SCENE

the whole scene lifestyle a fuckload of rules. I'm kinda fuzzy on the guy part of it, since I'm not exactly male, and I don't wanna mis-inform anyone, so I'll stick to the girl stuff. mmk? so scene girls........god, where to start? I guess hair, because hair is probably the most identifiable part of a good scene kid, as long as they have scene hair. a lot of younger scene kids prefer to skip the hair, or atleast downgrade it, because a lot of schools see it as a dress code violation, or their parents might not let them. but I'm getting off the point. scene hair follows a few basic principles: 1} the cut. scene hair is usually choppy, sometimes even mullet-esque, but that's not always fashion-friendly. basically there are two main scene cuts: longish and shortish. short hair is usually a little longer than chin length in the front, with bangs that run straight across, usually just below the brow. the front pieces are typically longest, and angled upward to the back. on the back of their head it's usually cut in super-choppy layers that they use to gel in different directions. the longish cut usually has heavy side bangs, and a choppy cut all around. there's really no part that's particularly longer than the other parts. it's just all messy. sometimes they'll have grown out the very bottom layer, or put in super-long extentions on the bottom. hair is always straightened. no ifs ands or buts. always. 2} the colour. there are three main colours that are good for scene hair: black, red, or my personal favourite, white blond. usually black hair will be streaked with white blond, neon, or red, blond with black, neon, or red, and red with black, white blond, or neon. 3} the stylist. typically, scene hair is either styled by friends, the scene kid themself, or a stylist that's basically one of their friends. usually, however, it's one of the first two, as most parents don't want to pay for a stylish to "ruin" their child's hair. it may seem like scene girls would all have the same hair, but it's amazing how different they can all look. people who say they're conformists are mostly just jealous. ;D soooo.......what next? I'm actually really sleepy right now, so here's a list of scene kid trends/characteristics for girls: -dinos -robots -delia*s -multiple piercings -heavy eye makeup, either black or neon -skinny jeans -thick headbands (skinny ones look retarded) -SMALL hairbows (big ones, again, look retarded) -studded belts -plastic beads -jelly/sex bracelets -cupcakes -ice cream cones -popsicles -candy -candy (pony bead bracelets, often traded between scenesters & their friends) -using && instead of & -using words like orgasmic and the sex to describe myspace pics/people -saying bai instead of bye -being bi, which isn't really a trend, it just happens to be prevalent amoung scenesters -calling scene people scene kids, no matter what age or gender -whore trains on myspace bulletins -guns -bullets -blacklights -strobe lights -spencers -pretending to be gangster as a joke -taking medication for various mental disorders like depression, social anxiety, etc (again, it's not really a trend, it's just more prevalent because in scene society it's okay to not be perfect) -taking an excess of medication -boozing -smoking cigarettes -smoking weed the best thing about scene is that you're fine however you are. scene kids will find something right with you when the cheerleaders and the preppies and the norms and even the dorks turn you away. and, of course, they have the most fun of any social group. because, really, what's more fun that going to local shows every weekend and getting so wasted you don't even remember what band you saw?