Evidently this blog is going really really well...
I have come to the decision after 8 months of babybat-dom that while having interest in the gothic subculture, there are other subcultures I enjoy too. So... this blog will remain my accumulation of findings, life (in the general sense) and pretty much anything else.
LeahMouse on YouTube was helpful, particularly on the topic of labels. While they're good to categorize for ease but they're not the be all and the end all. The amount of relief I have experienced as a result of no longer labeling myself 'goth' and hence, not trying to be goth, is enormous.
It shouldn't come as a surprise to me really. That the moment I stop trying my brother won't stop commenting on 'how supposedly goth I am' and how I'm scheduling outings to every known cemetery in town. I've quite possibly started dressing more dark alternative since I gave up trying. I probably look less goofy doing it too.
People always tell us we need to just be ourselves in life. Hell, the internet tells me it every time I look up the 'How to section' on finding boyfriends. But it's only when we give in, realize we can't change ourselves and stop trying that the real magic begins.
This might all seem rather immature and probably painstakingly obvious. Perhaps I have a bit of catching up to do. Certainly something I was feeling, having only starting coming into my own in the last year.
At any rate, time has given me the short term answer. Tomorrow I might be goth, or an Edwardian nun, or a skater (thought Lord knows I can't skateboard). Today I know I'm alternative and the very best part of it: ME.
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