so the year of the rat is upon us and allegedly that is supposed to bring about material prosperity and overall good fortune BUT only through hard work and diligence. ok, i can get into that.
what i cannot get into is the fact that the only event i can find in my area celebrating the new year for those of chinese or otherwise east asian heritage is at the children’s museum in portsmouth!!! dont get me wrong – this is a great thing and i’m happy that even that is going on. but really, how can there be no festival somewhere? am i missing something? no dragon dance? no lantern parade? what is up with that virginia? where is the love, you round-eyes???
haha. just kidding. sorta. anyway, happy new year to my slant-eyed friends and those who love them and those who even realize that the new year is in 7 days…
