General Rant/Bitch/Moan Thread

Wow, sad to hear that.
Still, Dog Soldier had mentioned the exact same thing about his local club. Looks like the tide's going out & taking with it all the fair-weather goths, lol.
They're probably moving on to "the next big thing", of which they'll adamantly declare "Yeah I had my goth phase but I was ALWAYS a...."

darkwave_71 wrote:

Wow, sad to hear that.
Still, Dog Soldier had mentioned the exact same thing about his local club. Looks like the tide's going out & taking with it all the fair-weather goths, lol.j
They're probably moving on to "the next big thing", of which they'll adamantly declare "Yeah I had my goth phase but I was ALWAYS a...."

It's abit of a downward spiral, I think. So many people jump ship because the Goth scene's dying, so there are fewer and fewer numbers, and thus less exciting thngs happening. People just can't be bothered with it.

Unfortuately, there's little that can be done to change that in a short period of time, it's just a case of patience and lots of promoting of the few things that DO still happen on the "dark side".

I was invited to a party at a colleague's house last Saturday. Very nice and all that until he kept saying that so and so couldnt wait to meet "the goth" and he kept asking what I would be wearing and whether I would be "freaked up"

I made my excuses and didn't attend and now the bastard isn't speaking to me. I heard them in the kitchen at work today saying "she couldn't go because sunlight kills her" What a bunch of bloody tossers!

I should be used to crap like this at my advanced age but I have a very very thin skin

Best you didn't go, Helen.
The whole thing smelled of a setup. From what you describe it almost seems as if he was going to put you on display in some kind of squirrel cage, with him playing the role of carnival hawker:

Step right up! Feast your eyes!!
HOW does she exist in sunlight? Only 2 bits a gander!

PorcelainPirate wrote:

...So many people jump ship because the Goth scene's dying...

Shurrup! No it's not! *waves arms around madly to dispel bad karma*



Ah well..what goes up must come down. There have been whispers of a "third death" ever since Hot Top!c planted it's roots in the mainstream.

Blech. My mummy was just in a car accident.. her fault, totalled both her car and the other womans. I have to take the dayoff work tomorrow to take her around town, to take off work, go into the hospital again, do all her errands, plus shes sure to be borrowing my car for a while ( we can definitely NOT afford a new car.. were going to have to scrimp to cover insurance), which means Im without car (and probs still paying for petrol). Besides I have to wake her up through the night to make sure shes not concussed or anything. Her face is totally bruised, and theres a possibility she has fractured something, which cant be xrayed until tomorrow. Suddenly my 12 hour shift at work today doesnt seem that bad.

helen damnation wrote:

I was invited to a party at a colleague's house last Saturday. Very nice and all that until he kept saying that so and so couldnt wait to meet "the goth" and he kept asking what I would be wearing and whether I would be "freaked up"

Was he expecting you to perform tricks too? Maybe you could jump through a hoop whilst applying your make up, or roll over and "Play Alive" (well, you are a goth...)

helen damnation wrote:

I made my excuses and didn't attend and now the bastard isn't speaking to me. I heard them in the kitchen at work today saying "she couldn't go because sunlight kills her" What a bunch of bloody tossers!

I don't blame him. The only really cool person he had going to his party and she didn't turn up, so there was only a bunch of dull losers talking to each other about their bland little lives and narrow little minds. I can see why he is upset.

helen damnation wrote:

I should be used to crap like this at my advanced age but I have a very very thin skin

But it is pale and beautiful gothic skin, and far too fine to be sullied by exposure to dullards like this moron.

Akasha'sMistake wrote:

PorcelainPirate wrote:

...So many people jump ship because the Goth scene's dying...

Shurrup! No it's not! *waves arms around madly to dispel bad karma*



Ah well..what goes up must come down. There have been whispers of a "third death" ever since Hot Top!c planted it's roots in the mainstream.

Hey, we're goths! We complain if Goth becomes too mainstream, and then we complain if it starts to die out.

Symmentha wrote:

Blech. My mummy was just in a car accident.. her fault, totalled both her car and the other womans. I have to take the dayoff work tomorrow to take her around town, to take off work, go into the hospital again, do all her errands, plus shes sure to be borrowing my car for a while ( we can definitely NOT afford a new car.. were going to have to scrimp to cover insurance), which means Im without car (and probs still paying for petrol). Besides I have to wake her up through the night to make sure shes not concussed or anything. Her face is totally bruised, and theres a possibility she has fractured something, which cant be xrayed until tomorrow. Suddenly my 12 hour shift at work today doesnt seem that bad.

Oh Symm, I am so sorry! I hope your mum (and you!) both feel right as rain soon.

EvilHippyEmperor wrote:

Hey, we're goths! We complain if Goth becomes too mainstream, and then we complain if it starts to die out.

Thus the ironies of our Escher-like existence!

Akasha'sMistake wrote:

Oh Symm, I am so sorry! I hope your mum (and you!) both feel right as rain soon.

Ditto, Symm!

