Seriously

i think that people see me as someone serious or borderline boring. heck, maybe i am. but if you've known me way back in high school or college, you'll think otherwise. my high school yearbook write-up even mentions me as someone who "cracks the corniest jokes and dances out-of-this-world dance steps which could give you goosebumps." a loaded description, but simply put i have humor in my body. so whatever happened?

i don't know. maybe i got tired of being laughed at. or maybe i discovered that people are more funny if they think they got me when in fact they didn't. calling it bluff or something to that effect. i have a high tolerance for stupid people. that's why i can still bear watching slapstick comedy. but i also dig David Letterman's brand of punchlines - bland, wordplay, but very intellectually relevant. and honestly, i appreciate the latter more.

there's also a very thin line between funny and downright pathetic. too pathetic to even deserve a chuckle. so the next time any of you throw a prank at me, look at my expression. if you got a cold stare or a searching wince, it's not that i did not get the joke. it means try harder stupid! and usually i stop listening on your 5th attempt. because like X-factor, sense of humor is either you got it or you don't. case in point, i once told a student that his jokes are so corny that i will probably give him a joke book for Christmas. indeed, he got one from me 2 Christmases ago. my personal assessment, he never improved.