Came home from furniture shopping, clicked on the TV, which was tuned to VH1, and within a second it dawned on me that VH1 was broadcasting the famous, epic, generation-defining "Nirvana Unplugged" from 1993 in its entirety.

The best blue whiskey came out of the cabinet and I settled in for one of those "boy am I going to have to blog about this" experiences of taking in the fullness of Nirvana Unplugged.

The culmination of the show is "My Girl," about a guy demanding his girl tell him where she's going and where she slept last night. Cobain sings with such intensity and passion that you don't need whiskey to feel intoxicated. What always gets to me is the last few seconds of his performance. With eyes shut, he screams the words so passionately that some don't even make it out, leaving the listener to fill in the blanks between the few nouns he's able to utter. And then, just before the last word or two, Cobain opens his eyes for a second that seems like an eternity, closes them again and finishes the song.

If you're in the mood to be philosophical you might think a whole universe was created and destroyed in that split second of vision. As if he saw all eternity and what would happen (or what he'd do) to himself. The feeling is almost as if there's nothing more he could possibly do, so why not end it all?

How many people ever reach the point they can truly say, "ok, I guess I brought my vision to the world, I inspired changing mindsets, I made my immortal contribution to the universe and I guess its time to go?"

And even if we're not talking about the culmination of a life, how many people ever see anything with a level of clarity that goes way beyond silly stubbornness or wishful thinking?

How often are we given those gifts? How often are we inspired to see past all the bullshit that surrounds us constantly and indulge in a singular fleeting moment of absolute clarity? The sort of clarity that is undeniable and even apparent to those around us?

Well I guess it doesn't happen often. And in the meantime all we can do is our best, hoping that each decision brings us closer to love, passion, confidence in ourselves and our choices.

I would shiver the whole night through.