Gung Hay Fat Choy!

It is, of course, the year of the ox.
Hideyo is an ox! Congrats, Hideyo!

Back to me.
I am a boar. A metal boar, to be exact.
Look what I found on Wiki!

Metal is yin or feminine (hmmm) in character, its motion is inwards and its energy is contracting. It is associated with the west and autumn, old age, the planet Venus and the color white. The archetypal metals are silver and gold. Its Primal Spirit is represented by a White Tiger. (White Tiger! Me likey!)
The qualities associated with metal are unyieldingness, rigidity, persistence, strength and determination. The metal person is controlling (am not!), ambitious, forceful and set in their ways (am too!) as metal is very strong; and they are self-reliant and prefer to handle their problems alone. The metal person is also materialistic, business oriented and good at organization and stability. However the metal person can also appreciate luxury and enjoy the good things in life (Patron, baby, just like the hustlers!). Just as metal can conduct electricity, the Metal person has strong impulses and generative powers and can bring about changes and transformations for those who come into contact with them. Metal is believed to govern the lungs, nose and skin. The negative emotion associated with metal is grief, while the positive emotion is courage. (comparitively, like say to a opposum, I'm courageous.)

I was going to order Chinese from Seven Star Pepper tonight (it's 24 night as you know!) and I was all excited about it until I remembered I just bought a nice loaf of olive bread yesterday so I should probably make some pasta or some such to use it up.
Where's a hungy homeless person when you need them!?
Sigh.