Subject: Greetings And Salutations
Hello...
just wanted to let you know that you're completely INSANE! I loved every
minute of your hilarious site! "Goth Geese" perhaps the greatest invention of
our shitty generation?! Maybe! Being kind of true to whatever "gothic" is, I
loved how all these "geese" think Manson is God. I sit back and laugh because
they mindlessly follow his mindless musik, and think he really feels for
them,and knows their "pain". The only thing that he knows is what sells. They
are all stupid for following such an asshole. But, I am just the quiet Skinny
Puppy fan who hangs around the cemetaries at nite. I claim only to be myself,
not "gothic". Perhaps you can start a page of people who are true to
themselves? I'll be the first on the page! (humor)...anyway, thanx for making
this page, you express EXACTLY the way I feel about our generations "child
molested, deprived,satanic" teens.
thanx again!
evilgrrl a.k.a. emilie the grrrlscout
Yours,
Hi Evilgrrl, of course I am insane or can you tell me how I could stand these ridiculous people if I was "normal"? I agree with you that the Generation X is dead. Long live "Generation Goose"! :-) Well, it's a nice idea to have a page with people who are true to themselves but a) I already have something similar (there are links to people at my "hostility and angst"-page) on my site and b) the Catty Goths have a page like this and I think one is enough. :-) By the way, there's a little difference between us - I love Skinny Puppy as well but I don't spend my spare time on cemeteries (have better things to do *smile*).
Straylight
Vagrance wrote on February 10, 1999:
[Vagrance is refering to my text about Morbid Gal. Straylight]
Subject: Inspiring words, no doubt.
"I'm pretty smart Although I dont really consider myself to be all that
brilliant. (in fact I consider myself to be a first rate idiot.)"
I don't consider you to be brilliant neither! In fact I consider yourself to
be a first rate idiot.
"I don't consider you to be brilliant neither!" -"neither" should be either
or else it acts as a double negative. In a roundabout way you are
complimenting her, thus your attack makes you look like the idiot with your
fallible use of the English language. ...
"In fact I consider yourself to be a first rate idiot." -"Yourself" should
be changed to you; "in fact" is an opening clause, therefore it should be
proceeded with a comma.
Numerous sentence structuring mistakes prevail as well, and your form of
retort is weak and sophomoric.
Considering the lack of intelligentsia that must wander across your page,
or your own lack of brilliance for that matter,
the unnoticed errors in the joshing of this girl's statement of idiocy leaves
you at the same end of the stick as she who entertains your time.
Yours,
Hahahahahahaha, Vagrance, your e-mail is funny! Well, since you have spent all your time on searching for spelling errors and grammatical mistakes you have missed the fact that I am German and do not speak English as a native language. Of course your German is much better than my English and therefore we can continue in my language: Es tut mir leid, Dir sagen zu müssen, daß Du ein armer Korinthenkacker bist und da Dir anscheinend nichts Besseres einfällt, als meine Fremdsprachenkenntnisse zu kritisieren, kann ich nur ebenso über Dich lachen wie Du über mich. Außerdem scheinst Du ja ganz gut verstanden zu haben, was ich mit meinem lyrischen Erguß zum Ausdruck bringen wollte.
Straylight
Drella wrote on February 9, 1999:
Subject: [none]
STRAYLIGHT YOU FUCKING ROCK! this page always makes me laugh...its is actually one of many reasons i haven't put my pic on the web. i feel that if you put your face on the web, then you deserve the consequences. there are a few people who hate this site, but that's just because they're on it! ha ha! anyway, keep it up. i've put a link on my page, as i have to share! no one ever comes to my page. must be the crappy HTML ;) but hopefully those few that visit come here as well. cheers, well done, and all that crap. o, and Wm.Gibson rock!!!
...Drella
Yours,
Hi Drella, thank you very much for your support and for linking to my page. Don't hesitate and upload a photo of yourself. :-)
Straylight
Phenobarbitol wrote on February 8, 1999:
Subject: Random Honkings
Well, it certainly has been an interesting week. I'm up to 3212 hits so far thanks to your page. After 20 guestbook signings (19 of which were highly uncomplimentary) and a handful of email that did little to brighten my day, I see my reign as Goose of the Week has ended. I can't say I'm happy or not happy to see it go, as thanks to the *cough* feedback from the general Goth populace, I've been motivated to make a few changes to my site, with others to follow. Granted you probably won't be incredibly happy with the changes either, but you know, my page has been and always will be mine and for my amusement. The addition of a disclaimer was merely to clear some things up. I will continue to display my award as well and keep you linked to my site as you have me linked to yours. I wish my past and future Goth Geese the best of luck dodging the vomit of their Goth visitors, as well as the intelligence to take it with a grain of salt. Thank you for my 15 minutes of fame/shame.
