Some Satire, a Dream and a Little Break

Well the brake shouldn't make that much of a difference because I haven't been updating lately (blame my school's honors club) but hopefully that will change when I come back from vacation. 

Anyway because I know I'll be bored on vacation (my family never really does anything) I decided to go back and do some more "creative" writing. Why did I put quotes around creative? Well that's because I'm basing my writing off of the bible (with the Apocrypha) so it will still be creative just not as creative as doing something from scratch. I might or might not show it on my blog because it could offend some people and I'm not the person who likes offending people. However I do expect it to take a while since the bible is so freaking long. But yeah, I'm finally doing something I wanted to do, make a satire/parody of the bible (and read the whole bible too). I've been working on the Genesis part right now (I renamed it origins... not that creative but I couldn't think of a better name that has basically the same meaning and is just one word). It's not the best satire/parody so far but it's getting there (I can't wait to go crazy in the Leviticus part lol). The title of this work is most likely going to be the King Polydectes Holy Moly Bible.

This is not what the satire in the title is referring too, however. It is referring to a question I saw on yahoo answers about someone who needed help writing a satire of peer pressure. Well I made my own satire but I'm not sure how good it is. Anyway here you go I hope you like it.

Peer Pressure: The New Best Thing

             Peer Pressure, evil, horrible, bad. Those are just a few of the insensitive names we call fitting in. Everybody says that peer pressure is bad but that's because they don't see the upside to it. So what exactly is peer pressure? Well peer pressure is influence from members of one's peer group. This means that peer pressure is influenced by people around one person, let's call him Little Timmy. So how bad is peer pressure? It's not that bad! Think about all kids in a peer group studying, this is great! There is influence by members studying which is influencing Little Timmy to study. Also what about the people in a group getting cars? This is good because it will make Little Timmy get a car and be able to go to school instead of just sitting at home and skipping school. Also what's the thing about people saying Peer Pressure causes people to try and get addicted to drugs? If everybody is trying drugs then Little Timmy will probably try them too, I'm no denying that, BUT more than likely Little Timmy is going to puke his guts out and get sick after trying these drugs THIS IS A GOOD THING! Now Little Timmy knows what it is like to try drugs and he will never do them again.

Let's not forget about what peer pressure greatly influences: VOTING. You heard me right Peer Pressure is great because it makes people vote for canidates instead of just sitting in their house reading a newspaper. That is, when Little Timmy goes to work his coworkers will say "Who did you vote for? I voted for Billy the Kid." And when Little Timmy says "No I haven't voted for it yet." His coworker would say " Well you have to vote, you should really vote for Billy the Kid he is great." Later that day Little Timmy will vote! Now will he vote for the person he wanted to vote for? YES he would because he never planned on voting but when his coworkers told him everything about Billy the Kid he changed his mind and went to vote for Billy the Kid.

Peer Pressure is also a great influence on the economy! Just think about all the kids crying about how all their friends have a certain toy and they do not. This might change their parents mind and they will buy the toy, thus helping out the people who put effort in the toy from the money they used to buy the toy.

Also, before I forget I've been reading up on lucid dreams (knowing you are dreaming in your dreams, which you can manipulate for better dreams), and one of the things that seems to be important is to keep a dream journal. Well I guess my blog will be my dream journal since I need an excuse to go back and try to write a blog every day or two. So here's the latest dream I had it may seem kind of weird but it was definitely influenced by the things I saw before I went to sleep.

1.       Started off that my family and I were at my grandma’s house and (it was half the size it should be) it was like we were in the woods and we had picnic stuff. My brother was late to dinner (or lunch) as usual and knocked off the fries that were on a picnic table. There were blankets (the ones used to cover the floors when painting) on the ground too. Later I met a friend (a girl). With this friend I went to a University to check it out. The friend went to the left hallway and I decided to go to the hallway to the front of me. Ended up meeting an asshole who I ended up flipping off but I overheard his friend telling him that I flipped him off so I quickly walked to the ground/basement level and found the computer club. I sat down at the last level of computers (there were only 3 rows, two horizontal and 1 vertical like a square). A hot girl dressed in cyber clothing asked me why I was there and I moved next to her and we started talking, one of the conversations was about her having a Lamborghini and having a touch screen lock pad on it. And that she was glad she didn’t have to take a taxi anymore. Also when she showed a trait or did something I didn’t like she became uglier.  

Well there you go, my bizarre dream that's not too crazy but not too sane either lol.

Oh and I got a new follower Lamonte. Hopefully you’ll enjoy the blogs to come.

That’s about it, until a couple weeks for now enjoy your lives :D    

Music Pickup # 3: Breedless

So I haven't been around lately. Was it a drug deal that went bad? Maybe I got lost in the woods? Or possibly I was running from some crazy person named Suz that I accepted her friend request on facebook and through that she found my address so I had to hide out in a barn for a few days until the cops finally caught her? No, of course it wasn't any of those things I don't do (or sell) drugs, there aren't really real woods where I live, and I don't know anybody named Suz. I actually just didn't have enough time to write a blog and visit this site. Most of it was due to having to get up early for volunteer work at my school (we're trying to raise money to fight cancer) and I had to wake up at 9:00 AM for that so I had to go to be early so I wouldn't be so tired that I would crash the car. But I'm back for possibly one (or two) more blog(s). The reason that it's only one or two more blogs is because my family is going on vacation soon, and since I'll be at my grandma's house I won't be able to get online.

Anyway this is basically just a short blog about what I got last week when I went back to my used cd store.





This was the only Ego Likeness CD I've ever seen at a music store so I decided to get it. It's entitled Breedless, it came out in 2010, and it is amazing. I decided to get this CD with only listening to one song, and I'm amazed at how good the rest of the songs are. I thought the song, Lowest Place on Earth was good but then I heard the other songs on this CD and found out that most of them were actually better than "Lowest Place on Earth", which shows how great this CD is. Anyway here's the little overview of the band and a few songs that I think you should check out. Ego Likeness is a Darkwave, Industrial band from Baltimore, Maryland. They started back in 1999 and are still around today! The two members of this band are also married which I think is kind of cool.

South  (Sorry it's the live version it's the only one on youtube. However this video does show how much talent they have)

The Devil's in the Chemicals

I'd have more songs but it's hard to find a normal version of one of their great songs on this CD.


Oh and same-sex marriage is now allowed in New York which is great (especially for the gay and bisexual community)! I can't believe this was not allowed until today the only arguments against it are full of crap. Sadly there are still many states in the US that do not have same-sex marriage which is stupid. But at least there's another state moving forward.

