Liebster Award!

Greetings!

This morning I found that Katelynn of Life of a Babybat had tagged me for the Liebster Award.

 The Rules:

• Each person must post 11 things about themselves.
• Answer the questions the tagger has set for you.
• Create 11 questions for the people you've tagged to answer.
• Choose 11 people and link them in your post.
• Got to their page and tell them.
• No tag backs.

 11 Things About Me 


1: My favorite colors are blue, purple and green. 
2: My favorite band is the Sisters of Mercy.
3: I detest Uggs and Crocs. 
4: I currently feel like screaming and crying because I have such a bad period. FML.
5: I hate talking on the phone or skpe.
6: I go on tumblr way too often.
7:  I just covered my wall in movie and band posters.
8: I wear a scarf almost constantly due to Bronchitis a few years back. 
9: My favorite subjects in school are Language Arts and History.
10: I'm terrible at Maths.
11: I like watching tv shows.

 The Questions I was Asked

1. Favourte Movie? Hmm. I have so many to choose from but I'd say Lord of the Rings and Thor.
2. Are you on Tumblr, if so put your url.(Sorry I like stalking my blogger buddies) Oh yes. My tumblr is Bats and Webs and I post every day! *Tumblr maniac*
3. Cats or Dogs? I have an extreme soft spot for cats. They are just adorable.
4. Do you find bats cute? They are ADORABLE CUTE AND AMAZING. Cutest little things ever!
5. Favourite cosmetics brand? Manic Panic, I love their products.
6. A word you use way too often. 'Liably' or 'Logically'
7. Favourite Season? Autumn. The weather is lovely, and the golden leaves are so pretty.
8. Favourite non-goth band. Emilie Autumn or AC/DC
9. Your current celebrity crush. Ahem...I really shouldn't be admitting this, (Though Dani knows, haha) But my crushes are Andrew Eldritch and Tom Hiddleston. (Specially Loki. He is fiiine)
10. Biggest fear? Roaches, Murky water, Clowns/Santa. I run in terror at any of those.
11. Favourite Author? J.R.R Tolkien.

 Questions to Answer: 


1: Who is your favorite author (s)?
2: Your crush(s)? (I'm a stalker so I want to know)
3: Your favorite TV show?
4: Favorite food?
5: Lipstick or Eyeshadow - Which do you prefer?
6: Something you love about yourself?
7: Favorite band?
8: Do you believe in the paranormal?
9: Fan of vampires (Non sparkly of course)
10: Black/None or other shade of nail polish?
11: Favorite movie?

People I'm tagging (Please do answer, I want to see what you write!)

-Dani Deathbiscuit
-AsylumAlice
-The Irish Phantom Cat
-OddGhoulOut
-The Walrus Room
-DIY and Other Dangerous Adventures
-GlumPlum
-Petticoats and Saddle Soap
-Thoughts of a Smashed Doll
-Hayley
-Hayley in Blogland

Gah. I just realised that most of the people I picked have already been nominated. Oh well.

And as an extra, since AsylumAlice tagged me, I'll fill out part of her survey too. :))

Her questions:

1. Which fictional character would you like to meet most? Legolas, Loki, Thor, the 10th/11th Doctor, the Mad Hatter

2. If they had no negative side effects, which drugs would you try (or would you try them?) Um. Marajuana? Lol.

3. Would you rather be buried alive or freeze to death? Freeze, I guess. I can't stand closed areas.

4. A random stranger walks up to you and asks you to follow them into a parallel dimension. 

    You..."What do you mean? Explain first before I follow you."

5. Eggs or toads? Eggs.

6. Do you like hot or cold weather better? Cold. Goth sweatatons are NOT fun. Especially in Australia.

7. Share a secret wish. To have a best friend, who wouldn't use me, or drop me as soon as we got into an argument. A friend that actually hung on, even when the going got tough.

8. Which musical instrument do you play or wish you could play? I play piano, although badly. I wish I could play it better, as well as Violin.

9. Why? They're classical, pretty, they have a certain sound to them that I really like.

10. Are you afraid to die? XD No, because I know what's waiting for me. 

11.What is your favorite mythical creature? Vampire, Unicorn, Fae, Mermaid...But Elf is probably going to win. :D

Well, that's all for now! I'm off to sulk, eat chocolate and 'Aawww' while watching 'A Midnight in Paris.' <--Watching it just because of Hiddleston. And because I NEED a romantic comedy for me to cry/swear over. (Friggin period)

Farewell!

Post - Goth Population Here

Greetings!
I am sorry to have not posted lately, but honestly I haven't had a decent idea for a post forever...I still don't :(, but I've decided to try. This post will narrow on the Goth scene within my city.
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I was pleasantly surprised to note that Australia has at least made a slight effort to acknowledge Halloween, mostly rubbish plasticy cheapness but I did score a pack of fake spiderwebbing which I've been gleefully stringing about my room. (Will post pictures of the room soon, just need to get a better camera. GRR)

While poking through the Halloween section, I couldn't help but laugh...this year 'Sexy Adult Costumes' have made it into the rather kiddie looking spooky section. Oh dear. Some outfits include the typical nurse, police woman, and WTF Monk?!! I really don't get how a monk would fit in...:)

Halloween is just getting sillier every year. Well, now on to the main point.

One odd note also is the high number of Goths that seem to exist about the neighborhood, none very fancy looking but still Gothy enough to recognise. I still feel like a shy freak around any other Goths though so I just gave them a little smile and observed them a little.

For boredom's sake I kept a count for the last month. That's about 20 Goth girls total and 2 guys all in the immediate suburb. In the old area where I lived that count would've equaled the Mall Emo population. Also in the count are included a total of 4 punks.

(I don't mean to be nosy, but it's rather ethereal like to see another member of your subculture!)

I have to say I'm rather charmed by this knowledge. At least this means that the locals of my area shouldn't be inclined to randomly throw objects or insults at me or anyone else as we walk the streets! Probably why I haven't had any trouble yet besides shocked looks, Haha.

It's just wonderful really, I've even seen little jewelry stores and whatnot run by Goths and quite a few are over their 40s...not like the usual 17 to 25 year old population downtown in the city.

Even deathrockers and people with a lot of piercings I've seen working secular jobs, secretaries, shop assistants, marketers and suchlike. Sure, some may tone down their looks to corperate but they are still noticably Goth!

Sorry for that ramble...:)

To sum that up, it appears that Fremantle is quite a Goth friendly area. ALSO is attractive to Goths due to the fact that it's a heritage city with lots of old Victorian or Victorian Gothic styled architecture...plus an old cemetery that's existed since the 1800s. (I need to go there...Grrr.....)

Now a quick spotlight on the main city, Perth, W.A.

Perth on Friday nights has quite a decent crowd of Deathrockers and Cybergoths who come and sit in one particular area late into the evening. Although I've seen that people give them nervous looks sometimes, some still sit in the same area as the Goths and seem to be quite friendly with our types.

'The corner' as I used to call it when I was younger, also is made up of metal fans, bikers and punks.

Lots of emos and scenes too walk around there, but then again, people from all different backgrounds and cultures come to Perth downtown.

 Note: *Hehe, Marilyn Manson appears to have quite a fan base...That's 8 people with his band tee shirts I've seen yet. But those are fans, they do not look mallgoth or spooky in the least.*

Ok then. Enough talk, here's to the end of this post,

Farewell!