Actually it was the following that struck me as an emo reference, though to be fair I'm not overly familiar with either band, to the point of not knowing one of them at all.

I should just run off to my room and cry. Maybe I'll grow my hair out and brush it to cover one of my eyes, and start listening to AFI and My Chemical Romance, too!

I think Iunna had the right of it and gave good advice.