Sunday, October 23, 2005
Fashion tips for..
I put this up as a chance to laugh at some of the sillier stuff emokids do in order to not look like all the Green Day/Rancid and Strife/Hatebreed clones out there.
Some pointers about emo fashions (above simple, universal hardcore attire)
the Emo Romulan look - short, thick, greasy, dyed-black hair with bangs cut straight across the forehead, and cut high over the ears. Someone from Time In Malta recently described to me the San Diego Crimson Curse scene as "Spock Rock."
actually, any greasy dyed black hair. Bangs in front and spikes in back is very emo too.
horn-rim glasses, or at least thick black frames.
bald head, furry face (boys only). Goes especially well with horn-rims.
heavy slacks, often too tight and short.
thin, too-small polyester button-ups in dark colors, or threadbare children's size t-shirts with random slogans. Button the collar if you got one.
clunky black shoes
scarves
gas station jackets. This has diffused a lot over the years though, it's no longer exclusive to emo kids. Nowadays, you may want to select a nice corduroy denim jacket.
also classic outerwear but quickly diffusing to normality: the famous Blue Peacoat
barrettes on boys
make-up (male or female)
too-small cardigans and v-neck sweaters
argyle
anorexic thinness. Veganism helps here.
Another essential bit of emo-formation, by Blake Butler: how to name your emo band.
some submissions I've received:
This is the kind of letter I like getting: "hi. like the fashion page, just one question. what is the correct emo tennis shoe? i must ask this question. for most kids its low top chuck taylors, or converse jack purcells...but some kids get away with some running shoes. thats an odd twist to things if you consider that running shoes are pretty tuff guy like. also common is the low top "old school" vans....but for the vegan kids....its just not possible. i would like to hear some insight in this. also...though i reside in PA now i'm especially an expert in OH fashion......as such i must report on the obvious trend of dark colored sweaters with strips across the chest, not to be mistaken with similar styles available at old navy....the sweaters come in darker colors and are thrift store finds exclusively, like the sports t-shirts with numbers on the back. gotta have those. sometimes you can keep your keys in a big ol' key ring (janitor style) like the spanakorzo guy, as opposed to the more obvious choice of a wallet with a chain. dark denim (remember to roll up those pants at least once, but not more than twice). hooded sweatshirt? try to make it a black zip up one, with a metal zipper please. though stars were big, very big...along with kid like graphics (like the kids playing with slot cars in the cap n' jazz record) in '96 or so...you still gotta' represent!"
XjenX wrote: "my emo fashions are pretty damn self-explanatory... so, here's a picture of me... try not to laugh too hard. heh"
Keith wrote: "fashion: you forgot one thing about a lot of emo kids: they usually have their former sxe identity draped at their feet (i wax poetic), a cigarette in hand, and a new-found fascination with domestic beer (bottle often in hand lacking cigarette)...there's also a high amount of metal-related t-shirts (iron-on metallica and iron maiden designs), sheerly for the kitsch in it..."
Cynthesia wrote: "check out your grandparents closets. seriously. lots of terrible sweaters and leather peacoats from the 40s... also, hand lotion is good at taming hair into a cowlick type position."
"Hi there...im from ohio....northern ohio. "Emo style" is a buzz haircut. Sideburns. Thriftshop t shirts and button ups. Tight jeans or those old man polyester pants. And you gotta own a pair of converse all star low tops. Thats "emo" here....oh....and hooded sweatshirts in the winter."
"emo fashion from el paso: started by At The Drive In and i'm sure soon to be a trend: AFROS"
True, although I think KARP got there first...
Brad found this gem (originally here) by brice about the emo jacket phenomenon: "As any discerning punk knows, it's important to choose your fashion wisely. Whether it's kicking in heads on Huntington Beach or slicing tofu to take to the UOA show, people are watching. In the Northeast and East Bay the emo jacket is king. Nerdy punks with glasses and wallet chains. Striped shirts, two sizes too tight, and workpants, or maybe, just maybe corduroy. Which side of the tracks are you from?
