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Wednesday, February 9
"Nobody changes at summer camp... you just figure out who you are and start being it." -Wichita, Happy Campers
when the hell is lent? last night (at a bar) i was talking to a girl about what to give up. not in the catholic, purge-my-soul-and-resist-temptation way, but in the fuck-with-my-body sense. i see it as more fun to deny yourself things and battle with your cravings than pay homage to any sort of ritual sacrifice (which, if you view "giving up" anything as a sacrifice, lent is). so i thought of meat. bad idea b/c i need the protein to avoid getting destroyed again in spring rugby. then i considered dairy. but i like dairy too much. i thought of smoking, but the rare cigarette isn't signifigant enough. then i thought: naps. oh yeah. i pretty much live for my naps some days. it's all that gets me through. so if i give up THAT little slice of heaven for 40 days it's going to be a challenge and a GOOD challenge. nothing like teasing your own circadian rhythmns. that movie above, happy campers, has had me thinking a lot recently. there's this one line, where a girl is pleading with a guy to just admit he loves her (there's more to it than that) and she essentially says "before too long we're going to be grown-ups and have nothing to talk about except groceries." and it's been hitting me, echoing in my soul for the past few days, that there are and always will be BIGGER THINGS to figure out in life. not how to pay off your credit card bills. not what to study for the next test or which nights to go out. not any of that day-to-day crap. but larger things. ugh, and i'm doing such a trash job of doing justice to the topic. anyway, with lent, turning 25 on saturday, and that whole "the planets are aligned under your sign" shit going on... it's been a mentally tumultous (but enjoyable) week so far. more words on here tomorrow. today's focus: recipe for sweet potato pie, selling more raffle tickets, knowing what "real" means in spanish, having damn flip-flops on when it's supposed to rain/snow later today!
Comments:
Lent starts as of today, I personally think you should give up sex, or at least speaking to random girls in bar, who knows you could end up with a STD or something. Giving up naps is in no way a challenge…I can think of at least 100 more exciting things to give up for lent.
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