gothcon

"i only love you when i'm down, and I'm only near you when I'm gone" - chris cornell

seems like i only write when I'm down, so i figured i'd write a bit when i was feeling naked and clueless (which is feeling good).

i just got back from gothcon in new orleans and had a smashing time. not literally, i did not smash anything to my knowledge. my cat is looking pissy at me, so I'd better keep this short so i can go back to petting her.

anyway, i was there with my goth babe husband, violet chartreuse and the ever-gracious luna of caveat emptor, a fine period costume shop in new Orleans on magazine street (if you do not visit her when you are in town you are only hurting yourself!).

as if that company was not enough to keep a girl in wild bliss for days on end, i met many fabulous people, fabulous artists and fabulous musicians (no one there was mediocre, i swear! oh, maybe there was, but i can't remember them anyway.)

i sat next to michelle of carpe mortem and bought a couple of cd's from some wonderful bands gossamer and stare... and had much fun listening to them in my room. i met several people from starvox and talked to them about some of MY favorite bands and people, the machine in the garden and numeralia.

i also met micah, who is the web spinstress of gothboyoftheweek.com, of which a few of my lovely boys are alumnus of. much time was spent flirting with the ubiquitous Frank of thirteen13, whom i later photographed promo and live concert photos of.

there was more live music than you could shake a stick at (if shaking sticks at music is what you do) and i shot not only thirteen13, but neurepublik, who are a really great electro-industrial band. so also watch for their photos and mp3's to show up on one or more of my stations (thirteen13 is already there).

many new photos will be added to my self portraits with famous people as i shot photos of myself with lisa from black tape for a blue girl, bella morte, vampire nation, fashion batty and voltaire ( i think that's it, i'll have to see!). as you can see, it was a great turn out of people (famous and not) who all made the con extremely interesting.

I'd also like to give special mention to satansworkshop.com who have finely crafted whips and where i bought my newest and possibly most treasured whip: the barbie whip which is made with strips of pink and purple leather and has a barbie head on the handle. There was one last flogger that I'd intended to buy there, but i simply ran out of cash!

anyway, that's all i can think of now. I'll return to being gloomy after a few days, I'm sure!