Subject: uh oh
heh. um....oh ya. two things: this week's goose was pretty good. or
actually pretty bad, which is why it was pretty good. you know what i
know.
and second....in a desperate and pathetic attempt to salvage my pride
and make a shameless stab at personal ego gratification i'm gonna
pretend the reason you put 'hot candidate' in your messege is
because...um...someone over there for some odd reason thinks i'm a
cutie. ya. that's it....that's my story and i'm sticking to it!
jaerin
Yours,
Hi Jaerin. Yes, I agree that Gregg is extraordinary somehow. :-) And about your self-nomination: Let's wait and see (and come back often). Hehehehehehehehe...
Straylight
Christine Huneke wrote on September 27, 1998:
Subject: laughed my a** off
i dont know what i would do w/out a dose of your humor. when i am
feeling blue, its the perfect pickme up. i feel so sorry for the geese.
and dont ever leave out the dukenukem comments.
i treasure those the most. i am curious as to your site....i am sure
that is as funny. why dont you want to say what/where it is instead of
sayng guess?
Yours,
Hi Christine. Actually my normal homepage is rather lame. :-) And (speaking very honestly) I haven't updated it for months. The only thing I change/update every week is my CD list. Since I am very busy at university (I study chemistry at the RWTH Aachen) I do not have much time to spend a lot of work on my other pages. And believe me: Running the Goth Goose site wastes a lot of valuable time but I keep it going because some people really need a good laugh. :-) Well, if you want to have a look at my homepage why not use a searchengine or scan the web for some of these Goth Goose rip-off sites where people have set up a link to my personal pages.
Straylight
Peter John Duncan wrote on September 18, 1998:
Subject: town pump goth boy
I had a funny experience with this guy named Todd at the gas station the
other day. I don't really know the guy, other than seeing him at some
shows. When he sees my room mate, who's stage name is Daemon, he makes
a point of saying "Hi Jodi!" which is her given name. She's never
hidden that fact from anyone, and she's always responded to the name
Jodi. So I went in to buy a pack of cigarettes and just happened to be
wearing an old Cure shirt. Todd was really nice until he saw my shirt
and then said, "where did you scam that shirt?" And got all snarlly and
bitchy with me. IT WAS JUST A SHIRT! I didn't realize I had to walk
around in black clothes wearing white make up and black eye liner with
big black Robert Smith hair to like the band. I hate these attitudes I
get from people because I like some music that goth geese think belongs
to them and only them. I explained to him that I got the shirt at one of
their shows back in 1992 and he jumped in and blurted out that he was at
that show too. I just said that I could tell he was a cure fanatic by
his big hair and I left. So I don't have pictures of him to nominate
him for anything, he just pissed me off and I wanted someone to vent to.
Thanks
P.J.
Yours,
Hi Paul. Welcome to the club! As it seems you have met just another "I'm Mister Übergoth!". I can understand you very well because it is true that many goths are egocentric assholes but believe me: There are also many gothic people who do not try to be Andrew E. or Robert S. and have a quite fine attitude toward the goth society. I think you know that feeling very well: Your favourite underground band becomes popular and all the normal people listen to them as well. And you, as a an old fellow of the band, feel refused or rejected. Well, I wouldn't really care because The Cure have lost their underground/independent image for a long time at that date (1992) and gothic is not what you portray on the outside but how you feel inside.
Straylight
atara blackrose wrote on September 15, 1998:
Subject: a point of courtesy
Dear straylight,
I bumped into your site some time ago ... laughed my ass off, and i
have sense put a link to goth goose of the week on my page. I thought
that it would be polite to let you know in case you wish me to remove it.
Although i am afraid of your scathing wit (hehhehe) here is my URL
so that you can see where your link is.
Yes I suppose i'm goth (hand,staple,forehead) but i'm fun and fun is
what my page is about. I have no pics as yet so you may not mock my
appearance .... yet :)
Keep up the good work,
N00dleGrl
Love,
Hello N00dleGrl. Thanks a lot for your support by linking my site to yours. Of course I do not want you to remove the link because that is what the WWW is made for. But upload some pics please so that I can start making fun of you (*just kidding*)
Straylight
EARL BLANCHARD wrote on September 14, 1998:
Subject: fuckoff and rot!
Yours,
Wow.... Quite inteligent! I guess it took you some time to do something difficult like this e-mail. Unfortunately I cannot do you this favour.
Straylight
Dallion wrote on September 9, 1998:
Subject: Goth Goose of the Year
I was wondering if you have ever thought about nominations for Goth Goose of
the Year. I discovered Cryptie's site on your page and couldn't stop laughing
for hours. I told dozens of people about him, and I bet he's thinking, "Wow!
Look at all the hits I'm getting!!"
I think Cryptie would be the perfect nominee for this award. Keep up the good work!!