A Short List of Pet Peeves

So I ended up making this blog a little later than I wanted to, actually it might just feel later because I'm tired from getting a few hours of sleep last night. Either way this is going to be a short blog about things that kind of get on my nerves, and when I say short I mean short. There are not many things that really make me mad, but of course I'm human and I have some things that I just can't stand. I got the idea for this when I was playing tennis earlier today.

1. Bikers who bike in the middle of the road when they can bike on the sidewalk or bike path. I don't know why these people think that that the whole road belongs to them, I mean I understand if they're biking in the middle of a neighborhood because the sidewalks are so small and there's not much traffic, plus drivers have to go slow anyway. However, when they are biking in the middle of a busy street it gets kind of annoying having to drive 30 mph or more below the speed limit because they want to hog up the whole lane because they want to bike. It doesn't make sense there's a bike lane (or sidewalk) right next to you use that!

2. People who always use pet names. I don't mind it if someone has a pet name for their girlfriend or boyfriend but when they keep on calling them babe or honey over and over and over instead of their real name or just dropping the pet name sometimes. It is really really annoying when someone keeps on doing this. "Babe that was good" "Babe come here" "You're not supposed to hold the racket that way babe" ... yeah I might go insane if I hear someone say babe again.

3. People that do not understand something so they criticize it instead of learning about it (pretty much just ignorance or people who put down others). This is just horrible in many different levels, I don't really know why these people do that I mean it's not that hard to learn about something weird. Just google the term and read a few pages of it and if it interests you maybe read some more. When someone criticizes something using points that don't even relate to the topic it just makes you look like an asshole (sorry for cursing, I doubt you guys care that much).

4.People that generalize different types of people. Yeah just to let you know everybody is DIFFERENT! I think that's all that needs to be said. Plus if you're talking about sex, skin color, or anything else WE ARE ALL HUMAN! Why do they think they are supiror they are a human too?

5. People who use cellphones (texting or holding their phone to their ear) when driving. This does not mean when stopped (it's a lot more safe when stopped) but when driving down a road. This is even worse when people do this on the highway. Did you know that it is estimated that cell phone distracted drivers are four times more likely to be in a car wreck. According to a Harvard University study, cell phones cause over 200 deaths and half a million injuries each year?


6. Drivers who don't use their blinker. Why? I mean it's easy to do. It also make me mad that hardly anyone uses their turning signal where I live so I have no idea where people are going and sometimes I don't even know who has the right of way because someone didn't use their blinker. 


7. People who talk during movies. Now I have been guilty of this (it's the very cheep $3 movie theaters though which isn't as bad as the $12 ones but it's still bad). However I try not to, I mean this is just being very inconsiderate to other people who paid that much money 


8. People who leave their shopping carts out and/or in parking spaces. How lazy can you be? There are a lot of different designated places to put your shopping cart so why leave it in the middle of the parking lot? It makes it so people can't park in a parking spot. I actually saw a shopping cart in the middle of a parking lot between two parking spaces making it so that nobody could drive down that line of parking spaces, what the hell? I ended up moving it so that people could go down that isle if they wanted to.


9. People who only care about the looks of a person and not the personality when looking for a lover. I mean sure looks play a part but why the hell do you just want to go out with someone because of how they look? If you don't want a one night stand then look for someone who has a great personality 


10. People who think they must fit the idea of beauty that is drawn up by tv, magazines, and other things. Actually it's more about the idea than the people. I just hate how some people think that if they get a boob job, or other plastic surgery then more people will find you attractive. What the heck? I'd rather go out with a girl with very small boobs than someone who had breast implants, I said it once in this blog thing and I'll say it again, I don't care about what someone's boobs look like. I just hate how plastic surgery just makes someone seem really fake. I guess this one is more about plastic surgery, well here's something else that the idea can help which is not very good. Bulimia, Anorexia, and that one disorder that I don't know the name of  (the one that mostly men get where they feel like they have to keep on working out because they see themselves as weak or something). Honestly I find this horrible, all of these disorders are dangerous. I'm happy that I don't look like I have a lot of muscles, that's not who I am. Oh and everyone has a different idea of what beauty is.


OK so basically I just don't like people who are inconsiderate. I think that's all of the ones I have, I might have a few more but I can't think of them right now.


That's about it feel free to add to the list if you want to.


Reminder for blog number # 17: Don't hate someone due to their habit, just hate their habit. That person might be a really good person who only has a horrible habit.

Music Pickup # 2: Crackle, and Of Faith, Power, and Glory

So I guess I missed blogging about something yesterday, sorry about that but to avoid saying sorry every time I miss a day of blogging I'm going say that I am most likely going to be blogging ever other day.

OK since that's out of the way I'm going to get into the two CD's I picked up at the used record store I said I was going to in one of the recent blogs I wrote. This store was pretty cool, they actually had a section for industrial music which I never saw at the other used record store that I go to. They also had a quite a few good artists that I haven't seen that that other record store too like Ego Likeness (I was surprised to see one of their CD's there). Sadly I'm trying to save my money so I can have some gas money before I get my college refund for the fall semester so I can drive to school so I only bought two CD's.




Yes, the first CD I got was Crackle by Bauhaus. Bauhaus was a post punk, gothic rock band that formed in 1978 and had 5 studio albums (each came out a year after the other with the exception of the last one which came out in 2008). Sadly they are not together anymore.  Anyway, I usually don't buy band's greatest hits CD's but this was a special occasion because I think that Bauhaus is just an OK band but they do some really great songs and pretty much all their songs I like are on the CD so it worked out well. One thing I think is cool is that the purple bauhaus symbol on the CD is shiny... I don't know why I think that's cool but it is lol.



This is the other CD I got; Of Faith, Power, and Glory by VNV Nation. VNV Nation is a synthpop, futurepop, EBM, and industrial band that started back in 1990 (I can't believe that's more than 20 years from now) and are still around today! I think that this CD is good going towards OK, it has some really great songs but it also has some songs that aren't so good.


Here are some songs from these CD's that I really like (only three songs per CD)

Crackle by Bauhaus

The Passion of Lovers  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8UnELB1hV4

Terror Couple Kill Colonel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sCTxS_B6h4


Bela Lugosi's Dead http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OKRJfIPiJGY


Of Faith, Power, and Glory by VNV Nation


The Great Divide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYZF1_6NFUo


Art of Conflict http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OVV8sxWUJ7o

Tomorrow Never Comes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5euRZqufiqo


I also got a new follower. Woohoo I now have 2 followers! So here's a shout out to jessieann13 for being my second follower. Hopefully you'll enjoy the blogs to come :)


Reminder for blog # 16: Sometimes it is better to get the greatest hits CD of a band than to get all of their CD's.

A very short blog plus it's the end of Red and Black week.

