National Emo Kid Beatdown Day
Someone with too much time on their hands has designated today (06/06/06) as the official National Emo Kid Beatdown Day, according to various sketchy MySpace pages. Here is a handy guide. Please note that the author of this site does not condone any actual emo violence. As Dashboard Confessional reminds us, “I can bend and not break. Or I can break and take it with a smile. I am so resilient. I recover quickly. I’ll convince you soon that i am fine . . . So won’t you hold me now? Won’t you hold me now?”
That picture would have ground my gears when I was in high school. You know, that angsty time period when you are trying to figure out who you are – and you have this enormous chip on your shoulder like “No one can quantify me. Popular media cannot LABEL me!”
Also, if I currently have the same Docs as the girl in the picture, does that mean *I* am emo? I never even knew.
That reminds me of a hilarious freshman-year note that my friend Shannon made for me while “bored in SSR” (Silent Sustained Reading period every day after 3rd period). I came across it recently in a box of stuff (I don’t throw anything away), and it nicely encapsulates both the fashion trends circa 1993, as well as the apparent horrors of conformity & groupie-ism to a 14-year old.
Thanks to the Ledbelly blog for the heads up on such an important national holiday.
Name: Heather Browne
Beat on the brat with a baseball bat, oh yeah, oh yeah, oh oh oh, oh
Anonymous — June 6, 2006 @ 9:18 am
too funny that you still have that
Lolabola — June 6, 2006 @ 9:38 am
a more recent emo identifier:
http://www.dobi.nu/emo/girls.htm
Anonymous — June 6, 2006 @ 9:48 am
I’m definately a flippin’ emo
Tim Young — June 6, 2006 @ 10:02 am
now for something really sweet…
Live Radiohead ala Bradleys Almanac:
http://www.bradleysalmanac.com/blogger.html
Wisconsin — June 6, 2006 @ 11:19 am
i have those docs, too!
c — June 6, 2006 @ 1:44 pm
As a former emo-kid (sorta) and current emo-adult (minus everything trendy) I take only a little offense to this post. Mostly it makes me laugh.
Eric — June 6, 2006 @ 4:28 pm
wow, thanks for the plug. i was wondering why my hits went up so high. thanks heather! but who cares. i have the ‘emo’ glasses, not my fault i cant see. i had them way back in the day anyways.
Ledbelly — June 6, 2006 @ 5:50 pm
All I have to say:
Mary Janes = hawt
Rich — June 6, 2006 @ 6:55 pm
basturd im a emo mwhahahahahahahahahahaha
and im a happy person
Anonymous — November 14, 2007 @ 2:54 pm