Dallion
Love,
Hello Dallion, you are not the first person who has had this idea. There is a thread about a Goth Goose of the Year in my message board which you would maybe like to read. I can already tell you that there will be a GGotY in the end of 1998 and the best thing is: You can vote! In December I am going to make a special page where all of you will have the opportunity to elect your favourite Goth Goose King and Queen of the Year. And by the way, thank you very much for your support.
Straylight
Bleed4you wrote on September 8, 1998:
Subject: gooses
i have not laughed so hard since i found crypties home page. you are too much!!!!
keep up the excellent work! aaaaaaaahahahahahahah
Yours,
Hi Bleed4You, thanks for your support. I am always glad to hear that people can't stop laughing when they see a Goth Goose.
Straylight
RevEvilGod wrote on August 26, 1998:
Subject: [none]
I like your page.
I might be goth but you never know, I think I am a goth rivit head. I dont
feel like being the center of your pagfe one day . so I will just say that you
have made my side split and I think you should use frames it would mnake your
site easy to navagate . if yuou want the code to do it I will be happy to make
you one
Yours,
Hi RevEvilGod. Well, I have already thought if I should change the whole layout of the Goth Goose site and use frames maybe but since I am heavily learning for my physics diploma in the university where I study chemistry (Uh yeah, you see that running the Goth Goose site is not my fulltime job and that I have a *real life*) I have postponed the big html changes to a later date. If you like to do a new code I would be glad to receive your alternative version.
Straylight
Jami Gillish wrote on August 24, 1998:
Subject: [none]
I just happened upon your site and found it quite an amusement. I can not believe that these people expect to be
taken seriously by ANYONE. I did need a good laugh. Thanks...
I also find it very curious, and a bit ironic, that many so-called "REAL" goths differ very little from the
laughable goth geese. The very premise(s) that we make fun of are also the same that many/most live by. 'I MUST
wear a goth uniform: black eyeliner, dyed black big hair, white makeup; I MUST listen to (or SAY I listen to the
music I read on the web: SS, SOM, JD, etc) Some pull it off but so many end up looking like charicatures of
themselves. Buffoons. Or goth gooses (geese?!), if you will.
All swear to be SO goth. (As in those dorky captions "I AM SOOO GOTH!") Come on, people, if you have to
constantly
announce that you are goth... you are NOT!!! I mean whothehell are they trying to convince? I
suppose if you say it enough it becomes believable. Just click your sequined boots together and repeat, "There's NO
place like Goth, there's NO place like Goth...."
ANYway, let me stop the rambling before I end up on your page (horrors!) Too bad I haven't a homepage or photo to
present. I look like Marilyn's mom! =) No, no, NO not really. Even my own middle-of-the-road, corn-fed midwest
mother has more sense and style than MM...
Good luck with GGOTW. Please keep it up and thanks for the laughs,
Nightmaire
Yours,
Hi Nightmaire. Thanks for your interesting and funny e-mail. Of course we are of the same opinion when we think that neither a black eyeliner nor The Sisters Of Mercy makes you goth but a strong character. And I refuse to believe that you listen to bands you know ***because of having read about them on the web***. I can just speak for myself but nevertheless I guess every sensible person gets his favourite taste of music by listening to the bands' cds at the local record shop. Maybe I am just too old to say "I have heard of The Sisters on the web first!".
Straylight
Theda wrote on August 23, 1998:
Subject: [none]
thanks for putting that please-don't-spam thing on your front page.
it may not work, but your more devoted fans can get pretty obnoxious.
hey, when do i get to be goth goose? tee-hee. i'm such a traffic whore.
theda
Love,
Hello Theda. Hehehehe... Being the Gothic Porn Slut of the Week does not seem to be enough for you, hm? :-) Fans getting obnoxious? This site is just a joke and everybody should keep this in mind.
Straylight
Agatha wrote on August 20, 1998:
Subject: Gothgoose
LMFAO! I have heard great and many things about your page. You are quite
notorious, you know. So I finally checked it out, thinking "this page must be
really awful since it is cousing certain "sociaties" to form groups against
it". But, you know what? I LOVE it! I found it incredibly funny. And serves
these Goth Geese right. They are a thorn in the flesh of the "goth" culture. I
think you are doing the world a favor. Keep up the great job!
SINcerely Agatha
Yours,
Hello Agatha, thank you very much for your support. I can tell you that I give my best to satisfy everybody out there.
Straylight
Penny Dreadful wrote on August 12, 1998:
Subject: WE MISSED YOU!!!!!!
Hello! Glad you are back...
I'm not surprised at how many visitors you have gotten... ;)
Would you do us all a favor, though.... KEEP YOUR PAGE UP THIS TIME!!!!
heh heh... I know, isnt your fault.... Well, just wanted to say that...
Im off to hunt some geese....
