Why?

Why start this blog? I am a student in my final year, 21 and ready to go out into the real world. So why am I so concerned with something like this now? Being a goth, an emo, a skater or any other social trend is often a choice reserved for the first few years of secondary school. They eventually 'grow out of it' and become 'normal' like the rest of us. All I can say is, how boring! Why can't we be who we want to be, act how we want to act and of course dress how we want to dress?

I am not a 'normal' guy by any stretch of the imagination but I am not a stand out, life and soul of the party kind of person. I have a very happy and strong relationship with my girlfriend so this is not some win girls or friends strategy or attention seeking farce. I just want to be who I always have been. I do not hate the world or life. I smile alot, laugh and am a genuinely happy guy.

So why goth? Goth as an aesthetic is very attractive to me, as an image. The ideals and philosophy behind the movement seem an appealing lifestyle. So this blog is going to attempt to document this journey to the dark side, per se. I do own some gothy-esque clothing and looks but the whole idea is the adaptation of the lifestyle into mine. A 100% goth and not just a weekend/ when-I-can-be-bothered goth.