I give up.

[xp_tarot]

If my mother asks me one more time if I am giving up anything for Lent, or committing to going to Mass more, or 'doing more good works' then I am going to scream.

Whoever taught her how to send an email should be thrown into a river. And I cannot even put her in the spam filters because she is my mother and might have sent me something that is not a stupid email forward.

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[xp_daytripper]

*grins* You could always get her to disown you by going evil? Worked for me.

And what's with the Lent thing? Educate an uneducated pagan sort? Not that I'm trying to put off making phone calls, no way.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

Yes, but then who would send me emails about how I should forward a story about a man and a donkey to all my friends to show them that I love them?

... Perhaps you have something there.

Lent is the 40 days before Easter. Many Catholics - I do not know if other Christians do or not - give up something for those forty days. Too many silly Catholic girls give up chocolate and dessert so they can lose weight. Sometimes instead of giving something up, people decide to go back to Mass more, or to donate to charities.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

Ah, Lent. One of the reasons I like being a not-very-practicing Christian.

[x-bamf.livejournal.com]

It is to mark the forty days Christ spent in the wilderness. Myself, I fast.

Marie-Ange, if she asks you about it again, I suggest you point out that the fasting has been voluntary for all but two days of Lent since long before you were born.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

I always forget the part about the wilderness.

Voluntary to some degree. It was always taught to me that abstaining from meat on Fridays is not voluntary unless you are a child, very old or somehow ill.

Of course, I also went to a church where they offered a Mass in Latin, so perhaps my perspective is a touch biased.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

So you are -not- giving up the gurgling fish man ringtone for Lent?

[x-bamf.livejournal.com]

Oh, that is compulsory, of course. I meant the Lenten fasting, rather than the strictures that are year-round.

[xp_daytripper]

I do have something there. Less spam. ;) Shall we go fit you out for the skimpy costume and dramatic swirly cape? You can practice your evil laugh.

And I was going to ask why the giving things up, but Kurt answered rather well, so I don't need to now. Funny - magic and religion are both pretty heavy on the symbolism.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

Damn. I was hoping that had been another byproduct of my mother's religious intensity.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

I have a dramatic cloak from Asgard. It is just too hot to wear year-round. Although perhaps with the skimpy costume. Can it be in green? I look good in green.

Historically, your magic comes from a religious background as well. And really, how different is a 'miracle' from 'magic'?

If you ever change water into wine, please tell me. Unless it is bad wine.

[xp_daytripper]

Only if it's dark green. Evil doesn't wear pastels. ;)

Huh. I hadn't thought of it like that, tho' the magic these days is a lot less historial than it used to be. But the symbolism's still there - look at what happened with the sleep spell in the city that doesn't?

And if I ever do manage that one, you'll know. Possibly from the bad singing. ;)

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

The only pastel green I own is prohibited from mention by Mark's post-it note.

I wonder if it would be easier in a city known for wineries? That would be fantastic!

[x-polarisstar.livejournal.com]

You're welcome to borrow my excuse and claim that your doctor forbade you from fasting.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

If I borrow your excuse, are you going to claim you cannot use it anymore and start fasting?

[x-polarisstar.livejournal.com]

That would get me benched again and back in ever more therapy. So, tempting as it is? No.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

Somehow it just seems like cheating to give my mother that excuse though. Then she would ask me why and I would have to make something up and that never goes well. I am a terrible liar.

[x-polarisstar.livejournal.com]

Tell her that you're anemic.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

You are very good at this...

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

They're called murlocs. And I don't give up anything for Lent, so that'd be a big resounding no.

GNRAARGLGLGLGLGLGLGLELGLEGLEGLEGLGLEGLE!

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

They are bipedal fish who carry spears and wear armor, yes?

Fish men.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

The technical name for the race that World of Warcraft uses is murlocs. Yes, they are technically fish men, but that's like calling that well-aged merlot you keep in your pantry "a bunch of fermented grapes". Technically true, but doesn't really capture the essence of things.

[x-pressive.livejournal.com]

My Post-It is really just for my use. You all should feel free to divulge all information related to lingerie. In fact, I encourage it.

[x-pressive.livejournal.com]

I'm giving up clothes shopping for Lent.

. . . And now that you've stopped laughing, I need some new pants. Who wants to spend the entirety of their paychecks with me on Saturday?

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

If you would stop putting it in around strange men on PA systems then you would not need so many new pants.

I am not spending all of my paycheck but I do need new clothes. Of course, I always need new clothes.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

Your language logic has no place here.

[x-pressive.livejournal.com]

Hey, he very explicitly asked for it. It would have been rude of me to turn him down. You know, if that actually were me and I had any idea of what he wanted me to put in him.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

You're just jealous because my logic has won. If your logic had won, you'd be trumpeting the rule of logic.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

I believe you. Really. Was it good?

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

No, if I had won, I would demand that the loser - that would have been you - buy me a coffee.

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

Oh, right, the part where I inevitably wind up owing you things. I forgot about that.

...since I won, does that mean I could get coffee out of you?

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

Now?

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

Well, it's after midnight. I was speaking in more of a theoretical sense. But if you were to bring me coffee tomorrow morning, as the loser, that would be okay.

[x-tarot.livejournal.com]

I can do that. Do you want one of your coffee barbarian drinks?

[x-cypher.livejournal.com]

Sure. And it's not a coffee barbarian drink. I just like my coffee drinks sweet and with things in them when I'm getting my caffeine socially. When I drink it to code for 48 hours straight, then I take it black.