2004-12-21
Petty Concerns Stripping Away
I assume that just about everyone who celebrates Christmas in North America has seen the Charlie Brown Christmas special. So call to mind the scene where Lucy is pestering Schroeder to play Jingle Bells for her. He goes through several beautiful renditions of it, none of which satisfy Lucy. She gets angry and impatient with him and he gets frustrated and angry with her and he proceeds to pound out Jingle Bells in a flat, expressionless manner. But this exactly satisfies Lucy and she leaps into the air with a great triumphant shout of �THAT�S IT!!!�
And that�s me right now. Rising out of the mire of all my past pain and salty tears in a halo of brightly lit epiphany and genuine happiness with an ejaculating scream of �THAT�S IT!!!� fully equaling the violence of Lucy�s cry.