Penny Dreadful
Yours,
Hello Penny Dreadful, thanks for another mail. I am back again and I will stay this time. :-) Please send me a mail if you find new geese, hehe!
Straylight
Azhrarn wrote on August 11, 1998:
Subject: [none]
Goodness! Robert is a lot less goosey than a load of the
Olde Schoolers I have known. Sure, his approach to makeup
is different, and I'm not sure that it fits *my* aesthetic,
but it certainly is original, and well-done for all that it
doesn't suit my taste. It is readily apparent that Robert
has a great deal of individuality, a lot of talent and the
personal strength to manifest his individuality in a very
dramatic appearance. I don't think that we should be discouraging
this. Perhaps, when we don't offer up a suitable goose on a
given week, that you should allow the last week's goose rule
for an additional period of time... What do you think?
Azhrarn
Yours,
Hello Azhrarn, thanks for your critical e-mail. Your comment is quite similar to Kai's and Dr. Pain's who have written german letters to me which I have answered in detail. I agree that Robert is not really that bad and does not really fit all Goth Goose categories (actually he fits very few). He became the Goth Goose award just because of his make-up which is "original" but on the other hand quite ridiculous in my opinion. So it's true that I totally agree with your argumennts. By the way, I like your idea of an extended Goth Goose for a second week very much. Although I can promise you that the next week's winner will be a true Goth Goose I will consider it.
Straylight
Dr. Pain wrote on August 10, 1998:
Subject: Dieswoechige Gothgoose
Hi Straylight,
also diese Woche gibt's auch von mir nen kritischen Kommentar,
und zwar auf deutsch, weil's einfach mystischer fuer die
(englischsprachige)Netzgemeinde ist.
Robert hat es wirklich nicht verdient einen Goth Goose Award zu
Er hat bis zu diesem Moment keinen typischen Goosefehler gemacht,
Er hat einen wirklichen job und ist ein ziemlich netter und cleverer
Ich hoffe das nicht öefter tuhen zu müssen, aber von daher
Dr. Pain aka Uwe
Dr. Pain wrote a critial comment about this week's Goth Goose. I replied in German because I am German, too. If anyone is interested in the text I will translate the e-mail and my comment into English. Just send me a mail...
Dein,
Subject: This weeks goose
Als Fan der Goose-Site bin ich diese Woche ein wenig entäuschst.
Bye,
Kai Mattern wrote a critial comment about this week's Goth Goose. I replied in German because I am German, too. If anyone is interested in the text I will translate e-mail and my comment into English. Just send me a mail...
Dein,
Subject: [none]
Glad I could point out that this week's goose is a fake site.
Anyway ... I contacted the girl who's picture that really is.
Cobweb T. RazorJAK
Yours,
Subject: the new goose
Well, I've been a fan of your page for quite a while now, but haven't
Angela
Yours,
Subject: you're back!
ThankyouThankyouThankyouThankyouThankyouThankyou
now let's see who is this week's lucky winner...
Oh dear. Hi Dan.
MakeitstopMakeitstopMakeitstopMakeitstopMakeitstop
Yours,
Subject: [none]
Hey Stray...just thought I would stop in again...the parody of
Love,
Subject: allo
I just wanted to write a note saying i'm glad you got back up..I enjoyed
~liz
Yours,
bekommen. Gut das rote Make Up sieht nicht so toll aus abver das
blaue, mit dem er uebrigens damals den Preis gewonnen hatte, ist
echt ganz nett und ich sag das jetzt nicht weil ich vor etwa 5 Jahren
etwas aehnliches auf meinem Gesicht hatte
oder gar MM Textzeilen auf seine Page gestellt
regular in aus.culture.gothic von daher werde ich diese Nominierung
nicht unterstützen, sondern sie viel mehr aufs schärfste kritiesieren.
förmlicher PROTEST.
Hallihallo Uwe. Auch Dir danke ich für Deinen ehrlichen und kritischen Kommentar! Ich gebe zu, daß Robert keine typische Goth Goose ist, doch habe ich meine Gründe dafür schon auf der Hauptseite als auch in dem Kommentar zu Kais E-Mail dargestellt. Da es jedoch ein Akt von Feigheit wäre, die Seite herunterzunehmen/zu löschen, wird sie vorerst weiterlaufen. Ich räume meinen Fehler teilweise ein, aber da ich das Makeup etwas lächerlich fand, habe ich ihn halt genommen. Wie gesagt, die Seite bleibt online, alles andere wäre ein Rückschritt. Man muß zu dem stehen, was man macht (auch wenn man manchmal einen Rücktritt in Erwägung ziehen sollte) und darum bleibe ich bei meiner Meinung. Ich kann Dir jedoch versichern, daß es nächste Woche wieder eine "richtige" Goth Goose geben wird, die allen Ansprüchen/Kriterien mehr als ausreichend zur Genüge tut. :-)
Straylight
Kai Mattern wrote on August 10, 1998:
"Robert" scheint mir keineswegs ein würdiger Vertreter der Geese zu sein.