EvilHippyEmperor wrote:

Akasha'sMistake wrote:

PorcelainPirate wrote:

...So many people jump ship because the Goth scene's dying...

Shurrup! No it's not! *waves arms around madly to dispel bad karma*



Ah well..what goes up must come down. There have been whispers of a "third death" ever since Hot Top!c planted it's roots in the mainstream.

Hey, we're goths! We complain if Goth becomes too mainstream, and then we complain if it starts to die out.

Didn't the musician Voltaire said something about it? That gothic fashion would come out on the light, be popular, and return to the shadows leaving out the wannabes and leaving the real gothlings?

Akasha'sMistake wrote:

Symmentha wrote:

Blech. My mummy was just in a car accident.. her fault, totalled both her car and the other womans. I have to take the dayoff work tomorrow to take her around town, to take off work, go into the hospital again, do all her errands, plus shes sure to be borrowing my car for a while ( we can definitely NOT afford a new car.. were going to have to scrimp to cover insurance), which means Im without car (and probs still paying for petrol). Besides I have to wake her up through the night to make sure shes not concussed or anything. Her face is totally bruised, and theres a possibility she has fractured something, which cant be xrayed until tomorrow. Suddenly my 12 hour shift at work today doesnt seem that bad.

Oh Symm, I am so sorry! I hope your mum (and you!) both feel right as rain soon.

Provided the rain isn't acid.

Why can't I be out of this finanical slump. We have the jobs that we worked so hard to get, and we're getting paid , but it still feels like we're living paycheck to paycheck. And we are. I know moving to a new city costs money, and will continue to do so fo a bit, but i'm ready to be able to go out once in a while and not be scared to check the bank account/not in tears when I see a negative balance, though... that's become almost routine. I know it'll work out eventually, but there's been just soooo many expenses to restart my life somewhere else. and the gas prices aren't helping any. nor the rising food costs. We're better off here, than where we were, but it's not going as well as we had hoped. I just hope that the raises that we'll be getting in a couple of months are on time...

Ginger_Snaps wrote:

Akasha'sMistake wrote:

Symmentha wrote:

Blech. My mummy was just in a car accident.. her fault, totalled both her car and the other womans. I have to take the dayoff work tomorrow to take her around town, to take off work, go into the hospital again, do all her errands, plus shes sure to be borrowing my car for a while ( we can definitely NOT afford a new car.. were going to have to scrimp to cover insurance), which means Im without car (and probs still paying for petrol). Besides I have to wake her up through the night to make sure shes not concussed or anything. Her face is totally bruised, and theres a possibility she has fractured something, which cant be xrayed until tomorrow. Suddenly my 12 hour shift at work today doesnt seem that bad.

Oh Symm, I am so sorry! I hope your mum (and you!) both feel right as rain soon.

Provided the rain isn't acid.

Ahh Ginger...the eternal pessimist.

Nika wrote:

Why can't I be out of this finanical slump. We have the jobs that we worked so hard to get, and we're getting paid , but it still feels like we're living paycheck to paycheck. And we are. I know moving to a new city costs money, and will continue to do so fo a bit, but i'm ready to be able to go out once in a while and not be scared to check the bank account/not in tears when I see a negative balance, though... that's become almost routine. I know it'll work out eventually, but there's been just soooo many expenses to restart my life somewhere else. and the gas prices aren't helping any. nor the rising food costs. We're better off here, than where we were, but it's not going as well as we had hoped. I just hope that the raises that we'll be getting in a couple of months are on time...

I think we all have very shallow pockets at the moment

"Keep up with the medication you're on and if it doesn't have any effect in six months, come back to get tested for lymphoma. Some of the symptoms you describe are consistent with that." Just the thing I need to hear when my insurance expired two months ago.

Morella wrote:

"Keep up with the medication you're on and if it doesn't have any effect in six months, come back to get tested for lymphoma. Some of the symptoms you describe are consistent with that." Just the thing I need to hear when my insurance expired two months ago.

That’s the kind of thing that no one wants to hear, ever. Take care of yourself darling!

I just wandered over to gothic charm school.com as I'm apt to do from time to time and the current lesson was about Goth mums-to-be. Just shove a dagger right into my heart!

I had a weird panic attack yesterday. I was going someplace with my mom and brother and as soon as we got onto the highway we were stopped in traffic for an accident. We didn't know what it entailed till we actually had to drive past it...it involved a semi-truck and an ambulance. The ambulance was on it's side and there was blood all over the dash/windshield. It all triggered something in my brain and it took me a good 20 minutes to calm down and not want to throw up.

My lifes a mess.

Maybe it is at the moment kitten but you guys are very strong and you know that you'll get through this horrible time. You also know that your family here will do everything we can to support you.

If we're a family, can I be the mad old uncle that everyone hopes won't talk to them at family get-togethers?

^^ If you ask me to pull your finger I'm poking you in the eye with a hot french fry.

Be grateful it's just my finger!!

Then who's the aunt we keep in the attic that no one wants to talk about?