Bugs Bugs Bugs

You know, everybody has experiences with bugs. Let's face it, they're a part of our ecosystem and since they're EVERYWHERE, it's literally impossible to keep them out of our houses. And there's something about bugs that just makes people go "eeeeuuuggghhhhaaaaeeeeeeoooooouuuuuggghhh!!!!!", right? Those legs, them eyes, that creepy crawly, sometimes slimy, sometimes hairy. Blech! They're just creepy, right? But, unfortunately, we need them on this planet, and even more unfortunately they make their way into our homes sometimes.

My family's had our share of interesting bug stories. My brother actually has arachnophobia which makes for more spider-hunting for the rest of us (since he refuses to even go near them any time we come across one).

Anyways, there are four experiences that stand out in my mind in particular when it comes to bugs, that I'd like to share.


The Moth Hunt
I think this was when I was still in middle school. I remember being pretty young. Anyways, Afton and I were home alone one night when we realized there was this gigantor moth in the house. I mean it was huge! So, we decided to try and dispose of it. We both had a fly swatter and began "hunting" it. However, it kept flying towards the ceiling at the light which, unfortunately for us small females, was too high for us to reach and get a clear shot. Even if we went and got a chair, we would still have to hit the light and probably damage or break it. We waited and waited for it to come down for a long time, and finally after a while, gave up. We pondered the situation and came up with this brilliant idea… The light was the reason why it was flying towards the ceiling… so why not turn off the light? Then it would come down and we could kill it. Yes! Genius! So that's what we did. We turned off the light. However, there was a major flaw in our plan. Once the light was off, it was completely dark and we couldn't see the moth anymore. We stood in the dark for a second and then suddenly heard the sound of fast-flapping wings coming down from the ceiling (and probably coming towards us for all we knew). We hightailed it out of there and shut the door.

What IS It!?!!!
I got home from school one day (back in high school) and found the most DE-sgusting thing on the ground in the laundry room. I had to stop and stare at it for at least a minute, trying to determine what it was. At first I thought it was a bee or a wasp, but then it was slimy and kind of long like a worm. It was also kind of small… what the heck? It was sort of writhing on the floor, trying to move, and was easily the nastiest thing I had ever seen. I just made a face and decided to leave it to somebody else. (I have come to learn over the years that in my house, that never works). Later, my brother gets home from… school or something. Alright, whatever. I was watching TV. And then a short time after that, my mom was getting ready to go out, when she stopped in front of the kitchen, totally repulsed, "what IS that!?!!!". I got up and saw her looking at the wasp/worm thing I had been looking at earlier in the laundry room… but now it was by the kitchen! What the eff!? How did it get down the hall!? This slimy, nasty, mutated worm thing managed to wriggle its way all the way to the kitchen. My mom ended up leaving with both of us completely baffled and grossed out. Then my brother came downstairs and I pointed out the thing to him. We both just squatted next to it, staring, trying to figure it out. What on earth was it supposed to be and how did it get there? Anyways, long story shot, we determined it was a wasp larva (I know! Ew, right? We found a growing nest outside our garage), and that it had moved because Brady had (almost) stepped on it when he got home, so it stuck to his shoe, but then fell off when he got to the kitchen. I ended up taking care of it by using a lot of tissue and the OUTSIDE garbage can.

Mirror Note

This is a classic story of Brady's arachnophobia. If you follow me on Instagram, you might have seen this. I got up one morning after Brady had gone to school/seminary, to get in the shower to get ready for work. I walked into the bathroom and found a giant note written across the mirror in expo marker. It read as follows: "I am putting you in charge of taking care of the spider under the hairspray cap ^behind the door #havefun". I found the hairspray cap behind the door as instructed, found one of his shoes (since his room is right next door to the bathroom) and promptly killed the spider. I asked him about the note later and he said that he "didn't have time" to kill the spider. Really? But he had time to trap it, go downstairs to get the marker, and write the note? Yeah, nice try, buddy. In his defense, the spider was HUGE! It barely fit under the cap.

