To be completely honest, though my life is far from boring right now, I have come to the realization that most people don't understand animation jargon enough to find an account of my day at all interesting.
Just about the only interesting thing I can think of right now is Lent. No, I am not catholic, but my home church decided that every member of the church should fast in some way for the 21 days before Easter Sunday. In comparison to the people who started on Fat Tuesday, we probably have it easy. Relatively.
So, for my fast I gave up facebook and TV Tropes. Oh yes, the internet is suddenly so much more boring without the two. Bright side is, I've had time to do some actual writing. Now If only I'd utilize that time to actually write things down instead of just watching TV... I have had to bend on one detail though. My friends have been arranging to get together using the message feature on facebook. For the sake of keeping up with the conversation, I've had to log on a few times to use that. But that's really more like lazy e-mail. Right?
In addition to this fast-of-the-mind, my parents and I are doing a thing called a Daniel Fast. Referencing a passage in the bible concerning Daniel and his friends, the Daniel Fast is like a vegan diet... only stricter. I'm pretty sure vegans eat leavening (yeast, baking soda, baking powder) and sugar. People on the Daniel fast don't. It's not all that bad because I really like fruit and nuts. I can't keep my hands out of the almond jar. But try working at a grocery store while you're on one of these fasts.
"Hey look! The bakery left all the past-date St. Pattie's day cookies on the break room table for us to eat! Whoo hoo!
"...oh. wait. I can't have any..."
The whole point of this, in case you were wondering, is to remind ourselves that God is more important than food. Really, think about it. How many more times do you think about bread, juice, or chicken nuggets in a day than you think about God? When you be honest with yourself, it's sad. Life is more than just satisfying our physical needs and doing whatever feels good. Life is meant to be an adventure, and God is the guy with the map in is head leading us down the mountain pass. And adventures sometimes require you to skip a few meals so you can get to the next stop sooner. Or at the very least eat a lot of trail mix while your hiking.
Trail mix minus the M&Ms...
