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February 2, 2006
I'm a Pig
Maybe that's why I'm not a big fan of bacon...
Hello, all! My blogging dates are falling on Thursdays this month (and next, thanks to February being a freak month) and I have my class to teach on Thursdays.
Which means I hit the ground running at the buttcrack of dawn and don't really get a chance to breathe until a little later in the day.
Which means that I need to have the foresight to actually write the bastard insightful prose early and set it to post on Thursday mornings.
Which means that I need to plan. Which I don't do. Usually. Typically. I'm a by-the-seat-of-your-pants kind of girl. So that's why, this morning, I'm kinda cheating...
... and cribbing this crap-ass post life-changing blog from an e-mail I sent to a group (Hi, Cherries!) earlier this week. It comes from someone posting a link to the Chinese Zodiac to the list, at which point I discovered an ugly truth about myself.
I'm a Pig. But, bright side, the Chinese zodiac appears to be full of crap inaccurate. See below...
People born in the Year of the Pig are chivalrous and gallant.
Sure. As long as it doesn't mean I have to go out of my way or anything.
Whatever they do, they do with all their strength.
Yeah. Unless it's fixing the toilet. Then I pretend to do it with all my strength, whine a lot, and make Adam do it.
For Boar Year people, there is no left or right and there is no retreat.
Um. I go either left or right, depending on what the situation calls for. And there's a bar called The Retreat that we go to after my RWA chapter meetings.
Obviously, I have no idea what the hell this is supposed to mean.
They have tremendous fortitude and great honesty.
I don't know about the fortitude, but yes, I'm honest. This is why people rarely ask me my opinion.
They don't make many friends but they make them for life, and anyone having a Boar Year friend is fortunate for they are extremely loyal.
I'm pretty loyal, but I also make loads of friends. I just usually don't keep the ones who ask for my opinions. See above re: honest.
They don't talk much but have a great thirst for knowledge.
They don't talk much? They don't? Really? Hmmm. Well.
Yeah. That's not me.
They study a great deal and are generally well informed.
Strike two. I'm terribly ignorant and I talk a lot. Come to think of it, those aren't great qualities to have in a pair, are they? Hmmm.
Boar people are quick tempered, yet they hate arguments and quarreling.
I love arguments. Bring it on, baby. And I am quick tempered, but quick to forgive. But they don't put that in there. Ohhhhh no.
They are kind to their loved ones.
Unless my loved ones are assholes. Then, not so much.
No matter how bad problems seem to be, Pigs try to work them out, honestly if sometimes impulsively.
Hey! Impulsive! Now it's starting to look like me again.
They are most compatible with Rabbits and Sheep.
I'm married to a Rat. A Pig and a Rat. Good God. What does that make the kids?
So. What are you?
Posted by Lani at 9:08 AM | Comments (14)
Comments
Well, as you well know (since we're the same age and all), I am also a Pig. Or a Boar. Spelled B-O-R-E, of course.
I married a Rabbit, which is maybe why we get along so well. Then again, I still think it is because every other week he works a shift that gives us about 5 minutes to see one another each day. My kids are a Boar (no wonder we butt heads-- surely not the Autism), an Ox (no bull-in-a-China-shop reference here-- oh no!), and a Dragon (which actually describes him perfectly-- but then most 5-year-olds are excitable, short-tempered and stubborn).
Hmm... starting to see why our house seems like some exotic zoo.
Posted by: Cate at February 2, 2006 9:35 AM
I think I'm a horse, or was that an ass? Hmm, seems I've been called a combination of the two from time to time. LOL, thanks for the laugh, Lani!
Posted by: Jan at February 2, 2006 11:07 AM
I'm a Rat. How very . . . flattering.
People born in the Year of the Rat are noted for their charm and attraction for the opposite sex.
Clearly, that's me. A drunk guy I met in a bar once told me I was charming. He also said I look like just Elle McPherson.
They work hard to achieve their goals, acquire possessions, and are likely to be perfectionists.
Me, me, and me again! Except for the perfectionist part. I'm really more of a Lapsed Perfectionist.
They are basically thrifty with money.
Ha! Did you read my L.C. blog last week? Thrifty! That's me! It’s really amazing how accurate this is.
Rat people are easily angered and love to gossip.
Get out! Me again! I just got into it with an old duffer at the grocery store who was talking smack to me. He was all like, "this is the ten-items or less line, and you have thirteen," and I was all like, "You want a piece of me, old man?"
Just kidding. No, really. That's the other thing about Rats. We randomly make stuff up to amuse ourselves.
Posted by: Whitney ![[TypeKey Profile Page]](http://www.literarychicks.com/nav-commenters.gif)
at February 2, 2006 11:29 AM
I'm a dragon girl here. I'm not sure whether it does fit me or not though.
Posted by: May at February 2, 2006 11:30 AM
Would you believe, I'm NOT A MONKEY? Bum luck. Every time we'd visit a Chinese restaurant when I was a kid I'd check again, hoping maybe something changed in this 3,000-year-old tradition and the monkeys had accepted me into their ranks. Instead I was always disappointed to find I was still a horse.
Posted by: Brenda at February 2, 2006 1:33 PM
I'm a dragon, too. Rowr.
Posted by: Beth at February 2, 2006 1:35 PM
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Posted by: Faith Bicknell-Brown at February 2, 2006 1:41 PM
I'm a Rabbit, and I really, truly do not resemble that at all, except for maybe the love of gossip part, but that is it, I swear.
Posted by: Hope at February 2, 2006 2:54 PM
I'm a tiger (sensitive, short-tempered and indecisive). Cowboy's a rat (noted for his charm and attraction for the opposite sex!). Thing One's a monkey (erratic and clever) and Thing Two's a dog (loyal and stubborn).
All in all, it's not too far off . . .
Posted by: Eileen at February 2, 2006 3:54 PM
im a tiger
Posted by: brittney at February 2, 2006 4:11 PM
Lani... I'm a pig too (sigh). We must have been born the same year, which means we're both 29, right? ;-)
Posted by: Michelle at February 3, 2006 9:27 AM
LOL, I love this! Apparently, I am a rabbit :-)
Michelle C, nibbling carrots
Posted by: Michelle C at February 3, 2006 9:27 AM
Heh. I'm the rat, and my husband's the pig. Clearly, this is a good combination, though the site doesn't seem to think so.
Posted by: Darla at February 3, 2006 10:07 AM
Well, wasn't that fun! I am a Tiger, which I've always liked because I love tigers. The part about conflicting with authority? Yep, that's me down to the ground!! DH is a Rabbit--hmmm. Son is a Dragon--not! DD#1 is a Ram and DD#2 is a Rooster. It just seems to me that the Chinese could have come up with some more flattering or at least exotic animals! I mean, come on--who wants to be known as a rat or a pig?! You'd think they would have chosen a Panda for one of the creatures at least....
Posted by: Sheri at February 7, 2006 6:51 PM
