Thursday, February 7, 2008

Sweefff. Fundunger.
So. I started classes about two weeks ago. Everything's going pretty well, only I don't have any classes with anyone I really know. I've made a new friend though, and in my raquet sports class one of my Chinese school classmates switched in. =D I still don't really have my own little "group" nor do I have any particular friend who I hang out with regularly out of school, but I guess I'm getting there. The people who I talked to from last year still remember me too. =3

Anyways. Today is Chinese New Year!!! Gong xi fa cai!!! *throws confetti and gives you a red envelope* Happy year of the rat/mouse/...rodent (it's all the same word in Chinese XD)! I wonder if I told you guys the story behind this HUGE holiday before (in Asia it's like bigger than our Xmas). O.o I'll tell you guys the story about the Chinese horoscope for today and the one for some of the rituals of the New Year on my next post. =3

Well basically a loooong time ago the emperor decided to hold a race across a river between all of the animals, and the first 12 would be the like..."holy" animals who would represent each year. The rat and the cat were friends and decided to try to win the race together, so they asked the ox if they could ride on its back while it swam across the river. The ox, being kind, agreed. But when the race actually came, the rat pushed the cat into the water, making them enemies from there on, and jumped from the ox to another big animal's head to another till it was the first to reach the other shore. The next animals were the ox, tiger, hare, dragon, snake, horse, ram, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig. So that's why each year has its own animal on the Chinese horoscope, and it's all in that order. This year we're starting fresh with the rat again. =p

So anyways. Please check out my new fanart! I JUST got some Copic markers finally and have started experimenting with them. I'm also gonna start going to some life drawing sessions with nude models and everything (my first one's next Wednesday!) at this new art store I found. It's much better than the one I used to go to. ^_^ Sooooo excited!!!

Luvs and hugs (and please send love and support to ElvesAteMyRamen; she just lost ALL of her savings to some bastard identity thief),
RH
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