How Goth Are You? Have fun with this!!

You know the drill- cut and paste- enter your thoughts, if you DARE, bwah-haa-haa! Most people are only interested in posting and not reading, anyway.

The only rules are: there are no wrong answers, and don’t slam your compatriots for their individuality.

1. What’s your favorite, distinctively obvious Goth quote?

"Anybody got a clove? I hate my parents, too."

2. Is your Goth affinity more about music, fashion, mindset, or all of the above?

All of the above. The mindset begat the others, and the music met the mindset and the fashion took its own course.

3. What was the first Goth song or band you ever identified with?

I think it was "Blue Water" by Fields of the Nephilim, maybe "Something Inside Me Has Died" by Kommunity FK, I can't remember. I was more into ‘noise’ back then. I liked The Sisters and The Cure, but it didn’t grab me as Goth back then. It was pop.

4. What is your favorite Goth/Horror novel?

"Drawing Blood" by Poppy Z Brite. Sure it's pulp, but it's gay-goth pulp. So I’m shallow…

5. Is your Goth musik of choice more inclined towards Dance, Industrial, Ethereal, Ambient, Punk, Metal…?

I like them all, depending how much fight has been beaten out of me in a given day. If I’m angry, it’s Punk or Metal, if I’m totally deceased it’s Ethereal, if it’s good times it’s anything with a beat.

6. If you’re a guy, how many times have you sported eyeliner in the last month, just because? (Halloween not included!)
*If you’re a girlfriend, what might you have sported to deviate from the ‘normal’ & effeminate?

At least 3-4 times each month I put on the eyeliner when I need an escape to the surrealism that is my tortured existence (oh, the drama!) Hey, it helps- and I don’t even need to see it- just enough to know it’s there.

7. Do you own a pair of “Frankenstein”, or elevator boots/shoes? How many pairs?

Yep, 1 pair. Great therapy.

8. Do you consider yourself an Artist, or a f*ckin’ work of art?
An artist of sorts, a work of art in the making, or rotting... not sure about that.

9. Is Marilyn Manson a poseur, or a reflection on the state of our current existence?

The poor dear, he doesn't even know how funny he is- but he has no need to care! I think he brought some great truths to light, and I think he is insightful, intelligent, though not very well grounded. He claims to be a staunch Republican. Yes, I heard him say it- it's true. I think that deep down there is an insane conscience at work. Time will tell.

10. How many days of the week are you in full black attire?

I wear black each and every day. The mutants at work get used to it. Eventually they stop asking stupid questions.

11. Is your Goth identity more about being unique, rebellious, fashionable, intentionally hideous (to be spiteful) comfortable, or perhaps a political or religious statement?

All of the above! I never chose this lifestyle, it chose ME. I am only being true to myself, and that’s pure, Baby! Okay, so I don’t subscribe to any ‘set of values’, really. That would be too constricting.

12. Ever tried Absinthe? Fake Absinthe? Chartreuse?

I’m very fond of Chartreuse, never tried the others or had the opportunity to.

13. Are you a full-time or part-time Goth, or perhaps a Goth ‘in spirit’? Maybe just into 'the scene"?

I’m a somewhat covert, yet full-time Goth. That is, I may be subtle but the ‘gothness’ is always evident in mindset and attire.

14. Do you think “Darkness” is evil?

No, but I think the idea of ‘darkness’ can be made to be evil. Darkness exists without intention in nature; I’m just drawn to it. I seek balance between the dark and the light. What people make of it is already there in their hearts and minds, based on fear and misunderstanding.

15. Favorite horror film and why?

Hmmm… I would say “Nosferatu, The Vampire” The Herzog/Kinski version is my favorite, the main reason being it’s overwhelming creepiness and dark, brooding production. Sure, it’s campy- but being Goth isn’t? The original is beautiful in its own dark way, too.
I did recently see the remake of “The Others” which quite swept me away.

16. Do you enjoy mincing about the house in Goth attire even if you’re alone? If so, what do you wear?

Yes, eyeliner mostly. “It makes me feel… pretty!” (haha!) Sometimes the leather trench coat needs to make an appearance on the front porch… that’s about it.

17. What sports do you watch or take part in? (Again, no judgment, c’mon!)

Okay, anyone who knows me knows I don’t understand the idea of sports or why people are interested in them. I just wanna know what the deal is all about. Tell me?

18. Ever dabble in the ‘dark arts’? Play with a Ouija Board? Séance? If so, what happened if anything?

Just the Ouija board… nothing happened. Boring…

19. Do you talk to the dead and if so, do the dead speak to you?
Yeah, I talk to ‘em… not sure if they talk back, but I hear grumbling sometimes.

20. Does DEATH freak you out or what is your reaction to it in general? Not speaking of personal loss, but when you are exposed to it in everyday experiences.

I feel it. It feels very close and looming to me, and still it feels comfortable, difficult to describe. It can be overwhelming sometimes just because you can feel discontent or trauma. For instance, if I drive by a fatal accident on the road I can totally feel it and know death is there- the crossing over, the tension and the chaos. The incident might affect me for some time, especially if I drive by the scene every day on my commute. Traumatic death reeks of deeds undone and feelings unexpressed.
Point: Express your feelings whenever appropriate or necessary.

21. How did you feel after taking this survey?

As fresh and pure as a Calla Lily on a freshly dug grave! –smirk- Your turn!