Art by  Bambi3lue

So this weekend I was digging through some ancient hard drives with Kira, trying to show him a few of the dumb graphic design projects Tillie and I used to make back in high school. Y'know, the kind of stuff we spent hours on in the computer lab (do high schools even teach computer classes still? T^T) Anyways...bleeding heart collages, badly kerned band lyrics over ripped photos, way too many drop shadows.

While I was scrolling through folders labeled things like 5T4Y 0U7 l053R!!!, I found this forgotten screenshot from 2005. It’s legit the exact MySpace DM convo where Tillie first sent me the Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge cover she’d edited with our faces on it. I remember staying up until 4 a.m. that night grinning at my bulky Compaq monitor screen like an idiot~

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MySpace DMs – March 12, 2008

xXTillieHoneySlayerXx
yo ty look what i just finished in photoshop class today x3
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BleedingErmine666
holy shit tillie
that’s literally us
you even got the blood dripping right and my stupid side bangs look actually cool for once (>_<)

xXTillieHoneySlayerXx
lmao ur bangs r alwyz stooopid but ya i fixed em
thought itd b funni since weve been ~bLaStInG~ that album nonstop this week
evry time Helena comes on in ur car we both scream the “and what's the worst you take from every heart you break?” part at the top of our lungs

BleedingErmine666
guilty xD istg ppl in the parking lot stare like we’re InSanE
worth it tho. this weeks been rough as hell
my mom found my blade stash again. :/ her and dad are doing the whole ~wWe’Re woRrIeED~ rant -___-
ssdd

xXTillieHoneySlayerXx
ugh i h8 that. my dad keeps asking y im “always so angry” >:C
like bro maybe cuz u locked me out of the house last month when i was late comin home from alyssa's by like 8 min ;-;

BleedingErmine666
fuck that...

xXTillieHoneySlayerXx
u kno watz kinda nice tho?
like yea my dad can be an ass + all the other kids @ school stare or whisper or w/e
but u nvr do
u just...get it
like no explanation needed

BleedingErmine666
same.
you dont make me feel like i have 2 explain why i’m wearing eyeliner or why i’m quiet sum days
you just sit there w/ me
that's why i keep you around
well that and you have the best taste in bands lmfao

xXTillieHoneySlayerXx
flattery will get u evrywhere ^-^
but yea...im glad we found each other
emo isnt just a phase cuz were in it 4ever
black clothes, bad poetry, screaming lyrics in parking lots...all of it! >:D

BleedingErmine666
forever <3
no matter how many times parents confiscate our cds or teachers tell us to ~/ChEeR uP\~
we’ll still be the weirdoz in the back of the room
drawing blood drips n broken hearts </3
listen to the same 3 albums on repeat

xXTillieHoneySlayerXx
promise?

BleedingErmine666
promise.
emo kids stick together
always
<3

xXTillieHoneySlayerXx
<333
c u monday idiot
dont let ur mom take ur ipod again

BleedingErmine666
won’t.
night tillie
dream of warped tour and monster (^_\\)

xXTillieHoneySlayerXx
alrdy am
nite ty
dont die b4 monday k?