Sincerely,
phenobarbitol
Yours,
Hi Phenobarbitol. Thank you very much for this interesting and cool mail. By the way, I like you even more now. :-) I wish you the best for your future.
Straylight
LaRae Whitlock wrote on February 6, 1999:
Subject: [none]
Thank you very much. That was a great thing to see before going to sleep. Some of the names on those people are horrible. Lucrecia, now how origional is that. Do people become like this from watching Jenny Jones?
LaRae
Yours,
Hi Lae Rae, thank you very much for your support.
Straylight
XLeViAtHaN wrote on February 4th, 1999:
Subject: hi...
hi .. i just wanted to tell ya that your page did bring me a couple of laugths
but........ what kinda of a loser spends all their time making fun of people
?!? i mean seriously don't you have anything better to do ? And who are you to
say what a REAL goth is ? what the fuck ? It's people like you that should be
made fun of. People that categorize. I mean i dont like mansonites as much as
the next person, and sure its annoying when they say they are GOTH.. but who
are you to say they arent????? what the HELL is a REAL goth ?? i dont
understand ? someonne that wears black everyday, hates manson, and is only
allowed to listen to "goth" music ? I hate your mentality, its ridiculos... i
don't consider myself goth, but i do like some goth music. AND i HATE people
like YOU... that dont know what the hell they are talking about..
and please give me the pleasure of writing BACK.. it will make my life joyous
once again, since im OH SO GAWFIK and DEPRESSED... heh.....
Yours,
Hi XLeViAtHaN! No problem, I always reply to e-mails. Well, let me quote a line in Anne Clark's "Our Darkness":
"There's no room for ideals in this mechanical place."
Of course I have better and more important things to do in real life: I study chemistry at a technical university, I work at McDonald's (ROTFL) during my weekends, go out with friends and still I am goth as fuck. Neither I am depressed nor sick of life but I just like to make fun of people and I don't care if it's in internet or in real life. And if you want me to give you a definition of a "real goth" I have to admit: I can't! :-) But that's not the point! The point is to show some individuality amongst others. And this is pretty difficult in a goth society. My mentality is that almost nothing is worth to be taken seriously.
Straylight
Phenobarbitol wrote on February 2, 1999:
Subject: pheno's Acceptance Speech
*runs up to podium* *bounce* I'd like to thank Jerry Springer, for which without his support incestual relationships such as those which spawned the creators of this site would not have gone on long enough to produce children. I'd also like to thank BHW for his support, the 3 Z's for their love and laughter, and most of all I'd like to thank Straylight, as thanks to her [ "HER"??? Damn, I am male, you spooky thing! Don't tell me that I even have to explain you the thing with "the bees and the flowers". Straylight] my site has gotten 60 hits in the past two hours. I shall always remember my first web award, the Golden GothGoose. *bows* *waves* *blows kisses* *stuffs trophy into lunchbox and skips away*
-phenobarbitol
Yours,
Hi Phenobarbitol, you little hit whore. :-) I am very happy to see that you can take the whole thing with humour and laugh at yourself. At least you have found out that I have nothing against you as a human being. Your photos are - erm, uhm - interesting... Very nice from you to come here and write an e-mail. I hope that you will come back weekly from now on and have a look at your glorious successors.
Straylight
Jeff wrote on January 29, 1999:
Subject: Goth Goose Page
this page rules, i enjoy laughing at these clowns every week...vargoon or
morbid angel is the best yet! keep up the good work!
Jeff
Yours,
Hi Jeff, thank you very much for the support!
Straylight
XCrucifyxX wrote on January 29, 1999:
Subject: oh my
This was by far the scariest site I have ever been too. I'm literally afraid
to go to sleep now....how can these poor people even leave their houses like
this, let alone give the whole world permission to laugh at them by putting
their pics up on the web? I actually used to know DeadAngel (Josh). I used to
see him at the Rocky Horror Pic Show. Hahaha....I almost pissed myself when I
found his pic here. Even though this page was very disturbing, I'm gonna
remember the address just in case I start to feel bad about myself. One lil
look at these sad creatures and I think I'll be alrite.
