An animated step by step guide on how to be emo.

By: zushen2

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Emo Photos

It is with great reluctance, due largely to the emerging ‘emo-culture’ (*read ‘manure harvest’) of our teenage generation that I’m forced to label myself a ‘benighted traveler’. I actually agree, without lack of great disdain and notion of physical violence, with the tongue-pierced, long haired hoodlums; life is overrated. Feelings of gloom and inadequacy that rush through me while I “ruminate”…God, these kids have turned me into a ‘Twilight: the movie/gay-vampires-parade!’ character. Though I’m clearly trying to fend off the psychosis my mind is spiraling towards with ‘comic relief’… it’s finally caught up with me. I find my mind evanescing to another world, excogitating on the darkness that palisade me. What is this nothingness shacking inside me? I have to endure this torture, ruthlessly insistent, begging the moral-defying question that either shatters men or brings them to glory…‘why’. I know to an extent that this agony dwells on the hopes and desires of all men, but it’s taking a heavy toll on me…I’m running out of road to run on, my comic relief is dangerously close to becoming one liners borrowed from crappy sitcoms(*Seinfeld…the horror). I’ve been demented by the humdrum of this irksome wretched life for too long. The struggle to retrieve cognizance, the emptiness that surmounts me endlessly, leaves me adrift to a meaningless, yet meaningful, void. It’s a puppeteers life that I’m forced to live every day: the show that I have to put on to subsist, stamps out the tiniest bit of flare left. Why can’t be I euthanized? Instead of going through this mortifying show that they call ‘life’, why not end it…

Sometimes I just gawk at the Incongruity between what was the picture shown and what it was actually meant to be. The irony catches me laughing uncontrollably…these are the mundane affairs that commence and constitute my every day. “It’s too bad I never got to live; but then again, who does?” It’s just a routine now.

The comatose prevails till noon tide, and then the ritual submergence in the ‘elixir’ starts.  Slowly, I drown myself with the elixir, hoping against hope for the lepers inside my head to drown along with me. A harmony estranged to my kind, probably only for the faithful, settles in and blankets the universe, leaving everything torpid; The Lady of Fate slowly passes by, shaking her head disapprovingly. The conformations that ravage me slowly fade to insignificance with each fading glimmer of the Lady’s smile. Slowly, the elixir simmers me down to a dreamless slumber.

Yes, my dependency on these drops of tranquility is hapless, but these dips and dims are the only rope pulling me through this realm of bedevilment. The elixir solaces me; my only allayer of despair. Should I feel ashamed for my sin? If I’m to believe in God, it would be only by the love I hold for Him. Attrition is a coward’s rationalization, not mine.

Not before long, daybreak comes and signals the start of yet another day of relentless restlessness. As I continue to elude the reason behind my existence, and meander aimlessly through life, a truth daunts on me: deep down, I realize that there never was a greater plan. This life is nothing more than a depiction of the insignificance of being. The so called Divine plan was doomed to failure….I have failed.

By Armaghan Sabir

armaghansabir@gmail.com



By: armaghan

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Emo

In the eighties it was all new romantics and hair metal, then grunge and britpop in the 90’s among other things. Now we’ve got, um, skinny jeans but enough about them. The difference with now is that all of those new genres in the past never went away. This is evident when you take a look at what acts are playing in your nearest city. There’s new rock music like arctic monkeys and rhianna next to acts like AC/DC and Bob Dylan. It always surprises me who’s still touring. So while punk, grunge, rave and all the rest all faded out of the mainstream after the initial scene wore out they never went away entirely.

Whatever music you play there will be a market for it somewhere no matter how small. How do you attract the attention of your market? Well, to start you need to decide what genre your music falls into. A lot of acts will pipe up and say “we’re a fusion of rock, ska and pop”. Unless you do genuinely fall into a mix of genres don’t say you do. It will only confuse your potential audience. It also leads people to expect some crazy new sound. If you have one go for it but genres are there for a reason. So that people can find new music that they will have a better chance of liking. It’s possible to alienate potential fans by describing your sound as emo hardcore when you’re actually just rock.

