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am24 001 new year ryu
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by
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altermaven
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ALTERMAVEN                        2024-01-01 09:59
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"ABSTRACTIUM-151"  
  
THIS TOOK ME A LITTLE MORE THAN 90 MINUTES TO SET UP; THE BULK OF IT WAS ALIGNING THE AMOUNT OF \S NEEDED, AS WELL AS SETTING UP THE BOULDER BINS TO GET "2024" TO OUTPUT CORRECTLY. TURNS OUT THAT I STRUGGLE WITH SUCH THINGS. ANYWAY, THIS IS MY FIRST ENTRY OF 2024.  
  
DID YOU CELEBRATE RESPONSIBLY? I HOPE SO.

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ALTERMAVEN                        2024-01-02 10:19
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IT IS OFTEN NOTED, THAT IN JAPANESE FOLKLORE, THE DRAGONS ARE OFTEN AS WATER SPIRITS OR "KAMI", WITH ASSOCIATIONS TO BODIES OF WATER OR THE FALLING OF RAIN. MOST DEPICTIONS OF DRAGONS WERE BASED IN MYTHOLOGIES AS BEING NOT TOO DISSIMILAR TO THE CHINESE DEPICTIONS, IN WHICH THE DRAGONS ARE OFTEN SEEN AS FLYING SERPENTS WHEN THEY WERE NOT IN THE WATERS.  
  
JAPANESE TEMPLE NAMES OFTEN REFERENCE NOTABLE DRAGONS. THE FOUR DRAGONS OF THE WINDS ARE REFERENCES TO THE CHINESE COUNTERPARTS. THESE ARE SEIRYUU (BLUE DRAGON), WHICH FACE EAST AND GOVERNS SPRING; SUZAKU (VERMILION BIRD), WHICH FACE SOUTH AND REPRESENTS SUMMER; BYAKKO (WHITE TIGER), WHICH FACE WEST AND REPRESENTS AUTUMN; AND GENBU (BLACK TORTOISE), WHICH FACE NORTH AND REPRESENTS WINTER.  
  
PRIMARY DRAGON LORE IN JAPAN IS TRADITIONALLY ASSOCIATED WITH BUDDHIST TEMPLES.  
  
WELCOME 2024, WHERE USAGI WILL LEAVE, AND RYU WILL REIGN.