[Arashi]

Of course, it comes with the whole package of dressing in a way that makes you happy.

When I was still attending the public schooling system, I got the usual stares, stupid questions "Do you worship the devil?!?" "Do you cut yourself?" "Are you a vampire?", et cetera. Most people were generally scared of me, so they left me alone, except for the few random dickheads that could gather up enough courage to attempt to harass me. I laughed in their faces and got their asses suspended.

In the general public, I get some occasional stares but people are usually surprisingly nice. Random people are more likely to give me compliments than to say crap. When I wear my knee-length platform boots, the most unlikely people seem to compliment them. Actually, the most unlikely people seem to compliment me in general, it's a lot of old ladies... o_o

In fact, the only time when people ever publicly expressed their petty opinions of my style were when I was outside, usually at night, walking my dog. They yelled out of their cars at me and the things they said ALWAYS involved 'Halloween'. Damn cowards can't seem to think of anything more creative xD This has happened about 2 or 3 times.

The definite plus side of all of this is that, right off the bat, I know of the people who I definitely would never want to associate with. The close-minded idiots who give me gaping stares, or scream stuff out of their car, or act like I'm terrifying because I like tattered skirts and big boots- these are the people who I instantly know I'm going to avoid. I must thank their efforts in pre-warning me that they are shallow and likely do not possess any views or opinions worth valuing. This way, I can "weed out" (as was said earlier in this thread) these people easily and find other human beings whose mindsets are much more appealing.