Kein archetypsicher Verbalauswurf, der auf Celebralerweichung schließen
läßt, keine wirklich lächerliche Homepage.
Wenn ausgefallenes Makeup (tatsächlich finde ich sein Makeup nicht mal
schlecht) schon reicht, sollte ich meinen Scherz aus de.alt.gothic doch
noch in die Tat umsetzen und mich selbst nominieren.
Kurzum "Lower all your high standards" sollte doch eher auf die Geese
bezogen sein, nicht auf die Selektion der Kandidaten.
Bleibt mir nur, auf nächste Woche zu hoffen.
Kai Mattern
Hi Kai, ich habe mich über Deine kritische E-Mail gefreut (endlich was was anderes, LOL) und gebe Dir in allen Punkten größtenteils recht. Robert ist in der Tat keine richtige Goth Goose, da das einzige, was mir negativ aufgefallen ist, sein irgendwie seltsames Makeup ist. Du liegst schon richtig mit Deinen Goth Goose Kriterien, die Du in Deinem Brief aufgelistet hast, aber bei diesem Makeup konnte ich einfach nicht widerstehen. ;-) Als ich gestern meine Auswahl unter den circa 80 Nominierungen getroffen habe, fiel mir die Wahl nicht leicht. Ich habe in der Tat lange überlegt, ob ich ihn diese Auszeichnung geben soll, da ihm die typischen Merkmale fehlen. Aber dieses Makeup!!! :-) Ich halte ihn schon für einen halbwegs vernünftigen Gruftie, aber bei seiner Schminke bekam ich doch einen leichten Schock. Nächste Woche gibt es dafür wieder eine "richtige" Goth Goose.
Straylight
Cobweb T. RazorJAK wrote on August 3, 1998:
I don't know if it was some poor idiot's attempt to get you
slammed, knowing that someone would find it and submit it to
you, ( which worked, seeing as Weasel saw fit to call you a
pedophile in so many words ) ORRRR if it was just some
pathetic slug wanting to pretend he's a young girl.
She's mortified. Can you take the picture done since it isn't
her? Thanks bro ...
Hello Cobweb. Thanks a lot for your help. I am in contact with Amanda, too, and I hope I can fix that shameful situation soon. Well, I don't care for Weasel very much as he dislikes me (no problem for me, though) but I am certainly not pedophile. I have informed TheGlobe and I hope that they will do something about this fake site. I don't think this page was made to get me slammed as I have done nothing illegal and I was intelligent enough to get my page changed as soon as I found out that this "Bianca" homepage is a deceit.
Straylight
angela tralala wrote on August 2, 1998:
felt any great compelling need to write until this new one...
What the fuck is her problem??? Mutilating and molesting animals? How
fucking goth is that? I think this chick needs to be in some kind of
therapy for that....(just a personal opinion...) And if you look at the
pictures on her page of 'her friends' and then look at a couple of the
1997 past Goth babes of the Week, they look quite familiar, although
their names and ages have miraculously changed. You've really picked a
winner (or loser, however the case may be) this time...Oh yeah, and the
guy a couple of weeks ago, Vargoon...LMAO@that damn animated gif. Was
that supposed to show just how morbid he is?? At least he got part of
his name right...VarGOON. What a gimp. Keep up the good work.
Hi Angela, thanks for the e-mail. Well, I am not sure if Bianca's page is fake or not because I don't want to believe that someone can be so stupid but I can tell you one thing: If her page is meant seriously she'll get what she deserves!
Straylight
Dactyl wrote on July 31, 1998:
Hi Dactyl, thank you very much for your support.
Straylight
Mau Bast wrote on July 31, 1998:
your page is really funny, it just goes to show that some people
really do take themselves (and what others think of them) a *tad*
too seriously. I understand tho. Some people get it and some
people don't. I guess it really hurts these peoples feelings.
:0( O well...everyone has their own philosophy I guess. Come see
my new and improved page when you get the chance, k? Love ya!
~Mau
Hi Mau Bast, thanks for your support. I agree that the parody of my page is quite funny but the guy who did it should at least have enough intelligence and talent to make it look different from mine. He just copied all files and changed the text a little. Pretty lame... But I can laugh at it, LOL! Have you noticed that there is a link from my site here to your homepage? *smile*
Straylight
Lizabeth wrote on July 27, 1998:
seeing a new one every week..your criticisms on the homepages are funny as
hell sometime and if i find any page that really does deserve a nod i'll
submit it..good days
Hi Elizabeth, thank you very much for your help and support. I would gladly receive a nomination from you.
Straylight
