Me

OKAY, SO, LIKE, WHO ARE YOU?

I am many things, some good and bad (mostly good), but no matter what, I am always Gary Benjamin Holt The Sequel (or "Jr.,"). I was born in Baltimore, Maryland, to Deborah and Gary Holt The Original (or "Sr."), on the fifteenth of February, 1988. For about a year and five months, I enjoyed being spoiled rotten by my parents and Big Sister Gorgeous One until July forth, where lil' sis entered the picture. I imagine it didn't go over too well. Initially, that is!

My life has been perfectly ordinary, which is why I spend most of it in my head. I started writing comic books when I was a wee child back in the days of Powhatan Elementary. The hobby followed me to Pikesville Middle School, where drawing comic books took a backseat to making RPG Maker games. By the time I started attending Milford Mill Academy, I had begun writing screenplays, while still fooling around with RPG Maker on the side (because it's FUN, okay?!). Sadly, the comic book thing sort of fell off after my tenth grade year when I realized I couldn't draw all that well, but it had good run, yeah?

Since graduating college, I have decided to pursue a career in writing. I finished my first manuscript in July of 2011, and there is still a long journey ahead, which I fully embrace.I moved to New York City in April, 2012, and I'm lovin' it. Was loving it, anyway, until life struck me down in the form of a Mercedes SUV. I was sent back to Baltimore, where I spent all of 2014 recovering mentally and physically from THE ACCIDENT, which was kind of great, because I didn't realize how much I missed my niece and nephews! As of Feb 2015, I am back in Brooklyn, and overjoyed that I was able to bounce back the way I did, and in (relevantly) short time!

THAT'S ALL VERY NICE, BUT WHAT IS IT THAT YOU ACTUALLY DO?

I write, which, as I can imagine, must be a huge surprise, given the content on this blog, but yes, that's basically the gist of it. In the future, I want to be a filmmaker, but at the moment, I am concentrating my efforts on writing, for I am either not good at, or interested in, any other profession. Another dream of mine is to write an RPG series, because, I mean, wouldn't that be cool?

A question I am asked frequently is if I am a musician. I am not, which kind of blows, because I love music and would make some of my own if I had the talent.

WHAT ARE SOME THINGS YOU LIKE? LISTS, PLEASE.

Sure thing!

Favorite:

Mind candies:
> Video games
> Television/movies
> Exercise
> People watching
> Traveling

Honorable mention: Food

Books:
> The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
> Snow Crash (Neal Stephenson)
> IT (Stephen King)
> Let Me In/Let The Right One In (John Ajvide Lindqvist)
> Battle Royale (Koushun Takami)

Honorable mention:  Mockingjay (Suzanne Collins)

Authors:
> Stephen King
> Neal Stephenson
> Lauren K. Hamilton

Video games:
> Persona 2
> Final Fantasy 4

> Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga 2
> Earthbound
> Silent Hill 2

Honorable mentions: Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne, Final Fantasy 7, 6 & 8, Wild Arms 2, Parasite Eve 1 & 2, Resident Evil 2 & 4

Movies:
> A Nightmare on Elm Street
> Shortbus
> Battle Royale
> Pulp Fiction
> Planet Terror

Honorable mentions: Halloween, The Devil's Rejects, House on Haunted Hill (1999), Scream, Sleepaway Camp, Django Unchained, Inglorious Basterds

TV Shows:
> Buffy The Vampire Slayer
> Angel
> LOST
> Arrested Development
> Survivor

Honorable mentions: True Blood, OZ, That 70s Show

Songs:
> Why Don't We Fall in Love (Amerie)
> Ecstasy (ATB)
> Biology (Girls Aloud)
> Freak Me (Silk)
> One-Trick Pony (Nelly Furtado)

Honorable mentions: Oxygen (Tonex), Marathon (Kelis), I Watch You: Remix (Lee Cabrera & Ian Carey)

Music Artists:
> Amerie
> Nelly Furtado
> Lady GaGa
> Janet Jackson
> Kelis

Honorable mentions: Kylie Minogue, Brandy, Mariah Carey

Albums:
> Because I Love It (Amerie)
> Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814
> Born to Do It (Craig David)
> Loose (Nelly Furtado)
> Light Years (Kylie Minogue)

Cereal:
> Capn' Peanut Butter Crunch
> Reese Puff's Cereal
> Honey Nut Cheerios
> Apple Jacks
> Fruit Loops

Fruit:
> Apples
> Watermelon
> Pineapples
> Banana
> Oranges

Food that aren't cereal or fruit:
> General Tso Chicken
> Fish
> Steak
  > Fried Chicken (way to be stereotypical, yeah?)
> French Fries/Western Fries