Writer's Block: Year of the Ox

[sinisterwilliam]

http://www.chinesezodiac.com/pig.php

I am a boar, yes -year of the pig.

I always preferred the boar- don't know if it is because it is more masculine in connotation, more noble, or just...different?

the linked descriptions do well fit me.

And I am also apparently- a water pig...and

Comments

[teal_pop]

I scored a snake, and surprisingly everything mentioned fits my persona. More precisely, I am an earth snake, friendly and approachable. Too bad we're not compatible XD

[sinisterwilliam]

Tina's a snake.

I didn't know about the lack of compatibility and we're friends! I don't get it.

[flavourwater]

I'm a goat...a metal goat. I know a few pigs...they're very family oriented...fun to be around too...

[autumnsea]

I am a boar/pig, too. I am a metal pig, though.

[sinisterwilliam]

Makes sense.

Crazy. The weird thing about the Chinese Zodiac to me though- is that it is so broadly affixed to particular YEARS, which is also why I'm glad they further divide the years by elemental designation.

Of course, any system of labeling, or construction with interpretable meaning that is significantly ambiguous and potent in themes enough increases in common usage, without any need for objective assessment. (thank you anthropology...I'm so in the middle of writing paper and that argument is almost wholly adopted from "Hypoglycemia: Portrait of an Illness Construct" from Linda Hunt et al.-- Ah, regurgitation...)