Oh-Two-One-Three-Four!

it's a sad day when something from your childhood disappears.  Zoom has been cancelled.  it's true, that i didn't even know it was still on, and had i not read this article i would have been oblivious to it's demise, but still.  it's a sad day.

i thought the kids on zoom were really cool.  (yes, i was a HUGE dork as a kid and very uncool). they wore orange and yellow striped rugby shirts (this was the 70's -- no one wore rugby shirts) and one of the girls, i don't remember her name, wore her blond hair really short and she wore big button-like earrings.  although i had pierced ears, i wasn't allowed to wear big earrings like that. 

it's on zoom that i learned what a self-addressed stamped envelope was, and i learned how to do that thing with my arms that really serves no purpose other than to amaze and shock your friends and family ... those who didn't watch zoom anyway.

and you were encouraged to send them letters, although i never did.  "SEND IT TO ZOOM.  BOX 35"oh"  BOSTON MASS OH-TWO-ONE-THREE-FOUR!  SEND IT TO ZOOM!"

by the way, 02134 is the zipcode for allston, a very popular student neighborhood of boston.  and when i see an allston address, i can't help but hear in my head a faint voice singing (and it's the only thing i hear in my head by the way) oh-two-one-three-four.. send it to zoooom!