 It's the end of red and black week that was orchestrated by Sophistique Noir

Sorry I missed yesterday but I was too tired to blog (almost like today lol). Anyway here's the final picture of me (without a head of course, but then again you could just photoshop my profile pic on the outfit ). It's a step up from the previous one.





In this picture I'm wearing a nice leather coat which I found at good will for only 15 bucks (couldn't believe such a nice coat was that low of price). Under that I have a jersey which I also found at good will (I actually thought it was as mesh shirt and bought it so I would look very weird for one of my classes that we had to dress abnormally for, I don't mind wearing it over my shirt but I'd never use it as a shirt) and under that is my red shirt. This is probably the most D.I.Y I will ever do since I have two Angelspit Buttons on my jacket (you probably can't see them), and I consider this way of dress D.I.Y even though it's not really (but if you see the jersey without the jacket it looks horrible). Anyway, I am also wearing the most comfortable pants ever, which I found online (the only thing I hate is that they make noise when I walk in them).

I was going to go off and talk about D.I.Y and what I thought of it but because I'm so tired today too I will save that for another day.

Reminder for blog # 15: Sometimes covering part of your clothing can make it look cool instead of very very lame.

Blogging just to blog Oh and R&B day 4

 Oh god it's day 4 of red and black week and I've been so thirsty... OK maybe not. Anyway this is the 4th red and black week thing created by Sophistique Noir .

So as you might have guessed from the title I don't really have anything to say in this blog. I mean I do have some ideas but those are for later blogs (the one tomorrow will be about DIY and the one after that will be about Voodoo). However I did not dress up for those videos (well actually the shirt I'm wearing might kind of be a little voodooish but I don't really think so). And since tomorrow is petty much the big finish (not sure if the blog after that one counts as another day or not so I'm playing it safe and going to put up a red and black symbol that I found online)

There you go, actual clothing! I wish my shirt didn't have the shiny silver stuff on it though. Also isn't this just the best background ever? lol

Well I can say that I'm finally exercising again (haven't done that since the fall, unless you count walking around lol) today I played tennis at the local school's tennis courts for about an hour and it's just as fun as I remembered. I'm actually thinking about doing a blog about sports but that will be sometime in the future. I also just watched the cinema snobs latest video which reminded of Gustav Holst's Planet songs . For those of you who don't know who this guy is he's a person who makes lots of different videos but mostly focuses on making comical parody reviews of random movies (parodying movie critics).

Reminder for blog #14: Exercise when you can, it can be lots of fun and it's healthy.

Music Time: Punk Rock. Oh and R&B day 3

Yep it's day 3 of red and black week (that was made by Sophistique Noir  ) today I actually wore something red and black! Hey, I think I'm the only man  doing this so I should get something (most likely the feeling of doing something).


OK I think it's time for a blog that's a little more happier, so here it is my 2nd of most likely many, many, many blogs about music (can you tell I like music? Still I don't seem to like it as much as my dad, he has 6 of those big 336 pocket folders filled with all his CD's, and he still has records and cassette tapes ). I think this blog goes well with what I wore today kind of well.

This is actually the logo of the band Bad Religion. I swear I'm done doing the small stuff, tomorrow I'll wear an "outfit" (red shirt with black pants is the most likely outcome. Whatever it is, it won't be that creative, that's what I'm saving for Friday).

So seeing as Bad Religion is a punk band I will be discussing my views on the Punk genre as a whole as well as listing off my favorite punk bands.

About my history with punk music:
I think most of the music I heard as a kid was in the punk genre since my dad was obsessed with it for a while. I've heard bands like The Clash, the Ramones, The Sex Pistols (I think they were the first punk rock band I heard, but they might have just been the first band I heard that I knew were punk rock) As well as some others. I've also heard quite a few newer punk bands like Rancid, Green Day, and even newer punk music like Rise Against.

It's interesting to compare punk music from different decades and see how different it is. What's also strange is how these bands seem to get worse with popularity (at least to me). Rise Against was pretty good but then their "Appeal to Reason" album kept on playing on the radio and everyone I knew suddenly liked them, then they released their new CD and I don't even like it that much (but I loved their other CD). Then there was Green Day. Do I even have to say how bad they are? After their greatest hits CD Billy Armstrong changed styles (he became emo and really changed the way Green Day's music was, making it less energetic and more emotional). This lead to mainstream success (of course lol), and I can't stand their new music anymore. Did I also say that a few of the songs I've heard on their newest CD sound very identical to American idiot but with different lyrics? (don't worry I didn't buy a CD of a band I don't like, my dad still likes them so he has almost all their CD's). Another band that has become a little worse with popularity is Rancid. After their song Time bomb was on the radio their next CD sounded a little worse to me. They're still good though, Tim Armstrong is a beast.

History of Punk Music:
Some of the first couple of punk bands were The Stooges, and the Velvet Underground, David Bowie and also The Who (these bands are classsified as protopunk bands though which means that they were the ones that greatly influenced punk rock music as seen by many punk rock artists siting them as their influence).

As far as I can tell (and I was just skimming wikipedia so who knows how accurate this is) the Ramones were the first real punk band, then there was the Sex Pistols which was another early punk rock band along with The Talking Heads. There was also the formation of the Buzzcocks and The Clash. Oh I forgot one band that's very important, Joy Division! Can't forget that band since it was technically the first Gothic Rock band.

The next wave of of Punk had bands such as the Misfits (they do one of my favorite songs but I don't like them that much, and I guess they're more horror punk but whatever that's still punk) and the Bad Brain (one of the first Hardcore punk bands, it's funny to think that without them and a few of the other Hardcore punk bands there would be no emo subculture since that's about post-hardcore and emotional hardcore music, which are offshoots of Hardcore punk lol). I guess there was also The Police here too. Oh and also The Dead Kennedies, Black flag, and the Circle Jerks.

Later post-punk emerged
This is a very important part for the Goth subculture since it was when the bands that would start the whole Gothic movement emerged such as Bauhaus, The Birthday Party, The Cure, and Siouxsie and the Banshees (actually they started earlier as a punk rock band but transitioned into the post-punk genre). I guess Joy Division is also in this category too.

Then there was the modern revival of punk (my favorite) with bands like  Operation Ivy (later Tim Armstrong formed Rancid, my favorite punk band), and Bad Religion (actually from '79) Reel Big Fish, and NOFX.

There were also some very mainstream punk bands like Blink-182, Sum41 and The Offspring. All are bands I actually kind of like.



Things that marked the punk subculture
- DIY (Do It Yourself) Clothing
- Moshing at concerts (In my opinion it's the worst thing to come out of punk)
- Anti-Authority attitude/ideals (it doesn't have to be violent most of it's more left winged stuff, and they're usually not violent, like everyone else. Even though that's not what the media wants you to think, but the media obviously doesn't know anything about subcultures lol)
- Mohawks (Hell yeah, I'm 99% sure I'm never going to have one though, but I wanted one when I was in grade school lol)
- Chains and spikes? I always thought they were more punk than anything else but I guess I might be wrong about that (at least according to wikipedia).

