Emo??

So, weirdly enough, I got called "emo" by a co-worker today. Here's what happened, another co-worker noticed for the first time that I had purple in my hair. My mom happened to be standing there and started making a semi-big deal out of it (mostly because my hair is three different colors right now-my natural color, whatever the hell that is; very, very dark brown, almost black; and purple). She wasn't being mean, just teasing, although I know she hates it. Anyways, this other coworker comes along as this is all going on and was like "leave her alone, she's emo." My first reaction was "I am NOT fucking emo!" But, strangely, at the same time, I was a little pleased to be called emo.

So, what's my problem with being called emo? Sure, a lot of the music I like tends to get lumped into that category, or at least the screamo category. So, what's the problem? I think part of it is that Dashboard Confessional is considered emo and I HATE Dashboard Confessional.

Anyways, I decided to look for a definition of emo. Here's what I found:
Emo: Short for emotional. Emo is a broad title that covers a lot of different styles of emotionally charged punk-rock. More on emo at What the heck *is* emo anyway?

Wikipedia gives the whole bleeding history of emo and it's way too long to re-write here. Read all about emo here.

In conclusion, I guess it doesn't bother me too much that I got called emo. Hell, there are worse things you can be called, right? :)

Also, check out Thursday's new album A City by the Light Divided (for you screamo fans;) It's really growing on me the more I listen to it.
Happy Friday!
~S

Listening To: "Running from the Rain" Thursday A City of Light Divided