…Seriously?
I need my memory jogged.
What was that short-lived, totally effin’ raaaadical extreme sport that enjoyed brief popularity in the 90’s and was practiced solely by young girls, clumsy, uncoordinated teenagers, confused middle-aged couples and a couple other classes whose one unifying characteristic was either “doesn’t know any better” or “complete lack of shame?”
Oh yeah, rollerblading.
I saw a couple kids downtown today r…ro… …rollerblading, and my initial reaction was that it was typical Portland hipster irony. You know, “Dudes, let’s grow out ridiculous mustaches like we’re all cops” or “Dudes, let’s all get jackets that went out of style in the 70’s.” Does “Dudes, I’m going to strap some rollerblades on and slide on a marble ledge on one foot while holding the toes of my free foot” constitute irony yet? It should, but these kids looked like they were all taking themselves pretty seriously. It totally blew my mind.
Keep ‘em in the closet with the moon-shoes and hula-hoop, guys. You were embarrassing yourselves 15 years ago, you’re embarrassing yourselves in 2008. It’s over.
