I hate April Fool’s day. I pride myself on not being suckered easily. I think I can see through a lot of the bullshit, but on a day that prides itself for suckering everyone, I am on high alert. Some pranks are so transparent that I get irritated when I hear people believe them (like the bogus stories that Morning Radio Shows play) or Google’s Custom Time. But others, I just don’t know. I read a headline on MSN that The New Kids on the Block may be planning a reunion. I read MSN everyday, it’s like an old friend. Please MSN! Don’t toy with my emotions! I can only hope that the NKOTB reunion is real! I was too afraid to click on the headline to see the truth.
Maybe the real reason I feel so jaded about April Fool’s Day goes back to my formative middle school years. I was probably in 7th grade and I forgot it was April Fool’s Day. I heard that Dustin Diamond, yes Screech, had died of a drug overdose. I was so freaked out by it, I told all my friends and family. (If only Wikipedia was around to set me straight!) I didn’t know what I was more shocked about: that he was dead or the way that he died. Alas, I found out it was a cruel April Fool’s joke. Now Screech is just the fat asshole on Celebrity Fit Club.
I often think that December 26th is the saddest day of the year. It’s so much pressure to follow up after Christmas. (Incidentally, I feel that way about December 16th because it’s the day after my birthday.) So, I think that if December 26th is the saddest day, then April 2nd is probably pretty happy because it gets to follow up a shitty April 1st.
By the way- Joey Mac is still the finest New Kid around. And don’t you forget it!
April 2nd, 2008 at 3:27 am
It’s Donnie, foo’.