Once you’ve decided what you sound like you can start to target the right people. Instead of random friend adding (something i’m guilty of) on social networking sites or putting up posters all over town (this works a treat if you’ve got a good budget behind you) try and focus your efforts on the people with an interest in your genre, people that are in your local area and also postering the hell out of your local venues. Social media sites have made it easier than ever to connect with your fan base and in my opinion do away with the middle man. I.e. The label. Once you’re connected with your audience make sure you have something to offer them like a download, mailing list, video or a gig in their area. This should help you get your music in front of the right ears.



By: Calum Macleod

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Emo

There is again no sure-fire way to prevent all hair loss; however, there are some methods that have been used that work on some people.

Massage and aromatherapy have been used with some success. In minor cases of temporary hair loss, hair growth can be stimulated by massage, since blood and oxygen flow to the scalp must be healthy in order for hair to grow.

A blend of six drops each of lavender and bay essential oils in a base of fourounces of either almond, soybean or sesame oil massaged into the scalp and allowed to sit for 20 minutes has been used by aroma therapists to stimulate the scalp.

Once the mixture is in the scalp for 20 minutes, wash your hair and scalp with your normal shampoo mixed with three drops of bay essential oil. Massaging the scalp in general for a couple of minutes a day can stimulate blood flow to the hair follicles and in mild cases stimulate some hair growth.

Studies have shown Saw Palmetto extract is an effective anti-androgen and therefore there is promise for its effectiveness as an effective treatment for hair loss prevention. Women who take Saw Palmetto should cease doing so when taking oral contraceptives or hormone therapy.

Nettles are rich in vitamins A and C, several key minerals and lipids that can be beneficial to the hair. Nettle Root Extract has been used successfully in Europe as an inhibitor of 5-alpha reductase in treating BPH. As mentioned earlier, 5-alpha reductase is a key component in turning testosterone into DHT, the substance that causes the atrophy of hair follicles. Therefore there is great promise in its use as a component in natural hair loss treatments. Nettle Root Extract is available at health food stores over the counter, and has few side effects.

Rosemary and sage are two herbs that have shown benefit traditionally when used externally. It is suggested that to promote a clean scalp, stimulation of the hair root, and thickening hair one should boil together in water rosemary, sage, peach leaf, nettle and burdock. Then strain the loose herbs from the liquid and use the liquid to wash the hair daily.

Aloe Vera has been used by Native Americans, Indians and many in the Caribbean to promote healthy hair and prevent hair loss. Aloe’s positive effects on the skin are well known, and likewise it can help the scalp by healing it and balancing the pH level of the scalp while cleansing the pores. A common preparation of Aloe Vera gel with a small amount of wheat germ oil and coconut milk is used as a shampoo and has traditionally shown great benefit.

Of course, if you do not want to go through the trouble of concocting your own formulas, similar products, or products containing these ingredients, may be found in the health food store if one does some searching.

Article written by Ken Shorey.



By: bivan

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Emo Boy

By Dr. Doris Laura PhD. : - Do we carry within us all of the information we need for optimal health? “Yes,” says “Adam,” who has demonstrated a highly-developed ability to interact with a person’s energy field (aura) and thereby evoke “the body’s amazing self-healing mechanisms.” And each one of us can do it. Adam’s unequivocal theme here is “Self-Empowerment.”

“It’s just physics,” explains this remarkable eighteen-year-old author and energy healer, crediting one of his mentors, Apollo 14 astronaut and quantum physics researcher, Edgar Mitchell, with providing him with an explanatory framework for his healing abilities. The universe works in mysterious ways, or¬ganizing the matrices of millions of human choices to manifest to the world the gift of an extraordinary healer such as Adam.

Consider the steps that were necessary. First, there was a space program. Then Edgar Mitchell, Apollo 14 astronaut, was transformed by the deep knowing that we all are the “stuff of stars” and dedicates his life to teaching this “noetic” way of knowing through the founding of The Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS). Then the celebrity space man and the handsome healer meet at a Vancouver meeting of IONS.

