dancerjodi | Spidey

We went to finally catch Spiderman 3 instead of Xmortis. We both wanted to dress up and wanted to go out, but we wanted to go to Manray. Not TT's. Not a diveyish bar where you go to see crunchy local bands. I mean, TTs is a good place to see Waltham play or to see some HC band play, but I've never been crazy about it as a goth venue (despite the coolness of the old Sunday event that used to be there). Being that we're non-drinkers, and not a lot of our friends were going to be there, and that there is a tiny dance floor well, there isn't too much that's appealing. I hate to say this, because it bums me out. The scene is doing the best it can, but its just not what I want, and I'm not going to go out of some sense of obligation. I kind of struggle with my feelings on this over and over again. I miss going out, but there's nowhere I want to go to.

So we saw Spiderman. I was expecting the worst so I actually did enjoy it. Bruce Campbell was excellent, and I agree with what others have said with them trying to cram too many stories into the movie. Kirsten Dunst's teeth just freak me out every time I see them - they kind of remind me of old Tom Cruise teeth ala Legend.

Exiting the theater, we saw a 17 year old dressed as a hooker. Now, I'm not trying to judge (because if you saw me in all my metal chick glory in the late 80's/very early 90's I looked like one too - just a different flavor). It must be fashionable now, because this is the 3rd 16-17 year old we've seen with super super super short skirt (or shorts), tiny tank top or tube top, and HUGE fuck me stripper shoes. The first few were in a Target store of all places, and had jackets over their outfits that were just long enough to make them look like they were naked under there. Where do suburban kids in the metrowest area even get these things? Bakers perhaps? That was the thing that always eluded me as a early teen wanting to be cool - the shoes. The selections for metal chick boots weren't all that plentiful at The Arsenal Mall (and my Star Market Grocery Bagging job budget was kind of prohibitive of it). My, how things have changed! :)

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Coincidetally, we ended up at Spiderman3 last night too, up in Burlington. I'd spent the afternoon window shopping/mall hiking with my ex-co-worker from MIT (to get all the new gossip, like my ex-boss is retiring early this summer/good for her, and who's having an affair with whom). Thor came up to meet us after work, we went to Spidey and then to Macaroni Grill -- we have three cosmos and two delicious, very filling/couldn't finish 'em pasta dishes for $50, can't beat that, we heartily recommend the place. Plus you get a big white paper tablecloth and colored crayons: we spent waiting for dinner time designing the two trees supports for our central fireplace in The New Place(tm).

At the mall, ALL the teenagers are dressed like Pamela Anderson/Britney/Paris. The female ones. The guys all look like their pants have fallen to their ankles. (If the baggy clothing truly is, as rumor has it, to hide things you've stolen and/or guns/knives, then I'm heartened by the baggy pants thang, because no way could anyone actualy RUN from the cops in those things without tripping and falling flat on their face.) I can only pray that they grow out of it like my generaton grew out of bellbottoms and tie dye. Unfortunately, my generation is also the one that's currently raping the country with White Collar Crime. Peace out, man! :-

That curent teen fashion stuff sort of freaks me out too actually.

What gets me is.. what inspires a mom to allow her teenaged daughter to go OUT looking like that?

I mean, yeah.. there were plenty of times over the years I went out looking nasty. One David Bowie concert back in the 80's comes to mind (true-blue-80's flouncy purple mini-dress with white tights and crazy shoes). Still tho, my mom would have locked me in a closet if I tried to go out looking like a hooker.

Bakers shoes.. heh.. that place used to be cool.

When I was a teen, I used to throw an alternate set of clothes into a bag (or worn under my other clothes) and change in the car. I kind of like to think that's how these girls are doing it - because the thought that their parents actually allow them out of the house like that boggles my mind. I saw a girl that couldn't have been more than 12 with a school group at Cambridgeside a few days ago, she was wearing those tiny shorts (don't bend over) and a t-shirt tied up in a knot right below where her boobs would be. I didn't know whether to laugh or cry, because she looked absolutely ridiculous bit it was really, really sad.

With a school group?? Sheesh! You'd think that at least a school would step up for absent parents. If our shorts weren't long enough, we got sent home from school. If the t-shirt had a curse word on it, it was covered up by masking tape, or they made you turn your shirt inside out. And yes, I went to a public school, though I'll admit it was in the midwest, which is an entirely different culture.

They ought to make those girls put on a loaner sweat suit when they dress that skanky. That'd teach 'em. :)

They ought to make those girls put on a loaner sweat suit when they dress that skanky.

Ewwww. For some reason that reminds me... The Dean of Discipline (a.k.a. Dean of Doom) in my private high school had his own theories on how to prevent kids from chewing gum, in a two-phased approach:

Phase 1: Send offenders around with paint scrapers to scrape the gum off the undersides of desks, sidewalks, etc. Put the scraped-off gum in a jar.

Phase 2: Those caught chewing gum would have to trade the gum in their mouths with one from the jar.

Needless to say, this never got implemented...

I miss going out, but there's nowhere I want to go to.

You said it perfectly. None of the goth nights I've checked out (An Tua Nua, Ramrod, Ex Mortis at TT's) really do it for me. That's why I've stuck to going to Toast on Saturdays (plus it's nearby and on a more convenient night), for some reason I'm able to recapture a little of that ManRay feeling. I have no idea why it feels a little like ManRay to me but I'll take it. Damn, I really miss that place. I've met people who moved to this city in the last year or two who've never heard of Manray and when they ask about the goth scene I have to start out with "Well, first of all, you have to know a little history..."

Well, if you don't mind driving a little ways, my friend Brian puts on a really decent goth night at a club in Manchester, NH. It's only about 40 mins, and they have a fully stocked bar with both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, and snacks. Check it out: http://resurrection.mortis.org, or
http://www.resurrectionclub.net
He holds it on the first and third Thursdays of the month, and has had some pretty decent DJs spin at the event. Just thought I'd let you know that there ARE other goth-y options out there. :)

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