My favorite Punk Bands (Oh and I have to say I think that short punk songs are so much better than the long ones. They have all the energy (most of the time) and still end up getting their point across in a short amount of time.) Yep, there are links

1. Rancid (I love this band, they were one of the few
2. Green Day (before American Idiot I loved this band)
3. Bad Religion
4. NOFX
5. The Offspring (I was going to link to their song "I choose" but you can easily hear the pop influence in that song. This song also made my mom get a little pissed off at my music taste, lol).

Also check out:
The Talking Heads
The Dead Kennedys 
Ramones
The Misfits (They only do one song I really like, but I really really like it lol. I always see their pins at my local/downtown record store though, and I have to say those are pretty cool).
The Police (I'm still confused at why this band is punk but whatever, I guess that's just because they don't have a crap load of energy. It does remind me of the book "Lolita" though, never read it but I know what it's about).
The Clash (I love this song, they really don't make songs like this anymore)
The Stooges (I hope I look like Iggy Pop when I'm as old as he is lol)
Reel Big Fish (I wish I could see them again this year but I don't think that will happen ).
Be Your Own Pet (That one band who had 3 "banned" songs in the US for no real reason, it's kind of funny though because one of the "banned" songs was made into a music video)

I didn't put any Gothic rock bands on the list because I will probably talk about that in the future and that list will have the bands like Bauhaus.

Before I go (AKA Random stuff)
First, off I'm starting my job search again. I've been looking for a job since last year and so far only one place has called back :( Hopefully I end up finding a good job sometime soon though. I'm thinking of applying at an independent record store that's supposed to be close to my house but I have no idea where it is. I might also see if I can get a job at my local vet too since I love animals. Sadly I don't think they have any positions open right now but there are a few positions that don't require any previous experience. I might also try the usual fast food places that are around my house again, hopefully I'll at least get a call if not a job.

I also want to advertise a newer person on youtube that you might like, I don't find her videos that interesting but that's because she doesn't talk about stuff I'm really into. However I am betting that you might like it if any of you are into thrift store finds or book reviews. She also seems like a cool person (at least on camera), plus I like helping out people who are new to things. http://www.youtube.com/user/NightshadeNursery Oh and who said Goths have to be white?

Reminder for Blog #13: Everything changes with time.

OK, so It's a little kinky Oh and R&B day 2

It's day 2 of red and black week created by Sophistique Noir and I'm showing another red and black thing today.I think I'm the only guy doing it, that's gotta count for something right? ;) 

Yes the symbol is red, I used my built in webcam to take the picture. I was going to make this out of candle wax but I didn't have any red candles, so I made it out of blood... fake blood that I bought a while ago in October for my costume and the movies I used to make (they were very bad, but they were  made by someone in 7th or 8th grade). This stuff kind of stains though, that would be weird if I ran into someone who knew what this symbol was at the store tomorrow.

Yes that's my 2nd picture, not much since I'm building up to actually having an "outfit" but hey whatever, it suits what I'm going to blog about. And in case you don't know what this is, it is the lovely symbol of BDSM (how's that for a "dark" themed blog lol) yes that evil sexual practice in which someone is being a slave against their will and being forced to do unspeakable acts... only that's not really what goes on. However I have yet to participate in this practice so this is not from experience but from what others (I assume experts in this field) have to say.

So I was wondering if I should make my blog have a warning for adult content, but I decided not to because adult content would be something describing every little detail of a sexual act or showing pictures of nudity. Both of which I will not being discussing here, since this is about education it's not supposed to be anything more than that.

This blog is just a quick overview of what BDSM is and about educating people who think that BDSM is sick  and is harmful to relationships because of how brutal it is thus they say it's like an abusive relationship. Honestly I think BDSM is much more romantic than many other "vanilla" things (things normal people do). The funny thing is that these people might actually be participating in some type of BDSM.

What exactly is BDSM?
Well it's when one person (the Dominate) takes control over another person (the submissive), but that's a very very simplistic version so let's go into some greater detail. In long hand BDSM is Bondage/Discipline, Dominance/Submission, and Sadomasochism. However BDSM can be one or all of these things. B/D is pretty obvious, in Bondage the Dom (Dominate person) binds the sub (submissive person) somehow either with rope or handcuffs or other interesting objects. And in Discipline the Dom disciplines the sub (of course) by doing many different things ranging from tying up the sub to using whips and such. D/s is still kind of obvious (at least I think so). In Dominance the Dom barks orders to the sub and sometimes even physically forces the sub to do and in Submission the sub does what the Dom wants him/her to do (sometimes they don't though... ). Lastly, in Sadomasochism means getting pleasure from getting or receiving pain or humiliation. Thus the Dom giving the sub pain or humiliating acts and the sub enjoying them. So now you kind of know what it is so let's get further into it and talk about the most important things for people who like this.

What is BDSM all about?
The 3 most important words you will hear about BDSM is SAFE, SANE, and CONSENSUAL. Thus people who participate in this will try as much as they can to be safe (obviously it's easier in some cases than in others. This also includes what "normal" people do too for safe sex), people who participate in this will also try as hard as they can to be sane and not get carried away with the scene,  and they will never do this with someone that does not say that they want to have sex this way. There are also other things that people do such as print out a sheet that says what they will and will not do (the sub is pretty much the one who chooses what can and can't be done, but if the Dom doesn't want to do something then the sub might have to allow that activity to go). However if someone feels that they have to have their partner put their signature on the bottom of this then they shouldn't participate, because trust is a key aspect of BDSM too.

The two very key elements besides SSC is *Communication* and *Trust* Communication is key to know how far to go either before hand or during the activity (using safe words such as "orange" to slow down, "yellow" to pause, "red" to stop you don't have to use these words though they are just great ones to use because they are easy to remember. I should say that you should always have at least one safe word, especially if it's your first time because the Dom/sub is not you which means they do not know if you are enjoying the activity or if you are really in pain and it has gone a little far). It's obvious why Communication is very important because this is not torture, both the Dom and sub are looking for pleasure.


Are you at all into any degree of BDSM?
BDSM can be as simple as cuffing your lover to the bed or putting on a blindfold, and go to the insane degree as being a full time slave (Honestly I don't know how some people can actually enjoy being a 24/7 slave, however there are people like that in the world and to them I say "keep doing what you're doing as long as you're happy about it" [which they most likely are]. Actually the funny thing is that the people in these relationships tend to be in happier relationships than the people in normal relationships [it's actually not all that impressive since so many people get divorces nowadays].

