My 100 day Lent
Posted by: sparklepants on: February 25, 2009
I’m not Catholic. Most of you know this about me. So obviously I don’t observe Lent, even though I like the general idea behind it. I observe a 100 day period from April to July. Well, I try to, but I’m kind of bad at it. This year, I’m striving to ACTUALLY DO IT WITHOUT FAIL. So I’ve been mulling over one or two things to abstain from during that 100 days. There are some things that I have decided are strictly off-limits (elevators, given the state of my knees; Dr. Pepper, given that it is my #1 migraine cure; Facebook, given that it is my main method of communication with some people; Livejournal, given that I might as well be dead without it), but there are other things that would be very good for me. The short list is as follows:
+ Purchased coffee (usually only a problem during the week)
+ Chocolate
+ Celebrity gossip (specifically, ONTD)
My list is short right now, I know. BUT IT WILL GROW.
I played this game on my Livejournal and NO ONE GOT IT, so hopefully you people are better at playing. What is significant about a 100-day period between April and July? Historical significance.
AND…GO!
3 Responses to "My 100 day Lent"
February 27, 2009 at 8:28 am
YOU WIN! You are officially more on-the-ball than like, 95% of my friends. I promised the winner a prize at LJ, so I suppose I should offer you one, as well. Which means that I should finish the CD I started making for you the other day.
March 11, 2009 at 10:25 am
What would I give up for 100 days? *thinking* Um… Well… I’d say soda or PB Twix, but I can’t give those up for 100 minutes, never mind 100 days. So instead I will give up biting my nails. I do this in remembrance of you. Amen.
February 26, 2009 at 8:30 pm
The Rwandan genocide in 1994 that lasted from early April to late July and resulted in between 800,00 and 1,000,000 dead.
Thank you World Civ. You filled me with little factoids.