I was thinking today about some self-psychology, or whatever you wanna call it. I was analyzing myself. This was actually at work, but hey, who gives a shit about working, right? Almost everyday, my dear, charming mother (Yea, I lstill ive with my mom) asks me how my day/work was. And like any other guy, I give a typical answer:

"Fine."

"What'd you do?"

"Stuff."

Obviously, as a guy I believe that I don't need to express my emotions. And as a cynical bastard, I also believe no one really wants to know or gives a shit about my day, which is completely true. My sister tends to think everyone cares. As I'm writing this, I realize I'm telling you all about my day or whatever, exactly as I hate it when other people do. But bear with me.

When I was young I used to express my thoughts and feelings on my day at the dinner table. I think it was all ruined by one fateful day.

It was during preschool when I thought of the joke. I was probably about 4 or 5, and to my 4 or 5 year-old self, the joke was probably the most hilarious thing I had ever thought of, or even heard.  So, like any other young child, impressed with my own ability, I decided to unleash the monster of "The skeleton kid" joke upon my family. I'm still constantly reminded of this horrific joke by my afore mentioned "charming" mother. The monstrosity went something like this:

"Why did the skeleton kid go home early from school?"

I remember barely being able to contain my amusement while saying this. I expect my family thought I would go on to tell a great joke.

"He wanted to go home and see Bone-Daddy!"

Even typing this I'm filled with shame. Bone daddy? What the hell? It must have been something I saw on saturday cartoons. Even so, the emphasis I put on the two words reduced me to a madly cackling 4 year old idiot. My family tried to sound like they got the joke, but I knew, even then, that they didn't get it. And even as a child, I knew the joke sucked, but I felt such pride in it.

Nowadays, my family's lucky to get 100 words out of me per day. Is it because of the skeleton kid joke? Yea, probably.

Fuckin' Kid skeleton joke.