I've recently com to an intriguing and rather depressing conclusion. I am completely and absolutely normal. I assure you that this was a hard concept to accept considering that for a very long time my objective has been to be abnormal or even extraordinary. But in todays society it is normal to be abnormal. Now don't get me wrong, I am sure there are exceptions, I just don't believe that they are the goths who worship satin to piss off their parents. No, I think the exceptions but I think they are harder to find because they aren't abnormal for attention and they may infact blend in perfectly because it is easier to. I am certain that as I write this these ideas are most likely not original, actually I bet the origins are an exception.

So why is it that abnormal is ordinary? I believe it is the lack of true meaning in our lives, so we scramble to create our own though it is sometimes shallow. This lack of meaning comes from the "American Dream". We go to school for years and years to get a decent job so you can make yourself and the people around you comfortable. Then you retire and realize that you have wasted your entire life working and have nothing to show except for at best money and perhaps kids who will most likely have a life just like yours. Then... you die and if whomever writes on your gravestone is thruthful then it will read "Here Lies (insert name) he/she Worked Hard".

With these prospects being "normal" it is no wonder I want to be otherwise. So I bitch and complain about parents and society because I lack the courage to change them. I hope I find that courage and my gravestone reads "Here Lies Briana She Changed Ordinary".

But your opinion is your own.