Whereas sex is biological, BDSM is more psychological.
Many people think that BDSM is all about inflicting pain on another person but it's not so. One of the main appeals to BDSM is the power exchange (giving the Dom power over you but also having limits on what they can/can't do). This is shown in the people who are want to have control over everything in their lives but are subs. For some it's also they adore women (or men) and they just want to serve them and make them happy. For me there's many different appeals the main one is knowing that I am giving the woman pleasure, but there are more.

Here's a list of things that are BDSM but can easily not be violent at all
1. Sensation play - this is the Dom using sensations on the sub to cause both to have fun. It can be anything from using feathers to ice and hot wax (hence why I wanted to use it instead of the fake blood). It can also be sensory deprivation and  can also involve flogging and bitting.
2. "normal" sexual things but with being "forced" to do.
3. Almost anything in the humiliation category (gags can be violent depending on what one you use though)

BDSM can involve lots of creativity with different scenes and such ...I guess this is where all that creativity that was supposed to be for clothes went...

Myths:
  1. It's horrible nobody would want that and it's just like an abusive relationship!
So for those of you that say that it is horrible that a sub is getting abused, I have this to say to you. Did you read what I wrote? subs enjoy the abuse (when in the bedroom, and some of them enjoy it all the time) it's psychologically fulfilling and fun. Obviously subs would not do it if it wasn't fun for them. The Dom's are also very careful as to not go to far on the subs too because they LOVE their partner too (unless it's at one of those parties, then they just have empathy for another fellow human being). The reason I say that this is more romantic than the "vanilla" relationships is because through this you get more in-tune with you lover (Dom's can enjoy inflicting pain on their sub but only if they know that the sub is enjoying it and after a few sessions the Dom will have a good idea of where the sub's comfort level is), there is also the part of how far someone is willing to go to pleasure their lover (the Dom has to be very considerate of the sub and the sub is taking the abuse from the Dom, well the abuse that's not above their comfort level).

    2. It's caused by abuse
Nope. There was never any abuse that happened in my family. My best guess would be that this stuff is genetic.

3. More myths http://www.nlacolumbus.com/global/smmyths.html It's already 4 am here and I don't want to spend another 30 minutes writing down all this stuff

My thoughts:
Now you've heard what BDSM really is, so what do I think of it? Obviously I'm into it (otherwise I wouldn't have made this blog) but like everyone I do have my limits. I could talk more about it but I doubt you really care lol. Oh and in case you are wondering I am a switch (meaning I enjoy both being a Dom and sub) but I'm more into being a sub, there's nothing sexier than a mentally strong woman. ;) But why do you even care?

I actually was just listening to this song and it seems like it actually works for this blog (if you think about it. It's really not about BDSM at all even though it can be applied to it).

Links (only if you're interested in this kind of stuff and there is slight nudity):
http://www.xeromag.com/fvbdsm.html  (best site for information in my opinion).
http://toywithme.com/sexuality/the-psychology-of-submission/

Oh and before I go I also managed to add something new about what my blog is generally about (it's even more general than the big white letters under the title).

Reminder for blog # 12: Life is short so have fun and do what you want (as long as you're not bringing harm to others).

Might as well try to participate in Red & Black Week

So one of the few people I follow on this blogging site is participating in this event (created by Sophistique Noir) and I thought, I might as well do it too since I didn't have any ideas for a blog today. Plus I'd be the only guy doing it, that's gotta count for something right? ;) Anyway I thought it would be kind of hard to do though until I realized that most of my clothes are either red or black (there's a blue shirt in there somewhere, along with some blue jeans, though). Sadly since I've recently gotten into Gothic clothing style (I think I started to get into it in November or sometime around there) I don't really have any cool clothing to show off, but I do have one "outfit" wow a guy saying that, it's weird... Anyway I do have one thing to wear that I might show off. But I do kind of wish it was a black and blue week instead because I have many more cooler things that are black and blue than red and black. If only I had gotten the respirator with the red UV tubes instead of the blue ones, or at least the goggles with red lenses.

I'm going to have a twist on this thing though, I'll only do 1 blog about fashion! That one will probably be the last blog I do dedicated to this event thing so look forward to that if you're into that sort of thing. It might just be my only blog on fashion lol.

Well here's my first picture, yep it's not that great but hey it is a picture of red and black kind of being mixed together. Don't worry though, the next picture I put up will be a lot better, I'm actually getting "more extreme" with each picture, and seeing that this isn't really any sort of extreme (since it's not really anything but food) it shouldn't be hard to top for tomorrow's picture.

idea from : http://n-epoap.blogspot.com/

                                                                       
Blackberries and coke. Yum, dinner! Actually that was just a midnight snack. I only have a few good ideas for this thing and I didn't want to use them on the first day of this thing. However tomorrow's blog will be more creative and I think it'll be better.

Also before I go, I can't stop playing this song. It's from the movie: From Dusk till Dawn. In my opinion that movie's good but just OK for a vampire film, I prefer the ones that only have one or two vampires (like Queen of the Damned or )

Oh and I fixed some parts of my last blog, I just added a tiny bit to my rant clarifying what I see the difference is between "mallgoths" and real ones. Along with adding links to the other lists besides the music one, and adding a great picture in the beginning that I think really expresses the main ideas of Goth as best as a picture can. Speaking of my last blog I got my first follower :) So, Shout out to you Tenebris In Lux I have no idea how you found my blog but I hope you enjoy the blogs to come :) If there's something you want me to talk about in a blog just let me know in a comment since there will be days like today where I have almost nothing to talk about (but somehow manage to make a large blog about it... I don't know how that's possible). I also hope you don't mind that I kind of took your idea but without it looking that good.




Reminder for blog #11: It's good to be patient. It's also amazing how some people can ramble on and on. I once had a teacher who would go on and on about what her day was like before even teaching, she would go off saying something like how she almost spilled her coffee... 

What is Goth? Part 2ish

OK so here is the next part of my saga of trying to define what Goth is. It is actually a lot harder than you may think, especially by someone like me who can hardly make the distinction between what is normal and what isn't as seen in me thinking taking Psychology of Death and Dying because it sounded interesting was normal. I did not know lots of people would think that was weird lol. It is also hard for me to try to group certain people together because everybody is different and I almost never pay attention to stereotypes (even the parts of the stereotypes that are true).

Well this part will probably be the last of the "what is Goth" series but won't be the end, I'll come back with the different styles of Goth that will be more focused on fashion than anything else since I hardly touched on that subject in these parts (mostly because the clothing style more so defines what type of Goth you are not if you are Gothic or not). So what am I going to put on this blog? Well, I'm just going to have fun and put up some random things as well as a small rant on what I think are poor reasons to be Goth.

