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General | Posted a year agoi've been getting way into punk DIY stuff lately and it's great fun. people keep asking me where i get my clothes and it's like, um, most of this is hand me downs i attacked with scissors, a sewing needle, safety pins and a fabric marker. a lot of my outfits i make the day i wear them. here's a step by step
step 1. find sacrificial clothing item.
step 2. attack it with scissors.
step 3. repair it with thread/dental floss, patches, safety pins, scrap fabric. poke holes til shit stays together.
step 4. attack it with fabric sharpies and acrylic paint. studs. more safety pins. washers. soda can tabs. dog collars.
step 5. wear it.
note: ensure any clothing with safety pins is covered with a jacket, or that the pins are soldered shut if you plan to wear it in a mosh pit. don't be stabbing people in the pit. your studs on pit clothes should be flat or have rounded tips as well. never use screws or nails as studs, in the pit or no. you'll give someone tetanus and look like an asshole. i also found out the hard way that if you wear a chain necklace and you get a little crazy headbanging at shows, make sure you tuck the chain under your shirt unless you want to bash your own teeth with it.
step 1. find sacrificial clothing item.
step 2. attack it with scissors.
step 3. repair it with thread/dental floss, patches, safety pins, scrap fabric. poke holes til shit stays together.
step 4. attack it with fabric sharpies and acrylic paint. studs. more safety pins. washers. soda can tabs. dog collars.
step 5. wear it.
note: ensure any clothing with safety pins is covered with a jacket, or that the pins are soldered shut if you plan to wear it in a mosh pit. don't be stabbing people in the pit. your studs on pit clothes should be flat or have rounded tips as well. never use screws or nails as studs, in the pit or no. you'll give someone tetanus and look like an asshole. i also found out the hard way that if you wear a chain necklace and you get a little crazy headbanging at shows, make sure you tuck the chain under your shirt unless you want to bash your own teeth with it.
meowdy
General | Posted a year agoi realised i can do long form blogging here and i miss it so hello i'm going to start talking here
the first few months of my thirties have honestly been great. it's weird but as long as i was in my twenties there was this sense of pressure like, where are you gonna be when you're 30? and now i am 30, and people don't care about my "potential" anymore, which means i can do whatever i want. so i dyed my hair neon green and started sewing my own clothes and wearing crazy makeup to the grocery store.
life feels a lot more relaxed now i don't have to worry about rushing to have my shit together before the next age milestone, and strangely enough it's been easier to start getting my shit together without the pressure to rush. i finally conquered my curse of eternal unemployment and am working a job i enjoy with people i like being around. i see movies and go to bars with friends. i make art that i can be proud of. i don't smoke or vape anymore. given that three years ago i was miserable, chronically online, friendless and a chain smoker, i think i've done fairly well for myself.
all that being said, someone stole my mailbox last week and my landlord won't replace it, so i also technically don't have an address right now despite being housed. incredible stuff, honestly. i don't know why someone wanted my $50 hardware store mailbox with the street number painted on with expired oil paint, but they sure did take the whole thing right out of the ground and fuck off with it.
the first few months of my thirties have honestly been great. it's weird but as long as i was in my twenties there was this sense of pressure like, where are you gonna be when you're 30? and now i am 30, and people don't care about my "potential" anymore, which means i can do whatever i want. so i dyed my hair neon green and started sewing my own clothes and wearing crazy makeup to the grocery store.
life feels a lot more relaxed now i don't have to worry about rushing to have my shit together before the next age milestone, and strangely enough it's been easier to start getting my shit together without the pressure to rush. i finally conquered my curse of eternal unemployment and am working a job i enjoy with people i like being around. i see movies and go to bars with friends. i make art that i can be proud of. i don't smoke or vape anymore. given that three years ago i was miserable, chronically online, friendless and a chain smoker, i think i've done fairly well for myself.
all that being said, someone stole my mailbox last week and my landlord won't replace it, so i also technically don't have an address right now despite being housed. incredible stuff, honestly. i don't know why someone wanted my $50 hardware store mailbox with the street number painted on with expired oil paint, but they sure did take the whole thing right out of the ground and fuck off with it.