Spider's Nest
Again with Brady and his fear of spiders. Brady eats a lot of freezer foods. I guess he went out one day to the freezer in the garage to get a corn dog or something (I don't know, it doesn't matter) and promptly came back in, horrified. He told my mom that the freezer was covered in spiders and that he couldn't get his food. I was sitting nearby, and when he said that the freezer was covered in spiders, of course both my mom and I were like "what?". He was just like "go look!". So both of us went out there. And we did find the freezer covered in spiders just as he said… baby spiders. They were the size of ants, crawling all over the side of it and onto the door. I won't lie, it was pretty disgusting, but not as bad as actual adult spiders. I guess a spider's nest had hatched on the side of our freezer. We ended up wiping them off with paper towels.

Bonus:
Just a Little Girl at Work
This didn't take place at home, which is why I'm counting it as a bonus. Back when I first started work, there used to be a lot more guys working there. All the girls started later. It would always be me with these two guys, and they would always gang up on me and make me do the undesirable chores like the dishes and the bathroom and stuff (all in good humor though. We were friends). Anyways, one day one of them found a grasshopper over by the garbage can. A grasshopper! What the what? (Don't worry, it wasn't in any food or anything). And these two boys made me take care of it. They refused to go near it. Whatever. I told them their man cards would be revoked if I, the tiny little girl, would be brave enough to take care of the grasshopper and they would not. They said they didn't care. So I ended up sweeping it up and dumping it outside.

Working in Retail/Fast Food part 2

Kind of self explanatory. You can see the first part HERE.


Proving a customer wrong:

Seeing a rush while on break:

When a customer approaches you while you're on break:

Not being able to say anything while a customer tries to argue with you:

When you have to tell a customer their card is declined:

When a customer goes out to their car to get change/wallet/coupon:

…and all the other customers are staring at you waiting to be helped:

Customers telling you about coupons they left at home:

Strong perfume/bad breath/cigarettes/any noxious odor:

When an angry customer finally leaves:

(I apologize for swears once again)

Working in Retail/Fast Food

Told through pictures and gifs (for those of you who don't know, I work at Togo's Sandwiches/Baskin Robbins combo. However, people who come in for ice cream are significantly friendlier and more patient with their issues if they have any. Whereas Togo's… I think hungry people are just stupider and grumpier than the average human being):

First of all, the standard retail face. All smiles and love while looking at them. Then as soon as they're out of range -___-

Whenever people don't look at the menu, or don't see the gigantic signs right in front of their faces. Then blame you for "not telling them":

When people come in with their complaints and start telling you how this incident has ruined their whole day and/or that this is the worst sandwich they've ever had:

Hundred dollar bills:

When people don't tip. Especially when I clearly just gave them a whole bunch of change:

Anytime people come in with their jokes that they think are funny, but aren't (ex: me-"do you want your sandwich for here or to go?" them-"To go, duh! Togo! OHHHHHH!!!! Har dur dar dur dar!")

When I ring someone up and just as I'm handing them their change they're like "oh I have the two cents"

Just because I'm tired or wearing my "neutral" face and not smiling like a normal retail perky person:

When customers (usually old people) try to pay with all coins, especially when there's a long line:

When I have to go wash dishes in the back or something for a while to let off some stress:

I have turned into Squidward:

And just… angry/stupid customers in general:

So basically:

(I apologize for the swears)

My Book- 2015

I've always admired Captain Moroni ever since I was little. He was one of the first scripture characters I latched on to (besides the obvious ones like Nephi and such). I'm also one of the weird people who likes the war chapters in the Book of Mormon. I find them fascinating. Anyways, when I was about 14 or 15, I got an idea for a book. A book about Captain Moroni. How he became chief captain, his life beyond the battle field, etc. Unfortunately back then, I was still an unexperienced writer (not a bad writer, mind you, just unexperienced). I did finish an entire novel, I probably still have it stashed away somewhere. However, that's what it is: stashed away. I had written many books through my life up to that point, but none of them had I considered golden ideas. But then I came up with this one and I began thinking… "what if I tried to publish this?" Well, I was young and ignorant back then, I didn't really know what it took to get a book published, so that first draft never amounted to anything, and it disappeared into the background.