Hearing Mitchell’s talk on the quantum hologram as a possible mechanism by which humans intuitively access information from other dimensions, Adam excitedly sees uncanny similarities to what he experi¬ences as a healer. Together with additional mentoring from Qi Gong experts and other reputable healers, Adam acquires re¬newed confidence and begins his remarkable odyssey of indi¬vidual and group healings. Subsequently, he begins to share his gift with a larger audience with his autobiographical first book, DreamHealer: His Name is Adam, and through his workshops on healing.

Now, we are graced with a second book (and more to come) from this singularly-gifted young man. But what does Adam mean – “It’s just physics”? The Vancouver teenager sum¬marizes his interaction with the quantum field in his workshops and first book: “All particles are fundamentally connected to all other particles,” he notes.

“All information and knowledge is available in the field of quantum information. Every physical object emits its own quantum hologram. I can instantly connect to a person’s energy system, individually or in a group, by projecting his or her ho¬logram in front of me. I ‘go in’ and give the person’s body infor¬mation through intentionality and then manipulate the energy – loosen blockages, zap tumors – so that the person can find the way back to a healthy state.”

In his few short years as a practicing healer, Adam has been the conduit for hundreds of “miraculous” healings and personal transformations. Beginning with healing his mother of multiple sclerosis, then himself after a severe spinal injury from a fall, he broke into public awareness with his dramatic long-distance healing from inoperable pancreatic cancer of Ca¬nadian rock star, Ronnie Hawkins. In a recent follow-up phone interview from his home in Toronto, Rocker Hawkins said, “I am still cancer-free two years later. I can’t explain it but I don’t criticize what I don’t understand.”

In Canada, Adam’s reputation spread rapidly. A cable talk show featured the high school healer and several individu¬als who had been healed. Consequently, the Vancouver teenager was inundated with requests.

With a heart as big as his luminous, dark chocolate eyes, Adam was “amazed and overwhelmed by all of the suffering in the world.” He regretted having to turn down the parents of a 4-year-old with cancer because he had no time. Feeling an urgent need to help more people, he reasoned that perhaps he could heal more than one person a time and dis¬covered that group healings worked as well as individual treat¬ments.

Furthermore, it made no difference if he was working long distance (nonlocally) from a photograph or sitting next to the person in the same room. Then as he matured as a healer, he began to understand more fully his healing role as a teacher and facilitator: that, in fact, we are all self-healers; we simply need a “guide to self-empowerment.”

Adam and his family made themselves available to this writer for extensive interviews during two group-healing work¬shops in San Francisco and, subsequently, during the editing of this second book.

In person, the young Adam evokes a sense of ancient mysteries, packaged in a winsome personality, wrapped around a pure, unspoiled spirit. Six-foot plus, slender, with olive-fair complexion and slightly-curly dark brown hair, he moves with the easy grace of the athlete he is. His open, direct gaze, friendly slight smile and natural reserve create a compel¬ling charisma. In short, Adam is a “Babe.” (Genius need not be nerdy.)

Adam has been able to see auras (the energy field sur¬rounding all living things) for as long as he can remember, find¬ing the childhood game of “Hide and Seek” boring because he could see the auras of kids hiding behind trees. His baby pictures show a noticeable “V” on his forehead. “I’ve been told it’s the mark of a healer because it points to the third eye,” he says, tapping the space between his eyebrows, “which is what allows me to see auras. It has faded a lot but shows up when I get emo¬tional.”

Adam’s personable, typically-suburban parents were baffled and skeptical at first, yet cautiously supportive of their normal but atypical child. Observes Adam, “Fortunately my parents are rare and special spirits in that they came to accept my uniqueness and had the courage and wisdom to allow me to be me. For this I will always be grateful. Because of them, I have a better chance of reaching my potential.”

Interacting with Adam and his family is indeed to expe¬rience delightfully-healthy family dynamics. Mother is outgoing, vivacious, fun-loving – clearly having fostered good communi¬cation with her two teens (Adam and his younger sister) and providing careful but non-intrusive supervision.

At workshops, one notes the enormous respect between father and son – father listening attentively to his son’s words, always available to help with boundary decisions and facilitate workshop logistics – and Adam glancing over at his father for moral support when unusual questions arise.

