Eyedropper: The Mall
I was in the mall. Remember the mall? I passed Hot Topic. Remember Hot Topic? And I found a bunch of awkwardly aged goth-ish kids packed in America’s favorite anti-mainstream but de facto mainstream store, awaiting (in that awkward mid-growing-stage way of theirs) a concert.
Remember concerts at Hot Topic in the mall? No. In the good old days these kids would’ve been out vandalizing something, not biding their time at an easy-going concert in Hot Topic no doubt being pacified by music along the lines of Hoobastank.
There was a vigilant chaperon and certainly a strictly adhered to maximum occupancy rule. No graffiti as far as I could tell. Retainers were worn dutifully, shoes tied.
I lingered long enough to get this photo, to see a drum set, a blur of wide-leg jeans (ha, nothing changes, ever), black T-shirts, affected angst and to see a couple fiercely making out with what appeared to be only the tips of their tongues. I left before I could be devoured by pubescence.
Kids, you will be more interesting if you smash something. Start with Hot Topic.
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June 25th, 2009 at 11:36 am
They are just trying to be cool too.
Why don’t you go home to write a blog about it? You also would be more interesting if you smashed something.
Talk about preying on the weak. You don’t think teenagers who are searching for an identity aren’t having a hard enough time as it is? And this is what you choose to write some bullshit commentary on? Weak. What did you get out of writing this? Did it help you deal with unresolved teenage angst of your own?
Blogs are awesome because they are direct lines into the writer’s psyche without editing or conscious pre-meditation, which leads me to believe that you are a scumbag who gets your jollies from attempting to be funny while actually being pathetic, lacking the awareness to realize your own scummy and the balls to dive more courageously into the subject, and ultimately just an asshole who I wouldn’t be surprised to find choking on your own hipster scarf.
man…sfreeper.com is awesome because it sucks so bad.
June 25th, 2009 at 11:44 am
certainly not a hipster scarf!