A thought about Chinese astrology signs

Well, I'm glad that that month was finally over (shhh don't let January hear us).

Happy Chinese New Year to everyone, by the way - I wore this Chinese-y top to work today but it was a little bit too sexy (a nice way to say it's too tight because I whaled-up) so I had to wear my newly dry-cleaned jacket on top. It's really warm where I sit and well let's just say I'm thanking myself for having the foresight to use some of those lady-stick things, otherwise it was gonna cost me another $6 to clean the damn jacket.

It's the Rabbit year and so the kids born this year are supposed to be more docile and tame. I don't really believe in these things but let's just say, bunny rabbits are not exactly the coolest animals around. I recall my cousin F's exact words were:"Grandma, I don't wanna to be an Ox. I'm a Dinosaur. Or. A Crocodile."

Unfortunately our choices were kind of limited - they must be scraping at the bottom of the barrel with the Pig and the Rats in there. Why wouldn't there be a Phoenix but there be a Dragon? Who came up with these?

The story goes that the gods held a race in the kingdom of animals, and the first 12 were the chosen ones. I have my own theory that this is only part of the truth. I can picture that it actually happened but, was probably some China-wide gambling event set up with a bunch of random animals with odds attached to them. The dragon was probably actually a lizard or a wall gecko. This would explain why there isn't a "phoenix" as they wouldn't want an animal that flies to participate and mess up the odds.

So there you go, Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse (shame on you Horse for coming in sixth, shame), Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig. If I had the choice I would still stay a jolly pig...

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Note: edited Cow to Ox... they're the same animal in my head....