We Will Not Be Happy!

Nah, we'll be happy eventually, but we'll be happy on our own schedule dammit!

The Bod Mod Double-Standard

As many of you know, in addition to being a goth/punk/metalhead I am also a furry. If you missed what all that entails, I explain it in an older post. And in order to complete my look I was looking for ways to make my eyes look bigger for that wide-eyed kitten look. When I mentioned this to my boyfriend, he suggested that I look up the Living Barbie Doll and Living Anime Girl. My first reaction was... um, what's that? Well...

And before you say anything... Yes, those are real people and not dolls or Gaia characters or anything like that. The only CG doctoring on this photo is for the eye color and red hair color. And yes, both have had a small amount of cosmetic surgery done in order to have the full look that they were hoping for, but these are real women. To be honest, I find their transformations kind of amazing. Just their eye makeup alone can take upwards of 20 minutes to complete and that's not even mentioning the rigorous work outs and strict diets they both adhere to to keep their bodies in the perfect shape.

This is the point where a lot of you start asking what this has to do with alternative and underground. Well... everything really. There is so much controversy surrounding these women and those like them that have achieved the look of living dolls. So I have to ask the question, why are people so adverse to these "living dolls" when people like Lizard Man and Tiger Man are more widely accepted?

Seriously, look at these pictures and tell me why these tattooed and modified "freaks" are more accepted than living dolls?

All of these people are modified to make themselves more comfortable in their own bodies. But even as tattoos and piercings have become more popular and accepted, the modifications that the living dolls undergo still remain a hot topic button. People are constantly preaching that women should feel more comfortable in their bodies or that women should be themselves instead of conforming. Well, what if this is what these women do to make themselves feel comfortable in their own skin and in their hearts they feel like they should be dolls? I feel like I should truly be a cat, how is that any different?

I think part of it comes from the aversion to having women be viewed as objects rather than people. That I fully agree with. But you cannot set the double-standard that one type of modification is accepted and the other one is taboo. Please tell me that someone else sees the total backwards thinking in this?

All I Can Say Is...

Foamy Talks Genitals

Yeah, I know, not that big of a leap. But he makes a very good point about genitals in general... That sounded a lot less weird in my head...

Attack on Cosplayers

My discovery today seems like a pretty appropriate follow-up to my last blog post. Yup, you guessed it... I've found yet another reason to explain my general and utter hatred for humanity.

Now, if you've followed my blog at all, you'll know that I'm a lover of Japanese animation or anime. That being said, I also enjoy cosplay when I can actually manage to get a decent costume put together. OK I enjoy dressing up in costume for damn near anything. Cosplayers are not known for enjoying the higher rungs on the social climbing ladders and quite frankly, we don't care because that would be a direct killjoy to the fun we have dressing up.

Naturally, we expect there to be some... let's say difference of ideology, between us and people who think that dressing up in costumes is best reserved for children under 10 and Halloween. For whatever idiotic reason, there are people who consistently walk around outside of the San Diego Comic-Con waving around religious signs about avoiding sin and turning to Jesus...

I've still yet to figure out what their motive behind this is... Well despite these morons, we still don't care. We're too busy having fun to be bothered by it.

The problem comes when these "normalcy" fucks decide to take it to the next level and add assault to the repertoire. While I was on Facebook I read a delightful little blog post about a high schooler who decided to wear their cosplay to school when a convention was in town. The logic in this? If it couldn't survive a day at school it wasn't going to survive a weekend at the convention. Sounds reasonable enough to me. Well... ugh, just read the damn thing. It makes me too pissed off just thinking about it...

http://iamthedavrezi.tumblr.com/post/84720306678/on-friday-i-went-to-school-in-my-grell-cosplay

Yeah... Please tell me in what fucking universe this twisted fuck's brain had to be in to just randomly assault another student for wearing a COSPLAY?! And as for the little cunts who were applauding this sick behavior, while I try to avoid wishing violence upon people these days, I would dearly love to see you get caught in a dark alley with a gang banger. Saying that you sicken me is one of the grossest understatements I've ever spoken. Just because you're so repressed that you couldn't tell your real personality if it came up and kicked you in the pussy, doesn't mean you have any right or justification to attack someone and applaud the attacker for their actions against someone who enjoys exactly who and what they are. We're freaks and we're proud of it! You're just a bunch of pathetic posers who think they know what the definition of normal is...