Personality? Why is this here I talked about it in part 1. Oh wait, I forgot something earlier about personality. It seems like many Goths are shy, I don't really have much else to say except that it's an interesting fact that goes against the stupid stereotype saying that Goths are just looking for attention. This is true for me too, I'm shy and the reason I'm still slowly getting into the Gothic fashion is because I really don't want attention, but I want to be me. The good thing is that the college I'm at isn't like high school so less people care :)

Sex life: Why do you want to know this? Anyway it's assumed that most Goths like BDSM but this is not true. I can kind of see why people think this though, BDSM is thought of as dark and maybe scary but in reality it really isn't (I might do a blog later about this sexual practice since it's not even as close to as bad as people say it is but if you're not into it then you probably don't know much about it. You probably don't even know that many people do participate in the Bondage part of it. Furry handcuffs anyone?). Some Goths also like to wear bondage clothing (no not the no shirt and only leather straps part, the stuff that has straps hanging off of it like straps, or chains. It may also have tons of zippers on it. Honestly I do kind of like these, but I really don't like the chains (one of the reasons I'm more into cybergoth fashion the pants don't have many [or any] chains, they are nice and big, and they also do have straps hanging off ;) ). It could also be because the Gothic subculture is more accepting of people so the Gothic people who are into BDSM talk more freely about it. Anyway the truth of this matter is that, like I said in the beginning, many Goths do not participate in BDSM but some do. Personally I think it's fun (or at least the idea is, I haven't tried it yet), but that's just me. I bet if you talk to another Gothic person you'll probably get a "Nah, that's not me" kind of answer.

Sexual Preference: Why do you want to know this too? Are you really that kinky? Anyway another stereotype of being goth is that you are either gay, lesbian, or bisexual. Actually Goths can be straight too (like me), but Goths are much more accepting gays, lesbians, and bisexuals than society is for some reason (they're just people, and bisexuals are probably the luckiest ones with their sex lives) so that might be where the stereotype came from. Just because Gothic guys may dress more girlie or wear make up doesn't mean they're gay. One of my best friends paints his nails sometimes and he has a girlfriend whom he loves a lot (I actually hope they get married, I haven't seen a couple love each other so much lol). This is just a way of expressing yourself and I think it's bad to hide who you are (I actually don't do this kind of stuff but I don't hide that I have girlie qualities like my love for industrial dancing, Emilie Autumn or Ayeria. I also want to go clubbing [I haven't been yet] and I'm not really into breasts or butts (faces are my thing lol). I don't go around telling everyone this though, that would be weird, but if you ask I'll tell you, it's just like my Atheism, or BDSM fetish, I don't go around telling everybody but if you ask I'll answer truthfully. Honestly it would be weird to introduce myself like that. "Hello I'm CGM and I like dancing, Emilie Autumn, and BDSM, what's your name?"). This stereotype also stereotypes gays as being un-manly, when in reality they can be just as manly as Duke Nukem! One of my friends is gay and when I compare myself to him I look like the gay one lol.

Anime and Cartoons and TV Shows: This is just some stuff that I like and what seems that other Gothic people like (at least some of them do).
- The Grimm Adventures of Billy and Mandy (Best cartoon ever? It's about two kids, Billy and Mandy, and a Grim Reaper who get into lots of mishaps. Did I mention Voltaire did some music for this show? One of his songs, entitled "Brains!" was actually the first singing sequences that I actually liked in a show lol Sadly I never found out who did the song until a couple days ago). * Comedy*
- Courage the Cowardly Dog (not quite sure if this is Gothic but it is pretty good, it does have an eerie feeling in it though. It is also one of the few cartoons I really loved as a kid and is still great to watch today. Anyway it's about a cowardly dog named Courage who ends up in many different horrifying adventures trying to save his owners and such) *Comedy*
- Death Note (probably one of the only Anime's that I really like, it's really good and it does have a dark feel about it, it also is kind of a "thinking man's" show since the main character is pretty interesting and smart. This is an Anime that's about a guy who ends up getting a Death Note which let's him write down the names of people and the times they will die, he actually thinks he is making the world a better place by his killings since most of his kills are of criminals but is he really doing good or evil?). *Drama*
-  Supernatural (It's a show about brothers who hunt supernatural beings, it might not be that Gothic but from what I've seen it is well liked in the Gothic community)
- The Twilight Zone (Odd, supernatural stories happen in every show, it seems like one of the very first creepy shows of it's time, which was in the 60's ).

Video games (don't know how to really classify these games as Gothic or not so I'll just list my favorites).

- Silent Hill ( A town surrounded in mist that has creepy monsters and stuff).
- Fatal Frame (The premise? The old myth about how getting your picture taken also takes your soul away. It's set in modernish times but in an ancient Japanese town. The enemies are ghosts and you have to take their picture to defeat them).
- Vampire: the Masquerade Bloodlines (dark role-playing game where the main character plays a vampire. I haven't played it but it does seem like fun, it's kinda like Deus Ex but with vampires for the looks of it)
- Deus Ex & Fear Effect (I grouped both of them together because they're actually classified as cyberpunk games, however these games are also pretty dark.)

Poor Reasons to be Goth (as in looking goth, or the only reason you are Goth):
   1. ATTENTION! This has the be one of the stupidest things I've seen people do. They want to be Goth to get attention (and don't know anything about the Gothic subculture). These are mostly the people that shop at chain stores (like hot topic) and think that being Goth is all about being depressed and hating the world and the people in it. They also claim that they know everything about being goth and they (the guys at least) usually have face-paint and painted nails. These people also think that metal is Goth (I don't know why people think this to be honest, well the bands like Slipknot, Disturbed, or In Flames), and that bands like Marylin Manson and My Chemical Romance are Gothic bands.  They also love calling themselves Goth to everyone too. Obviously these people do not know anything about the Gothic subculture and they are doing this to get get attention because they're attention seekers, who follow trends and shocking things. UGH! These are also the people that give Goth a bad name because people think of these losers as the Goths instead of the nice respectful people most Goths really are. I also have to say it's not that hard to spot these "mallgoths" as they are called because they are the ones the love to talk and are extremely social (especially about them being Goth) whereas the real Gothic people (not all but many) are the ones that are shy, and don't really label themselves as Goth. They also pretend to know all about Goths but don't. Hell I don't even pretend to know everything there is about being goth (I do keep on researching it in my spare time though since I find it interesting and I'm trying to find something in the Gothic subculture that I don't find to be "normal" besides the clothing). I don't even like MCR, I do find a few Marylin Manson songs to be good though. But these aren't real goth bands, those are the old ones such as Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus, etc. Also for some reason I find it hard to call myself Goth (outside of the internet), maybe because it has negative connotations to it or maybe because this is normal for me, and I don't know why I have to label myself when I talk to people.Oh, and like I stated earlier in this blog, this was the last thing I even thought about. I think goth comes from within, it's not something that comes from a clothing you wear or anything like that but it comes from biology along with how you were raised. However this isn't to say that there's no sign of real Goths doing this, I mean we, as human beings do like some attention. There's just a difference between wanting everyone to look at you and getting in their face about it and liking a little attention here and there but not wanting it to be a big deal.

