Why Goths Want to Be Anti-Social Part 2

Finally, at long last I'm doing a follow-up on my "Reasons Why Goths Hate People" list. This particular one comes courtesy of a customer I witnessed while I was at work. Anyone who has ever worked in a retail setting will know exactly which kind of customer this is right off the bat. You know the type who thinks they're entitled to have everything and anything they want regardless of whether or not its approved by corporate? And then when management gets involved and tries to help the situation and explain it as thoroughly as they can to this dimwit who couldn't tell the difference between a diaper and a light bulb (yes, that was a Family Guy reference), they just keep getting more and more pissy all because they feel entitled to some kind of special treatment. And even after all that crap, they'll still find something else to bitch about that the employees have no control over whatsoever just to go and finish off their shopping experience by nearly making a cashier cry. I swear some people almost consider that a sport. Do they seriously just sit around one-upping each other?
"I made three cashiers cry today."
"Ha! That's nothing, I got four girls and one GUY to cry today because I'm that awesome at being a total douche."
"So what should our quota be for next week?"
Newsflash if you're this type of customer: YOU DO NOT DESERVE A DAMN THING. You are not special, you're an asshole. I wish more stores could ban people like this just so I wouldn't have to hear them bitch over the stupidest crap.

A Looming Threat of a Lame Halloween

Foamy has already suffered through enough lame Halloweens within the last few years. As have we all... Halloween has become way too cutesy for me to bear anymore. It used to be, scare the living shit out of as many people as you possibly can within the limited time span you have when kids are out trick-or-treating, but now... No, now you have to be nice and put smiley faces over every single skeleton so it doesn't "scar" the little kiddies. Bollocks on that! If there's parents who are stupid enough to bring a 4-year-old to see Hannibal Rising in theaters then the rest of the kids can bear a few scares from a haunted house.
And now we see Foamy suffering at the hands of another lame Halloween in Connecticut. And say what you will, Germaine looks damn hot in that nurse costume.

Happy Goth Chick Appreciation Day

Yes, my darlings, this is an actual day. And it is happening today as a matter of fact. I can only hope that I'm catching plenty of you early enough for you to grab your boots, corsets, and Tripp pants to go out and enjoy the day and revel in your gothiness. And just to prove that I'm not bullshitting you here's the official link courtesy of that awesome creator of our favorite human-hating squirrel, Jim Mathers.

Initially I was planning on going all out and bringing my gothic lolita dress out of my closet, brushing off my plaid boots and hitting the town. Now however, this day is calling for me to do a more traditional goth chick thing and sit in my room and hate the world along with my kitten. No he's not a kitten anymore, but he's still the same size and he's one of the only two living beings within a 20 mile radius who I could stand to be around right now.  There are other people I would dearly love to be around farther away but being broke (another goth chick trait more often than not) hanging with those awesome people is kind of out of the question.
And damn I've rolled off into my own personal tangent... So sorry dears... I'll stop here before I make this how-to blog into a more personal ranting "I hate everything" blog. Til next time...

Foamy's Getting Antsy

While Germaine is more than content with her new home, Foamy is way too eager to get back to New York. Maybe he misses all his squirrely friends? So far the only mention of both Begley and Pillze has been in the very first episode of the new style. Hopefully they'll pop up somewhere or maybe hitch a ride back with Germaine once she gets her license and they take a trip back to New York... At least Germaine has Cake to keep her occupied in the mean time...

Renaissance Festivals

Another fun activity for those who like to travel back in time. These fairs always appeal to me mostly because of the costumes I'm able to wear (I love corsets and my goal in life was buying and owning a steel-boned corset until I managed to get one myself). Now my new goal in life is to actually work at the Renaissance Festival closest to me at some point. Hopefully I'll get lucky and be able to do it the next time it comes around. But alas, therein lies the downside to the festivities. It only lasts for about a month, sometimes a little bit longer. Don't get me wrong, this is an improvement to the first one I went to which only last three weekends instead of about five or six. And the people who work at these things are always fun to talk to and spend the day with. For example, I found myself a very fine French gentleman on my last trip. Maybe it was my Fey costume that lured him in. What do you think? 

And the best part is, these festivals go on all over the country. There's one near me which would be the Pittsburgh Renaissance Festival, but according to my sources, there is also an even bigger and better one out near Philly. They constantly hire new people to be cast members so if anyone other than me is a total geek for these things, go and wander on over to the site and see what you can get. 

Germaine Rebooted

Since you already got a taste of what Foamy looks like in the new reboot, I figured it was only fair that Germaine claim some of the attention too. Here is the first episode featuring her new chibi-ness, and SURPRISE... She's not living in New York anymore. GASP. She seems pretty content with it, but Foamy on the other hand... Not so much...

Foamy Gets Rebooted and Redesigned

Call me crazy, but I'm loving the new design Jonathan Ian Mathers has given to that lovably vengeful little squirrel, Foamy. The design is sleeker and if I may say, completely fucking adorable. It looks like chibis without the massively disproportional heads. Squee-tastic. And just to give more proof as to why Mathers is awesome, he allows Foamy to take a stab at HIM in one of the newest toons he has up on the illwillpress site. Yeah, Foamy takes a jab at his creator. I love it.