Brave New Yorker tried to give up Law & Order for Lent - and she was successful at it! No, Gothamist is not kidding! Mollie Wilson writes about her 40 days without Law & Order and its spin-offs for the Village Voice.
Week One: I am pleased to discover that, without Law & Order to eat my evenings, I am more productive. I call my parents, instead of ignoring my phone so I won't miss any plot twists. I read more: I finish The New Yorker the day it arrives, and I don't even skip the Financial Page. So far, so good.
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Week Five: As my 40-day fast winds down, I am surprised to discover that I have stopped imagining my life as if it were an episode of Law & Order. I no longer scan the bushes for corpses when I'm pushing a stroller through Riverside Park. I greet the doorman in my building just to be friendly, not so he'll be able to vouch for my comings and goings if I am later reported missing...
That's so funny, because Gothamist peers in alleys and in park bushes just to see if there are corpses there. We just wonder when dodgeball will become the fake-alibi website. All we know is that Mollie Wilson is stronger than we are. We could only give up caffeine for Lent.
Gothamist also liked Wilson's mention of the seminal series of books (which embraced pre-high school angst without the drama of Sweet Valley High), The Baby-Sitters' Club, which is basically like Rich Dad, Poor Dad for kids, teaching kids how to make tons of money by selling superior baby-sitting skills.
