· Trying to get blacks that match after they fade in the wash (damn blue/black and brown/black)
· Trying to convince the drunk frat boy who is hitting on you that you really are a guy.
· Big hair, small cars. (Which goes right along with big hats and big skirts).
· Airport metal detectors..."Hang on, just let me unbuckle my boots.."
· The "Shoes, then corset" dilemma.
· Having your little sister nick your make-up.
· Living with a slightly homophobic father.
· Going to a school which nicknames you "that gay devilworshipping freak that dyed his hair purple"
· Getting your jewelry tangled in your clothes/hair (or, even worse, getting them tangled in the clothes/hair of someone else)
· People ask "what's so funny and what prescription are you on?"
· When your pointy-toe shoes/boots get caught in the holes in the hem of your skirt.
· Wearing a black turtleneck when it's 90 degrees outside.
· Accidently removing someone's nose with your spikey bracelet while dancing to Nemesis.
· Getting people to look you in the eyes when you talk to them.
· Getting your slave bracelet caught in your fishnets.
· Unconsciously staring, and having people try to look you in the eye to get your attention -- which doesn't always work.
· People declaring that your eyes are yellow, when, in fact, they are green.
· Having to reach for the salt with one hand while holding back your sleeve with the other so it doesn't drag in the gravy.
· Trying to find your possessions in an all-black room.
· Finding your coat in the pile on the bed after a party.
· Trying to get the hair-dye stains out of your towels / sink / floors / doors / ceilings / carpets / pets / furniture.
· Being asked to defend your entire existence in 30 seconds or less.
· Finding a detergent to get those blacks blacker.
· Thoroughly embarrassing yourself by finding that fog makes you so bouncy you have to sing along to your walkman, before you realise that fog also means that you can't see the people nearby.
· Having little kids tug on their parent's arm and say, "Look, Mommy, isn't she pretty? I want to look like her!" while the parents grab the child and get away fast.
· Trying to wash dishes with those flowy sleeves.
· Having someone try to pick you up, just so they can tell their friends they've had sex with you.
· Going out in the winter and having all the metal stuff you are wearing freeze against your exposed skin.
· Returning home the next day after clubbing, on a train full of businessmen.
· Getting your skirt caught on:
...the buckles of your boots when you are walking up stairs
...part of the seat-adjustment-thingamie in the car
...your heels while walking.
...the outside of the door of your car while you're driving, and you don't notice 'til you get where you were going, only to find when you get there that a portion of your outfit is now caked with roadslime.
· Lending your eyeliner to a friend and finding out later that he's returned it without mentioning that he completely emptied the entire brand new tube.
· Trying to buy mundane clothes to go job hunting in and not being able to bring yourself to buy anything with enough colour.
· The salt stains on the hems of skirts in winter.
· Not being able to climb really small stairs because the pointy toes on your pixie boots stick out past your toes enough that you can't get your actual toes on the steps.
· Trying to stand up, and getting the hooks on your left boot caught in the fishnets on your right leg. And managing to look graceful while extricating yourself.
· Dancing in a corset.
· Attempting to explain goth to someone who has no familiarity with any reference you manage to come up with.
· Driving in a rather large cloak.
· Getting other people's black eyeliner smudges on your face from greeting hugs at the club.
· Having to wash black lipstick off of your neck.
· Wearing 24 rings and getting them all stuck in various bits of lace and fishnet (not all of it yours).
· Having to rush out of bed the moment you wake up just so you can get to the bank / store / whatever before it closes.
· Convincing someone that you are straight even though you are wearing a skirt and makeup.
· Convincing your sister to let you use her makeup because you are too broke/cheap to buy your own.
· Trying to find women's clothes that fit you without it looking too obvious that that is what you are trying to do.
· Wearing that ultra-cool pewter cross you just bought to the club, spinning around and knocking yourself silly...then trying to cover your dizziness and nonchalantly checking your forehead for blood while still dancing.
· Finding that your freshly washed black t-shirt is covered in bits of lint, which while undetectable by the naked eye, show up very well under UV, thereby making you appear to have terminal dandruff.
· Waking up at with the most painful hangover ever. Walking to the little store to get aspirin, thinking "Damn even my feet hurt like hell". Then realising that you're wearing someone else's Docs.
The original link for this list has been down for quite some time. If anyone knows where it now resides, I'd appreciate it if you could email it to me so that I may credit it properly. Thanks!
[Spooky]
