I'm the type of person to like what everyone else doesn't; to do my own thing and grin, while most people snicker. Being like everyone else has become something I strive not to be. As a young child, the kids in my school were so mean, and self-centered, and the same. They got high off of bullying others who were different and being a clan of boring people who resembled the same, tired, old shit.

For a while, I resented everyone at my school. Guilderland was probably the worst place to be a young woman, who just didn't want to be like every Abercrombie obsessed, hair straightening, UGG wearing, French manicured girl that she saw in sight. I could never be one of THOSE girls. I'm way too comfortable being the van wearing, natural haired, gap-toothed, happy girl, who finds peace within herself.

After all this time, when I see those same girls out at clubs or the mall, I get angry. It makes me want to leave this stupid town. You know why? Because those girls never changed. Now, they just try to fit in with whatever might be the "cool" thing happening these days. Now it's "cool" to wear vans, and to curl your hair, and to wear vintage clothing, and to be different. It's "in" to be different. But the thing is, that none of you are actually different. You've made this stupid new clan that you think makes you different, but you're still all the same. You still look down on people who don't have as much money as you. You still have the same fake friends who talk shit about you behind your back and smile in your face. You STILL aren't yourself. You're just what you think everyone wants you to be.

When I see you in public, don't try to act like we were friends in school. Don't try to get to know me now, because you think I'm one of you. I've always been my unique, cool ass, down to earth, good vibes self. You were always a follower, who didn't know who you really were. Don't EVER compare yourself to me. You're still the same person that I saw in high school. And I am so happy I'm not, and never was one of you.