However, it never completely left my mind. Through the years as I wrote many other things, I would always think about this book. It was the winner book. I had an outline for it which I drafted and redrafted, wrote and rewrote. The story has gone through some major changes since I first got the idea. (At one point, he was in prison. Yeahhh.)

Finally, about two years ago, I sat down and decided "I'm going to write this book". In the recent years, I've felt that I'm cut out to be a writer. Like that's the direction I should be going with my life. So, I decided why not start with my "winner book", the idea that's stuck around for so many years? So I sat down and began to organize things. I was at school at the time, so I had plenty of research on hand too. I managed to write the first chapter… and it wasn't total crap!

That was two years ago though, almost three. I still struggled with writing. I just… didn't really know how to go about it still. I had my outline and everything, but I would still get stuck on little details, certain bits of information, how I wanted to describe something, where something should take place, stuff like that and then just give up. Possibly for weeks/months at a time. I was stuck in chapter 6 for the longest time. Literally like 4-5 months. I would open the document and either stare at it forever, then close it, or else write like two sentences, then erase them and go do something else.

Finally, a couple months ago, I took a creative writing class. I submitted the first chapter of the novel and my teacher gave me advice on how to go about writing it. She told me it had a lot of potential, but not to get hung up on the details. She said to just push through it until you're finished. That I should just write it, then go back and start rewriting things and start paying attention to the details later. LATER I could go back and edit and rewrite and edit and rewrite and edit and rewrite.

After that I finally gave it a try, and it worked. I just pushed through it, not caring how terrible it might sound (to an extent), knowing I could come back later and fix it. I just barely finished chapter 13.

There's about 3,000 words per chapter. Now, on a really good day, I can write an entire chapter in one day, but usually I get around 1,500- 2,000 words. I carry a little notebook in my purse so I can write if I'm just sitting around without my computer (like on my lunch break at work). I'm anticipating at least 30 chapters, about 90,000 words.

I was tired of my slacking on the book. I had previously set several different goals for it to be finished, but I would always fall through. So at the beginning of the year, as my New Year's resolution I decided to set a reasonable date for it to be finished by: the end of April. Back in January I hadn't received that advice from my teacher yet, so I thought four months would be long enough for me if I just did a little bit every day. I knew I would have to really force myself. And I was determined to… But then, I fell back into my old ways and the months began to pass. However, one day I decided "OK, Kelsi. You set your goal. You still have time. If you work really hard, you can still do it." So, I put my teacher's advice into play and just started writing. And I've been writing ever since.

Now just starting chapter 14,  I can semi-confidently say that I might actually meet my intended goal.

I wrote a (kind of lame) synopsis of the book a long while back. But it does sum it pretty nicely:

"War is coming for the Nephites. 

After the wicked city of Ammonihah is destroyed, it sets off a chain events that are unstoppable. With a potential Lamanite threat and trouble brewing within their own walls, Chief Captain Zoram does his best to prepare the army and the people for what lies ahead in the near future. But it may take a greater man than him to carry his nation through.

Moroni is a pacifist young man recently arrived in Zarahemla from the city of Sidom with several other converts, along side the prophet Alma. As he meets new people in his new home-- including the cheerful Lehi and capricious Mira-- and attracts the attention of the Chief Captain with his bold actions and strategic thinking, he begins to discover exactly what the Lord has in store for him.

One young man's journey as he realizes that sometimes it is necessary to fight to defend your liberty and freedom."

The working title is "Chief Captain". In the olden days, it used to be called "Shaken Forever" (see Alma 48:17).

