1.
Checkered slip-on Vans that you probably colored in with a Sharpie at some point.
2.
Studded belts that didn't really even keep your pants up.
3.
A hair straightener to make sure your bangs perfectly covered half your forehead and one of your eyes.
4.
Dozens of buttons that displayed your angst on everything you owned.
5.
Sweat bands that you wore when you weren't sweating.
6.
Jelly bracelets to adorn your wrists when you weren't wearing sweat bands...
7.
...band bracelets...because, duh...
8.
...and who could forget the slightly dangerous, yet hardcore, spiked cuffs?
9.
Gauges that took your ears to the point of no return.
10.
Multiple bottles of hairspray so that your choppy hair could defy gravity.
11.
Several sticks of eyeliner to make sure you never went without raccoon eyes.
12.
A closet full of band tees so that you could prove that you actually liked emo music.
13.
Head-to-toe Nightmare Before Christmas regalia that showed your deep love for Jack Skellington.
14.
Skinny jeans so tight that you had to lay down just to take them off each time.
15.
Bottles of multi-colored hair dye so that your hair stood out in the brightest way possible.
16.
Black nail polish to match the color of your soul. ;)
17.
Fingerless gloves that allowed you to show off those perfectly polished black nails.
18.
Little hair bows from Hot Topic for when your side-swept bangs got a little too rowdy.
19.
A lip ring to entertain you during math class.
20.
A beanie for when you didn't have time to fully straighten your locks.
21.
A hoodie to wear half on/half off when you couldn't find your beanie.
22.
A black Sharpie to write "rawr" on just about any part of your body.
23.
Fishnets for when you needed extra air-flow.
24.
And finally, a digital camera so that you could practice your perfect Myspace pose and declare to the world that you were, in fact, an emo kid.
