Since I'm in Texas (and not in Galveston), Mardi Gras isn't a big deal, though I will be subjecting my students to some Louisiana, New Orleans, and Mardi-Gras-specific images for our continuing discussion of Visual Rhetoric tonight. In lieu of festivities (though I might be persuaded to go to my favorite seafood restaurant for a pre-Lent shrimp-fest), here is a list of 10 things I will NOT be giving up for Lent:
- email
- blogs (reading and writing)
- teaching
- grading
- writing the dissertation
- cooking supper (occasionally)
- laundry
- Jane Austen DVDs (especially Pride and Prejudice--the A&E version)
- SHRIMP! (I did one year and it nearly killed me!)
- involvement in my son's education (even if it does kill me!)
Lenten meditations more solemn than this one to follow. . .