So, we'll see what the future brings. Wish me luck on getting this puppy finished!

I made this for my desktop since I'm on my computer a lot.

Check out my graphics post HERE

Everybody Dance Now

I don't know what it is about random dance numbers in movies, but they just automatically make the movie 1000X more awesome. The movie could completely suck, but then throw in a random musical number and the one star rating will suddenly become two. I mean, obviously some movies/shows are meant to have spontaneous dancing (musicals), and it's totally awesome, but I'm talking about those ordinary movies with no dance context whatsoever and then all of a sudden people start dancing right in the middle for absolutely no reason. I mean full scale, all out dancing. With finger-snapping, backflips, jazz hands, twirling, cha-cha-chaing, and flat out rocking out. I just love it so much… and I really can't pinpoint why. It's just… wouldn't it be awesome if we could do that in real life? Someone starts singing/dancing and everyone could join in and know the words/dance steps, and we could all just have so much fun together? I love seeing the unison and synchronization of it all. Plus if the song if freakin' catchy, then heck yeah! :D

Here's a couple of my favorites (in no particular order):

500 Days of Summer- You Make My Dreams

This song reminds me of Afton. Because when she was living at home, whenever this song would come on, she would always rock out to it, imitating the scene. I've never actually seen this movie all the way through. I do remember this scene though and man is it great! I would sit through the movie just to watch it.

How I Met Your Mother- Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit

Gotta love NPH putting his heart and soul into this. There's actually quite a few random songs/dance scenes throughout the show, but this is my favorite one.

Ferris Bueller's Day Off- Twist and Shout

This movie is a classic all around, and this is a great scene. Don't we all love just lip-synching and rocking out to songs?

Enchanted- That's How You Know

Kinda cheating here because this is actually a musical. But, this is the only big dance number in the movie (besides the ballroom dance). And it's made to look like it's random. That's why this movie's great, it's a character from a musical dropped into the normal world and still trying to sing… but then it actually works and people around her starting joining in XD.

The Mask- Cuban Pete

Ah, Jim Carrey, where would we be without you? You know how cartoon characters get out of tight situations? They start a random goofy dance number!

Mama Mia!- Lay All Your Love On Me

This one is TOTALLY cheating, but I had to include it. This is like the funniest, most random dance scene I have ever seen. Like, what is happening? XDD I only ever watch this movie to see this scene.

My Music Videos (VeggieTales)

Some people might remember that several years back I made a whole bunch of VeggieTales music videos (in like 2005ish, in the summer back when I had that temporary nanny job). Well, a lesser known fact is that around 2013-2014, I started making them again and remaking the ones I did back in 2006.

I've complied them all here with some fun facts about them and "behind-the-scenes" info on how they were made. Because I KNOW you're all so interested! But you know, a one-man video is pretty hard to pull off, and my green-screen editing program is not exactly top-notch, so I have to make do with what I have.

These videos are kind of different from my old ones because I use the green screen. The green screen is hard to work with because I have to imagine the other character(s) and remember how/where they're moving at certain times. It is nice to have though because now I don't have to cut back and forth between characters all the time, plus I can add in backgrounds.

Why VeggieTales, you might ask? Well, I grew up loving them and I know all the silly songs in and out. Back in 2006, I just decided to film The Hairbrush Song for fun and because I was bored, but then it just continued from there. Then in 2013, I wanted to remake some of those (because honestly my 2006 videos were really poorly done, plus I had a green screen). So that's that.

And here's the complete list of what I have (at least so far ):

Bellybutton

Sometimes I think this one should be my favorite. It's really well done (if I do say so myself) as far as my videos go. I mean, it's hard synching up movements and stuff when I've got more than one character. The backdrops are pretty well chosen, and the "camera movements" are flowing. It's all pretty smooth. I really like it, but for some reason, it's not the first one I think of when I want to watch one of my videos. The sun was a real pain when I was filming the bits on the table. I have a lot of bloopers where I have to cut because it kept getting in my eyes.

