So last week we made some spiced rum. A good Captain Morgan’s replacement, it was pretty par for the course, and something that is universally acceptable. But in all honesty, whilst I pirate the bejeesus out of software, I’m not much of the sea going type, and my penchant for liquor tends to be for a more neutral spirit if a good quality tequila is not on hand.

Maybe it’s my European heritage, but I find I’m kind of a vodka man if I’m drinking something plain. But I also like to have things go a bit fru-fru from time to time… (more…)

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Life is peachy as someone who is “fashio-chromatically challenged*” pretty much year round. Black goes with everything. You stand out in a crowd. People remember you. You look sexy. Old people avoid you like you’re carrying the plague, which, knowing your penchant for sexual proclivities may actually be a more realistic fear than you’re actually giving it credit for.

A sun so vicious, it simply comes straight from the land of lost souls... Adelaide

Well, it’s not all good. Summer, particularly an Australian Summer, particularly a Melbourne Summer is actually pretty bad. But what can you do? Exposing sensitive pale skin to the sunlight it’s likely to burn, or worse, tan!

But if you’re wearing layers of clothing, in a colour that actively absorbs energy from light and converts it to heat, in materials that normally are synthetic and trap both heat and moisture like the 7th circle of hell, you are quite likely to suffer from a temperament that is an order of magnitude worse than usual gothicly inclined sarcasm.

Or possibly heatstroke.

Is that the dude from Darkness Visible?

Depends how hungover you actually are at the time.

As great as you might look in clothes from Marquis & De Sade or PurPur, your dry cleaning & ambulance bills will skyrocket. Well, as the summer months creep up, I’m going to attempt to share a few tips on how actually enjoy Summer without having to sacrifice style. Yes, you don’t have to suffer (even though life is suffering! *back of palm to forehead*) through the heat, or the ignominy of having your face melt off during the middle of the day.

In the meantime, enjoy some photos of other goths suffering terrible fashion choices in weather just as appalling: Goths in Hot Weather

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