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It is Fat Tuesday and that means Ash Wednesday and Lent loom. I'm sure we're all at least familiar with the idea of giving something up for Lent, so here's my question.

What are you giving up this year? [Not giving something up this year? Make something up!]

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Drinking! Except for Sundays, because Sundays are feast days and not part of the 40. I LOOKED IT UP. :) Expect a lot of random drunk posting.

you already read this, but carbonated things, and all snacks that aren't popcorn (and corn chips, which i rarely eat, but need for SALSA purposes). Dude, I am hoping I can make this healthy thing stick this time.

I am going to give up Kiki's scarf and the bad!makeup. *nods* I think the world would be happy with that.

I hadn't even heard about giving things up for Lent until I got an LJ, it's not something that's done in Sweden at all. The only reason people are even aware of Fat Tuesday is because traditionally that's the only day you're supposed to eat semlor but these days the shops start selling them right after Christmas and go on until Easter. (I don't like them myself and usually manage to avoid eating one at all.) So no, I'm not planning on giving anything up :-)

Candy. Chocolate, in particular. Which is hard, but I'm so looking forward to it. I've eaten so much of it lately, simply due to the fact that it's always lying around the house.

You know my feelings on the subject (at least somewhat), so my answer is nothing. :) I am only allowing myself a soda on the weekends, and I rarely even do that, so if I need an answer I will say that! :p

We take Lent very lightly because we're basically all Lutheran over here. :)

But we have semlor, too. And they are very yummy! Not too sweet, so you can eat several. :D

It wouldn't be a bad idea to give something up, though. How about procrastinating, stressing, and emotional eating? Not a bad list, there. Maybe I'll start with just one. :)

Edited 2009-02-24 23:07 (UTC)

Vodka and fried food

I've never practiced Lent.
I did swear one year, after some boy frustration, that I was giving up men for lent. That didn't work out so well. lol

I am rather disappointed that Austin doesn't have a Polish population and there is no place I can get a pączki.

Soda. Because I drink entirely too much of it.

Even when I was a practicing Catholic I didn't give up anything...I can just say I'm giving up sex. That seems to work lately.

I am of no particular religion, so I give nothing up. I am going to attempt to get back on the healthy eating/exercise bandwagon, however. But that is more of a chronic thing.

I am primarily answering because I wanted to teach you another new thing! Here in my neck of the woods, we frequently call Fat Tuesday "Fausnacht Day," after the Pennsylvania Dutch version of the beignet:

For German American populations, such as Pennsylvania Dutch Country, it is known as Fastnacht Day (also spelled Fasnacht, Fausnacht, Fauschnaut, or Fosnacht). The Fastnacht is made from fried potato dough and served with dark corn syrup. In John Updike's novel Rabbit Run, the main character remembers a Fosnacht Day tradition where the last person to rise would be teased by the other family members and called a "Fosnacht." (from Wikipedia)

OMG, they are YUMMY, especially the ones with jelly in them :) I was so tempted to stop by the store and get some tonight, but remembered all I have been eating lately and refrained :(

I'm giving up giving something up!

ETA: and I'm not remotely Catholic anyway

Edited 2009-02-25 01:12 (UTC)

I'm giving up my parents....

um, if i did the whole lent thing, i'd probably have to give up my sadly pedophilic thoughts about david archuleta. /o\

i just realized i have no idea what you're giving up this year!

I am giving up fast food...considered diet coke, but I honestly thing I would kill someone!!!!

Oh...and I am giving up working!

I'm giving up lima beans!

p.s. - I hate lima beans! :P

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