Foamy's Advice on Advice

Oh gods can I relate to this... This was the story of my life all through high school...

What Not to Say to a Misanthrope

I'll be the first one to raise my hand and admit that goths are the likeliest to be anti-social and misanthropic. This can be for any variety of reasons, but the most popular is because the majority of humans are raging morons that can't think beyond their own selfish wants. This is definitely not to say that we're unfriendly, we try and reserve judgement until after a few sentences come out of your mouth. After all, it would be pretty hypocritical if we judged everyone right off the bat.

Nonetheless, we are still anti-social and we can be misanthropes. And being a misanthrope myself, there's a few phrases and questions that I've heard repeatedly throughout the years. These are things that you either a) shouldn't say to someone who's anti-social/misanthropic or b) sound really stupid and only serve to reinforce our view that humans are idiots. And we'll start off with

1) "If you don't like people you're in the wrong business."
This is easily the one I've heard the most, and it only gets more and more aggravating every time I hear it. Any time you mention a dislike of people in the work place (especially if you work in retail or food service) this is everyone's first reaction. Would someone please explain to me why this is something people are compelled to tell me? Do they really think I'm so dense that I don't realize that being in the workforce will expose me to multitudes of people? Or maybe they're trying to be clever? Newsflash! It's not clever, or funny, or entertaining in any way.

2) "You only hate people because you're afraid of them." 
Uh, excuse me, what? People openly avoid me because I'm creepy and I'm afraid of them? Where is the logic in this? Is it coming from the "you fear what you don't understand" thing? If it is I would like to add to it a big fat "HELL NO." For me, my hatred of people stems from the fact that I know too much about human nature from constant observation. Facebook alone is a hive of human nature at its best and worst, and there's far more of the worst than there is of the best. If there's anything that I'm afraid of it's the constant displays of stupidity, which has become a commodity that people seem to be clamoring to own.

3) "Have you tried not hating people?" 
The next time you meet someone who's a total jackass, try and not hate them. This is like trying to tell someone to love a racist or someone who's homophobic. Only fellow jackasses can love someone who is a jackass, and even then it proves difficult because jackasses tend to clash with each other even more than non-jackasses do.

4) "You'll never have any friends." 
I have two very tight-knit circles of friends, most of whom are fellow misanthropes, and they are more like family to me than my own family. And this doesn't even qualify for people who are perfectly fine with being on their own. No one wants to hear that they're capable of being alone because being alone has become the world's most crippling fear. If you don't want to find your soul-mate or be around friends on weekends, there has to be something wrong with you. You're depressed, you're paranoid, you're a shut-in, you're this, you're that, blah blah blah blah blah.

5) "It isn't healthy." 
Neither is going around every day acting like the world is made out of sunshine and unicorn farts and that everyone is a bright little ball of star dust. I knew someone before that would send me a picture of a helmet every time I put a frustrated or angry or depressed post on Facebook. The final time he did it was right after my grandmother died. No questions, just a helmet to say "Life's tough, get a helmet."  His reasoning? "You can't let everything in life stop you short." Yeah, this coming from someone who's solution to every problem was to stare down the bottom of a bong. I have nothing against potheads, but I do have issues against people who think that you should just plow through every problem headfirst no matter how difficult or emotionally scarring. Very few people have the ability to be helpful in a difficult situation. One of the glorious parts of being a misanthrope is you're able to find the ones who are with a lot more ease. And when someone isn't helpful or is actually toxic, it's that much easier to cut the cords and burn the bridges.

So on the off chance that you are not a misanthrope and run into one in the near future, do everyone a favor and steer clear of these questions and statements. You're not doing humanity any favors in trying to "convert" and misanthrope and "make them see the light."

A Few New Releases

Sorry my lovelies, it's been a busy week and thus I've not had time to celebrate a couple things with you all. First off...

 

At long last my dears we get to see the beloved world of the Seven Kingdoms return to our silver screens at home! Now for those who have not had the chance to watch it yet (why haven't you watched it yet?!) I'm not going to spoil anything for you. No doubt the internet has already tried to, but I'm going to keep this blog pure... at least figuratively. Although, I do feel the need to mention a little article from DailyMail commenting on whether or not this new season has crossed some sort of line... Pardon my language but... ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME? HAVE YOU NOT SEEN THE FIRST THREE SEASONS?! And even thinking of this in comparison to the books makes the question all the more moronic. People, I hope to the gods that you don't need it spelled out for you that Game of Thrones is not a family friendly show! If you don't like it, change the channel and leave the show to those who aren't a bunch of hopeless pansies waiting for the happily ever after... 