*Mary*
Yours,
Hi Mary, thank you very much for your support. :-) Glad to hear that this site can make you feel better.
Straylight
Mr P D Jackson wrote on January 29, 1999:
Subject: LOL
Oh my god!! You are a cunt, I needed to go to bed and your pictures are
so so so funny I couldn't till I'd looked at them all. Fuck, when I saw
straylight I nearly crapped myself. You are a bit harsh on some of them,
but that just makes it funnier. I would give you my URL, but I'm far too
scared! I've dressed in black with thick white face makeup, but I only
claim to be black metal, does that excuse me? I don't think it does.
Seeing these wierd people, laughing my pants off, and generally being
amazed by it all has made me forget that I was dumped by a beautiful
goth girl (who looks nothing like any goth goose) and am down in the
dumps. Fuck, I've been given a whole new lease of life by your site and
will definately have to make a link to it on mine. Ha ha ha, I cured of
my depression. I'm not really a MM fan, but now I've seen what he
creates I love him.
I'm a cheesy metaller and I don't care. Long live heavy metal, and
long live goth goose.
Phill Jackson
Yours,
Hi Phil, thank you very much for this funny and interesting letter. Hope you'll become a weekly visitor now...
Straylight
Akane wrote on January 27, 1999:
Subject: morbid angel
Hoolord....seeing goth geese who have makeup jobs similar to mine two/three
years ago doesn't do much for the esteem, lemme tell yah that.
No more "experimentation" for me, I swear it! =P
I sorta take pity on this one...mainly because she reminds me way too much of
my beginnings with goth (although the spelling errors are quite silly).
Actually, I'm checking out her page...she claims she's going to redo it and
she's acknowledging her horrible spelling (that's not a good excuse, but at
least she gets the clue). And some of the other photos are kinda cute =)
Looks like your nomination proved beneficial!
Yours,
Hi Akane. Yes, I guess that she is not a that bad person but she tried a little to hard and this is what all the people wrote in her guestbook.
Straylight
Oakianus §pelloom wrote on January 27, 1999:
[Oakianus is refering to Morbid Angel. Straylight]
Subject: Why are we better than them?
Straylight,
I attempted to put a message on the board, and it was up on monday,
but since then, Inside The Web has taken a dump. I just wanted to say,
what you are doing is INDEED a public service to all who call themself
goth, but they are using it the wrong way! I think that the best use of
this site would be for us to see these "gothabees", and show them the
light! Sure, you gotta laugh at some of this, (Drackula? Please...) But
that doesn't mean we have to be completely and utterly destructive! To
use a phrase I used on the message board "We need to help educate them,
so that we become part of an intelligent 'Goth Community' rather than
just a few bitter elitists with sniper rifles trained on Manson Logos"
I believe that we simply make the goth movement at large look bad when
we do things like this. I know I can't speak for everyone, but the
first thing that really struck me about the goth movement was how it
accepted people regardless of background, sexuality, or anything else
rejected by "mainstream" culture. I am not trying to say that what YOU
are doing is wrong. You pick them out and hold them to a harsh light of
truth, to get them to see their errors. But the rest of us should take
these poor childern by the hand and try to teach them what it is they
are doing wrong. When we have done that, I believe we shall truly be
standing up for everything I thought that goths stood for.
Sincerely, Oakianus §pelloom
Yours,
Hi Oakianus, well written, really! I agree with you in most of your points but I believe that you know the feeling, too, how it feels when you are fighting windmills. You know my attitude towards guestbook entries, it can be read on my index page. A harsh comment is quite okay if it shows humour (and this means sarcasm) but I condemn stupid insults and senseless aggression as well. Thank you very much for making things clear to others.
Straylight
deka kiss wrote on January 26, 1999:
Subject: Your waste-of-space page
hello there Straylight
Okay, try not to take THIS personally, but I think your page is pathetic
and fucken stupid. All you fucked in the head 'goths, gothics, freaks,
tools' whatever are so stereotyped and superficial.
GET OVER IT DICK HEAD!! GET A LIFE!!
I mean, so these people you call Goth Goose like to think they're
different and original. Let them. There's no need for you and your
little band of midnight-hour, undead freaks to go around pointing out
every little thing wrong with them.
My guess is that you aren't perfect. What is a 'Gothic' anyway? Someone
who wears black, alot of make-up, chants and listens to death metal.
I'd like a 'reply' if you want to give me your opinion. I might sound
abusive, it's one of those days. I do find your page amusing at times.
