I am going to prove them wrong!
Ok, so - here is the deal, Tet was a couple of weeks ago, and that signafies the beginning of the Chinese new year. It is the year of the Rooster in 05, and according to the chicken, this ain't going to be such a good year for me. Well, no one likes the french, or their national bird, aptly named - 'le coque' and le coquecan bite me.
I am all down with Chinese philosophy and stuff, and I was born in the year of the Dog... how a Rooster can have a negative effect on a Dog is beyond me, but I am simply not going to let it happen, and all signs point to egg on Roosters face thus far. The year is barely one month old, yet, I can confidently admit that it has already been a lot of fun, and everything in my life is happening quite swimmingly.
I am definitely a 'new age' kind of guy - very interested in astrology and such, what the stars can tell us, but I refuse to let my life be guided by prophesising based on generalisations. Terminator II was on TV the other night, and I will always remember what Linda Hamilton's character etches into a table - no fate but what we make for ourselves.
With this in mind, I am aware that the stars plan on making things difficult for us Dogs, but you never 'have' to do anything, and our lives are full of choices which we make for ourselves - not some fancy old chinese man drinking jade tea and catching flies with chopstix. I am going to make 2005 the best year yet.
This may be a tad late, but I hope the Rooster is looking out for you this year, if le coque isn't, just get on to the colnel at KFC, and have a finger licken' good year!