You're goth, but you hate labels.
You love the goth thing - the clothes, the music, the 'back story', but you dont want outsiders calling you names.
So when you're in conversation with one of these numpties, and they say "yeah, but you're a goth" as if it explained everything about you, you feel like sinking your teeth in them, sucking the last dregs of what little life they have out of their useless bodies - but you resist the temptation, never know what you might catch!
But there's no denying it, label or not, you ARE goth, and you mix with other goths, for choice (it's just easier). Not that you call them goths - no labelling allowed - they're just your friends.
Like Count Kermit might have said "it's not easy being goth", cos the label thing ain't just about being labelled by others. It's also about clothes with free advertising on the OUTSIDE. Yeuch, the amount of work it takes to get those #*!?ing labels off without leaving a telltale mark is insane.
How did you get to this? Maybe it started off with a fascination for dragons and bats and dark, spooky places. Maybe your parents were bikers and taught you the virtues of black, and skulls and candles. Or maybe you had to turn your back on a family that was so full of hypocrites they made you feel like throwing up. However you got here, it's done, finished, no turning back. Black is your colour, your home is a dungeon and you're more likely to have bats in your belfry than butterflies.
It's a great life (or should that be undeath?), so don't let any offish chav tell you otherwise - just live it.
You might also like this article: Goth - a Lifestyle Choice which I stumbled on the other day.
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1st December, 2008
NYC cathedral damaged in 2001 fire rededicated (AP via Yahoo! News)African drums boomed and pipe organ music swelled as the Cathedral of St. John the Divine opened for worship Sunday after years of cleanup from a fire that struck the world's largest Gothic cathedral in 2001.
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1st December, 2008
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1st December, 2008
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1st December, 2008
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1st December, 2008
JoWooD sorry for Gothic 3 expansion News (EuroGamer)JoWooD has publicly apologised for the mountains of bugs in Gothic 3 expansion Forsaken Gods. Emergency patches have been released on the official website and the publisher plans to use community feedback to bulk out a subsequent update.
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1st December, 2008
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1st December, 2008
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1st December, 2008
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1st December, 2008
'Twilight' vampire Robert Pattinson driving girls crazy (New Kerala)London, Dec 1 : British actor Robert Pattinson has girls going head over heals in love with him ever since he has been conferred with the title of the Hottest Male Movie Vampire.
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1st December, 2008
Church tries Goth Liturgy (Times Leader)NANTICOKE -- Churches continually strive to attract fresh faces into their flocks, and one of the challenges they face is getting the attention of younger people who may have turned their backs, according to the Rev. Lou Divis, deacon in charge at St. George's Episcopal Church.
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