Here is Donny, revised.
In case you couldn't tell, Donny doesn't have any skin. He was born that way. I'm not sure where this concept came from - it could have various sources [buried deep in Rob's subconscious, says Ari] - I tried to imagine what the most painful thing in the world could be. I guess it would be having no skin. One of Donny's origins could be the result of my parents making me watch TLC specials about people with strange conditions.
Like the tree man.
Just out-of-the-ordinary stuff that couldn't be explained.
Ironically enough, I recently stumbled upon Jonny, the boy whose skin fell off. Keep in mind, I'm not poking fun at people with these conditions. My parents taught me that whatever problems I had paled in comparison to the problems that other people had. Now, I'm not quite sure if that was meant to make me feel better -- but it did discourage me from taking things for granted.
I guess that's Donny's message. Not that I conceived Donny with the intention of spreading a message -- it just kind of worked out that way.
Donny just really, really, really wants to be left alone. Throughout his daily grind, he finds himself surrounded by ungrateful morons -- and he is often subjected to their ignorant rantings. Donny's condition is obviously worse having a zit, being unpopular, or breaking up with your
girlfriend of one week, and in spite of this, he bears little to no self-pity. Instead, Donny offers a croaky, strained voice of reason, trying to relate to his peers and offer them a positive outlook.
Everybody seems to get easily annoyed with Donny, who is pretty much on his own when it comes to dealing with his problems.
Donny has a one-track mind that is only set on getting through each day with as little pain as possible.