Biscuit of Zazzamarandabo

Well... it was a valiant effort. You can see what I was trying to do, but it didn't come out so great. And then I forgot to film some parts and sloppily tried to cover them up. Plus the windshield was dirty in some shots. Just, fail.

Dance of the Cucumber

A remake of one Afton and I did a while back. This one is actually kind of a boring concept, just one character dancing around the other, but I kind of enjoy it. I was only imitating the original video with Larry and Bob. I didn't have a sombrero, so I found the closest thing I could find: Afton's huge sun hat. I didn't even have anything remotely Mexican, so I created a make-shift poncho out of a blanket and some pins.

Donuts for Benny

I thoroughly enjoyed filming this one because I got to stuff my face with donuts (well technically, Afton did, but still). I just got a cheap bag of powdered donuts and went with it. I achieved the mangy dog look from my natural bed-head. I woke up one morning, threw on an old sweater, put fuzzy socks on my hands, then drew on my face. Voila! I'm a scroungy old dog. Then I took a shower and filmed the rest of it.

Endangered Love

I managed to convince Afton to reprise her role as "Bill", because our original video was so classic in our house, she had to come back for this one. I took over as Larry this time though, and used Brady's old stuffed elephant to play the stuffed manatee. This one wasn't very time consuming because I didn't have to use the green screen.

Gated Community

This one is my mom's favorite. She says the guys in the gated community crack her up. They weren't too hard to film, but I'll tell ya, filming Larry's part was a pain in the butt. Because I had to set up the camera on one side of the fence, start it, then run all the way around, climb up on the fence, sing, then run all the way back around again and turn off the camera. It was quite a workout. Actually at first, I attempted it without something to stand on, and was just holding myself up on the fence. Yeah, I lasted about ten seconds before running back for a chair.

Hairbrush Song (Oh Where Is My Hairbrush?)

This was the first one I filmed originally back in 2006. This remake is pretty much exactly like my original except better quality, updated costumes, slightly better camera angles, etc. Also I added the narrator who pops up at the bottom. I'm not sure if that's an improvement or not. I wanted to show that I do actually know all the words, including the narrator's which are the most difficult, but then it looks like I'm actually reading them and not just looking at a blank binder. Oh well.

I Love My Lips

This is also an exact replica of my original video, except I used the green screen rather than cutting back and forth between the characters. Also I think I look slightly less ridiculous when I dance around (although I still do). Plus the costumes are updated.

Lance the Turtle

Well it's not as much of a fail as Buscuit of Zazzamarandabo was, but it's definitely not that well done. I tried, I really did. And it was a really hard one to make! There were so many characters going every which way, I had to keep track of where they would be and what they would be doing at all times. The hula dancing ones totally got off synch in the back, which wasn't fixable without filming it again. I tried my best to keep it all together in editing, and this was the best I could make of it.

Monkey

This was the last video I made before I took a break for a couple years and then started doing remakes. You'll notice the two characters are kind of different colors (like one's reddish and the other's very white). That's because I shot them at completely different times of day. I originally shot them at the same time one night, but when I put them in for editing, I realized one of them was wearing a yellow shirt, which was really close to green, so it disappeared into the background. I had to refilm that character entirely the next morning.

Moo Shoo

I made this one up in my room (which was the guest room at the time) in the middle of the night, literally. It was really quick. It probably took me about 20 minutes to set up, put on costumes, and film everything. Also, we don't exactly keep a stock of fortune cookies on hand, so that's actually a graham cracker.

Oh No! What We Gonna Do?

Somehow I roped Brady into helping me with this one. Although he was always asking "now am I done?" the entire time. I kind of debated on actually showing what the wisemen were doing to Daniel or just showing them singing the whole time (because believe me, I put some effort into synching that up). But I eventually went with recruiting Brady to play Daniel, because I thought it would be more entertaining (and Brady needed to be in one of my videos somewhere).

