Aus.culture.gothic Show and Tell 2002
STATS :Name: Dark Star
Real name: Reba
E-mail address: DarkStarDeity@THING_IN_A_TIN_yahoo.com.au
Web page: http://www.geocities.com/spooky_rk (horrendously out of date)
Other newsgroups you frequent: none
Length of time on the 'net: about 7 or 8 years
Length of time as a net.goth: a year or so
Place of residence: Sydney's Inner West.
APPEARANCE:
Chromosomal makeup: XX
Age: The last year I can claim to be in my twenties and rib those already past that barrier *whimper*
Height: 170cm or thereabouts
Weight: about 65kg, I think
Hair for this week: Long, straight, black
Natural hair colour: Nondescript brown
Eyes: Green
Tattoos/Piercings/Scars/Other: A couple of scars, ears pierced twice.
Preferred clothing: Long flowing skirts; layered looks; velvet, brocade, satin/silk, lace ...
Your favourite "non-Goth" clothes: My jammies (black tracksuit)
The daggiest thing I ever wore was: See above
LIFESTYLE:
Occupation: Analyst/programmer
But I'd really like to be an: Eccentric millionaire
When I was ten I wanted to be: A lawyer
Number of acg'ers with whom you've been "intimate" (snog & upwards): Since last time? 1
Availability status: Very happily taken, but thanks for the offer ;)
Sexual preference: Yes please.
Religion: Militant Humanist :)
Pets: A gorilla ;)
Your worst habit: Spending far too much time on ACG while at work.
Perky/mopey/neither: Mostly perky *boing*
I would describe my dancing style as: "Look, my hands are butterflies, how pretty"
Most of your money gets spent on: Two small financial black holes (otherwise known as children).
Dietary classification: Carnivore - if it don't bleed, don't put it on my plate
Liver: Is back on speaking terms now that I'v stopped abusing it
Hobbies: Chatting to people on the net, leeching music, some photography, reading.
FAVOURITES:
Band: I can never narrow it down to just one - The Cure, The Tea Party, SOM, Bauhaus, Depech Mode, Wolfsheim ... look just make up a list of Goth/Goth Rock, New Romantique and Synthpop artists and I'll tell you the ones I *don't* like, how about that?
Love song: See above
Dance-like-a-maniac song: Ditto
Pub: ???
Club: Still mourning Batcave, but if you want currently running clubs I'd have to say Vortex, although Necropolis would probably give it a run for it's money if it weren't so damned far away :)
Book/genre/author/poet: (Copied verbatim from the last time) Fantasy/SciFi. Katherine Kerr, Anne MacCaffery, Orson Scott Card, Andre Norton, Ursula Le Guin and so on and so forth ...
TV show: The TV is a big box in my living room that I keep forgetting to turn on
Actor/actress: ???
Movie: Star Wars, The Crow, insert cliches here ...
Artist/artwork: I'm (still) a pleb.
Animal: Ravens, panthers, cats
Food: Meat and savoury foods
Drink: Baileys
Texture: Velvet, silk/satin.
Place to go: Bed
Way to go: I have a car now. Yay!!!
MISCELLANY:
What got you into this whole "goth" thing anyhow?: One of these days I'm going to put the "Why are you a Goth?:" essay that's been rattling around my head for the last couple of years (complete with Jungian insight into the psychology of it all) up on my website. In the meantime, the answer from the last poll will have to do you - Ultimately, the music probably, but it was a process of evolution so I couldn't even pick a time when I could say "here is when I started being a goth", much less the exact reasons
What do you wear to bed?: Summer - nothing. Winter - tracksuit jammies. Do you decapitate Jelly Babies and Teddy Bear biscuits before
progressing to other body parts?:
Of course, doesn't everone?:
If we made "ACG - The Movie" - who would play you?: ?:??? If one thing could suddenly appear on your desk / fall
in your lap, what would you like it to be?: If we can get into the realm of total fantasy here - a device that would store every book and every piece of music I would ever want on it (without me having to do anything to store it, natch), small enough to carry around with me anywhere in a pocket but able to be read comfortably curled up in bed or on the lounge, or to be listened to without headphoes yet without disturbing anyone else. Hmmmmm, maybe a brain implant of some description ...
What is your greatest fear?: Growing old
Your last five holidays were where?: Same as last time - home, my mother's place, Brisbane, Switzerland, Brisbane
Which cartoon character are you?: ?:??
If someone's hitting on you - what's guaranteed to work?: I don't know about "guarenteed" but noticing (and complementing) the colour of my eyes has turned me to jelly more than once ...
Can you keep a secret?: Erm, only with great difficulty. And usually only if I've been made to swear a blood oath beforehand. OK, I'm not quite that bad but I do sometimes have difficulty keeping my damned mouth shut (did you know that Dubbin improves the taste of shoe leather :P )
Who or what is your least favourite thing in the world?: Intolerance; that period just before a decision is made when you still don't know what's happening and what you are doing.
What gives you a warm fuzzy feeling inside?: Hugs
Anything else you want to say that you don't feel is covered above?: Goth bois make the best eye-candy. I just thought that needed to be said :) -- Dark Star
Jimmy: Some days it just doesn't pay to gnaw through the restraints...
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