Anyway, second off...

Yes, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug is now on DVD and BluRay! We can all rejoice in the return of Legolas... even if he kind of acts like a dick in this movie. But at least he has the excuse of not having left Mirkwood in how many years? He hasn't met Gimli yet, hasn't learned that Dwarves can actually be a fun crowd to hang out with... and at least he isn't as crazed as his Elven King father, Thranduil... 

Time for us all to kick back and become introverts once again thanks to television.

Metal Mayhem and Chibisodes

As most of you probably know by now, today was the day that the lineup for Rockstar Metal Mayhem 2014 was to be released. Well, I was just a tad too impatient to wait until after work to see what it looked like. And... O.K. I'll level with you, I'm not overly thrilled about the lineup this year like I have been in past years...

If you want to watch the video for it, it's here, but quite frankly I'm disappointed. I'll still go and everything but I'm definitely not going to be paying nearly as much attention to it as I normally would. For one, I don't particularly like most of these bands or I've never even heard of them. Second, seriously... Ice-T has a rap-metal band that's going to be performing? *points gun to head* O.K. I may or may not have mentioned this before, but with the exception of maybe three songs in all of recent history, I HATE RAP! I hate the way it sounds, I hate the complete assault on the ear drums that passes for its beats, I hate the mangling of the English language that is used for lyrics, I hate it, I hate it, I HATE IT! I know I preach the "don't knock it til you try it" perspective, but in this instance, I had better be fucking blown away to even get within 100 feet of whatever stage gets stuck with that act and I'm not expecting to even have my ears perk up to it. Just the guy's stage name alone is enough to make me roll my eyes... Oh well, at least I have Cannibal Corpse, Suicide Silence, and Korn to salvage this music experience...

And now for something a little more uplifting... CHIBISODE!

Song(s) of the Day : "Brains" and "Goodnight Demon Slayer"

O.K. so today I'm doing a double song of the day because both of these songs keep getting stuck in my head today. I blame this partially on my phone because it's been playing both on random and because Voltaire is awesome. But the downside now is that because of "Brains" I want to watch the Grimm Adventures of Billy and Mandy. Now I'm here to spread the addiction!

P.S. If I ever have kids, I'm so singing "Goodnight Demon Slayer" to them. Screw lullabies...

Eye Jewelry and Sick People

O.K., I'm definitely not one to knock body modifications. I currently have 11 tattoos and 7 piercings (you guess where), so the level of hypocrisy that I would be swimming in if I were would be astounding. But there is a certain point where you just have to stop and say "Fuck no!" Now I've gone through the Achilles Piercings and the Bagelheads and I'm not even going to get into the tattooed eyeball craze, but this is where I definitely draw the line.

Eye jewelry...

They quite literally take a pair of scissors to your eyeball and insert the jewelry into it. No fucking thank you... What I find the most stupid about all of this is the woman saying "It's going to set me apart." Seriously?... you couldn't set yourself apart just by getting tattooed with something custom-designed? Keep in mind this is not FDA approved and it cost this woman $3000 to get it done. I'm sorry, unless you're putting in a 64 karat diamond and giving me Lasik at the same time, I'm not shelling out that kind of money for a puny little heart that looks like a shiny parasite in my eye.

End Goth rant... begin Foamy Rant

Foamy Finds the Past

This is one of those "Age Check" episodes for Foamy...

Metalheads in Highschool

A while ago I did a little post about how a sweet little innocent-looking girl grew up to be a badass punk rocker. And if you remember it, you'll remember that it was none other than Taylor Momsen. Well, she's not the only one who has a past that was pre-underground. Once more I need to thank Facebook for this wonderful little find.

Feast your eyes my little gothlings! The ultimate blackmail you could have on a metalhead and here you have a veritable blackboardof information on your favorite rockers. I mean, granted you really can't get anything weirder than Steven Tyler no matter what age you catch him at, but just look at Marilyn Manson and Corey Taylor! See, now there's no need to be embarrassed about your pre-undergrounder days... Well maybe there is, it all depends on how bad the photographer was on picture day...

