Hipstermobile

Hipster - One who possesses tastes, social attitudes, and opinions deemed cool by the cool. (Note: it is no longer recommended that one use the term "cool"; a Hipster would instead say "deck.") The Hipster walks among the masses in daily life but is not a part of them and shuns or reduces to kitsch anything held dear by the mainstream. A Hipster ideally possesses no more than 2% body fat. (From Robert Lanhams The Hipster Handbook)


So Im driving down the I-10 after a nice run on the beach in Venice. Its 3:45 so traffics pretty shitty. Im doing the normal speed up to twenty, brake for fifteen seconds, speed up to twenty, brake again, etc.. I glance over to the right of me and see this mildly cute hipster chick.

I gotta say I find the whole hipster movement kind of funny, especially here in L.A. Now dont get me wrong, I like the irony as art thing. I mean, Ive been advocating the moustache for years (Im just disappointed its taken so long to catch on and its mostly thanks to all the hipsters).

So while I appreciate someone wearing their Members Only jacket or L.A Gears, I also think its gotten a little out of hand. We were at some uber-hipster party the other night in Echo Park (Silverlake is WAYYY overdone) and it was fucking hilarious. I seriously thought it was a theme party. I half-expected someone to announce the winner of the hipster costume party.

But back to the hipster chick next to me on the I-10. She was driving a pink Ford Taurus station wagon, circa 1993. Now, maybe she was just running errands for some family that she nannies and decided to take the ol wagon for a cruise, but I really think she bought the car for the sheer self-deprecating value of it. I mean, seriously, is there an uglier car than this:



It makes sense I guess, considering how image-conscious this city is, especially when it comes to ones vehicle, but I think driving around an ugly-ass car for the ironic fashion sense of it is going one step too far. And shes definitely not the only one Ive seen doing it. I guess we should expect to see more Chevy Cavaliers and Geo Metros on the road soon.

And if this trend ever reaches Austin, Texas, I know wholl be driving me around in the deckest wheels in town: Ethan Frederick Greene.