  2. TO FIT IN: I don't mind these people as much as the attention seekers because they're doing it because they want to be like their friends. It's still a horrible reason to be Goth since you don't even know what it is about. Plus I really think people should just be themselves and not be forced to do anything if they don't want to. If anyone is doing that and reading my blog here's a secret. I (and probably many other Gothic people) don't care what you look like, you're my friend because of your personality. That's all that matters, don't change yourself.

 3. YOU ARE DIAGNOSED WITH DEPRESSED: Do I even have to say why I think this is a bad idea? Dressing this way might make you more depressed (if you run into bad people) and it's not a cure, go see a doctor and get help it's not something to be ashamed about.

On the last "What is Goth?" blog I stated that there aren't really any Gothic rock bands that are new that I think are worth mentioning, well I was a little wrong, I forgot about some bands (whoops) so I'll list them off here, and I'll also put up bands that I really like and that relate to the Gothic subculture in one way or another. So that means I'm not going to put down any bands like Phish or Rancid... Oh crap I just did. Well no more bands like that. So here they are:

-The 69 Eyes (A more modern Gothic Rock band that I can't believe I forgot to mention in the last blog)
- Seraphim Shock (I just discovered this band but they're not that bad and they are a fairly new kind of Gothic Rock band).
- She Wants Revenge ( The first Gothic Rock cd I got was from this band, I didn't know what Gothic Rock was at the time but I dug their tune. Sadly it's pretty much gone in their newer album but their first two were pretty good).

-Athamay (This is more of a dark waveish or techno band. It's also more of a fetish goth band since their songs are about BDSM and sex. Not many people seem to know of this band, maybe because they only had 1 cd that came out in 1996 and all their songs kind of sound the same. It also could be due to the fact that it's almost impossible to find their CD in the US)
- Ashbury Heights ( This is a synthpop band from Sweden. I actually found out about this band through the blog: The Ultimate Goth Guide . I think they're pretty good but sadly they will most likely not have any more music )
-Creature Feature (I don't know how to really describe this band but their myspace says they're Gothic, Rock, and electro. If you hear their music you'll know why it's hard to describe them)
- Ego Likeness ( An industrial, darkwave band. Great band that doesn't seem to be that well known but maybe it's just me, the video I linked to isn't a good comparison though since I know one of their videos has 40,000 views I think)
- My Life With the Thrill Kill Kult (The band that inspired my music. This is an electro industrial band)
- Rosetta Stone (Here's a band that not many people seem to know about, they're 90's Gothic Rock band from Australia that only had 1 cd but that cd is really good).
- The Sisters of Mercy (Probably my favorite Gothic Rock band and one of my favorite bands of all time).
- Studio - X (an electro-industrial band from Australia that's great, I love how they put Borat's voice in one of their songs)
- Wolfsheim ( This is a great synthpop band from Germany (the Germans sure know how to make great music) . I love this band)
- Lords of Acid (This is last because I have lots of stuff to say about them lol. Anyway this is a techno, post-industrial band. I went to their great concert back in march and I loved it. I'm not quite sure if this really qualifies as a Gothic band, but at the concert I went to almost everyone was dressed in Gothic attire. It was kind of weird to see only 5 or so people that were my age or younger but what can you expect if you're going to see a band that most people my age have never even heard of since they've been out since '89. Still It was great to see the band and I have to say Praga Khan is a great person, he's really nice and kind, and after meeting him is is probably one of my favorite people in the entertainment industry. Anyway this band is kind of like Athamay in which they have many songs about sex, but only a few about BDSM [Most notably She and Mr. Jones or Drink My Honey, both on the Voodoo U cd]. WARNING When blasting this music in your car you might get strange looks from people, but it will be worth it ;) )
- I'd like to add more but I'm lazy and it's already 3:30 AM. So if you want to check out more definitely go to Dark Asylum Radio. It may not play much Gothic Rock music but it does play lots of great electro, dark wave kinds of stuff (they even have Jinxy from Santa Hates You say that you're listening to Dark Asylum Radio).

Reminder for blog # 10: If you're a Goth don't be afraid to laugh at yourself. If you take life too seriously you'll almost always be pissed off.

^ That's actually easy for me because I'm kind of a comedian who uses the common "look at what happened to me" technique for my jokes (OMG a Gothic person who's also a comedian! Actually I only did one act, I'm too lazy to drive all the way downtown for an open mike night but if my college has another open mike event in the fall I'll probably do it again. But didn't I say I was also shy? Well I am! But for some reason being on stage is actually not that bad, it's more of the meeting people thing I'm really bad at, I mean in high school I never even talked to the person sitting next to me unless they were one of my friends).

Reminder number 2! BE YOURSELF AND BE PROUD OF WHO YOU ARE.

Creative Writing: The Urban Legend legend of the Webcam Hacker.

Warning: There is content below that might not be suitable for all people (mostly just the very young kids or the overly sensitive adult). Mature people should be able to handle it though, and I bet you are one of those mature individuals so enjoy.

OK so I was watching The Blair Witch Project 2 today (I didn't like the first one except for the end but this one's OK, I like how they changed it from being filmed documentary style to being filmed like a real movie. It also have the guy from burn notice who I think is a good actor, and Kim Director is pretty hot). This lead me to search for urban legends on youtube (mostly true stories Urban Legends on the discovery channel seemed like a cool show to watch) and that lead me to think back to my English class where we almost got to write our own Urban Legends (probably one of the cooler projects, I wish we did get that assignment). My original idea was to talk about fast food but today I thought of a better one that is more likely to happen, plus it also has a theme that's in many urban legends but it's also something I really don't agree with and it feeds on the fear that many other Urban Legends feed upon. Without further ado  here's the story.

Everything I am about to tell you is true. This happened a few years ago when my roommate, John was in high school  John loved women but unfortunately most of them didn't return the favor.John did enjoy his nightly entertainment though, a visit to his favorite pornography website (or fantasy land as John called it). This was just like all other days, but with one exception, instead of just exiting the webcam show that automatically popped up John decided to stay, the girl on the live webcam show was the girl he had a crush on a long time ago. "Wow" John thought, "It must be my lucky day!" John kept on watching while taking off his pants, "this is getting good". After John took care of himself, he went to bed. A few days later John got received a package from an unknown address. "This is weird," John thought, "I haven't ordered anything". But it was addressed to John and  without thinking he opened it. Inside was a DVD entitled "John". John put the DVD in his DVD Player and was very confused. "This is me" thought John, and indeed it was. The video showed John, face and all jacking off. It turns out that when John was watching the video his webcam was getting hacked and he didn't even know that the light on his webcam came on. When the DVD got to the end there was a simple message that came up. "Send me $5,000 within a week or I'll release this tape".

