Goth Pokemon: Gothita, Gothorita, and Gothitelle

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Its me May again, posting late as usual. I really need to break out of my procrastinating habit. It is messing with my life, like really bad. So I need to set small goals to better myself. And the first step is to quit being a lazy person. So enough of me rambling here, and on with this weeks topic.

Goth Pokémon

Could there be such a thing as gothy Pokémon?
Oh yes there is! If anyone still keeps track of Pokémon there are new Pokémon like in every generation and in the fifth generation there are indeed Goth Pokémon. I actually still watch Pokémon to this day, mainly because I want to see how it ends. And because it is undeniably a childhood favorite. But I really have no idea if they ever do plan on ending the Pokémon series. And I am also proud to say that I do own three Nintendo DS Pokémon games.  

Now I am going to put pictures of the new Goth Pokémon. Gothita is the first pokemon. Second is Gothorita the evolution of Gothita. Lastly is Gothitelle the evolution of Gothorita.








Gothita

Gothorita

Gothitelle

 

 

As from what we can see firsthand on the looks of these Pokémon is that their looks concede with the Gothic Lolita fashion movement in Japan. Which to say that I am very much in love with Japanese fashion! It is so inspiring to see people over there be very creative with the clothing and makeup that they wear! But now to talk about the Gothic Lolita fashion style. It primarily consists of a Neo Victorian fashion aesthetic. Clothing consists of Victorian doll-like dresses with a lot of ruffles and bows. Just like these three Pokémon are wearing, and they also have doll-like hair. As for Gothita and Gothorita they have bows on their hair which is also a fashion accessory used in Gothic Lolita fashion style. From all three of the Pokémon Gothorita is my favorite! I think it was nice for Pokémon to create Goth Pokémon because that shows that the Gothic subculture is pretty big, and that it even inspires very famous franchises like Pokémon which is a pretty worldwide known gaming industry. And another bonus that I loved about the Pokémon franchise making these Pokémon was that it also introduces little kids to Goth and so that they can have a look at it firsthand. Why is this one important?  Its important because it shows the kiddie audience that Goth isn't a weird and creepy thing as to what the media and society makes everyone think. Like on my Facebook profile I had posted a picture I had found on Tumblr about the different perspectives of what society, media, parents, and friends perspectives on what they think Goth is. It was mostly for humor, but a very accurate picture indeed! And another thing that I love when cartoons show Gothy characters in their shows is that it makes kids aware of different fashions and it makes them more open minded about the whole fashion aesthetic that other people wear.

So I hope this post was worth reading and informative as well. What do you think about this? And how do you feel about Pokémon making Goth Pokémon? Do you like it or not? Comment down below! Until the next week's post, in which I hope I will write in time!

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Books That I Reccomend: The Blood Coven Series

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Its me May again and as late as usual I am writing this week's post. I felt like I should do a book recommendation because I was reading these books a few days ago and they never get old! Originally a friend told me about these series because I looked at the cover of the book she was reading and overall it looked cool. And she let me borrow the book so I can read it myself and was not disappointed! The book that she let me borrow was The Blood Coven Series #2 Stake That! It was a very interesting read on my opinion, since I still had the vampire obsession bug during that time so I was like OMG!! Vampires!!! During my Junior year in high school. Sorry to mention my embarrassing high school teenage girl awkward phase, but yeah that's how I was when it came to vampires or anything "Gothic" as to what I thought back in my awkward high school phase. So enough of my embarrassing phase and on with the book recommendation.

The Blood Coven Series books  are written by Mari Mancusi and have eight books to them. So there is plenty to read. That is if you haven't read them already! In every book there is always like a big adventure in them which I thought it was so much fun. But I will warn you, if you do not like teenage girl romance books directed to the YA audience, then these are not the books for you. The main protagonists in these series are Sunshine (Sunny) and Rayne who are to twin sisters that look identically the same and that live in suburban Massachusetts near the border of New Hampshire. While Sunny and Rayne are identical twin sisters Sunny is just your average normal girl that enjoys her high school life, being with her friends, playing in her school's hockey team, starring in her high school's play, and enjoys her view of "normal" at least until what she thought normal was . Quite contrary is her sister Rayne who is a full fledged Goth girl,  lover of the night, enjoys funky fashion, Goth clubbing, and enjoys the darker things in life.

