Lent

There are some humans out there who call themselves "Catholics," who are members of the religion "Catholicism," (kind of an obvious association, unlike Dutch and Netherlands...that doesn't make any sense) and these people have Lent. Basically they have to give up things that cause them temptation such as chocolate (a sweet thing made of beans...kind of an odd bean, sugar, milk combination), coffee (another bean, but sugar isn't necessarily added), and alcohol (something even Ambis have). These Catholics have to give them up for a number of days.

It seems kind of silly, but I decided to try it myself. I figured it is impossible for me to do. I do not eat or drink and I have a long lasting internal power source. What is there for me to give up? The only thing I ingest is various forms of lubricants...oil now that I'm on Earth. (Paul has some clear liquid in his drawer that says "lubricant," but it tastes nasty.) I've been known to use blood (don't ask how I came upon this). Well, I read my owner's manual and realized: I can't give this up for Lent. First of all, I don't ingest it very often, and second...if I don't, I can't move very well after a while. My joints start to rub against each other. Not a pretty picture.

Well, the only other thing would be to give up Jix. I don't see how that is possible. She's everywhere. I go into the bedroom and she comes in to take a nap or build something (at least when she does that, she changes into Lamerix and she's not as cute with the goggles) I go into the living room and she's playing video games with Dyona, Lauren, and/or Paul. Not that I'm complaining, but for a droid who is infatuated, it's not exactly easy to "quit her" as a gay cowboy would put it. Of course, there are the two Ambis ships cloaked in Central Park that I could go and stay in, but the less we go into them, the less the humans in Central Park will wonder about it.

So there you go, the experiment is a failure. I guess if I ingested more things on a regular basis or if I looked at nude pictures of the opposite sex (which is kind of impossible considering droids don't technically have genders). Well...there are the pictures of Jix I took...uh...never mind.