happy fat tuesday! happy mardi gras! yeah, i know. they mean the same thing. amazing how much better it sounds in french, though. if you are in new orleans, besides the fact that you likely won't be reading this and if you are you are too drunk to understand it, be careful. from the faqs:

What if I'm arrested?
Bad, bad career move. During Carnival, you'll have to work to get arrested, but if you are, you'll stay in jail until at least Ash Wednesday. This is city policy. And you do NOT want to spend any time in the New Orleans drunk tank.

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happy chinese new year!
the year of the horse. giddy up! :P

This is a year in which you may find that you are asked to do things which you don't want to do. Weigh up carefully what is being asked. Although short term gain may not be evident, it is the nature of the "Horse in the Military" to act first and ask later. You will need to balance personal feelings with the wider good. Rather like the person with a carrying pole with buckets on each end you must keep two weights balanced and then the journey will be much easier. Imbalance brings difficulties that you will have to carry for some time.