This solid family support system helps to explain why Adam is, in other ways, such a normal, down-to-earth teenager. Unlike some individuals with highly-developed psychic abilities and rare talents, Adam is not eccentric, unbalanced, or out of touch with the practical routines of daily life: he plays tennis, he has a girlfriend, he goes out for pizza. Already at age eighteen, he has integrated his rare gift into a normal personality struc¬ture. His energy is such that people simply feel good, relaxed and comfortable around him.

Edgar Mitchell, scientist/astronaut-turned-mystic, de¬scribes his own personal experience with Adam and with the whole concept of energy healing – anecdotal, yes, but compel¬ling support for his theories of quantum energy information. “The story of my life,” says Mitchell, “is an account of being hit on the head with astonishing experiences, which drove me to find an explanation,” hence his dedication to “fringe” topics such as the science of consciousness as well as more mainstream physics research.

Mitchell was healed “energetically” of prostate cancer several years ago in a “group healing ceremony” by IONS board members. Then, as if he needed anymore head-knockers, he was diagnosed with a carcinoma on the kidney in early December of 2003. Doctors wanted to operate, but he declined and called his young Canadian mentee instead.

Adam worked “nonlocally” with his astronaut friend’s holographic image (projected in front of himself) for six months. Mitchell underwent no other treatments except his healthy diet, exercise regimen and meditation. After one month, a CT scan showed that the tumor was markedly reduced. This past June, six months later, the growth had disappeared.

“We are simply blinded by the limitations of our cur¬rent scientific paradigm,“ observes the sixth man to walk on the moon. “The most parsimonious explanation for my recovery is Adam’s energy-healing ability.” In these pages, Adam lets none of us off the hook regard¬ing our own healing abilities. Our wellness is first and foremost our personal responsibility. Working with a healer is always a participatory process, a two-way street.

Similarly, he is intent on convincing us that we all are DreamHealers—in effect, working himself out of a job. His en¬thusiasm fuels our motivation towards “self-empowerment.” His graphic step-by-step instructions show us how to activate the immune system and return body/mind/spirit to its natural bal¬ance and well-being.

“Eventually we’ll have a more complete scientific ex¬planation of abilities such as Adam’s [and our own],” Mitchell believes. “What we know so far about the subatomic realm and quantum holography is only the tip of the iceberg.”

And scientist Mitchell offers a word of caution: “One must be discerning in this field of energy healing. But Adam is for real; there is no fraud or delusion here. If you’re curious, look at the theories of the new physics, as well as the growing body of replicated studies on subtle energy effects. There is noth¬ing to fear and a great deal to learn.”

Doris Lora, Ph.D.

Los Angeles, California



By: DreamHealer

About the Author:

Emo Girl

For the 2009 woman, fashion is vast, varied and most importantly – accessible.  Our high streets are overflowing with department stores, fashion chains and independent designer boutiques. In more recent years, the internet has offered us choices and opportunities like nothing we have ever known before and the ability to buy new or used clothing from anywhere in the world.

Gone are the days of carefully selecting your favourite dressmaking pattern, gathering the right materials and spending hours creating the most up to date look by hand.  Does anyone even sew any more?  The most we have to do is pull out the laptop, browse our favourite sites and wait for the perfect outfit to land on our doorstep.  Heaven forbid it takes longer than 2 days to arrive.  But is it really that easy?

Firstly here’s the eternal array of different fashions on offer… What flock we follow?  What icon we worship?  There’s goth, hippy, vintage, emo, casual, glam, indie, rock chick, sporty, trendy, retro, skate, surf, burlesque… need I go on?  Whatever we choose we can be sure there are plenty of retailers both on-line and on the high street, all fighting for our business and offering everything we could possibly want or need.

But of course the choices don’t end there.  You couldn’t possibly just buy ‘a dress’. Is it mini or maxi?  Shift or smock?  Boob tube, halter-neck, strappy or wrap?  Floral, striped, block colour, monochrome, neon or checked?  Then there’s fabric – cotton, silk, nylon, linen, denim, chiffon, satin, lycra, viscose?  And maybe a little extra detail – beads, sequins, lace, diamanté, buttons, bustles and zips.  And not to forget length and shape– mini, midi, knee length, maxi, a-line, pencil, swing, full or straight?  It’s enough to give the most laid back amongst us a headache. But it’s not just clothing we need to consider – footwear, jewellery, hair, make-up, nails, skincare, handbags, watches, scarves, hats, glasses and perfume – each one a single piece of the jigsaw that makes every woman so unique.

