A Lent Story

First of all, let me apologize for my, how should I say it....lackadaisical attitude towards the Johnson Family lent project. Here you all are, working your hardest to improve yourselves as human beings, and I've yet to take even the slightest interest in your effort and dedication. But if I may, let me tell you the tale of a child who had the magic of lent cruelly dashed before his eyes.

I was a happy child, never without a witty comment and my boyish charms. And at the core of my soul, the very heart of my being, there dwelt a pious young man who collected St. Cards and relished in is role as an altar boy. Indeed I was a model of Catholic devotion. That is until I spent forty days in the absence of television. The one tiny vice in the life of an otherwise upstanding youth. But I pressed on, knowing that the spirit of the lord was their to lift my spirits, and the companionship of my loved ones to keep my mind steadfast and my heart true. With such an army, my soul did not waver and my will was sheathed in iron.

Or so I thought.

Woe unto me the day I discovered that my father, sister, and brother had reneged on their vows before our lord. In their moments of solitude they were weak and they sinned in their hearts. A quick moment with ESPN to check up on spring training, a moment left alone with MTV to bask in its intoxicating glow of youthful hedonism. Just thirty more minutes and then I'll go. I suppose that's what they said to themselves before they'd slink back into the fold their souls reeking with sin and shame.

To think they shook my hand and invoked the name of the lord while their affront to the almighty weighed on their hearts.

And now my faith has been shaken, I stand before you a man of little faith. Battered and broken by the knowledge that the most magical lent of my life was a lie.

...tis a sad state of affairs....


Ok, enough joking around. Sorry I haven't posted yet. I'll post starting later today. My goal is to write for at least 1 1/2 hours a day. More on that later.

Also to Crystal...that Taco Bell point was hilarious.