Does anyone know where I can buy anti-average deodorant?

I was in the Breakfast Club recently and one of the lines is "Everyone can do something".  Ever since we're young, we're told that we can do whatever we want, that everyone's good at something. 

What if you're not good at anything?  What if you can't do anything particularly well?  Where does that leave you?

Actually, where does that leave me?

There's absolutely nothing special about me.  I'm not good at anything, and I'm terrible at plenty of things.  I have no real talents.  I'm not pretty, but I'm not a horrendous monster either, I'm plain.  Everything about me is

 Plain.

Boring.

Average.

But, I guess  I'm okay with that.  I may be the least interesting being on the planet, but at least I have some pretty interesting people to keep me company and mask the odor of average that emanates off of my body.

No-one's going to make me but me.

The TV show MADE from MTV held a casting call at my school today.  When I entered English class my friend asked me what he should be "made" into and quite frankly, it startled me.  It made me think about all of the people that would be auditioning for the show and wishing they could change themselves.  What does it say when the media exploits one's flaws and insecurities to show the rest of the world that everyone can be better?

I don't want to be "made" into anything.  I'm still learning and changing and I'm content with the way I am right now.  And it's sad that not everyone feels that way; that not every fifteen year old girl can say that she is happy with who she is or the alarming number of teenagers who say that they do not yet know who they are but would still like to change.

It just doesn't seem right.

Knock, Knock. Who's there? Reality.

When was the last time you looked at someone and realized that you didn't really know them? That despite all the years and the laughs, they changed, or you changed, or maybe you didn't know them as well as you thought you did in the first place.


This happened to me today and, it was like a neon sign saying, "Welcome back to high school, Bitch!"


Human nature is a funny thing, isn't it?  There are so many things that we know are wrong, that we try to prevent or avoid but, we can't, it's the way we're made.  It's like a cruel joke, and you never know when you're going to get to the punchline.