World Goth Day is on 22nd May of every year. I put
this a day earlier so there’s still time to prepare...
What is Goth Day?
The Goth Day website states that the event is:
"a day where the goth scene gets to
celebrate it’s own being, and an opportunity to make it’s presence known to the
rest of the world."
And that's exactly what it is. There is no better way to put it. :D
How it started?
World
Goth Day is the invention of a small contingent of UK Goth DJs. One May weekend,
the BBC broadcasted a radio programme celebrating different genres of music,
Goth being one of them. The Goth segment of the programme took place on May
22nd, and these DJs decided that the celebration of Gothness should become an
annual event.
What happens on Goth Day?
The
website details special World Goth Day events taking place all around the
world. You can keep an eye out for events in your area (or if you're a
promoter, set up your own). You can get together with your goth friends, go to
city all dressed up, go to your local Goth club or bar or if there's no
particularly gothic bar near, why not go to "regular" bar?
If you're alone you can go there by yourself (although I personally like to go
to a bar with friend). Like all holidays you can also celebrate this on your
own. Staying at home is never a bad option! Watch a gothic movie, make a
playlist and play music and CDs loud, and for the holiday do a nice make-up
even if you're not a goth (try something new, look up pictures from internet, etc.),
dress up and if you're wearing corset lace it tight, strike a pose and take
pictures and share!!
There are many options (there are more suggestions on the Goth Day website) -
what you do that's up to you.
To celebrate Goth Day this year, I have planned that I would head out to a bar
with my friend. If I find myself alone I might
go a bar for one or two or just have a movie night, baking vegan goodies and
listen to good music.
Goth Day Smiley
Spread the word of Goth Day! From the website,
you can download all kinds of goodies (such as banners, printable posters,
etc.) to spread the word.
** You can find more information from
the official World Goth Day Website. (http://www.worldgothday.com/) **
P.S. All profits from Goth Day merch go to the Sophie Lancaster Foundation
(http://www.martinoldgoth.co.uk/hope.htm).
Picture heavy post ahead!
I had absolutely lovely trip to Salo with my friend Jake. He had asked me to
accompany him earlier on last week and I said it sounded like a very good idea.
We got going and stopped about at the middle of the way to eat. There were a
whole wall of tea blends and spices at the resting place and I chose teas and
paprika powder and we continued on. After an hour later were arrived to Salo.
Jake saw his sisters. The clock was quite late
and we had plans for the next day already. We tried to watch a movie but I was
too tired so we went to sleep so we would have energy for the next day.
On the next day after breakfast we headed to a
movie secondhand shop Jake had advertised to me and I had looked forward to it.
I was like a kid in a candy shop when I was looking through shelf after shelf of
movies. I usually don’t buy used DVDs but these were in such an excellent condition
it surprised me. I left the shop ten movies richer.
One of the main things of this trip was to go change tires to Jake's car and do
fun stuff between it. After we got back from the secondhand shop we changed
tires to Jakes car, before we would go to town again – I changed one and a half
tires myself and I got to get myself dirty while getting into it and it was fun. We had talked about if we would go a ride with Jake’s motocross bike but
when the time came I was a little bit nervous but then I grabbed a helmet and
there we went. Jake drove as fast as the bike went and I was excited for
the speed was so thrilling. Jake had told to hold on whatever will happen – and
I did. My hair smelled like gasoline afterwards. I liked it.
We drove back to town and Jake showed me the near parks. Then we saw Jakes niece
and went to eat Chinese food. After that we went to get ice cream and ate it at
the park sitting on the bench and I took more photos like a damn tourist from
abroad and I was only 2 hour drive hour away where I live.
Oh well... this was so coming. I came across
this news about the science men finding the new Maya calendar. And it will take
up to 7000 years from now. World just simply won’t allow its end in 2012 – it
would be way too early and bad for the business.
But I now feel foolish thinking the world might end at the end of 2012 (yeah I
was kind of one of those people). And now the end of the world in 2012 seems to
be so yesterday.
I can only imagine the feeling upon those people who really think/thought the world is coming to its end on 2012. Poor
suckers. This was so expected. The whole world and money and everything is
spinning around of these kind of things that if there would really be the end
of the world there would be a whole lot of money making upon this number. And
even there has been and still is a lot of that it could be more.
And not to mention movie industry! But this time
it will not be "2012" but "9012". It will take some time
but the cash will rush in eventually... About 7000 years from now.
The end of the world has been foretold numerous times and will be foretold
numerous times more. All we know is that yes, eventually the world will end but not that is it tomorrow or 1 billion
years from this moment. I will sleep my nights well on this subject.
On Friday it was a girls night out with my dear friend. It
had been a long time since the last time I was out with her - last time was on
New Years Eve. I was waiting it for the whole week after we had planned for it.
We talked about everything, catching up what had been going on. We were at one
place at first and then changed to our “regular” place later. The rest of the
night went smoothly with tequila shots, long drink and dry apple cider. When we
were walking to the taxi stand we were stopped by a couple of men and they
asked us for one. The other man told me that if I was a straight I would be the
woman of his life.
On Sunday it was Mother's Day. My mother is one
of the most important persons to me in the whole world and I hope she could
only know how much she means to me. At first I was kind of disappointed that I
hadn't planned anything fancy for her to let her know that day was different from the others. She was
unpacking a pile of moving boxes and said it was like therapy for her to see
how they would empty one after another and that she didn't need anything fancy
and it was enough for her to spend time with me. I had got her white roses she
wanted and made her a card which seemed to be a very sweet thing to her.
We made vegetable and tofu "ricotta"
lasagna and drank red wine. I had in mind to make peach tarte tatin but even
you have found flour and you got peaches you can't make a cake without bowls
and everything else.
These last days have been fine comparing to the previous days. I can have
enjoyed these days more freely without feeling of not being there or something
like that. Even after I had stressed over them way too much...