The emo jacket is a sort of work jacket that you can only find in army-navy or thrift stores. Usually in earth tones, gray, brown, maybe a navy blue with stripes. All style. The emo jacket is a product of the nineties. Popularized by the kings of cool, Nation of Ulysses and others, Antioch Arrow, Hoover, Rocket From the Crypt. Never overdone. Maybe a patch or two, but placed strategically with the utmost intention. A patch on an emo jacket is not to be ignored.
The emo jacket radiates an underlying assertion, "I'm cooler than you." It's a sublime statement of intuitive knowledge, internal hipness. It whispers, it doesn't scream. It doesn't have to."
Brian wrote with this picture of his footwear and the following comment: "it's interesting that emo kids are all about wearing pants so short that they show off their socks, and also this "knee-length girl jeans" phenomena, but almost NEVER shorts. wow."
That's right - baggy shorts are straight-edge fashion, not emo.
"grays187" wrote simply: "you can't disclude old school Converse shoes."
William raised a great point about cars: "As far as transportation...crappy early 60's four door Ford Falcons and Ford Futuras are the going rate. The more delapitaded the better."
I'd add to the list of approved emo vehicles: old sedans with suicide doors, ala the Portraits of Past tour vehicle.
you will never be replaced ;
7:26 PM
Friday, October 14, 2005
Haay!!!
At last Accounting test is finished! It feels really great. But I wasn't able to review that well in that subject. Actually I never reviewed just browse the first few pages of my book. I was crying all night until this morning. I planned to review really well but I just can't I don't have the guts. but still I managed to answer it. Thanks to my stuck knowledge about it
I'M SO SORRY ABY...
I NEVER MEANT TO DO THAT...
I KNOW THAT YOU HATE ME!!!!
Last night Aby and i had a fight. I actually don't know why!!! until she texted me the reason why she is freakin mad. It is me listening to Senses Fail. Shallow isn't it? But she is really pissed. I can't believe it either. I don't know why but she thinks that I am carbon copying her which is not. If I know before that this would happen I never should have listened to Senses Fail and other emo bands. I only listened to them because she told me that they are a great band that's why I checked them out. But I never thought that the effect would be so miserable. Ya I think that they are great that's why I listen to them now.
YOU INFLUENCED
ME TO LISTEN
TO THEM THAT'S
WHY I LISTEN
TO THEM....
We talked last night but I don't really know if were ok now. I wish that we can still figure this out. I can't afford to lose her. She is always there for me whenever I need someone to cry on. I was really hurt last night but what can i do. She is just expressing what she felt. The only thing that i know is to cry since I can't control it.
I CAN'T CONTROL
MY TEARS!!!
IT JUST KEPT
ON FALLING...
I know that you hate me! But I hate more myself now than ever before. I just want to die for now. Now I'm afraid to listen to emo and other genre of music which will make me happy. I just don't want another fight like this. It is getting us nowhere. I'm afraid to be happy anymore. Whenever I'm happy there comes a certain point that I am sad again. Maybe if I will be sad again just like always there's no way that I'm gonna be hurt again.
Offer this on my grave....
Now I can see what would happen in my funeral. No one is gonna cry for me. No one will remember me cause all I do is mess everything up....
I KNOW THIS WILL
NOT BE THE
FIRST TIME
THAT WE WILL
HAVE A FIGHT....
you will never be replaced ;
3:04 PM
Wednesday, October 12, 2005
Ahahahay!
Feel ko magtagalog ngaun bakit Filipino naman ako! Walang eepal! Patay sakin ang umepal! Haha! Medyo depressed ang lola nyo kaya ganito!
Haay kakaloka! wala namang bumibisita dito kaasar! Buti pa sa xanga ko! Napapaisip tuloy ako kung magpopst pa ko or ishut down ko na to! Ngek! In your dreams pwede! Di pwede no! Di ako nagtatapon ng mga napaghirapan ko!
