| Show i r. r A 4 1 i s J J Jeren eren W. W Canning Senior Editor There comes a time in every persons person's life when they officially officially officially realize they are arc getting old ld For many its it's when they get gel married ed have kids or realize realize realize real real- ize the bar scene isn't all its it's cracked up to be My life altering moment came during a conversation with my year old nephew last week My nephew Mason Masonis is getting to a point in his life where he can hold his own in some conversations granted conversations granted those conversations involve the words or Yu-gi-oh Yu yes I I had to ask my e editor how to spell that Anyway V J I q y Lil Lii J Dub J-Dub Dub represents the old school va cab my nephew asked me what kind of music I listened to and without thinking I spout off Johnny Cash Goo Goo Dolls Third Eye Blind Blindt to which Mason gave me a blank look of What are you talking about Feeling a little awkward I quickly changed the questioning question question- ing by asking Mason who his favorite singer was After thinking about it for a few seco seconds seconds sec sec- o ds he said Romeo I quickly quick quick- ly chimed back with You like Lil Romeo huh No Jeren he isn't Lil Romeo anymore hes he's just Romeo So in a total of about 30 seconds seconds seconds sec sec- I turned from a person who supposedly knew a lot about pop culture culture Im Im I'm in my early I should know this stuff heck I have an full of music now classified as oldies oldies to to a person thinking When did Lil Romeo grow up To add insult insul to injury Mason also taught me that it isn't Lil Bow Wow either just plain Bow Wow At this point in the conversation conversation conversation conver conver- I decide Ive I've had enough embarrassment from the year old and put on a Johnny Cash LP to help drown my sorrows When once again my nephew brings out my age by singing the words to Ring of Fire W When en enI I asked him how he knew all 4 the words Mason said its on my Tony Hawk video game I now know what my parents parents parents par par- must have felt like when I Iwas Iwas Iwas was walked in the house dropping dropping dropping drop drop- ping lines like When did we get old Actually we didn't we just grew up we aint lil no more Each person makes an unconscious unconscious unconscious decision to start looking looking looking look look- ing at the things that are really important like school or work and instead the little thing the pop culture items sim simply ly slip in one ear and out the other So as we may feel out of the loop when the young ones start it like its it's hot but we have bigger fish to fry |
