Lent me your Ears

so this whole lent thing has been slowly eating away at me. at least it's been eating. honestly, there's only so many filet-o-fish sandwiches a person can eat in a month span. i think my max is 4. right now, i'm at 12. don't bother giving me a fish nor teaching me how to fish. if i eat one more fish, i will have my own pair of gills and fins. that's how bad it has become.

i guess i'm sore because this lent season got off to a bad start when i went to subway on the first friday and got a five... five dollar... five dollar foot looooooong (any any any [hate this song. HATE it]). so, i got this tuna foot long and after finishing it, how shall i put this lightly, the tuna swam back upstream. food poisoning. so much for getting tuna foot longs at subway. therefore, i had to resort to filet-o-fish sandwiches.

the thing about the filet-o-fish and to some extent the big mac is this: the filet-o-fish is like a great song on the radio. it's awesome every once in a while, and when properly spaced, it can even get better with each follow-up encounter. but once it gets overdone, you will do anything to avoid it. hence, why i practically starved myself this past friday and waited til midnight to eat meat. pathetic? no. genius? yes.

finally, i gave up taco bell and everything associated with it for lent (the girls at work won't even allow me to use the hot sauce packets on my regular food). the battle has become an all out war and it's going to be a fight to the finish. taco bell is one of my worst vices. it is the ying to my yang, the peanut butter to my jelly, the rose to my jack. those perfectly crunchalicious shells that are heated to perfection, the warm beef set against the cold, crisp lettuce, the tiny shreds of cheese that are not too hard nor too soft, but just right every time. all these individual ingredients come together to make a symphony of taste that satiates the palate. it's been rough, but i've held strong. i'm on my reserve tank right now, almost running out of gas, but the finish line is within sight. must. be. strong. resist. delicious. tacos.

that's all for now. til next time, stay classy.

thanks for reading.

-jdv