Herbin' it

I changed the header of the blog to "The Fresh Herb" after a combination of conversations I had with coworkers, last week. One of my coworkers got his first iPod (a video one...oooh!). Of course, I was there watching him unpack it. Not only to see and experience the shiny and new iPod, but also to watch his reaction to the product. He uncoiled the white earphones, then peered at the square package that held the black foam earbud "protectors."

"Don't put those on."

"Why? Won't it make it more comfortable and protect the earphones?"

"You'll look like a herb."

"A what?"

My coworker never heard of the derogatory word, "herb." He was born in the 80s, so I won't hold it against him. I quickly found out that none of my west coast friends have heard it.

To ease my disbelief, I brought it up to a childhood friend that I've recently gotten in touch. Thank goodness he knew what it meant. Except he brought in new forms of the word I've never heard of. He used herb as a verb: He was herbin' it. That blew my mind. Continuing on the mind blowing...Out of the first 10 entries in the Urban Dictionary, only one first defines herb as weed.

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The fact that I am pointing this out to you makes me a major herb. And the fact that I reference the Urban Dictionary is pretty herbish.

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The "fresh" part of it came from the side of a truck that drove by me the other day. It was a produce truck that advertised "Fresh Herbs." I chuckled out loud with the visualization of a herb-making factory. My girlfriend asked me what I was laughing at, but I kept it to myself, anxious that she'd think I was a...you guessed it. But as we drove on, I started thinking fresh as in Old School fresh. Yeeeeeeah! Fresh Herb. Technically, I'm more of a dork. But Fresh Dork sounds lame.

I should quit now before I start losing friends.