Beach Bum

[joggerjayne]

I know I should've worked this afternoon, but it was just so jolly down on the front.

I had a mid morning meeting in ponky London, and then ...

Well, the day went a bit pear shaped after that.

I blame it on the Evil Day Star.

I hope I'm not alone. The Evil Day Star is making us all feel a bit lethargic, yes?

Not just me.

Please?

[Psybbo]

The SUN boxy, a rare sighting

[humbersloop]

fair play lass!

which bit of the front?

[boxtops]

Oh - right - I get it. We've had for several days here, it's been lovely here all week, I'm getting used to it!

[jno]

JJ, you know perfectly well it is illegal to be a Goth over the age of 30. Even in Brighton. Personally, I went to Essex for the day as the sky was bluer there; around London it seemed to be mostly white haze.

[joggerjayne]

Psy ... good policy!

[joggerjayne]

Aww, thanks Zacs x

[joggerjayne]

jno ... Don't Goths improve with age?

Surely the wrinkles contribute to the overall effect?

[jno]

no way! Haven't you ever noticed that vampires are always bathing in the blood of young virgins precisely to retain their youthful appearance? (I'm told cocaine has a similar effect and is easier to obtain.)

A wrinkled Goth... ugh, doesn't bear thinking about. Wrinkled is what happens when they are accidentally struck by sunlight. Wrinkle, then crumble.

[joggerjayne]

Humber ... "The Front" is really limited to the stretch from ...

Okay, so if you drop down from Legends, just east of the Pier, near the Volks Railway ... I'd say that's your eastern limit. If you go further east, then ...

a. You come to the horrid Marina, or

b. You are going to do a bit of dogging, or

c. You are Windmill Man, heading for the naturist bit of the beach.

Then, the Western limit ... I think if you cross the road outside The Grand ... and that's pushing it ...

Beyond that, you're in Hove, and you need to buy beige clothes and join a golf club.

So, that's the only section that I really include.

And today ... if you crossed the road opposite the Thistle, dropped down to the prom, and tried to ignore the annoying carousel music ...

... well, just there.

[joggerjayne]

jno ... I'm going to work on the moisturiser cream!

Also, if I'm going to be a Goth, I suppose I should buy some Goth clothes, or something?

Or is it okay just to be a Goth in spirit, without actually dressing up or anything?

[askyourgran]

No jj you have to have longish black hair, white face and black eyeliner a basque and fishnets with a short plaid skirt or similar. That is just the men..........at least the Whitby sort.... no I joke, most of the men wear leather trousers and a fingertip jacket and black laceup boots or buckled shoes, The women sometimes wear tulle short skirts.

[joggerjayne]

Black hair? Would mousey brown do ?

I'm just not good with white faces? I like a tan. I've been working on my bum tan on the balcony. I suppose that wouldn't show, really.

The boots sound cool.

[askyourgran]

Bum Tan! wow I wouldn't be able to get away with that in my semi rural back garden, care nurses visiting and meals on wheels etc next door. Poor sods they'd have a fit. I guess like me you are not cut out for the Goth look, I too would rather have a tan, but only where one can see it nowadays.

[joggerjayne]

I feel better with a tan.

And I try to work on an "all over"

Getting your bum tan is the hardest bit, for some reason.