4th day ng finals tinatamad ako magreview. Ano ka ba Julienne? Math at English test mo kailangan mo mag-aral kaya eto nakatanga na naman sa harap ng computer.
Haay sana nandito na lang mga friends ko para may kahuntahan ako dito! Kaloka kasi mga classmates ko! Rockers na posers sa punk! Haha! Nakikinig sila ng My Chemical Romance di naman nila alam ung kanta na "Ghost of You" San ka pa? Haha! Sarap nga bangasan!
Speaking ng mga posers sna sportsfest na s SBSN may papatayin lang ako! Nyeta talaga! Pagkatapos niyang gawin impiyerno buhay ko nung 4th year ngayon isa na siyang dakilang poser. Magsasama nga sila! Biro mo di naman yun talaga fan ng SP, tapos ngayon pic niya sa friendster ay si David! Ay naku! Ano ba nangyayari sa earth pro katarantaduhan na lang ba ang makikita ko! Nakanood lang ng concert ng Simple Plan, ayun fan na din yata siya ng SP! Wow! Fan in an instant! Kakairita pag ganun talaga. Sabi nga ni Cy patayin ko na at talagang papatayin ko yung mokong na yun.
you will never be replaced ;
10:03 PM
Nothing to do!!!
I've seen the video of Crazy a while ago! It is freakin awesome. I'm sure people will respond to it like in their previous vids. Surely this will be on the top of the charts again haha! Speaking of Simple Plan... I want their live album now! I wanted to cry. Can somebody give it to me so that i won't have to spend my money. And I can't wait for the 28th of October before I can finally have it in my own hands. I should get that cd. I heard it is really good. Well it is Simple Plan, all their works are good.
I listened to some of the songs there and it is really mind blowing. It reminds me of the concert they had with Avril Lavigne last March 31 at The Fort. It was the best day of my life. I actually saw them performing. And people really have a good time. Wish they will be back here again to give us another concert. Yay! It will be my chance to see my man Sebastien Lefebvre. He is the guitarist of the band Simple Plan. he is so freakin hot! I love him so dearly! I really want to hug him so tight and never let him go!
Here is the siggy of Seb I found in the SPO boards! Ciao! Just click on it to see the full image!
you will never be replaced ;
12:24 AM
you will never be replaced ;
12:05 AM
Saturday, October 08, 2005
Ooh it's so crazy!
I didn't attend school! I'm so lazy! But the real deal is I'm gonna meet Aby and Cy today. Cy texted me last night about killing that Victor. Aby is crazy about him. And oh yeah I really wanted to kill him for making Aby cry! Grrr stupid boys.
My day is really tiring. First I have to go to school to pay my tuition so I can take the exam on Monday. And also I have to pass my project. But how can I pass it if I am absent? So I ask my classmate to pass it for me!
After I did that, I rush to the location of Cy. Looking her didn't seem so tough for me even If i haven't met her. Then we go back to Aby's school to check her out. She is really crazy about that guy. But when I see the guy, I was like "whoa, is this true or am I dreaming." Men he looks really young. I don't know why Aby liked him. Well we should respect the girl. After seeing him, I'm having second thoughts of killing him.
you will never be replaced ;
11:24 PM
Thursday, October 06, 2005
Heya!!!
I am getting embarassed. I will show you my pic. Since many are asking for it. Maybe now you are all disappointed. Haha! Lol! It is taken early this year. It is for our yearbook! haha! Tell me what you think!
I don't want to look either!
you will never be replaced ;
7:52 PM
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Hmmm!!
I am still tired. Accounting sucks. It is hard to analyze the problems being given by our prof. What he is doing? Is he trying to kill us! For God's sake! ANd what he is absent again. Grrr... I am getting pissed off.
Next week will be our final test and for sure many will fail in that subject. I promise myself that I will study really hard. I want to have a good final grade. My prelim grade sucks!
Whew! Today Simple Plan's live album will be out in the market. Hope I can buy it now!
you will never be replaced ;
11:36 PM