For being twin sisters and liking completely different things both Sunny and Rayne get along pretty well. Which I like that in these series because usually in real life you have sisters that completely hate each other and cannot see themselves in any sort of painting. The only thing that I didn't like about Sunny was that from time to time you will occasionally see that she does call Rayne, her sister a weirdo. That was the only thing I didn't like about her. Just because her sister likes different things other than the ones she likes doesn't mean Rayne is a weirdo. That's also a thing that I don't like, that they are always saying  that Goths are wierdos, how? I really do not see Goths being weird because they like a lot of 80's music. I know because I am myself a Goth girl. I mean seriously, how is that weird? Not at all if you think about it.

Okay, enough of my off topic opinion and getting on with the book recommendation so overall I have read all of the books and quite frankly I enjoyed them a lot, because both characters you can relate to a lot because they are high school teenagers going through the same stuff we go through. I also love how both Sunny and Rayne have a great sense of humor, at the beginning when I started to read the books I thought they were going to have different behaviors and attitudes because both Sunny and Rayne are pretty different from each other. Since the first book I read in the series was the #2 Stake That! book since I skipped the #1 Boys That Bite book. But since it was Mari's writing I guess she kept it the same for both characters. Which I thought it was better for the win because for sure I didn't want Sunny to be uptight and have no sense of humor at all. Or for a worst case scenario, I didn't want Sunny to be another Bella from Twilight! That would be a catastrophic event! 





So this was the book cover that I saw my friend reading several years ago. To be honest when I had first seen this book I totally thought this was 90's book because of how the cover looked like. At least I thought it did. 
These are actually the old covers because these books have new covers now. I actually like these covers better because they are more "old school" I guess. You don't really see covers like these any more. I kind of miss that nostalgic feeling that these covers usually gave.







These are the older covers for the other two books.























Here are the new covers for these books, there were only 3 older covers for these series. So I will put these books in order.

The first book in the Blood Coven Series Boys That Bite.
This book is written in Sunny's point of view.

The second book in the Blood Coven series is Stake That.
This book is written in Rayne's point of view. Here we get to see how different Sunny and Rayne are.

The third book in the Blood Coven series is Girls That Growl.
This book is written in Rayne's point of view. 

The fourth book in the Blood Coven series Bad Blood.
This book is written in Sunny's point of view.

The fifth book in the Blood Coven series Night School.
This book is written in Rayne's point of view.

The sixth book in the Blood Coven series Blood Ties.
This book is written in Sunny's point of view.

The seventh book in the Blood Coven series Soul Bound.
This book is written in Rayne's point of view.

The eighth and the last book in the Blood Coven series Blood Forever.
This book is written in both sisters point of views, but mostly Sunny's. I was hoping for it to be written more in Rayne's point of view to be honest.











As for which of the twin sisters is my favorite character, I think that one is a pretty obvious one. I like Rayne better because she is just more funnier, and in the books that are in her point of view they are just so much better. And let us just say that I totally loved Rayne when she mentioned bands like The Sisters of Mercy, VNV Nation, Depeche Mode, Apoptygma Berserk, and Bauhaus. And let us not forget Rayne being a total gamer is a total plus too! (I am one too!) Personally that is my opinion and I pretty much relate to her fashion wise and music wise.

As for any book spoiling I will not do any because I want you all to read them! I certainly do not want to give you the entire spoilers and totally demotivate you from reading these book series. And let us just say when I give spoilers I tend to give every single detail about it all and you will end up completely uninterested. And if any of you read all of the books comment down below and tell me if you enjoyed these books or not?

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May

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Shopping for Gothicly Inclined Clothing? Where to Go?

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Its me May again and I'm ready to post this weeks topic late as usual. Sorry about that! Its just lately I have been applying to all the stores nearby my house because well I need a new job. We all need money to buy all of that super cute clothing. and accessories It doesn't pay itself, and surely money does not grow on trees. That is unless your parents have great paying jobs and you get a pretty good amount of weekly allowance. If then that is your case, you are so lucky! Unlike the rest of us have to get jobs to actually buy the things we want. But then there are always the sad cases where parents do have the money to buy their kids clothing, but refuse to because they think being Goth is a really bad thing. And thus do not want their kids to dress Goth. I will write a post about this issue as well.

