wrongness

[egypturnash]

Last night I dragged prickvixen out to watch me get a burger. Which I just, um, regretted having. But anyway. We went to the Carl's Jr. in the mall nearby. Beforehand, of course, we wandered over to Hot Topic because, overpriced and cheesy though their stuff is, it's fun to mock when you're with someone. Especially when it's only a few stores down from where you're going. Vaguely tempted by a few things, including these long silver vinyl coats at half price (unfortunately not reflective silver, or perhaps fortunately, as she might have bought one - they didn't really quite work on me, but weren't bad on her), some gothy outfits, and a black-and-purple coat that looked good on me, but was pricey and just a little too pimp-flavored for my taste...

But what is worth noting is this: Despite cutting back on useful stuff like hair dye (much smaller selection, mostly of the ultra-pricey Fudge brand, and their house brand, which I suspect is just rebadged Special Effects), you can now buy... a Hot Topic house-brand hairdryer. Which is black, with rockabilly flames coming off the muzzle of it. Yyyyyyeeeeeeah. I didn't check the price, but I just know it costs extra.

Also, Brian Froud has entered that special circle of hell reserved for people whose signatures have become trademarked.

Also also, while there, an old lady thought I worked there and started to ask me "Do you have... oh, do you work here?" Yeah, the only real gothoids you see there are mostly the ones behind the counter. I'd say that's something to keep in mind for when I've got no other job prospects, but I probably don't have enough piercings to work there... the staff uniform is funny hair, androgyny, and facial piercings, and I only have two of those.

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[mercurypale.livejournal.com]

BRIAN FROUD THONGS

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

Y'know, that could be kinda sexy.

It's that special time with that special person... you peel off your clothes, and hidden there beneath things, covering your most intimate place... is... a Skeksis! ROWR.

But unfortunately the only BG merch being flogged out there is generic dreamy gauzy cute fairy stuff. Hmph. Nobody wants to identify with the Unseelie Court.

[mercurypale.livejournal.com]

(http://www.hottopic.com/store/product.asp?LS=0&AID=3751246&PID=952457&RN=160&ITEM=285652)

i think this is what i was thinking of. not voluntarily.

[mercurypale.livejournal.com]

i mean to say THIS. (http://www.hottopic.com/store/product.asp?LS=0&AID=3751246&PID=952457&RN=160&ITEM=285652)

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

Experience a new fairy in town! Brian Froud has a new boy brief!

*giggles helplessly*

[pyrobunny.livejournal.com]

hot topic hair dryers. oh my goth.

[pyrobunny.livejournal.com]

P.S. when do we get to see a pic of your hip new haircut? Or did you already post it and I just missed it...?

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

Not sure. I should, someday. Problem is, I have to put goop in my hair to get it to hang just right, and it tends to be kinda worn off by the time I get back home and can think of persuading Ashy to wield her camera for me... my hair was always a little wavy, but after I started bleaching it into submission (it's black to start with) it's annoyingly frizzy. Which doesn't work for a flappery bob at all.

I also need to let it grow out a little so I can even it up. *grin*

[pyrobunny.livejournal.com]

Aha, I see. :) I have a friend that has naturally darker hair that she bleaches to be bone-white. She bleaches it practically every week, for an hour. But somehow, her hair doesn't frizz...I dunno what she uses to tame that problem. Hmmm.

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

I slather a lot of conditioner on, and that keeps the frizz mostly at bay. But the waviness has become a little more pronnounced, so I have to use stuff to straighten it out, too.

Plus I was i na hurry and didn't shower yesterday, and haven't yet today (lazy), so my hair is hideous right now!

*sigh* I wish my hair would hurry up and go grey already! It'd eliminate so much hassle! (or not - the ones that have are also often really obnoxiously curly, so I'd have to go through hell or just adopt the dandelion look.)

[hydra-velsen.livejournal.com]

I dont let mine get very long. Over about....umm..three inches or so, and it turns into this everywhichway mop of a mess. I'm going to re-dye it back to weirdness as soon as possible. The new job's cool with it, oddly enough.

[ursulav.livejournal.com]

Ack! No! Not Froud!

*sigh*

I dunno, I'd wear Skeksis underwear...

[electricgecko.livejournal.com]

For having so many pierced employees, Hot Topic's piercing jewelery sux*.

(*I found this out yesterday, when I went looking for something temporary/cheap. I need to replace a barbell that unfortunately lost a ball yesterday morning, and I don't have the $38+shipping necessary to get a nice internally-threaded custom titanium piece like I wanted to ultimately end up with. Blah. I may just go back and get a ring instead, for the mean time. If nothing else, I can console myself with a nice UV GREEEEEEN bead.)

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

Hot Topic is the goth store of last resort. When you get one too many runs in your fishnet stocking, when that PVC party pops up and you haven't a damn thing to wear, when you have to have some crazy hair dye and all the beauty stores are closed, there's always Hot Topic... but that dress may fall apart after five nights of clubbing, don't even think of doing any serious dancing in those heels, and you'll pay way too much for everything.

[prickvixen.livejournal.com]

And the black and purple coat really stank. You'll be wearing a lot of that fabric dye on your neck the next day.

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

Yet another reason to have not spent $70 on it. Even if that random passing girl did blushingly murmur that I looked good in it.

[silverblue.livejournal.com]

We don't have Hot Topic in Australia. We pretty much make our own costumes most of the time. Occassionally I vaguely wish I had a reliable place for getting 'unnatural hair colour' from though!

[shatterstripes.livejournal.com]

You probably are lucky not to have it. *grin* Not having anywhere handy to get funny hair color is a pain, though... counting Hot Topic (which is a mall chain store) I have three places to get such things in walking distance.

[jenwolf.livejournal.com]

I was in Hot Topic yesterday, 'cause I needed hair dye, and I was mightily disappointed. I was looking for flame orange or poppy red, and all they had was dark reds, blues, and purples. Bleah.
I don't shop at Hot Topic for clothes. Sure, they have a couple neat t-shirts, but everything else was pseudo-renfaire dresses and raver kid stuff. Nothing I would wear. Now, if they still had classic punk style red plaid bondage pants, those I might consider buying.