involved in managing A7X's career. As someone who loves them and their fans so much, it's frustrating as anything to see them...not IGNORE their fans? but pay a lot less attention than they used to. Not only does it make us fans sad bunnies, it hurts their bottom line cause damn, they've had so many devoted core fans leave over it :/. And remember how much we promoted and shit back in CoE days when it was busier? So they're kind of hurting their own careers on top of their fans feeling like crap (which I hope matters to them too). It wouldn't be that hard for them to turn it around either, 20 minutes out of one of them a week (hell 10 minutes a month would make a big change) to get a like...170-degree change in things. It'd greatly help the band's success and popularity, and it would make us fans feel so much happier. And FUUUUU I just don't get why they don't do it. I admit I don't know their lives or contracts or wtf is going on really so yeah I admit I'm being judgmental here, and quite selfish too. But it is just cause I miss them damn it! And I really want the best for them, and I get sick of the fandom, which is most of my fucking friends, being so sad because of it. Has it not occurred to them? Is something stopping them? Lemme wake up as someone who knows so I can try to make it happen, or find out why it can't.
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Brandy Marie’s Bio
Community college student, aspiring screenwriter/director, at-home makeup and nail artist, Avenged Sevenfold fansite owner, almond mocha enthusiast, Photoshop experimenter and interpretive dance master.
