The Year of the Sheep

As I sit here slightly worried about the content of the first-ever SIU/SIO blog, I begin fiddling with the options on my profile and somehow learn that I was born in the "Year of the Sheep."

My good friend Wikipedia tells me that, "According to tradition, people born in this year are known for their artistic talents and immense creativity." Furthermore, I was born in the Year of the Earth Sheep, earth being "associated with qualities of practicality, restraint and materialism."

To quote further: "The Sheep is artistically talented and has a great sense of fashion." (Golly.)

"Chances are that this type will prefer to be a designer or painter, or go into the kind of profession where he/she can make the most of his/her gift for creating beautiful things."

That last bit is probably correct, as I am about to scrounge about the nooks of Build It Green NYC (www.bignyc.org) to find salvaged (and cheap!) material to build a shelf for all of my practical, materialistic books. Chances are fairly good that I will return a casa with something else entirely, possibly a diving board or a mirrored bar from an 80s gay club in the Village.

Speaking of 80s gay clubs (OK, 70s gay clubs), I just finally saw the film Milk last night and thought it smart to not have included much partying, gratuitous sex, etc.- especially in this age when gay people are still trying to convince much of the rest of the world that they can be "normal." I mean, all the gay people I know are completely normal...about as normal as all of the straight people I know...I just want to know when they're going to make a movie about bisexual liberation.

Speaking of liberation, the word is strangely reminiscent of the term "liberal nation," and I suggest we ban both. No more liberation of foreign lands or holding hands. No more liberal arts, liberal parts or liberal servings of condiments.

Sushi time!