This week's topic is going to be about where to shop for Gothicly inclined clothing. I honestly go to so many different stores! So I buy my clothing from many diverse places. But the place that takes 50% of where my clothing comes from are thrift stores. Why thrift stores? Because the clothing there is so affordable and you can guarantee you will find a lovely piece to add to your wardrobe to spoof up that closet of yours. But of course thrift stores are very inexpensive because it is a secondhand clothing store and therefore its clothing and items are used. But you can still find clothing in mint condition and it is very affordable. I usually go to a thrift store that's like 15 minutes away walking with my mom and were always shopping for clothing. But a little piece of advice not all thrift stores have the same prices. some can be quite expensive. Because I go to two different ones. The one that I usually go to is the one with the more green friendly prices. And the  other one I go to once in a while has their prices a little more up, but it is still pretty affordable. Because one time I went to the Buffalo Exchange thrift store, and I could not believe their prices! It was really overpriced. I was like "Seriously?! For used clothing you charge this much!" Although I will mention it had a lot of nice clothing, so I guess there one of the better thrift stores. Although there are other thrift stores like Plato's Closet and Goodwill, which I might add I have never went to those because they are really far away from where I live by. So I have no idea how much they charge. I just checked on Google maps to see where those stores are at, turns out that all of the Goodwills in Houston (since I live in Houston) all ten of them are on the West Houston area and there are no Goodwills on the East Houston are where I live at. Technically Southeast Houston but still, I am pretty disappointed that all of them are on the West area and not a single one on the East side. Total bummer! And as for Plato's Closet there isn't a single one in Houston! There is one by the Pasadena area but that isn't Houston anymore so that does not count.

As for the rest of the little stores that I go to I usually go to small shopping centers because they have good prices and for a piece of new clothing you can't beat that! A tip is that you and a few friends should just drive around town shopping together and see what small shopping centers you will encounter along the way. And trust me go to all of the stores. You never know what you will find in each of the stores. And personally I just love going to every single store, but that's just me. Going to the malls are good too, if you know which are the stores that don't sell overpriced clothing. But it is nice to splurge once in a while and treat yourself to something neat from the mall. But don't do it too much because you will be broke in a few shopping stops. And you want to buy as much as you want without emptying your wallet right away. Some mall stores that I personally like are Charlotte Russe, Forever 21, and Express.

Another way of shopping is internet shopping. Ebay is a really great choice because you don't pay shipping in some items, or if you do it might not be much either. Amazon is pretty good, but you still have to pay shipping even though it might say free shipping, because they get the stuff from companies/warehouse (that sort of thing). And for Ebay I like shopping from storekeepers from Asia, New York, and Los Angeles because they have they have the best prices ever! And most of the time the shipping is free, which is a big plus for me! Like two weeks ago I bought two pairs of spiderweb fishnet pantyhose for like $2.30 and the shipping was like $1.00. so in total that was like $5.00 of pantyhose, and normally at the store just one pair would cost $6 plus tax.

So now that I mentioned where I usually go shopping at now I'm going to share of what are the type of things that I usually look for in clothing when I go shopping. If any of you watch Goth Youtuber Kazlovesbats's (one of my favourite Youtubers by the way) video about shopping for Gothicly inclined clothing (Don't remember the exact name of the video) she also mentions going to thrift stores are like the best thing as well. And she also mentions what types of fabric you should look for while shopping at any type of store. The fabrics that she talks about are transparent/see through flowy fabrics, mesh, fishnet, a lot of Victorian like blouses that have many ruffles on them, and a lot of lace as well. She also mentioned velvet, but personally I do not like velvet, but for any of you all who does, keep an eye out if you like that too! Also look for skirts as well, or if you like pants instead then look for that too! Personally I am a skirt girl, I never wear pants. And when I do I feel so weird! Well I wear them on the house, but that's just on the house. But while I am outside out and about town I am always wearing skirts 100%.
So I pretty much look for the same things that she does, because it is true and she is right on the types of fabrics to look for while shopping.

Here is the link to Kazlovesbats's video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a3k1oTi5XyA
Of course the video is Kazlovesbats (Allison Eckfeldt) So this video is hers and I am just linking this video so you can watch it and see what she has to say on the subject.

I'm going to post a few pictures. Enjoy! :)




Me wearing black lipstick ^-^
Taken on April 18, 2013

Aristocratic Lolita Girl
Me wearing Elegant Gothic Lolita 
Taken on April 23, 2013














So I hope you all found this week's post satisfying and worth reading. And what do you all do when you are shopping for new Gothicly inclined clothing? Do you do it a different way? If so comment down below and tell me all about it!

