Coffee. And boots

[cupcake_goth]

I tend to be more of a tea drinker. I like tea, plus tea pots! Pretty tea cups! Mad tea parties! So, y'know, there's this whole bonus whimsical thing tea has going for it. But lately, I have been craving coffee. Don't get me wrong, I still have my pot of tea in the mornings, but I've also been having a double-tall americano in addition to that. My guess is I've been craving coffee because of, oh, my insomnia being worse and the ongoing sense of (mostly good) overwhelmed-ness I've been dealing with. But whatever the reason, I've been drinking more coffee.

(Dear Self, remember to call and set up the consultation for the sleep study your doc wants you to go on. With love and mild exasperation, Your Memory.)

Boots! It is all the fault of maiaarts that I am coveting a pair of Dr. Martins for the first time in a couple of decades. But, really, how could I resist the notion of 14-eye docs with leg and foot bones on them? (clicky-link!) Seriously, look at them! They would be absolutely charming with pink ribbons for laces, worn with fluffy skirts and little fitted jackets. I really REALLY want them. Like, put them on my wish list, am poking at my budget want them.

Speaking of boots, if any of you are contemplating purchasing the JUMP Sparky boots (clicky-link!), be aware that the calves are snug. They fit me, and have stretched out a bit to now zip up easily, but they are tighter through the calves than the JUMP Bjork boots.

(Also, check Ebay for them. That's where I got mine, for considerably less than Amazon is charging.)

Skelly-foot boots ... skelly-foot boots ...

Coming soon to this LJ! A review of mirandaluna's book In The Blood. But the short version of the review is: it made me overwhelmingly nostalgic for the 90s-era Goth scene. Especially for the 90s-era Goth scene that didn't quite exist, but that we all assumed must exist in other cities that were cooler than the ones we lived in.

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[poh.livejournal.com]

90s-era Goth scene that didn't quite exist, but that we all assumed must exist in other cities that were cooler than the ones we lived in.

My god, how many conversations did I have like that in the 90s? Holy crap.

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

I know, baby. I know. That The Scene must be cooler/more "real" in anyplace but here? A very common thread of conversation for most of us subculture types.

[poh.livejournal.com]

There was also the counter-conversation: "______'s scene sucks, it's just nothing but drama."

[icprncs.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the info on the Sparkys. I reallyreally want them, but the Bjorks are pretty snug on me and I assumed my Dancer's Calves Of DOOM wouldn't work with the Sparkys. Now, I can be sad about it, but at least I won't have any false hopes.

[bork.livejournal.com]

I'm with you on calves of doom. I have those from walkign everywhere.

[sparrowpunk.livejournal.com]

The boots with bones on glow in the dark quite noticeably. They go very well with Skelanimal backpacks :)

[morseren.livejournal.com]

Love your book recommendations. Sometimes I have read or hard about them, but "In the Blood" is one I have never heard of...ordered it right away. Thanks for recommending such great vampire books.

Maybe that could be a Gothic Charm School column, *good* vampire fiction;)

Rebecca W.

[lylassandra.livejournal.com]

Seconded!

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

Especially for the 90s-era Goth scene that didn't quite exist, but that we all assumed must exist in other cities that were cooler than the ones we lived in.

I think I miss this scene most of all.

[xtremeteatime.livejournal.com]

I miss it and I never even got to see it! I'm nostalgic for a scene that was awesome when I was 6-11.

[leenerella]

Heh... after seeing this, I promptly went out and found some of the "Safari" style in black and on sale on Amazon. I guess I needed a little retail therapy...

[cupcake-goth.livejournal.com]

Yay retail therapy!

Oh hey, did you get email from me on Sunday? I want to make sure mysterious internet gremlins didn't eat it ...

[leenerella]

Ah, yes - sorry, I've been a little absent for various reasons the last few days. I got it, and I'll actually respond in a couple minutes when I can string a couple thoughts together.

[kambriel.livejournal.com]

"That" scene was the impetus in some ways for me wanting to make the first Atrocities catalogue! I hoped it would reach fly away on bat's wings and find those familiar souls lurking in the shadows that must exist ~elsewhere~. Ah, goth. :)

[acid-poptart.livejournal.com]

Well Damion saw the boots, he said I have to have them. And I do.

Damn you woman!

Those are just awesome. I just got jeans with full on skeleton legs.... in green! I've now died happily.

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

As someone who lives in 20-eyelet Docs much of the time, yes, you need the skelly-foot boots. Dare I say even for practical reasons?