"king goth"

yesterday i was walking down the gold paved streets of recoleta listening to my ipod (talib kwali, bridge to bama more specifically). i was walking behind a blonde haired woman wearing shorts, which was intersting because porteno (someone who lives in argentina, like the argentine version of a sabra) rule #1 is never wear shorts.

i walk through one group of gothicly dressed teenagers. this is weird becasue there isnt really a lot for goths to do in recoleta. i over look it and im not really paying attention. before i know it pass 4 or 5 more groups just like this. pierced lips. greased, died and straitened hair. black fishnet tops. i feel overwhelmed, and a little out of place with my jean mini skirt and banana republic sweater.

across the street i notice a building that looks liek a school, in the front yard there are hundreds maybe even 1 thousand goth teenagers just hanging out. im not sure if this is a special day for these goths, or if this is just public school in argentina.

its too much, i have to take a picture. for the most part i try not to take pictures of non spectacular events, because i try not to be too touristy and lets face it, its almost as bad as walking around in a map and a tropical shirt.

so as soon as i start taking pictures, the woman wearing shorts, leans over to me and in perfect english tells me that this happens every weekend. i notice the man she is with starts taking pictures. she told him that if i was doing it, he could also do it.

i asked her where all these people came from, she said that "king goth" lives over there (in recoleta, i have no idea where king goth lives, maybe in between the fendi and the hermes store, or maybe he found a place above louis vuitton) and he holds this goth convention every weekend.