Things that I am giving up for Lent 2009

Since I was so successful last year in my Lent-induced self-discipline, I believe I should continue the tradition of giving thing up for Lent.¹ Here’s what I’m working on abstaining from this Lenten season:

• My two favourite cardinal sins:

• sloth
  
• gluttony
  

• Eating out.² (See gluttony)

• Checking Facebook during work hours.³ (See sloth)

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Also, because I don’t believe in setting the bar too high for myself, I have authored another Lenten List

VICES THAT I AM EMBRACING FOR LENT 2009.

• Obsessive cuddling

• Français langue seconde

• Recreational pancake consumption

• Footnoting footnotes
  

~g.mango is full of lists (and pancakes)

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¹ Can you believe I've been cable-and-Backgammon-free for a whole year?!

² Streetmeat not included. Also, I am mostly abstaining from eating out to stand in solidarity with Julie Anna.<sup>4

3</sup> This should be made easier by the fact that Spring Break is falling right in the middle of Lent, and I will consequently find myself in a remote internet-less village in Guatemala (making both "work hours" and "Facebook checkage" a non-issue for two whole weeks.

⁴ But also to coax my bank account back into the black. After all, it is Black History Month.<sup>5

5</sup> And as a halfrican, I'd like to wish you all a Happy Negro-Appreciation Month!