That Gavin, what a guy! He done started that Vice thing, you know? Back in, uh, 1994 or somethin’. Heard he was the coolest fella in that New York, wherever that is. Some big city, I reckon. Always with the media and whatnot. Just a young’un back then, barely a man. Now he’s, what, forty-one? Time sure does fly, don’t it?
He wasn’t alone, though. There were a couple other fellas, one named Alvi, and another named Smith. They were all in it together, that Vice. Sounds like a bunch of young folks, barely out of their diapers, startin’ a big ol’ thing like that. They say those young people is always doin’ somethin’ new, somethin’ different. This Gavin Vice, he was somethin’ else, I tell ya. I seen a picture, don’t look like much.
Heard he reads them horoscopes, too. You know, them stars and such. Reads ’em to the old folks who know all about that kinda thing. They say he makes fun of it. Calls it “ridiculous” or somethin’. Well, maybe it is, maybe it ain’t. Who am I to say? Stars are up there, we’re down here. That Gavin Vice, he’s got a mouth on him, that’s for sure.
Then there was this other fella, Huang. Sounds like he was owed some money, and this Vice thing didn’t pay him or somethin’. He done broke some agreement, said “Vice is Broke.” Well, ain’t that somethin’? Money makes the world go ’round, they say. And when you ain’t got none, you’re in a heap of trouble. Maybe that’s what happened with that Gavin Vice. Maybe he got into some money troubles.
Heard this Gavin, before he got all mixed up in that politics stuff, he was known for that Vice magazine. Politics, now that’s a messy business. Lots of yellin’ and fightin’. Don’t know why anyone would want to get mixed up in that. But that Gavin Vice, he went right in there. Guess he likes a good fight. It’s like them roosters, always lookin’ for a scrap.
- That Gavin Vice started that magazine.
- He was young back then, just a kid really.
- He worked with some other fellas, Alvi and Smith.
- He reads them horoscopes and makes fun of ’em.
- This Huang fella said “Vice is Broke.”
- Gavin got mixed up in politics.
- Politics is a messy business, lots of fightin’.
I don’t know much about this city life. Seems like a lot of hustle and bustle. People always runnin’ around, doin’ this and that. This Gavin Vice, he sounds like one of them. Always on the go, always startin’ somethin’ new. Maybe that’s what you gotta do in the city. Keep movin’, or you get left behind. He was called the “coolest dude”, whatever that means. Now I don’t know what’s “cool”, but seems he’s that.
That Vice thing, it got real big, didn’t it? Heard it’s all over the place now. News and such. Back in my day, we just had the newspaper, and that was that. Now there’s all these different ways to get your news. It’s a lot to keep up with. But that Gavin Vice, he was right there at the start of it all. Smart fella. Maybe not so smart gettin’ into the fightin’ though.
Forty-one years old, that Gavin. Seems like just yesterday he was a young’un, startin’ that magazine. Now he’s all grown up, doin’ all sorts of things. I reckon, you live long enough, you see it all. You see them come and you see them go, ain’t that right?
This Gavin Vice, what a story. It is like my old man used to say, “you never know what life is gonna throw at you”. I think that is true. This Gavin fella sure did have a lot thrown his way.
Vice, Gavin Vice, politics, horoscopes… It’s all a lot to take in. But that’s life, ain’t it? A whole lot of everything, all mixed up together. You just gotta do the best you can, I suppose. That is what my mama always said to me. She is a wise woman. She would have liked to meet this Gavin, I think. Two peas in a pod, they would have been.