You just go way WAY over the top. Who gives a fuck about how bad
someone's HTML is?? Oh shock fucken horror. I want your opinion on what
is 'goth', what makes these Geese try-hards??
prick your finger it is done...
the moon has now eclipsed the sun...
the angel has spread its wings...
the time has come for bitter things...
(Yeah it's my signature. But as you may have guessed from the above
letter, I don't give myself any stupid stereotyped label (ie: goths,
bevans, surfers, whatever) I just like the guy.)
Yours,
Hi deka kiss. Split personality, hm? I'll tell you a secret: I'm a fucking straight perfect dude. You say you don't give yourself any stupid stereotyped label? Well, then let me give you one: Poor shepherd. ROTFL! First of all almost no Goth Goose is original as they don't have any identity. Actually they should send money to me for I am their cure as I'll bring them back to real life. I am the Redeemer, seek salvation from me. And I can laugh at everything, even at you. And if you want me to teach you what is goth you are wrong here. I only show what is NOT goth.
Straylight
Draven wrote on January 25, 1999:
Subject: congrats
HAH.... this place only gets better and better....!!!
good work!
Draven
Yours,
Hello Draven, thanks for your support and coming back again! As you see your definition of what a Goth Goose looks like is still on my main page. :-)
Straylight
Downing wrote on January 24, 1999:
Subject: Rilgoth
I have a friend right next to me who informs me that this is his
HIGHSCHOOL BALL photo! It was a masquerade ball, and dammit, if
that is his MASK, I _HATE_ to see his real face!
*shudder*
Yours,
Hello Downing, LOL! Thank you very much for this very interesting kind of information! :-)
Straylight
deka kiss wrote on January 20, 1999:
Subject: your page
Hi there Straylight
I have to say your page is fucking hilarious!! Not being a so-called
'Goth' myself, I was never sure who were the phonies and who were
genuine. Now I know!! Tell all those losers who can't take a joke when
they see themselves on your page to go screw themselves!!
Congratulations!!
deka kiss
Yours,
Hello deka kiss, thank you very much for your support.
Straylight
Amanda Mitchell wrote on January 20, 1999:
Subject: [none]
Hey Straylight!
Just a quick note to tell you that GGotW consistently makes my day!
It is great to take a break from my busy days and get a giggle out of the
weeks latest Devil Bunny!
Your page is a classic!
Take care!
Amanda
Yours,
Hi Amanda, thank you very much for this eulogy. I'm glad to hear that you can relax when you come and visit my site. Come back often again. :-)
Straylight
Shaðow wrote on January 20, 1999:
Subject: Your Homepage
Greetings Straylight,
Just a quick note to commend you on your page. Although not gothic
myself, I still think those dip-shit Mansonites should realise just how
stupid they look. They're an embarrassment to the entire gothic
population. Especially the one who looks like a homie who fell over and
landed face-first in a cream pie and then wiped his grease-covered hands
across his face in a failed attempt to get it off. I think you are
doing a fantastic job... your page is very funny and well constructed.
I would write something longer and more flattering but it's 3:30am in
Brisbane now and I'm dead tired after being on this thing all night
doing up my page.
Keep up the good work.
Jessica ^"^
Yours,
Hi Jessica, thank you very much for your support! Very impressing that you stay up so long just to write me an e-mail. :-)
Straylight
Christine Huneke wrote on January 6, 1999:
Subject: oh muy gawd
do people like blacknails really exist ? oh say it isnt so!!!!! he is
just like this for a picture right? air guitar? oh my god is there no
hope for the human race????? i think i shall now go look at goth babes
or bois. but they invariably leave me wanting to look at
someone.....attractive....but i must do it to get blackmails er nails
pic out of my mind!!!!!!.
Yours,
Hi Christine. *big grin*
Straylight
Tara wrote on January 6, 1999:
Subject: Haha
I found this page the week Altara was nominated as "Goth Goose of the Week ".
I had to look at this page and laugh until I peed because unfortunately I have
the pleasure of talking to Miss Cryptie look-alike and honestly, she is
pathetic...always depressed or drunk off her ass while online.
The page is quite amusing and though I don't consider myself, "gothic"
though I do listen to some gothic music, I come to this page every week to
laugh at the pathetic people who are trying to be something they're not just
to be accepted.
Anyhow, keep up the good work and happy goosing...
-Tara
Yours,
Hi Tara, thank you very much for your support. I am very happy to hear that my site is such an entertainment for you.
Straylight
