"That" Guy .... is BACK
That's Right. I'm BACK!!
THAT Guy. This past week, I was THAT Guy. You know THAT Guy? He's the guy that goes to a rock concert and wears a t-shirt for the band he is going to see. That's THAT Guy. He gets looked at by all the other fans there... and the conversations go a bit like this:
Scene - A fictional show of the band... let's just say Government Cheese, mmkay? (yes, shameless self-promoting runs in the family, methinks)
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guy 1 - "lookit that guy. He's wearing a Cheese shirt. What a 'tard!"
guy 2 - "Yeah. Like, dude... we're AT a Cheese show. You're here, therefore you like the Cheese, right? Durf"
guy 1 - "Like... DUH! Hell, he's probably a poser! Gotta act like the big GuvCheese fan so he can be cool."
guy 2 - "What a turdbreath."
guy 1 - "I bet he brushes his teeth before he goes to the dentist."
guy 2 - "Yeah, I bet he's the type that has his own band fan page."
guy 1 - "I bet he ate paste."
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And this weekend, I was THAT Guy....
Only it wasn't at a rock concert. Nope. No, I went with S*** to watch a young man, her younger brother, graduate as a Marine down at Parris Island. I bought me a red Marine "fan" t-shirt with a humorous "oorah" type message on the back. I didn't wear it then, though - I had THAT much decency before falling prey to the urge to be THAT Guy.
But after the graduation ceremony, I drove S*** and I up to Camp Lejeuene to go and try to see her two sons. These are the ones I wrote about previously - they had graduated in December and one had just finished training in Fort Lost-in-the-Woods, Misery ( aka Fort Leonardwood, Missouri) and had just gotten transferred to be stationed there at Camp Lejeuene. The younger of her 2 Marine sons was still in training at Camp Giger, which is attached to Lejeuene... quite literally.
So after a long drive to Jacksonville, NC from Parris Island, SC - and let me tell you, it is definitely like unto going around your elbow to get to your asshole - there is NO convenient or quick way to get there - anyway, after the 'short' long drive, we took her eldest son around town a bit then went to the base so he could check out their Marine Exchange Mall. I got dressed with that Marine shirt I had purchased, if only cause the purple shirt I had was definitely for comfort only and not entirely presentable in public.
Now I know how THAT Guy at concerts feels. Every Marine and every OTHER person there was staring at me like I was from Dorkville, USA. My exceptionally long hair certainly didn't help, I am sure... but it was that shirt that got me noticed in the THAT Guy way.
Ahh, now I feel bad for all those THAT Guys the world over... my apologies...
or maybe I really was just a dork for a day...
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posted by wopanese @ 14:12
8 Smack Me:
Oh, Jeremy Piven's speech warning of the horrors of being "that guy" - one of the great moments in cinema. "I don't know if you're aware of this, Gutter, but there actually was music recorded before 1989." I lust for that man.
But, yes, you were probably a dork for the day. "Gutter is a tool! Gutter is a tool!"
i only was "that girl" once at a concert. before i knew being "that girl" was patently uncool. i have since been hipper than thou.
Forever a day ago my hubby and I went to a Def Lepord concert. I can never spell thier name right. Anyway, I was working at the bank at the time and one day this kid came to the drive up with a D.L. t-shirt from that same concert. So me, being the chatty Kathy that I am, say, "Oh we went to that concert". the guys like, "where did you sit?" I kinda just stood there staring at him blankly and he asked again. I mumbled, "i don't *cough freak* know, in the seats in the concert place?!" He then proceeds to tell me his seat # and section. I guess I was supposed to be impressed by his good seats perhaps? OH yeah and did I mention this was 3 years or so after the actual concert?
NOW, that is dorky...
amy - indeed I felt it, to be sure. I could just hear them all muttering under their breaths, words likely being "what the f**k is that big, long-haired Samoan freak doing wearing a Marines t-shirt? I ought whip his ass, oohrah!"
plum - yes they are... wait, I do that at Phish shows... well, did...
grody - I am sure you are hipper, much the hipper!
jodi - wow... of course, the fact that he is still wearing that Def Leppard t-shirt after all those years... Didn't they go out with velcro and whatnot?
Yes, they are soooo old school. You wanna know something funny/pathetic/sad? My kids, 5 & 8, LOVE Def. Love them. Def Leppard is gonna be in concert close to our town in August and the boys are begging us to take them. I blame the 80's rock station by husband blares whenever we are in the car...shoot, I blame him for a lot, but for this I am giving him full credit!
Hun you did not look like a DORK. I thought you looked rather s---, red is a good color on you.;)
The drive was long, but the weather was beautiful and we got to see 2 of the three boys at least, which made it worth it. Bonus, we got out've VA for a short while...
Hey I still like Def Leppard, but I never owned a concert t-shirt. Hell I never went to a concert until I was well into adulthood and then that was because my brother worked for a promoter in Indy. I hate driving in heavy traffic and I hate crowds so it isn't my thing. Plus, in high school, I liked music that typically had fans that I didn't particularly fit in with. I probably wouldn't have survived a metal concert. lol Guess that makes me a bigger dork.
jodi - yes they are. A fine cheezy product from a simpler day and age - yet still enjoyable... kinda like drinking kool-aid when it's hot, even as an adult... and kids, they like Kool-aid
shari - bias limited you from seeing me as THAT Guy... that's okay. Was fun seeing the boys - amazing to see all that ooh-rah in such young men.
bill - really? Wow. Hey, music fans come in all shapes and sizes... me, I love going to see live music.. and the more I play live, the more I understand and appreciate what they do and go through on stage.
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