Each element of our image is so carefully considered and so dramatically influenced.  The music we listen to, the books and magazines we read, the television programmes and films we watch and the circle of friends we keep.  As well as a million other financial, seasonal and climate driven reasons.

Our fashion is fast paced, relentless and ever changing but we love it to pieces and it just keeps growing.  Recession or no recession, fast fashion is here to stay – the love of shopping is in our genes!

All things considered, it’s surprising that we manage to get dressed every day (never mind look so fabulous) but these exciting and dynamic decisions are what most women clearly thrive on. Spoilt for choice? Absolutely not – anything less simply wouldn’t do…

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By: Simon Farnworth

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Emo Boy

f you surf on over to the NYCHorrorFestival channel, you’ll find a number of selections from the 2002 and 2003 installments of America’s largest genre film fest. It’s got a little something for everyone, from red-meat bloodbaths to classy supernatural thrillers. Here are the highlights:

The handsomest flick with the swankiest production values would have to be Deadline, a creepy-kid chiller by the Italian filmmaker Massimo Coglitore; you’ll go all goo-goo eyed watching the film’s lush 35mm exteriors. In the same subtle vein is Two Story House, about a first-time homeowner’s encounters with things that go bump in the night. The starring role belongs to Anna Maggio, an outrageously photogenic beauty with Lizzy Caplan’s emo vibe and Nicole Kidman’s close-cropped hair from Birth. This actress looks fan-fucking-tastic in a Batman T-shirt. Do you hear all this praise coming your way, Anna? See my contact info below.

For all you Hillary ‘08 supporters, there are a few feminist-revenge flicks in the tradition of I Spit on Your Grave and last year’s Rosario Dawson vehicle Descent. Subway is an effective turn-the-tables-on-your-attacker thriller that builds to a genuine jump-and-scream moment. Tomorrow’s Bacon sounds like a gorehound’s wet dream, but it’s actually the most purely dramatic offering of the bunch, detailing the bitter end of a violently broken marriage. Not since John Dahl’s Joyride has a movie made stopping at a roadside diner such an unsettling experience.

If all you want is blood-and-guts splattered all over the screen, then check out Disposer. The movie starts off with a phone-sex caller making his way through an automated menu. Just wait until you see who – and what – is on the other end of the line. Sickest joke ever. Plasticity 1.7 is a bio-terror chamber piece reminiscent of Tetsuo and the early work of David Cronenberg. I have no idea what the title means, but the same goes for THX 1138 and that movie rules.

If you like to bust a gut while watching a busted gut, then Slasher Flick is the one for you. I love the ampira-esqe late-night TV hostess who lists off a seemingly endless number of sequels (Bride of Slasher, I Was a Teenage Slasher…). Cup O’ Abominations features the second-sickest joke ever. Here, you get to see the Whore of Babylon consume a cupful of entrails. For pure farce, watch the hilarious support-group mockumentary Non-Abductees Anonymous.

Click on the player below to watch Tomorrow’s Bacon, which is my personal favorite. Once there, you can link to the other titles listed in this blog.

Oh, and Anna? You can reach me at sbshupe@openfilm.com.



By: MiamiMovieCritic

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Emo

Chris Brown – Graffiti

If the entire assault and battery charges against his then girlfriend, Rihanna hadn’t happened, this album probably wouldn’t have been given such terrible reviews. It’s not a very good album but it’s not a terrible album either. The fact is that it is just another boring R&B album talking about money, clothes and Mercedes parts that fails to address the situation that Chris Brown finds himself in. Rihanna on the other hand took to the issue head on with her dark, experimental and introspective new record that was released on the same day as Brown’s Graffiti. Too bad Brown didn’t use the negative publicity of the incident to put out a unique record that wasn’t full of faceless and largely obnoxious R&B.

