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Seven Sins: Envy
I figure I ought to be a good host for this, I just took the Dante's Inferno Test and was banished to the seventh level. I'm not that violent though... no really. If you don't believe me then feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments... where I will tear through the soft pulpy greymatter of your brain with my bare hands and tear out your brainstem through your eyesockets... *ahem*
From what I've seen you all pretty much consider yourself to be pretty hardcore sinners "Oh I sin seven sins every day", "oh I'll have to start on the Ten Commandments just to make an effect" well people I doubt you consciously go out thinking "I'm gonna sin till I can't sin no more" and thats what this is all about.
Some people wanted Sloth because its a Bank Holiday in the UK, others wanted Lust because they've just been reunited over long distances (you need me to tell you what to do? Go shag you morons, get out of here), but I want a simple, easy task to kick this thing off.
Your mission should you choose to accept it: you are to fixate on an object that someone else owns that you do not, be it in your workplace, in the street, in your house, something you wish you had. Mention it a few times, point out how cool it is and how you've always wanted one, and finally ask for it outright.
Envy is about possessions, what others have and you do not. If the person readily gives you the item then give it back, it wasn't the right one, find another. The point of the exercise is to spend part of your day consciously envious of someone for something they possess that they won't give you and to write about your attempts to obtain said object. Me, I plan on trying to get myself a new watch today, maybe a Rolex or something, I've always wanted one.
Alternatively if you can't work yourself up to demanding that your boss hand over his Mont Blanc fountainpen, Anna will have a dwarf task set for you later today.
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May. 5.2003