Pizza Angel

This one is my favorite. It's not a remake of anything, but it's the video that got me started on VeggieTales again. I can't pinpoint exactly what it is that I love so much about it. I guess I love the drama of it. Not to toot my own horn, but I think I captured the whole over-dramatic spirit of it. The camera pans, the dramatic turns of the head, looking off into the distance, slow motion, fade out-fade in transitions, all of it. But then it's just so stupid, I mean it's pizza! Anyways, I love it. Also, I originally had singing angels in the background, I even filmed them, but they were too lame and didn't show up very well against the green screen, so I cut them. And another fun fact: I had been planning on filming this for weeks, but I didn't have a pizza box. And we just weren't ordering pizza! Finally I asked my mom to go out and find a box… She went to Chuck E. Cheese, lolz. They gave her an unused one, so I tried to make it look authentic like there had once been a pizza in there. There wasn't any grease I could use, but I think that's pieces of bagel in there XP.

Sippy Cup

This is literally an exact replica of the original video, just with different costumes and a green screen. The original video actually wasn't made that long before this one. I wasn't really sure how I was going to pull off the judge part. I just filmed him against the green screen and then chose a backdrop later. I had no idea what I wanted at the time (which is bad, because I might decide later and then what I've filmed isn't right for what I want). However, I think the backdrop works even though it totally doesn't match the setting at all.) I like the piano player, he's my favorite part. I don't really know what made me decide to put him in. He was in the original, so I kept him for the remake. I do actually own a sippy cup, but I had left it at BYU-I, so I had to make do with the straw cup. Also, the "spilling" of the juice at the end really did a number on my hip after five takes. I was falling on to tile! And if you're curious, the way I accomplished that feat was by taping plastic wrap over the top of the glass (and I had some towels on the ground just in case).

Sneeze If You Need To

I like how this one turned out. I was a little worried for it because of all the characters and height differences, but it turned out pretty good. The hardest part was with the doctor and the patient and synching up their movements. I particularly had a lot of bloopers with the doctor and his props.

Waterbuffalo Song

A remake. I actually really like this one too. It was really simple as you can imagine. Super short, only two characters. The hardest part was the tackle. Since there weren't actually two people, I faked it as best I could (several times) and hoped for the best. Then when I edited it together, it actually looked believable. I was surprised and impressed.

Where Have All the Staplers Gone?

I can't even tell you what a pain this was to film! So many props! So many movements! And two characters! It seriously took me like two hours just to film it. Because I had to do it all in one take and if I messed up on anything, I had to start all over again. So if I forgot to pick up the notepad on cue, cut! The sharpie got stuck in my pocket, cut! I forgot to move to the left on cue, cut! The paper fell down, cut! And that went for both characters! Argh! I'm getting anxiety just thinking about it again... And I don't even like the video that much.

Bloopers

There are SO many more, but these are just a couple of the my personal favorites and the more interesting ones.

Explaining (the) Supernatural

So a couple weeks ago, I was drawing just a silly little cartoon of some characters from one my favorite shows, Supernatural, and my uncle saw it. He asked what it was, so I searched the internet and showed him the first picture of the three of them together I could find, which unfortunately was not very good…

Seriously, it looks like a super cheesy show trying to look all serious and boss-ish, and lots of girls are all into it only because the guys are pretty (well that is part of the reason XP) …Also, what is Cas wearing? This is a promo picture! Shouldn't he be wearing his normal costume, for crying out loud!? It looks more like Crowley's costume.

Anyways, I then proceeded to simply point to each character and tell him who they were, which went something like this: "Well, the show's about two brothers, these two guys, Sam and Dean, who hunt monsters, ghosts, and demons, and stuff. And this is their angel friend, Castiel." He wondered about the angel part, like an angel was hanging out with humans and killing things? I tried to explain, very poorly I must say. I mentioned things like how the angel possessed a human like demons did, but they needed permission. And I KNOW I completely repelled him away. I just ended it all with, "It's very compelling, okay!" I'm still face-palming myself.

