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The other day while having brunch (Not quite breakfast, not quite lunch) we were reminiscing about our formative hipster years. Nyree talked about how she would bring her school uniform to her auntie who is a well known fashion designer and have it changed from cotton/polyester to pure unadulterated hemp. Still keeping the initial design mind you. I though this was quite impressive that she showed signs of such hipster superstardom (hipsterdom) at such a young age. Nyree agreed and added that to finish off her 'schoolyard chic' uniform she would have a backpack which had on it, scribbled in various fonts with ballpoint pen and black marker, "I love cotton" and "Nyree & Cotton 4 Ever". She told me that saying she loved cotton while wearing a uniform which was supposed to be made out of cotton but was now made out of hemp was ironic. I agreed. We smiled. Nyree sipped her cherry Americano.
Some moments later I told Nyree that as a young hipster I would eat ham sandwiches in the school canteen while wearing a baseball cap from the WWF (World Wildlife Foundation) which bared the quote "Animals Are Equals". Every lunch I was told to take off the hat as it was not part of the uniform. When that happened I would oblige and put the hat into my backpack and at the same time take out a book entitled 'Vegetarianism For Dummies", take a bite of my ham sandwich and have a good read before English class or double Geography. I told her this was ironic. She agreed. We smiled. I sipped my fairtrade soya coffee.
We also talked about how we would invite ourselves to our own birthday parties and not show up. All as a protest against society and how you have to conform to birthday traditions.
When we finished our coffee we called the waiter over and asked him for the bill. He had an American accent and we found this quite interesting and therefore struck up a conversation with him. He told us he was from New York and to cut a long story short we found out he was a big fan of HipHop and in particular New York artists such as De La Soul, Jay-Z and Mos Def. At this conclusion he asked us -
NYREE & BRIAN: Em... we don't care either way really. But I suppose we do, on occasion, listen to songs from the underground HipHop scene in Belgium.
WAITER: Oh cool!
NYREE & BRIAN: Yeah. Whatev's. We like the lyrics. Good meanings in the songs ye know?
WAITER: Wow! So you guys speak Flemish?
NYREE & BRIAN: No.
WAITER: .... But you guys said you like the lyrics?....
NYREE & BRIAN: Yeah, we know. Ironic right?
WAITER walks away confused. NYREE & BRIAN put back on their glasses which consist of just the frames and no lenses. They pay the bill and leave.
ON SCREEN: If you can't stand the irony get out of the hipster kitchen.
End Scene.
Some people aren't born to be hipsters. Adam Welsh is. Check out the photo he sent in. If this guy ain't hipster then kill me now with a styrofoam knife and send me to hipster heaven where you get your own Barista and a free pair of deck shoes upon entry.
"No way through to car park". I'd put down a bet that the guy in the photo cycles his fixie everywhere and locks his bike in a car park space.
Nyree & Brian
Hipsters we met and liked
"Whatev's, we're over it".
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