tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post1691196220401918819..comments2023-11-23T01:43:46.926+00:00Comments on Bohemian Bloomers: Life as a Recovering GothAmy Asphodelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11421175277346067388noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-65755732393479369062014-01-31T17:03:44.051+00:002014-01-31T17:03:44.051+00:00I can certainly understand this, though I still co...I can certainly understand this, though I still consider myself goth. To me, labels are just that: labels, not boxes. I am just as much goth as I am punk, or metal, or hippie, or geek; some days more so, some days less so. Always remember that, wherever your life decides to take you, and whatever you decide to call yourself, you are, first and foremost, you. SDragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449074186807632373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-13939300076691271462013-02-23T04:46:09.111+00:002013-02-23T04:46:09.111+00:00I recently learned that labels means nothing for m...I recently learned that labels means nothing for me us. I don't consider myself as a Goth anymore, although I still walk around the cemetery and I prefer nighttime over daylight. Remember that we are ordinary people and be ourselves.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-36517348552338086822013-01-19T23:56:24.856+00:002013-01-19T23:56:24.856+00:00I wish I could say more but thank you for everythi...I wish I could say more but thank you for everything:')Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-20253739792193777262012-12-19T12:55:55.579+00:002012-12-19T12:55:55.579+00:00Thank you! No, certainly not yet, although I'm...Thank you! No, certainly not yet, although I'm unlikely to be updating it for a while (if ever).Amy Asphodelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421175277346067388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-34787470336516257242012-12-19T11:17:45.741+00:002012-12-19T11:17:45.741+00:00I think this will be a great blog, will you be del...I think this will be a great blog, will you be deleting the other? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-33903135816508978462012-12-06T10:45:47.745+00:002012-12-06T10:45:47.745+00:00I know how you feel! It's difficult when you l...I know how you feel! It's difficult when you like certain aspects of a subculture, but not quite enough to fit the mould. I'm glad you had the confidence to branch out and be yourself. Very best of luck to you! (P.S. I love folk metal!)Amy Asphodelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421175277346067388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-16481177203477508102012-12-05T21:36:27.974+00:002012-12-05T21:36:27.974+00:00Same here, Amy. I found the goth label to be extre...Same here, Amy. I found the goth label to be extremely restricting so I sorta left it behind. I still listen to Bauhaus, but I realized that I was only listening to it to fit in. Now, I've always dressed like a gothling so I'm not abandoning my combats and black just yet. ;D<br />Now I listen to mainly power and folk metal. Cheesy as it sounds, I love it. The way I dress hasn't changed much (now it just has many Norse and Germanic symbols- although I'm an Asatruer so I guess that doesn't count. xD)<br />I've stopped considering myself goth, though. It took a year long phase (I admit it was a phase, heh) to realize that it just wasn't for me. Too many things to live up to, I guess. But hey, it's a lot better to enjoy what you really like than liking something for an excuse to dress a certain way.Qwackienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-78390719411831574332012-12-05T21:25:45.257+00:002012-12-05T21:25:45.257+00:00Eeek! Really? Heh, I'm finding that a more pra...Eeek! Really? Heh, I'm finding that a more practical, less flowy wardrobe allows me to be much less responsible! ;-) I have many things to do before I set about mortgages and babies... (wearing a tracksuit right now, but in my defence I just got back from a fitness class!)Amy Asphodelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421175277346067388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-44674976975309008622012-12-05T21:24:20.907+00:002012-12-05T21:24:20.907+00:00Gosh, I'm honoured. :-) Thank you!Gosh, I'm honoured. :-) Thank you!Amy Asphodelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421175277346067388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-48875878816365066072012-12-05T17:15:48.616+00:002012-12-05T17:15:48.616+00:00I’m sure what you are feeling now is the start of ...I’m sure what you are feeling now is the start of the next part of your life. SO Welcome to your “responsible years” My advice is. Get married, have kids, get mortgage, encourage kids to leave home ASAP, pay of mortgage also ASAP, have mid-life crisis, re-find Goth! Been there, done all that, even wore a track suit. App'yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02362947303988103823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-35966464885759162712012-12-05T03:26:37.389+00:002012-12-05T03:26:37.389+00:00This is exactly what I have been searching for. I ...This is exactly what I have been searching for. I am more than pleased with your, I wouldn't necessarily say 'change' but more... Expansion, if you know what I mean. I can't particularly label myself because I have so many different interests and styles and beliefs, so to see your stepping outside of the box, in a way, is exciting for me. I loved The Ultimate Goth Guide, but now I can imagine from the post that this will have more of a variety of different things, and that is exactly what I have been looking for :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-4615536816847675282012-12-03T18:21:23.010+00:002012-12-03T18:21:23.010+00:00Thank you! Heh, sadly I do... I encounter them far...Thank you! Heh, sadly I do... I encounter them far too often >.<<br /><br />Who isn't? Bloomers for all! XDDAmy Asphodelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421175277346067388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-51742525267121343532012-12-02T23:01:47.276+00:002012-12-02T23:01:47.276+00:00Good on you to have the courage to look inside you...Good on you to have the courage to look inside yourself to see who you really are ... do you know how many people twice your age have never done that in their lives?