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Hair Dyeing? Other Alternatives to Still Rock That Colored Hair

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Its me May, I am so sorry AGAIN for not updating this blog in like two or maybe three weeks. I really need to get on track yet again. Mostly the reason that I haven't been updating is because well I didn't have a topic to write about. Choosing topics are quite difficult and I actually have a few topics written on a piece of paper so they will be hopefully posted every week. I was actually going to ask all of you to maybe if you have ideas of what you all would like for me to post for this blog. As you can see I am running out of steam. And if you all have ideas DO NOT HESITATE to write them down in the comments section in this post. I really am trying to post as much as possible so all of you guys can be happy with the topics I post. I just haven't had the time to get on because I am too much of a procrastinator and I have been doing other things that take up my remaining time. So sorry for all of the usual inconveniences I always have going on in my life. Now to get on with this week's post.

Hair Dye

I know for one part being any type of alternative kid in any of the alternative subcultures. Hair Dye is a must have to show how alternative you are. It is also a signal on helping on locating other like minded people in our local areas. At least how I see it! It is also a very courageous thing that I admire whenever I see other people with all sorts of colour on their hair. Why do I admire them? Because I would never have the courage to dye my lovely brunette locks. And also another reason is that well you have to keep re-dyeing your hair like every 2/3 weeks depending on the person's hair and the hair dye that they use. And let's just say that I would never be able to have any sort of unnatural hair color for too long because I frequently change my makeup color every single day and will never keep up with my hair health as well. And for me it is just better and more convenient to have my natural hair color because it goes with all the colors I use. Please note I am speaking of only myself on these last few sentences. I know for sure that other people can rock their style so well with all kinds of different colorful makeup! Which to say the truth I am a little envious of! (But in a good way of course!)

But of course hair dye is not the only way to add fun, fresh, and colorful hair to your funky outfits. There are other alternatives to having colorful hair! Which I actually use some of them. Some of these alternatives include: hair extensions, wigs, hair chalk, and coloring hair spray. I really do not how the hair chalk and the coloring hair spray stuff works but I assume you just color your hair with the chalk in the desired area you want it to be coloured. And the hair color spray you just spray it in the desired area of where you want your hair color to be coloured.

I will admit that I always wear color extensions all the time! It is a nice way to spruce up any outfit you are wearing. I will put some pictures of myself wearing color extensions.

  Here is a picture of me wearing dark blue colored extensions. ^-^ Taken May 18, 2013

And here is another picture of me in a more Gothic Lolita look wearing some red colored extensions. ^-^
 Taken April 23, 2013













And what I love about hair extensions is that they look so cool in any outfit! So I highly recommend buying some and trying and to see what you all come up with! And just recently I have purchased two Lolita wigs because I really wanted to try those out! I am so stoked to try those! I can't wait till they come in the mail. And since I am always seeing in Tumblr all the time Lolitas wearing two toned split colored wigs. And I really wanted some as well! I bought the black/turquoise and the black/red wigs. I'm going to post the pictures of the wigs that I purchased and I will also add the links incase if any of you are interested in purchasing these wigs as well. If they appeal to your tastes!

This is the black/turquoise one that I purchased. The hair length of this wig is quite elongated. But I really like the way it is. And the color is just vibrant and lovely! 
Black/Turquoise Lolita Wig Link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-long-straight-split-cos-4-styles-multip-list-selections-free-wig-cap-C21/320947041985?_trksid=p2045573.m2042&_trkparms=aid%3D111000%26algo%3DREC.CURRENT%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D27%26meid%3D8820614511864111222%26pid%3D100033%26prg%3D1011%26rk%3D1%26sd%3D320947041985%26

You can also buy it in another color if you would like! They also have them in red, white, and blonde.







And this the other Lolita wig that I purchased! It is the red/black one. This one was a little more expensive because the shipping was not free. But the shipping was $5. And the price was a little more. Since this wig comes with the clip on pigtails. So of course it had to be worth a little more.
Black/Red Lolita wig Link:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/60cm-long-4-colors-Lolita-clip-ponytails-wavy-cos-wigs-C22-free-wig-cap-/280934058062?pt=US_CSA_MWA_Wigs_Extensions&var=&hash=item8711e5b47b

You can also purchase this wig in various colors which include: turquoise, white, and lilac/pale pink.



And the best part of these alternatives is that your hair does not get damaged at all! Since you are not dyeing and bleaching your hair! And you still get to strut around with colorful hair when you are out and about town! But of course this post was for those wondering what to do if they did not want to dye their precious hair. But for those that do dye it, keep on rocking it and flaunt it for us to see! So I'm hoping this post was worth it and I hope you were happy with it. So that is basically the shopping I did this week, wig shopping. These wigs are actually going to be my first ones! So you can imagine how stoked I am! Well this post has come to an end and I hope you all liked it!

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