So, I'm making up for all that here.

Here's a more accurate picture of Sam, Dean, and Castiel. Or as they're known to the fandom, Team Free Will:

Supernatural is in fact about two brothers, Sam and Dean Winchester, who drive around the country in their '67 Impala, hunting down ghosts, monsters, demons, etc. That's the basic gist of it. They use fake credit cards, fake FBI badges, fake IDs, fake everything to get where they need to go.

Now there are three main selling points to the show that really keep it running, I think. The horror/drama, the brothers, and the humor.

First, the horror/drama. The show was originally written as a horror show. In fact, the entire first season is set up as a "monster of the week" type thing. But then as is goes on, the plots thicken, things get more complex, and universes expand, etc. In the end though, it is all very intense, scary, sometimes pretty gruesome, and all together freakishly awesome. You've got demonic possessions, all sorts of monsters, different takes on classic monsters, jump-out-of-your-seat moments. It's all there. Like I said, as the show continues on, things get more complex. The characters start to have to deal with more intense stuff, like the apocalypse, the devil himself, angels, selling their souls, purgatory, and so on. And boy is is intense, not to mention dramatic. I love it!

Second, the brothers. The show would not work without them. Dean is the older brother, he's the jock, the protecter, the cool one, you know? Sam's the younger brother, he's the sensitive, geeky one with long flowing locks ;P. They would do absolutely anything for each other, walk to the ends of the earth, take a bullet, sell their soul, because they are all each other has and they care so much. Now, before I get sounding too sappy (too late), they do act like normal brothers would too. They tease each other, Dean often unfairly asserts his authority as the older brother, they know each other's quirks and tastes to use to their advantage, and so on.

Third, the humor. Now for the most part, when you think Supernatural, you don't think Supernatural: a comedy. It is a pretty funny show at times, though. Sometimes just small moments, sometimes entire episodes. Because of the supernatural elements, practically anything can happen. For example, the brothers get trapped in TV land and are forced to "play their roles" in order to escape. So they pretend to be doctors in a soap opera, characters in a sitcom, cops in a cop show, contestants on a gameshow, etc. and it is freakin' hilarious! There are also small, more subtle moments throughout the show, simply because you just know the characters, or just a funny line (seriously, where do they come up with some of this stuff? It's actually a thing out there "Actual line from Supernatural or Not?"), etc.

And since I mentioned him, I might as well expound (and save my previously horrible explanation), Castiel. He's Sam and Dean's angel friend. I mentioned above that the show takes a new spin on many classic monsters (like werewolves, vampires, and stuff). They did the same with angels. In pop culture, angels are peaceful harp-playing little people with halos and wings, sitting up on their clouds in their white robes, right? Well in Supernatural, they're more like warriors of God. They try to make peace in any way they can. They're giant powerful creatures, so when they come down to earth, they must possess a human so as not overpower the "weaker creatures" with their power. However, they can't just take a body like demons can, they need special permission. As I said, angels try to bring peace in any way they can, always focused on "the mission" and "God's work". They're kind of like robots, and complete JERK-WADS!!! They don't really have much free will of their own, or feelings, they just do what needs to be done without a thought… This is where Castiel comes in. He's the first angel who developed feelings like doubt and regret. He chose the Winchesters over his angel brothers. The more time he spent with them, the more human he became. He's freakin' adorable. So ignorant and naive, and yet so unbelievably powerful.

So… amazing show! I hope this was a better explanation than my first.

Here's some videos for all three aspects:

Horror/drama:

Brothers:

Humor:

(And why not?) Castiel:

(Background: Cas was supposedly dead, but then randomly 

shows up alive, living as a human and amnesiac)

And if you're interested, this is the cartoon I was drawing (now polished off and finalized on the computer):