Books That Bring The Horror

So tonight's been the usual... unfortunately. Came home from the job I hate to an empty apartment, read a little bit, made myself some dinner, and then settled in to do some drawing. Once my ankles and knees were thoroughly stiff from not moving for the better part of two hours then I checked Facebook. Yes, even I have a Facebook. I'm an introverted misanthrope, how else am I supposed to keep up with the few friends that I have? Anyway, I'm scrolling through my feed and one of the first posts I notice is one from the matron of Vampire novels herself, Anne Rice. If you haven't at least heard of Anne Rice you can no longer be considered a Goth. Sorry, but them's the rules. But I have a high level of confidence that if you're reading this blog, then you have heard of her if not obsessively read the Vampire chronicles and at least watched Queen of the Damned.
Anyway, the post that I happened upon was a list that Mrs. Rice had pulled from the Huffington Post. And it was none other than a list of horror books guaranteed to freak you out. Now while I've had a few brushes with horror novels, the good ones are hard to come by. Especially when most local bookstores don't have a convenient "Creep the Living Hell Out of You" section readily available. So when you come across lists like these, it makes you nearly jump with joy that there is hope that you'll spend a few more nights huddled under the blankets, completely sleepless with terror because of a book. O.K. I'll admit, there aren't many people who hope for things like that when referring to a book, but I am a bibliophile and nothing will ever change that. I'll take a good creepy book any day over a creepy movie, and this list looks like it has some very promising titles. on it. Then again when any list includes Pet Sematary by the legendary Stephen King and American Psycho, you know you've got to trust it.
Once I finally get my hands on all these gems, I'll be sure to post about it!

Rockstar Metal Mayhem 2014

It's time to once again mark your calendars my little gothlings! The tour dates for our favorite, Rockstar Metal Mayhem, have been released at long last! Head on over to the site and see when the headbanging will be in your town. As far as Pittsburgh goes, we're ready to get geared up on July 26th for our day! They've already announced that the official band list will be released on March 31st so be sure to keep checking back. So far we have Korn and Avenged Sevenfold rumored to be headlining this year, but we'll just have to wait and see.

Germaine's New Appearance

As we all know, in the last episode of Foamy the Squirrel, Germaine has tried out a new look which includes a breast reduction. Now I've got to give Germaine props on this one. Big boobs might be nice to look at and get you big tips, but in reality they're nothing but a huge pain. No literally, those things can and will mess shit up with your back. But the breast reduction also now offers Germaine a slight reprieve from her pizza-delivery stalker...

This may seem weird but I do kind of know where Germaine is coming from when she says she feels rejected. Even if the dude's a major creeper, when you find out that they only valued you for your appearance and didn't even give a thought to your personality or your brain, it hurts. Especially when you do something to change your appearance that they don't like because then it makes you feel ugly on top of it. Guys, you've just seen a small sliver of what goes on in a woman's mind... you're welcome.

Maleficent

Regardless of whether you grew up to be an Undergrounder or not, Disney was most likely one of the pillars of your childhood. And one of the classics was the story of Sleeping Beauty. This particular Disney movie also yielded one of my favorite villains... Maleficent.

As I've mentioned in an earlier post, goths tend to relate a lot to Disney villains and villainesses (when you skip over the destroying happiness and the world etc.). Maleficent is no different. And now, she's getting revamped for a new audience!

Angelina Jolie takes the spotlight as the main role in the upcoming Disney movie all about Princess Aurora's enemy. And I am so psyched for it! You almost never see what a story's like from the opposite perspective, and it's even rarer to see it coming from Disney. But this time the Princess takes a backseat and we get to learn all about what made Maleficent into the awesome baddie that she is. Just the fact that the King and Queen didn't invite her  to Aurora's celebration and practically insulted her already doesn't give the kingdom a whole lot of credit for the treatment she's received. True, it's no excuse for cursing an innocent child, but hey, everyone has their breaking point. Maybe that was just the final straw? Well, we'll find out on May 30th! 

 

Edit : It's not Angelina Jolie singing as I previously thought. It's actually Lana Del Rey... Their voices sound way too similar. At least to me.

Song of the Day : Dirtygrrrls/Dirtybois by Faderhead

I'm pretty sure the only reason I managed to get through Pittsburgh traffic today was because of this song. It then proceeded to get stuck in my head for the remainder of the night... Enjoy!

