chinese baby calendar

this is crazy. I never knew there was a chinese baby calendar (you kind find different ones by googling chinese baby calendar)


but you go to the month of conception and age (of the mother) of conception and it will tell you if you are having a boy or a girl! mr jones and I tried it (roughly, we don't totally know when our parents boned) and it was right! amazing. I heart AZN magic.

eerie and beautiful

I came across these post-earthquake photos in china of couples who had just been married in front of an old French missionary church. they were there taking their wedding photos when the earthquake hit. they are scary and it is such a dichotomy.

before the earthquake

during/just after
during/just after
after the earthquake

also, they mentioned the great hurricane of 1938 that happened in long island and rhode island and was completely unexpected w/ no warning. the link is a (short-ish) transcript of a super interesting pbs show about it w/ first-hand accounts, and bears striking similarities to katrina (houses demolished by water, people looting all of the stores b/c it was the great depression and nobody had any money), but I don't know if the government helped them out or not. fucking gov.

happy chinese new year!

tis the year of the rat (my year!), or Wu Zi, if you're familiar with the words of our eastern sisters and brothers, like me.

this is how they're celebrating in china:

on tv

(that's ziyi zhang in case you don't recognize her from crouching tiger, hidden dragon, or the more prestigious rush hour 2)

in the streets

in museums?



According to legend, in ancient times, Buddha asked all the animals to meet him on Chinese New Year. Twelve came, and Buddha named a year after each one. He announced that the people born in each animal's year would have some of that animal's personality. Those born in rat years tend to be leaders, pioneers, and conquerors. They are charming, passionate, charismatic, practical and hardworking. wha whaaaaatttt!!!



I wish I really did celebrate chinese new years b/c then I would get mad amounts of money in those little red envelopes. fucking whiteys. always tryin to take my flava