An artist to paint your portrait?
Zak Smith
An author to write your biography?
Thomas Pynchon, because he would also make it bat**** crazy
A director to record you life to screen?
Stanley Kubrick
A musician to sing a song about your life?
Merzbow
Favorite gift you ever gave someone for Christmas?
A few years ago, I was able to get some old slides and a slide projector from my uncle, which I cleaned up and gave to my Dad (the slides were of different points in his life, and he hadn't seen them in years)
Favorite gift you ever received for Christmas?
Last year, I got a pretty decent guitar for christmas. I've made good use of it.