Kris Allen – Kris Allen

The American Idol runner-up is going to have a hard time breaking out of this boring and likable pretty-boy image that his people have boxed him into. There is nothing unique or special about his debut record, and its biggest fault is that Allen doesn’t have much of a personality. The 13 soft rock tracks on the record fail to do anything to excite or innovate the genre and fine Allen floating along a little too comfortably. At least Adam Lampert has the guts to throw in some glam and 70s hard rock influences into his record. Allen could have a good record in him if he broke free of his boring, everyman image and actually wrote some clever tunes.

Tokio Hotel – Humanoid

I’m still waiting for this band to fall off the face of the earth, and hopefully, with the critical hate pounded on this record, it is sooner rather than later. This ugly German band rode high on the teen-pop moment of Disney’s Highschool Musical stars and the Jonas Brothers, banking on their emo hair styles and piercings to set them apart and endure them to the slightly more edgy teenagers. Their music is a shiny mix of pop-punk and soaring wannabe emotional theatrics that come off as cloying and robotic, but maybe that is the point. There are catchy melodies but these guys are going to have a tough time reconciling their image when they age a few years.



By: Kasan Groupe

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Emo Hairstyles

ok at social networking sites like Myspace and Hi5.com, you’ll notice a big trend with the obsession of long haired men or long haired women social clubs/groups. Sometimes these clubs/groups are dedicated to 80’s rock hair, or emo hair styles for men. Many of these clubs/groups have thousands of users, and many of which are seeking a date with one of the long haired members. But now there is a social networking dating site that is geared towards single long haired men and long haired women: LongHairedSingles.com.

With LongHairedSingles.com you’ll see the usual social networking features like on Hi5 or Myspace such as creating a user profile, blogs, arcade, photo gallery, chat room, email, classifieds, instant messenger, rate photos and groups. LongHairedSingles.com also has additional features such as being able to take and create pools, plus take and make quizzes. You can even send gifts and crush alerts to your secret admirer.

When users use the Long Haired Singles features, they will earn points and be able to buy and give gifts to other users.

The first steps a user should do when they sign up with the Long Haired Singles website:

1. Add a photo. Add one main photo and at least one photo that goes into the gallery. The user photo will not only go into there gallery but the websites gallery. When that happens, everyone who visits the Long Haired Singles gallery will be able to view the users photo, and thus, more exposure for them. Adding a photo also gives the user activity points.

To add a photo to the gallery, go to: Submit Items, Upload Picture. Add an image title, tags, and choose the right category. Upload Picture and refresh browser.

How to add a main photo: Go to Profile Image, and click on Change Picture. Upload your image and refresh your browser.

If you don’t have an image yet but still want some sort of image on your profile, you can go to clipart.com or photobucket.com. You can find fun free gif images that are royalty-free to use.

2. Familiarize yourself with the web sites navigation menu:

When your in the section My Account, go to settings. There you can change your password, e-mail and other account information. The section Profile Settings, allows the user to change what is said on there profile. And along with being able to change your picture, you can also change your pages background layout. Search the Internet for free social network backgrounds, like myspace layouts, or free photobucket.com pictures.

3. Now that you have your profile and images set, seek out new friends and potential mates! Go to the browse section and single out the perfect long haired lover for you.

4. To quickly get responses send free emails, add comments and send crush alerts to all the cuties. When your adding a comment, add cute graphics like the ones you can find on any glitter graphics site.

5. Now that your a member of the Long Haired Singles Community, become a regular. New people sign up everyday, and every time you sign up, you’ll be on the front of site.

Use these tips wisely and you’ll have friends and potential long haired mates in no time.

Make sure to tell your friends about the LongHairedSingles.com web site and invite them.





By: Zora

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Emo Photos

thorny nights never ask for holy rites don’t ya think that god has died this time – and don’t stop takin’ these drugs cuz’ they got u flyin’ forgettin’ yesterday maybe it’s crazy but keep gettin’ stoned while u can baby in the lord’s hands – don’t say u know what’s right don’t take those alibis don’t hate the other side when they’re right sure they are baby don’t wave your flag up high don’t praise your concubines did u just fa ll for lies this time Emosexuales … anticristo emo gay humor …

By: sergioidae

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Emo Hairstyles