This cheesy little www interface for Moses's Gothdecoder'98 was written by Moses <[email protected]>. Queer, but true.
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(Warning: Not done yet (Mar 31, 5:00AM), but gonna plow ahead anyways.)
Physical Appearance: (how to identify me in a police lineup)
I am 22 years old.
I am 180 centimeters tall. (2.54cm = 1", 30.48cm = 1')
I am visibly chubby.
In a crowd, you can see that I am Southern Asian.
Changeable physical characteristics (my body as a canvas)
My hair is down to the center of my back.
It is currently coloured dark brown.
I keep my hair in pony/pigtails.
I plainly display on my face a moustache, and a beard or sideburns.
I was once quoted saying about my makeup, "I don't wear makeup."
I have scars, and scarred or pierced myself out of boredom or ennui.
If you asked me about tattoos, I would say "I have no tattoos at all."
Attitude:
I'm new to the goth scene.
My workmates suspect I'm just a little bit "eccentric"..
People think that the way I differ from everyone else is the way I look (there's something about the way I appear that seems, well, strange to people), the way I act (some of the things that I do seem to freak people out, sometimes), and the way I think (some of the things that I say can appear really bizarre and wierd to people I meet).
I started being a goth in 1989.
Why did I get into the goth scene? I got into goth some other way that isn't codified.
What kind of goth am I?
I am a person who skipped the popular goth personality type chart.
Sometimes I'm a LazyGoth.
Occassionally I'm a ShyGoth.
My moods can be extreme or maybe even they just change pretty quickly (Watch your step, matey ;-)), and are introverted, so there'll be times when I just have to be a recluse sometimes
Upon meeting me, you can see right away that I am a Genuine eccentric: dressed for an audition with the BBC for a silly childrens sci-fi show, but, it's just the way I am. My style of dress means that I never look quite right for any occasion and seem odd everywhere.
Sometimes I look like a NewRomantic.
Occasionally I look like a Grungey.
I look like a goth 24 hours a day.
Education, Career and all that daytime stuff
My primary occupation is in Internet Tech Support (net guru, sacrifical offering, etc).
...Where I gained employment.
My secondary occupation is in Arts.
...Where I studied it in high school and scored highly in the subject, and completed a 2 year non-university/college course.
My tertiary occupation is in nothing.
...Where I studied it in high school and scored highly in the subject, and completed a 2 year non-university/college course.
I've been quoted as saying "I have good hand/eye coordination and I am usually good at video games, I'm an empathy feeler more than a logical thinker, and rules are made to be broken!"
Music, skills and preferences
I have a pretty decent CD/record/cassette collection.
I can honestly say I enjoy listening to Second Wave Metal (1980-90s), Classical music (instrumental), and Reggae.
I can play musical instruments.
Opinionation
I believe in a God, I think.
I have a strict personal code of ethics, I like to think that I have a spiritualtiy, which may or may not conform to a recognised religion, I have fully investigated all the range of possibilities and have come to my conclusion on the basis of wide reading and/or spiritual contemplation, and I believe that I have an immortal soul, that lives on through Karma or some other soul rebirthing system.
I'd rather vomit than talk politics.
When someone make the mistake of asking me about economics, I replied "I really don't give a stuff about the economics side of politics."
The last time someone made the mistake of asking me about human rights, I replied "There should be advertising campaigns to criticise sexism, prejudice against gays and lesbians, etc; Government should make prejudice and harassment a criminal offence."
"Gender issue" decisions should be made on a case-by-case basis, and a person's gender should never come into decisions on everyday life.
I feel very strongly for the environment.
My favoured form(s) of government (in no particular order): Feudalism (where defined as a caste system by which a sovereign allocates a heirarchy of wealth and power), Free Market (where defined as the insistance on world trade efficiency by creating a tariff-free world which theoretically allocates a natural order of comparative advantage), and Enforced Democracy (where defined as everyone being forced to vote in free elections -- as seen in Australia).
Vampires (or, "down the hall, third door on the right")
I believe that vampires exist
I play roleplaying and other games that have vampires in them
What really annoys me about this gothy vampire crap is someone who genuinely goes around maiming/killing other people in the hope that the myths are true.
The goth stereotype that really bugs me is where Goths are supposed to be into Satanism, and Goths are supposely just attention-seeking whiners.
Food and Drug Administration
Alcohol? I don't enjoy seeing other people blotto.
Droogs? I hate illegal drug use amongst my friends and I usually end up giving them lectures about it.
Regarding recreational drugs, I ensure that I would only ever toy with legal or illegal drugs that are not physically addictive.
Fast food is yum! (eg, MacDonalds, Hungry Jacks/Burger King, KFC, etc), My nutritional needs are determined by my body's intolerances, and I often cook my food myself so I know what's in it.
The food that I do eat includes Grains (eg, breakfast cereal, bread, etc), Fruit and vegetables, Meat (excluding pork), Pork, Food that contains preservatives, colourings, MSG, etc, and Animal products (eggs, milk, etc).
Technology
My computer inventory includes a DOS/Windows 3.1 box, and Windows 95/98.
My list of Internet info: I have a dialup PPP/SLIP account, I write publically accessible HTML on my web page, and I browse the web.
I got on the internet in some unrecorded point of 1994.
When asked if I was computer savvy, I replied "My friends call me to trouble-shoot their computer problems sometimes, and I can quickly learn how to operate equipment and software in my field of expertise."
Relationships
I am 70 percent heterosexual.
When asked about sex, I replied "I have done a bit of petting but I'm still virginal."
I'm also into masturbation, heavy petting, role playing (doctors and nurses, etc), and group sex.
Right now I am single.
When I'm hawkish for a 'partner,' I'm not too fussy about whether my potential partner is in the scene or not; other factors are far more important.
My prefered type of relationship is monogamous, allergic to the concept of children, and open to negotiation with regard to relationship type and it can be negotiated from time to time.
Now you ask, am I available? Yes, I'm available to the right person for something nice and casual or one-night-standish... but, I have high standards, so you may not be the one I'll go for.
The person I would be primarily attracted to is ...wait, stop. I will not classify this by any of the GothCode'98 pre-formed goth personality types. I am much too complex and noble a creature to allow myself to be pidgeonholed this way. Did I mention I'm a tosser?
Sometimes I'll be attracted to a RomanticGoth.
Occassionally I'll be attracted to a SlutGoth.
Living Conditions
I live in a house.
Four to five people sleep where I live (it may be not all of them pay rent).
I share my living space with my bird/s.
I live with 1 pets.
Location, or how you can hunt me down
I live 10 kilometres from the nearest city/town centre. (1km = 0.6214 miles)
I live in the suburbs.
I am in the United States, in the Texas district.
The above description should match the following GothCode'98:
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 Thank you, Peter Caffin. <http://www.omen.com.au/~synic/code/index.html>