Linky goodnes and other tales :)
'Oh, yeah.. What kept me as a part of the gothic subculture for so long was the humor. It seems strange and those that haven't had any exposure to goth just don't seem to understand... But there's a unique sort of humor, self-parody, caricaturism (is that a word? well, it is now) to be found in the gothic subculture that isn't anywhere else...'

How very true, people seem to find it so very difficult to get over the sterotypes and assuptions. There is and always has been an innate creativity, intelligence and humor (whether introspective or just in general), or so I find, that is hard to find in any other 'genre' but you need to do more than scratch the surface dear readers. Look beyond the egos (because there is no doubt they exist...) or those that you percieve to be the typical 'I hate everything, the world sucks and I'm off to cut myself' depressed face of 'goth'. Yes that element is there, and in every other subculture you care to name too but somehow it's the 'face' of this particular subculture that seems to be the more memorable one for most. So, there you have it, some of us can not only laugh at ourselves, be just downright funny in general but be even damn bouncy while we go about it too! This may or may not make sense, I have a tendency for rambling :p

Now, while I'm here some linky goodness:
PowerGoth Girls because they amused me greatly
Mary Hopscotch because she's a cool lil character (and I promised the guy I would help spread the word because it's relatively new hehe!)
light us up..!

Testing, testing!
mD reporting for duty hehe! Hmmmmmm, now I guess a little bit about myself for those who don't know. I'm 33, Irish, have a lil family of hamsters and still manage to get away with having posters on my walls, an Ozzy doll and occasionally wearing wings (living proof that life doesn't have to be totally mundane and that you don't have to 'grow up' simply because it's expected ;)) hehe!

As for how I became the gothylike girly I am well it's not to hard for me to explain, I'm sure as always experiences and reasons for choices will vary with each individual. However, for me from clothes to culture, style and architecture it's what I like and it's where I'm comfortable. It has always been aesthetically pleasing to me, fabulously and darkly beautiful so it was a natural direction and progession for me that I'm not in any hurry to move away from, simple as that and that's about as well as I can explain it :)

Now I leave you with that dear readers and passers by to make of it what you will *grin* :D

light us up..!