ext_310236 ([identity profile] retro-geek.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] retro_geek 2006-11-24 01:05 am (UTC)

my surname is Wyeth. My faveourite band is the dresden dolls, though I listen to them so much sometimes I get a bit sick of them and have to have a temprary obsession with another band for a bit. I rarely watch tv, mainly because I have the attention span of a gnat in need of ritilin. However, I do harbour a secret geeky thing for animal programs and wildlife documentaries. I love Spring watch with Bill Oddie, I really do! Alas, I wish my entire wardrobe was glam, but alas, some days I wake up 5 minutes before I have to get somewhere, and I have pmt, and I just feel too tired and lazy to have to walk in platform shoes, so I just pull on jeans and trainers instead. It has to be said though, i do usually end up changing later on in the day once I've woken up a bit. I have also been known to get fully glammed-up just to go down the corner shop, so it works both ways. I think a lot of the time its down to the way you wear clothes though, rather than the clothes themselves. Accessories and make-up can do a lot. Also, unlike other 'alternative' subcultures, like goth or punk, glam has a less definable aesthetic (especially for females). When you go to clubs like bohemia, there are people who's inspiration is bowie-esque 70's glam, trashier rachel stamp style 90's glam, manic street preacher fans in leopard print and tiaras, James st James wannabe club kid types, elegant vintage/flapper/burlesque girls, its such a mixture, its hard to define outfits are 'glam' and what arn't. I think anyone and anthing has the potential to be glam, just cover yourself in glitter and make a point of being bisexual :P . I have one younger sister, who, bless her, is a bit of a misfit. She's very much a 'grungy', and is going through a bit of a Nirvana phase at the moment. She reminds me a bit of me when I was that age (even though I was never into Nirvana), whcih worries me slightly in case she ends up with a bit of a self destructive streak like me. But she doesn't talk to me much, so theres not a lot I can do... There are probably lots of moments that changed my life that i can't remember off the top of my head, but one that stands out is discovering club bohemia. It sounds such a shallow, insignificant thing, but it was myfirst expeperience of clubbing, and it was the first time I felt like I fitted in. Its going to sound so sad, but, I remember, one of the first few times i went there, I was dancing and I looked around me and though, 'yes! I have finally found my niche!". Its so upsetting that there are no glam clubs here in sussex, I feel a bit like a fish oout of water when I go clubbing here. Perhaps Im too niche for my own good? Oh, and Pirates, for sure, even though I have a bit of a wierd phobia of the sea...

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