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i hate holidays cos i'm working two jobs which = approx 70 hours a week but come wednesday i love it cos i get paid like $1000 and it's awesomeeeeeeeeee.
also this is ganked from ash. haha i went to that show
A week in the life of... An emo kid
MONDAY
Pick out appropriate striped polo shirt (checked the Weather Channel, looks like duck-egg green and baby blue wide stripes would be ideal). Spend a while deciding between chequered Vans slip-ons and baby blue Cons with name of crush written on them in black marker pen. Try to read a few more chapters of Catcher In The Rye at the breakfast table, but spill Frosties and milk everywhere. Resist growing urge to have a cry because Dad rings up to ask what I'm doing with my life.
TUESDAY
While at work at the hardware store, get excited when Dashboard Confessional comes on the radio. Boss makes mean joke about my dice necklace, so I go out the back to the toilet and have a cry. Later, go for falafels with my short, fat friend and discuss how cool it would be if Henry Rollins guested on the next Dashboard record. Sigh heavily. Later, while freezing - because the heater is broken and I can't afford to fix it until Nanna sends birthday money - change my AOL screen-name from 'XsadkittenX' to 'xXworldofconfusionXx'. Write sad haiku in Live Journal.
WEDNESDAY
Consider going to get a nautical star or a swallow tattooed on my inside wrist, but get the phone bill and have to pay all of it because housemate is away on holiday, considerably diminishing tattoo funds. Have a cry at the injustice and put on Get Up Kids. Go to supermarket to buy 'Raven' hair dye, but they only have 'Mulberry' - decide I don't want to look like Rose McGowan and sighingly endure another week of blonde roots.
THURSDAY
Go to JB's to buy the new Sugarcult record; feel myself tearing up when the mean girl behind the desk says they don't have it but ask instead for the Knapsack import I ordered in. Pull my wallet out of my back pocket and my key chain breaks. Some metal dude laughs at me and bottom lip begins to wobble again. Resolve to remove MxPx stickers from underside of skateboard after seeing Jimmy get bashed for being "too Christian" while waiting for apple muffins at the food court. Secretly listen to Responsibility on the way home on the bus.
FRIDAY
Hear on Friendster message board that Rivers Cuomo is on holiday in Melbourne visiting a long lost aunt; style hair like Mary Tyler Moore just in case I run into him. Have a cry when optometrist tells me it will be another five days before my black-rimmed glasses will be fixed (it's only plain glass, surely it can't take that long?). Change screen-name from 'xXworldofconfusionXx' to 'XxsorrowsundayxX' and get excited because I found someone called 'Chris Carrabba' on Friendster. Make a mix-tape for crush; resolve to give it to them at Saves The Day tomorrow.
SATURDAY
Get ready to go see Saves The Day at The Metro. Pick out size-too-small Bonds T-shirt screen-printed with 'Kiss Me I'm Left Handed' even though I'm right handed. Wear 'fun' socks to distract from permanently sorrowful demeanour. Consider becoming vegan and sXe until it's time to go to Mum and Dad's house for dinner. Mum says I need to eat up because I look unhealthy so I burst into tears and regale them with tales of my last break-up.
See crush at Metro, so get all ready to go over and give them mix0tape, but then see catastrophic hickey on their neck. Get so upset I go and lock myself in the toilets and have a cry. Write meaningful message in black marker on the toilet door. Catch the NightRider home.
SUNDAY
Mum makes me go to church with her, but I spend the whole time writing poetry in my notebook. Spend afternoon watching Born Free on the midday movie with a bumper box of tissues. Resolve to get over crush and write uplifting emo anthem about the experience. Next week, things are going to be different. Change screen-name from 'XxsorrowsundayxX' to 'xXhappyaloneXx'. Feel so happy I think I'm going to cry.
also this is ganked from ash. haha i went to that show
A week in the life of... An emo kid
MONDAY
Pick out appropriate striped polo shirt (checked the Weather Channel, looks like duck-egg green and baby blue wide stripes would be ideal). Spend a while deciding between chequered Vans slip-ons and baby blue Cons with name of crush written on them in black marker pen. Try to read a few more chapters of Catcher In The Rye at the breakfast table, but spill Frosties and milk everywhere. Resist growing urge to have a cry because Dad rings up to ask what I'm doing with my life.
TUESDAY
While at work at the hardware store, get excited when Dashboard Confessional comes on the radio. Boss makes mean joke about my dice necklace, so I go out the back to the toilet and have a cry. Later, go for falafels with my short, fat friend and discuss how cool it would be if Henry Rollins guested on the next Dashboard record. Sigh heavily. Later, while freezing - because the heater is broken and I can't afford to fix it until Nanna sends birthday money - change my AOL screen-name from 'XsadkittenX' to 'xXworldofconfusionXx'. Write sad haiku in Live Journal.
WEDNESDAY
Consider going to get a nautical star or a swallow tattooed on my inside wrist, but get the phone bill and have to pay all of it because housemate is away on holiday, considerably diminishing tattoo funds. Have a cry at the injustice and put on Get Up Kids. Go to supermarket to buy 'Raven' hair dye, but they only have 'Mulberry' - decide I don't want to look like Rose McGowan and sighingly endure another week of blonde roots.
THURSDAY
Go to JB's to buy the new Sugarcult record; feel myself tearing up when the mean girl behind the desk says they don't have it but ask instead for the Knapsack import I ordered in. Pull my wallet out of my back pocket and my key chain breaks. Some metal dude laughs at me and bottom lip begins to wobble again. Resolve to remove MxPx stickers from underside of skateboard after seeing Jimmy get bashed for being "too Christian" while waiting for apple muffins at the food court. Secretly listen to Responsibility on the way home on the bus.
FRIDAY
Hear on Friendster message board that Rivers Cuomo is on holiday in Melbourne visiting a long lost aunt; style hair like Mary Tyler Moore just in case I run into him. Have a cry when optometrist tells me it will be another five days before my black-rimmed glasses will be fixed (it's only plain glass, surely it can't take that long?). Change screen-name from 'xXworldofconfusionXx' to 'XxsorrowsundayxX' and get excited because I found someone called 'Chris Carrabba' on Friendster. Make a mix-tape for crush; resolve to give it to them at Saves The Day tomorrow.
SATURDAY
Get ready to go see Saves The Day at The Metro. Pick out size-too-small Bonds T-shirt screen-printed with 'Kiss Me I'm Left Handed' even though I'm right handed. Wear 'fun' socks to distract from permanently sorrowful demeanour. Consider becoming vegan and sXe until it's time to go to Mum and Dad's house for dinner. Mum says I need to eat up because I look unhealthy so I burst into tears and regale them with tales of my last break-up.
See crush at Metro, so get all ready to go over and give them mix0tape, but then see catastrophic hickey on their neck. Get so upset I go and lock myself in the toilets and have a cry. Write meaningful message in black marker on the toilet door. Catch the NightRider home.
SUNDAY
Mum makes me go to church with her, but I spend the whole time writing poetry in my notebook. Spend afternoon watching Born Free on the midday movie with a bumper box of tissues. Resolve to get over crush and write uplifting emo anthem about the experience. Next week, things are going to be different. Change screen-name from 'XxsorrowsundayxX' to 'xXhappyaloneXx'. Feel so happy I think I'm going to cry.