Lately, it's been brought to my attention that people think I'm a goth. This bothers me for a reason I can't quite understand. It's not that I don't like goths. In truth, I find many of them very... intreguing (which I shall learn to spell some day). Maybe the reason is I do not like people typecasting me. Call me slightly narcisistic, but I like to think that I cannot be pigeonholed so easily.

Here's the deal. I'm not goth. Yes, I wear a lot of black. So what? Any goth will tell you that wearing black is not what it's all about. I just like wearing black. It looks good, it makes me feel good. Besides, all the decent tshirt designs seem to come on black. It's not my fault, it just happens.

It seems to me that being goth is a state of mind. All the ones I have met spend a good deal of the time in a semi- to full on depressed state. I don't. Truth be told (and keep this to yourself) I'm a closet optimist. Yeah, that's right, I'm an idealist. Maybe I don't run around with a big grin all the time or wear little happy face buttons, but I am a generally happy person. I see the best in people. I give them the benefit of the doubt. I like trusting. Yeah, maybe it makes me an easy target or a minority, but that's too bad. It's what I am. And not only am I horribly non-depressed, I am also prone to laughing so hard that I can't speak, attacks of hyperactive weirdness and even *gasp* perkiness. Hell, I like glitter. And tie dye. Yeah, that's right. And I have an unhealthy obsession with multi-coloured toe socks. Pretty scary, isn't it? But that's not really the point. Goth is a state of mind and I do not currently reside in it.

And that's pretty much my reasoning here. Not a whole lot, but ah well. Now I'm going to go on with my all black-wearing, multiple silver ear-piercing, almost worked at Hot Topic, non-goth self.