There, that's my urban legend, I hope you had as much fun reading it as I had writing it (I love writing these short kind of creepy stories).

Reminder for blog # 9: Be careful when you visit porn sites, you might just get blackmailed.  

What is Goth? Part 1ish

Good question, I have no idea. It's true I don't, I've been searching and searching to find the answer but there are just too many definitions to be found. One of the major things I've been trying to find was how is being Goth different than myself, and I only found 1 difference, the clothing.

OK so I might not know what Goth is exactly since I wasn't around in the 80's (oh how I wish I was that's when Goth was truly alive) but I'll try my best at explaining what it is.

History: The Goths were an East Germanic Tribe in Europe in about... Wait wrong Goth, sorry. OK here we go, The Goths were a group of people who followed some Post-Punk bands ( really Gothic Rock bands) in the 80's. There were also some new wave bands caught up in this scene as well as a new genre of music, death rock. This movement began in the UK and moved all around the world. some of the bands that started this were: Joy Division (the first band to ever be called gothic), Bauhaus, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Christian Death, and The Cure along with many others. There are many different subcultures within goth such as cybergoth, fetish goth, Victorian goth, and many many more. The goth culture has become more mainstream which, isn't good (of course) but at least now you can get clothes easier (I prefer to buy online to really preserve the non-mainsteamness without DIY clothing).

Gothic mindset: The Gothic mindset is usually seeing things that "normal" people think are creepy and scary as cool and beautiful. As seen below (How can't you find these pictures beautiful?). Also, Goths are mostly not superficial morons. Most of them are very open minded and there is not a lot of prejudice. Most Goths are actually not depressed but very happy people, why are they happy you might ask. Well one of the reasons that they are happy is because they are dressed the way they want to be dressed. I guess it is also very common for Goths to not know that they are goth (like me). Many Goths also love the night and graveyards, this is why you'll see many Goths work the night shifts at stores, because everyone is afraid of the dark! Lol not really I just love to say that because it always seems like nobody is around at night and I have no idea why. Also some Goths love vampires (like me) I  can't speak for everyone but I find vampires very sexy, and romantic, not that BS Twilight vampires though (ugh, we can thank that and hot topic for all the lame mall-goths around town).






Music: Well I don't really think there are any new Gothic rock bands that have managed to capture the essence that was Gothic rock but here are a few bands that are well known in the Gothic subculture: The Sisters of Mercy (one of the best bands ever!), Bauhaus, The Cure, Christian death, Killing Joke, Fields of Nephilim  . There is also Rosetta Stone but nobody really seems to include them for some reason :( NOT METAL MUSIC! Sorry but lots of people think that metal music is goth for some reason (yeah I know I don't get it either). However you can always be a Goth who likes this kind of music, just because you're a Goth doesn't mean you can't like something non-goth! The newer goth music would be more in the darkwave, synthpop, and industrial territory with bands like Ego Likeness, Athamay, Creature Feature, Alien Vampires, Wolfsheim, Santa Hates You, Eisenfunk, Wumpscut, and many more. A great way to find some of this music is to listen to Dark Asylum Radio!

Books and Movies (there'll be more movies because I hardly read): Many Goths love Edgar Allan Poe, the book Jane Eyre, Dracula, Frankenstein, I assume the book Lolita too along with many other books, For movies lots like old black and white films (Nosferatu comes to mind),  The Crow,  Queen of the Damned, Sleepy Hallow, The Nightmare Before Christmas, May (creepy freakin movie), Hellraiser, Donnie Darko, Interview with a Vampire, Underworld, and many others.

Clothing: Black. Not all Goths wear black  but this is one of the main colors in a goth wardrobe. Some of them also wear lots of white instead, and of course many cybergoths do wear lots of bright colors. One of the biggest things in the Goth subculture is DIY clothing. This is because Goth is an offshoot of the punk subculture which had DIY clothing too (it's also because it's going against conformity). Of course in the 80's and some of the 90's you didn't have goth stores so it was necessary to make your own clothes. Now you do which can take some of the fun out of being Goth but it doesn't have to (you can still buy some clothes from "Gothic" clothing stores and add onto it or if you end up disliking what you bought you could always cut it up and use that to add onto some other clothing). Pale skin and black hair. Anyway there are a ton of different fashions of the Goth culture and I will hopefully go over them in upcoming blogs. If you can't wait for that here's a link to a very good gothic blog http://ultimategothguide.blogspot.com (yep it's a girl so it's a different perspective, which is good).

Religion: ANY! The stereotype for goth is that they are all devil worshipers but in reality they are any religion, sure many of them are Atheist but there are a ton of Christian Goths http://www.christiangoth.com/

Do Goths hate society? NO! But some of us do not like how everyone follows the latest trends and such like sheep instead of thinking for themselves. Anyway this is mostly talking about the stereotype of Goths hurting people right? Well for a matter of fact more violence is against Goths than caused by Goths! So no, Goths do not hate others most of the time, it's the other way around :'( This is probably because people seem to hate (or be afraid) of things that they do not understand and instead of doing the rational thing and learning about what Goth really is they lash out.

About me: Well if you go by the people that say being Gothic is about liking dark things and liking Gothic music than I've pretty much always been goth. I've loved most Gothic things such as pictures, graveyards/architecture, books (I actually had an Edgar Allan Poe collection book when I was in grade school lol), music (my dad loves music a lot so I've heard many bands including The Cure ). However if you say that being goth is about the clothing than I've only recently became goth. Honestly I think of it as more of a mindset than anything else because you could easily say you're goth because you look it but you might not really be into goth things. Honestly I do not like DIY that much, it's mostly because I really suck at ideas (I do have an idea for a cybergoth coat that seems like it'll be cool but I can't find the right coat at my local thrift stores :(  I also have an idea for gloves [just cutting up my old tripp pants and getting a chain out and putting it on the bottom of my gloves, seems like it might be cool but a little unoriginal lol] ). So far the furthest I've gone with DIY is to add a few buttons to my jacket and that's about it. Maybe I'll add an Angelspit patch to my pants. I'll probably go into more detail in a later blog.

So that's about it for today since it's so late, I might come back to this later and fix it up or just make another blog about it.

Reminder for blog #8: If you are Goth you can still like non-goth things such as music or daylight (lol).