Nevermind!

Apparently it's the 20 year anniversary of the release of Nirvana's Nevermind album. I just read an article in Spin magazine and it brought back so many lovely memories... and also made me feel OLD! 20 years? Seriously? -Then I look up from the article, take off my bifocals to wipe a lethargic tear from my eye & shake an angry fist, cain in hand, at the neighbor kids on my lawn. What are you talking about? I'm still a young whippersnapper!-

I remember the first time I heard Smells Like Teen Spirit on the radio. It grabbed onto something inside of me... angst? Yeah, that must be it. Something very familiar to my teen self.
I have a memory of going to my friend's birthday party. She had invited a boy that she liked, Russ. I remember that her mom had bought beer for the party (can you say Mother of the year award?), which I don't think any of us drank accept for the birthday girl's boyfriend, who's name I never cared to remember. This winner boyfriend tried to pick a fight with Russ and punched him in the face. That part of the night was pretty lame. I remember, though, that Russ gave me a ride home and we were listening to Nevermind in his car. I think I asked him several times the name of the band because I was so inthralled with the music that I didn't want to forget. I don't think I talked to that boy much after that, even though the next year he was in my art class. Maybe he didn't remember me. Or maybe he hoped that I didn't remember him being punched in the face. What ever the case that is my first memory of listening to that particular album.