Goth and Geek Videos (Just for Fun)

I have been slightly lax on keeping up with the Foamy episodes, and for that I apologize. Also I've neglected some of the finer points of the upcoming release for the new season of Game of Thrones. So hopefully this all makes up for it :)

                                                                                              

P.S. Some more exciting news... Game of Thrones Season 3 will be on DVD on February 18th! Only 7 more days to go!

The Pop Culture Goths Can Enjoy

As a general rule, Goths don't tend to enjoy some of the aspects of pop culture. O.K. who am I kidding? Goths don't tend to enjoy any of the aspects of pop culture. Why, you may ask? The very definition of pop culture is made up of things that are meant to flare up with popularity and then die off in two years tops. That's even setting aside the fact that pop music has been on a... suicidal decline since the late 90's. Yes, a few grains of decent music and clothing can be found when you dig really deep. Even I have a couple Katy Perry and Rhianna songs on my phone. Yes, I'm slightly embarrassed to admit that and please do not use it against me. But realistically, pop culture of the 21st century is responsible for bringing us twerking and Justin Beiber, need I elaborate further? Didn't think so...

Yet despite all of its mind-numbing, rhetorical, and gods-awful aspects, one culture has managed to take the "pop" culture and given us something awesome along with it. If I may direct your attention to the video below, the explanation can begin...

This particular band is called SHINee and they are a K-Pop band, or Korean pop. Yes, that's right... Korea! Korea has managed to take pop music and turned it into something that I literally can't get enough of. And I'm not the only one either. Almost every goth or punk that I've introduced to this music instantly tunes into it. Then again most of the goths and punks I know are the type that would live at a goth club if given half a chance. And really what would be better to dance to than this? It's got awesome techno beats, some kickin' bass, and very hott Korean boys... O.K. that's not what turns everyone onto it but it never hurts. So get and get addicted like I did...

And yes there's hott Korean girls for you too

  

Book Review : The Rook

This is deviating a bit more off the track of horror and just straight into sci-fi/fantasy, but trust me, it's so worth it. I finished this book in literally a week, I got that hooked on it.

The Rook by Daniel O'Malley starts you off with a woman who has no memory and no clue as to who she is. Yes, it's amnesia, the good old stand-by, but bear with me here. All the she has to go on are a bunch of bodies heaped around her and a letter in the pocket of the jacket she's wearing that her former self had the foresight to write to her. In the letter she finds out that she is, or was, Myfanwy Thomas, a Rook in the supernatural secret service called the Chequey. Before her memory was lost, Myfawny had the power to manipulate others through touch, able to control their very movements and even bend their minds to her will. Oh, and she's also deathly allergic to bee stings. And while her predecessor was kind enough to map all these things out for her (including her job description at the Chequey), she has no idea how she lost her memory or even who is now responsible for it. When first presented with the opportunity, the new Myfawny is ready and raring to start a whole new life as a different person, not an easy thing to do when you have a secret service of super-powered beings keeping tabs on you. But her plan is quickly and violently squashed when more people show up to eliminate her. After that, she decides it would be safer for all involved if she resumes the normal life of Myfanwy Thomas, or rather as normal a life as that could be. When you work with people who can manipulate metal like Magneto or with four "siblings" that are all controlled by the same consciousness, life is bound to be strange, a fact that our poor heroine is destined to find out on her first day on the job. And things don't get easier for her in a hurry, between balancing the paperwork of an entire secret government office, being suspicious of every co-worker, and attempting to fool people into thinking she's no different than the person who walked out of the office on Friday night, Myfawny has her hands full. But when an apparently old and formidable enemy makes their presence known and the Chequey itself seems to tremble in fear of, hell really starts breaking loose.

I know it seems all very complicated, and it is, O'Malley handles the confusion masterfully and never lets the story get ahead of the reader. Not to mention the snarky, sarcastic attitude of the main character will have you laughing within moments of picking up the book. The Rook is a definite new favorite on my ever-increasing shelf.

Game of Thrones Seasn 4 Premiere Date!

At long last my gothlings! We have a set date for when the HBO series Game of Thrones will begin once more! 
 

Yes, it's a little bit later than the other releases have previously been, but I'll assure you right now, that it's going to be totally worth it! And yes this is because I know what's going to happen... No, I'm not going to tell you.

Foamy Demands Rockets!

I'm a little behind on the Foamy episodes so here comes a chibisode just for you, my dears!