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Saturday, March 11, 2006

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It is simply amazing to me how something as random as warmer weather after months of cold can lift one's spirits. Yesterday, we had a record high here in New York. It hit the mid-seventies. And suddenly the life-crushing despair I'd been feeling since Arrested Development got canceled just flew out the window and I began skipping down the street like Gene Kelly.

New York is such a fantastic place in the Spring. All of a sudden, you remember how awesome it is to walk in the park. Museums, which have been open all winter anyway, sing a louder siren song. Even the crackheads on our block seem to have a spring in their step.

I walked my dogs this morning under a bright, sunny sky and I felt energized. My wife and I just went for a run in the park and I feel like I've got rainbows coming out my ass. I started singing the theme from Fame for absolutely no reason. I have an urge to sit down and crank out the screenplay I've been neglecting for the past two weeks. I want to adopt homeless orphans and teach them to play the violin. I want to give George Bush a big hug.

Okay, I don't really want to do that. That's just the caffeine talking. But still.

I guess the deep and profound point I want to make here is that Spring is good. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go heal some lepers.

posted by Joe # 12:43 PM

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You just described how I felt on Friday when my March Break started.

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Eternity : 9:32 PM

I was looking up the spelling of what I thought was zippety or maybe zippidy and your BLOG came up with the correct spelling zippity.

Your title and blog really amused me and then struck me more critically as I thought, "Now that is the voice of the 21st century. Not Frost with vestiges of the 19th century, nor e.e. cummings which probably culminated with the 20th, but that exuberance of this new century.

I may be wrongly interpreting this. There is ambivilence: zip pity, pity zip, the juxtaposition does catch one's eye.

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		Saturday, March 11, 2006 Zippidy Fucking Doo Dah It is simply amazing to me how something as random as warmer weather after months of cold can lift one's spirits. Yesterday, we had a record high here in New York. It hit the mid-seventies. And suddenly the life-crushing despair I'd been feeling since Arrested Development got canceled just flew out the window and I began skipping down the street like Gene Kelly. New York is such a fantastic place in the Spring. All of a sudden, you remember how awesome it is to walk in the park. Museums, which have been open all winter anyway, sing a louder siren song. Even the crackheads on our block seem to have a spring in their step. I walked my dogs this morning under a bright, sunny sky and I felt energized. My wife and I just went for a run in the park and I feel like I've got rainbows coming out my ass. I started singing the theme from Fame for absolutely no reason. I have an urge to sit down and crank out the screenplay I've been neglecting for the past two weeks. I want to adopt homeless orphans and teach them to play the violin. I want to give George Bush a big hug. Okay, I don't really want to do that. That's just the caffeine talking. But still. I guess the deep and profound point I want to make here is that Spring is good. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go heal some lepers. posted by Joe # 12:43 PM Comments: You just described how I felt on Friday when my March Break started. # posted by Eternity : 9:32 PM I was looking up the spelling of what I thought was zippety or maybe zippidy and your BLOG came up with the correct spelling zippity. Your title and blog really amused me and then struck me more critically as I thought, "Now that is the voice of the 21st century. Not Frost with vestiges of the 19th century, nor e.e. cummings which probably culminated with the 20th, but that exuberance of this new century. I may be wrongly interpreting this. There is ambivilence: zip pity, pity zip, the juxtaposition does catch one's eye. # posted by Anonymous : 11:36 AM Post a Comment << Home		Links The Conversation Special Productions Izzle Pfaff Freida Bee Sometimes I Just Talk Alisa and the Stuff Alisa Does Tuna Girl Defective Yeti The Incurable Insomniac The Savvy, The Extreme and The Idealist Caballito del Diablo The Ambivalence of Open Spaces Bug-Eyed Blog Whiskeymarie Version 53 Things I've Noticed (S)wine: ShortLeanCuts Out of Tune Missives from the Beige Sister of Hairshirt Apostrophe Abuse Jonestown Tobacco Brunette The Public Intellectual That's Why Archives July 2004 August 2004 September 2004 October 2004 November 2004 December 2004 January 2005 February 2005 March 2005 April 2005 May 2005 June 2005 July 2005 August 2005 September 2005 October 2005 November 2005 December 2005 January 2006 February 2006 March 2006 April 2006 May 2006 June 2006 July 2006 August 2006 September 2006 October 2006 November 2006 December 2006 January 2007 February 2007 March 2007 April 2007 May 2007 June 2007 July 2007 August 2007 September 2007 October 2007 November 2007 December 2007 January 2008 February 2008 March 2008 April 2008 May 2008 June 2008 July 2008 August 2008 September 2008 October 2008 November 2008 December 2008 January 2009 February 2009 March 2009 March 2011 April 2011