<br /><br />I like your new blog name, by the way ... then again, I am a *bit* partial to bloomers :PMichellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04328537289542406921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-87235769911851878672012-12-01T21:43:47.520+00:002012-12-01T21:43:47.520+00:00I found I never really got bored of the music, but...I found I never really got bored of the music, but I wonder if that could be because a large proportion of the music I have always chosen to listen to has tended to flirt with Goth/industrial rather than specifically belonging to the scene - without being too restricted by genre I find there's a lot more range and scope for new and interesting things to be discovered. <br /><br />I agree entirely about feeling guilty for liking other things, although personally I can put my hands up and say that this for me was a silly, self-inflicted attitude - I'm sure most Goths wouldn't trouble themselves one way or the other over what I happen to listen to, much less get uppity and judgemental about it! I also agree that it is good to know I'm not the only one! Thank you. :-)Amy Asphodelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421175277346067388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-36633306596905384372012-12-01T21:40:15.621+00:002012-12-01T21:40:15.621+00:00Oh, thank you very much, you lovely lady! <3 I ...Oh, thank you very much, you lovely lady! <3 I love the Venn diagram idea, I can definitely see myself using that theory! *awkward hugs back* (awkward hugs are often the best hugs ;-))Amy Asphodelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421175277346067388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-69690156894196928612012-12-01T21:38:21.223+00:002012-12-01T21:38:21.223+00:00Thanks! That's a great way of looking at it, I...Thanks! That's a great way of looking at it, I will remember this! <3Amy Asphodelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421175277346067388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-83407031424119737652012-12-01T21:37:55.932+00:002012-12-01T21:37:55.932+00:00Aw, thanks babe! It's kinda nice to know I'...Aw, thanks babe! It's kinda nice to know I'm not the only one who's come up against the same sort of feelings/limitations. :-)Amy Asphodelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421175277346067388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-57607182878824412362012-12-01T21:36:19.581+00:002012-12-01T21:36:19.581+00:00Words to live by! (Also a fan of fairy tales AND H...Words to live by! (Also a fan of fairy tales AND Hello Kitty ;-) great taste!)Amy Asphodelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421175277346067388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-1203248936623314322012-12-01T21:35:38.140+00:002012-12-01T21:35:38.140+00:00Thank you! :-D xxxThank you! :-D xxxAmy Asphodelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421175277346067388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-55116211547295925712012-12-01T21:35:24.413+00:002012-12-01T21:35:24.413+00:00Thank you! It's good to be back ^^
I underst...Thank you! It's good to be back ^^ <br /><br />I understand you; I think I might have been less oversensitive and felt less restricted if I hadn't tried to make myself all about being as Goth as possible... I had a whole lot of fun at the time but, well, as you say, it's more comfortable as a casual label.Amy Asphodelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421175277346067388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-85998094002704037792012-12-01T21:33:39.242+00:002012-12-01T21:33:39.242+00:00Aw ^^ Thank you sweetie <3Aw ^^ Thank you sweetie <3Amy Asphodelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11421175277346067388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-40125033974750969092012-11-30T08:43:30.045+00:002012-11-30T08:43:30.045+00:00Same here. I think the goth/industrial scene is a...Same here. I think the goth/industrial scene is a great repository for any "outsider" who has a distaste for the mainstream. And the music and style is great. But it gets to the point that you feel confined with that label and start to feel guilty for liking other things. I'm glad I'm not the only one. I recently have drifted away from the "scene" and looked into other forms of music and aesthetics. I think that the current zeitgeist in this time period is more open and accepting of alternative sounds and styles. The alternative has become mainstream, so there isn't much to rebel against anymore [well, except that while pop culture is "packaged" better and more artsy, it's still shitty music!]. <br /><br />I think a part of it is that goth/industrial has just stagnated and become formulaic to the point that people got bored of it and some are afraid to go outside their "box" of what they think fit into the genre.<br />At one point industrial felt like an "extreme" futuristic/mechanical form of music. Now dubstep and other EDM genres like hardcore trumps it while some clubs are still playing early '00's era futurepop. [Although there are many great industrial artists out there that are experimenting with new sounds like Hecq for example]. I think Goth is even worse. There is nothing much to say about it nowadays. There's only so many times you can hear the same songs over and over again before you get bored.mechanesthesiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17521497122930720191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-61045024673827828212012-11-30T05:22:21.050+00:002012-11-30T05:22:21.050+00:00If anything, this new approach looks like it will ...If anything, this new approach looks like it will be even more interesting/exciting :). (but don't do away with the outfit posts entirely, we're all very nosey, and you always look so funky and cute, gothed up or not!)<br /><br />Never feel bad for changing as a person, it means you aren't dead! Style, and even life outlook, are just as fluid as anything else about a person, and isn't that wondrous? I've just started to think of my fashion sense as a venn diagram, and it's strangely freeing. Suddenly today's outfit isn't half-assed lolita, it just falls into an overlapping section, haha. <br /><br />I would also be interested in a run-down of how you made those awesome dreads :). They've always fascinated me, even if I don't really want to rock them myself. <br /><br />OMG, teapunk?! That can't help but be amazing!<br /><br />Rock on, Lady, with whatever makes you happy *awkward digital stranger hugs*Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16969581295617570995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-38370379888072135682012-11-30T01:17:35.640+00:002012-11-30T01:17:35.640+00:00The way I see it is that when Goth is a "phas...The way I see it is that when Goth is a "phase" for some people, it's usually just another stepping stone to finding out who you truly are, and that it's important to take those steps or you may never grow into the best you. Congratulations!Sami Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12103812836267283501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7988511601926237243.post-31787958841047485692012-11-29T20:48:08.363+00:002012-11-29T20:48:08.363+00:00Oh thank goodness you're back! I've missed...Oh thank goodness you're back! I've missed reading your posts for so long, I found myself in the same 'gothy rut' a year back and have since branched out a little more than a bit! <br />Your blogs are always fun to read!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com