Will From Deadspin Loves Nirvana, But

...He has alot of problems with some kid in Illinois, and in the process of airing his grievance realizes that there is much more to it than just a t-shirt:   

There's a kid in the coffee shop I'm typing in right now who is wearing a Nirvana T-shirt. It is important to note here that I love Nirvana. If you add up all the things in the world I love, with the possible exception of my girlfriend, my family and Willie McGee, and it doesn't even come close to how much I love Nirvana. I could get into this more, but it would succeed only in pegging me further as the pathetic aging grunge rock dork that I so obviously am.

Anyway, this kid is about 14 years old, with red hair, a cowlick and a frappacino in front of him. And he's wearing a Nirvana shirt. Even though he's sitting at a table with a bunch of other hellion rugrats, he's listening to an iPod, bopping along. It's loud enough that I can tell he's listening to The Game. Occassionally he'll jut his finger -- yo, YO -- and twist his hand sideways, like he's holding a glock in that sideways fashion that everyone thought was a cool way to hold a gun in the late '90s. Teenagers are chattering all around him, but he is alone, jamming along, rat-a-tat-tat, watch ya back, bitches, hos, all that. And he sits there with that Nirvana shirt, which I bet he got at the Urban Outfitters because it was expensive, probably three times what I paid for the exact same shirt in 1992, and he's the type of kid who doesn't really want anything unless he knows it's expensive.

Aw, Christ, he has braces. I hadn't noticed that before.

I see this kid, who is half my age, and I know he is looking at me, who happens to be wearing a Nirvana hat, and he looks at me the same way I used to look at people wearing The Doors hats to cover up their bald spots when I was that age. And sweet Christ I hate him. Sweet Christ I hate us both.

Happy Festivus, everybody!

Umm.  Wow.

Will, Deadspin continues to be a source of inspriation to us here at tha AofG, so thanks for gathering 'round the pole with us.

Comments

[aaron]

"Occassionally he'll just his finger -- yo, YO -- and twist his hand sideways, like he's holding a glock in that sideways fashion that everyone thought was a cool way to hold a gun in the late '90s."

I was still laughing at this line when I finished the post.

[Jackie]

You shoulda went straight up Fiddy Cent on his ass, Will. And all along I was reading Deadspin and thinking you were hard. GO figure.

Echo Aaron on that line. Killing me.

[Johnnie]

You shouldda jumped up and said "G-G-G-G-G-Unit!!"

And that 14 year old with braces and the "yo, yo" action, just priceless isn't it?

Give it 4 years an he will be a dad, presumably. Let that thought marinate for a minute.

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