 A fable about Generation X. When the flannel, grunge rock, dark beer, and cigarettes of Kirk s urban world collide with the minivans, boy band pop, and khakis of his old friends  new suburban life, something has to snap. Kirk finds himself at the center of a cultural shift that just might be part of a plan to destroy his generation. In addition to a new boy band called "Teen Spirit," everyone is obsessed with - and wants Kirk to take - X-GEN, a new drug that "helps people deal with reality." Over the course of one week, Kirk tries to confront his sell-out friends and get to the bottom of the nightmarish visions (flashbacks?) of medical experiments he keeps having.