I mentioned to Sayre in my last post what I have given up for lent. I had trouble thinking up of what I wanted to give up, as I had been successful for two previous years, and fancied something a bit different.
Well, 3 days in, and I thought of something. Plus I hadn’t cheated as I haven’t eaten it since Lent.
I’m giving up chocolate.
It was a comment from nal last week that sort of made me think “yeah, let it be chocolate”. So I am embarking on a 40 days and 40 nights without Chocolate. Within that time is my birthday (March 4th, write it in your diary), so if you are thinking about getting me anything, don’t let it be chocolate. Do what Han’s planning to do, and give me the clap.
One thing that has not helped me in the slightest is Something For The Weekend. This week, Chelski Scum (but a legend) Lovejoy and his Bald Scouse Mate made Chocolate Brownies, in a recipe that resembled those M & S food porn adverts. With pure chocolate being poured everywhere. I was so tempted to run to the kitchen to eat a Yorkie or something.
Cruel Lovejoy, why does thou mock me?
Also from Something for the Weekend they had a couple of people from Dead Ringers, a satirical comedy show. They had two of the impressionists from the show. This got me thinking: whenever have you seen an impressionist on a talk show NOT do an impression? I’d love to see it, really I would.
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Rhys Wynne, the author of this blog, is a 20 something web designer from Colwyn Bay.
“I was so tempted to run to the kitchen to eat a Yorkie or something.”
You have chocolate in the house? accessable chocolate?! My mum hides it on a really high shelf where she knows I can’t get it or failing that - in a saucepan because god knows I’m never going to look there!
I couldn’t do it, I had three different types of chocolate after dinner tonight. Dark, milk and one on a wafer… I really couldn’t do it.
However I could do with the clap! I also really like giardia. They’re hillarious!
I love chocolate to bits but I think I could give it up for lent, I say think because I have no intention of testing my willpower just yet hehe.
I love those microbes, we just convinced one of my Biology lecturers to buy some for the department after seeing them a little while back. Will make lectures a whole lot more fun.
I feel your pain about giving chocolate. I’ve given it up for Lent too, along with bread and cake (though I’m allowing cake for my birthday). It’s very tough when people keep giving me food! Gambatte Kudasai (Keep up the hard work)!
Hmmm, looks like chocolate is a legit Lenten sacrifice then.
Glad to be of service
If you’re giving up choclate… don’t keep any in the house.
Also these things are pretty cool:
Damn my inability to write code… here is the link the old fashioned way: Click Here
Hey, this post reminded me that I always wanted to know what “scouse” means. The Monkees had a song many milennia ago called “Randy Scouse Git” and I have no idea what that means. The lyrics don’t help either.
Can you help this Yank understand the meaning of the word and song title????
Meh - I can give up chocolate - I only ever eat it 3 days before my period because I crave it. Other than that i lead a pretty chocolate free lifestyle.
I’m not christian so I don’t partake in Lent thus will be happy in hell as I know I’ve lived a goo life without having to give up anything I love!
Sonja: a “Randy Scouse Git” is someone from Liverpool who has got the horn.
Is ’scouse’ considered not PC these days… I have no idea
Holy cow - they need to change M & S Food to S&M food. That video was downright obscene.
Good luck with the chocolate. My husband couldn’t do it - he’s a chocoholic of the first order.
I could give up alcohol for Lent… I’m not much of a drinker anyway and I’ve been on medication that doesn’t allow alcohol in any form whatsoever. Unfortunately, it also made me break out in hives after 7 days to the point where I felt like the Elephant Man. I could definitely do with a good stiff drink, but am not allowed to at all until another 3 days have passed. Damn.
Hey Sayre (or anyone), maybe you could set me straight here - but I thought the point was to give up something you loved and couldn’t live without for Lent, as a sign of identifying with the sufferings of Christ in the wilderness.
So if you give up alcohol because you don’t drink much, or are not suppose to have it because of medication does that really count?
I can see why giving up chocolate is a sacrifice for Rhys, the man with the chocolate advent calendar
Or am I, as a non-practitioner of Lent, missing something here?
nAL: No you’re not wrong. You’re supposed to give up something that you enjoy, that is generally considered bad for you. Of course, if Sayre goes from little chocolate to zero chocolate, then that’s still good
However, I’ve found that I’m eating a lot more crisps (potato chips) than normal!