There was an article on the local news that announced a young teenage girl had tragically died while being playfully buried in the sand. The next article about this same incident detailed how her friends felt about her, in which they described her as an "amazing" person. While this is tragic and I do not doubt that her friends and family feel that she was an amazing person, I can't help but think of how sappy this is. Of course they are going to think she was an "amazing person." I have yet to stumble upon an obituary or similar article where friends and family were quoted as calling the person "average.
In light of this epiphany, I wouldn't mind being the first person to be quoted as "average" in an article about my death. I can see it now. Headline: "Friends remember the life of young man as 'adequate'" I would like to be something of a pioneer in the field of brutal obituaries. No sap or bullshit. Just facts or bland statements that people aren't used to seeing in obituaries. Ideally, I would like a few one liners in there that quote me as "good enough, I guess" and "strove for mediocrity and got it." Oh yes, the possibilities are endless for the fun you can have with this. It would be most excellent.
Anywho, I started this blog at a different time of the day when the idea was fresh in my head. But I got distracted by something else I had to do. Now that I've come back to finish this, it's not the same. So I'm just going to end it here before it feels like I'm trying too hard to be funny.
You're welcome, loyal reader.
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