February 15, 2004

• Friday Five on Sunday

  1. Are you superstitious?
  The word never enters my mind unless in a situation like this.
  2. What extremes have you heard of someone going to in the name of superstition?
  Gad, nothing comes to mind. I guess I don’t run in those circles – at least not for years.
  3. Believer or not, what’s your favorite superstition?
  Oh cripes, I guess making a wish when blowing out birthday candles. What harm can it do?
  4. Do you believe in luck? If yes, do you have a lucky number/article of clothing/ritual?
  Oh yes, I absolutely believe in luck, but you could also call it synchronicity. In fact, you could philosophize about this for hours. Do we actually bring about all the events of our lives by all the tiny choices we make each day? Then how do you account for heredity, accidents of birth, etc.? See what I mean? As for clothing rituals, I do have mild OCD, so I always pick my clothes for the day by starting at the left of those hanging in my closet. If that piece of clothing doesn’t work for some reason it goes to the far right of the group. Sometimes I just have a rash moment and grab any old thing from anywhere in the line.
  5. Do you believe in astrology? Why or why not?
  In the 60′s/70′s when I was a wild young flower child, I immersed myself in all that with great enjoyment, but I actually never believed in it. I just enjoyed speculating about people. Plus, I discovered how appealing it was to others to have themselves speculated about. Made lots of friends talking astrology trash. It’s actually quite an aesthetically appealing pastime. As is tarot. There are some exquisite tarot cards. Plus it fed my OCD impulses. Being able to pin someone down by a degree of an aspect of a house of a moon cycle of a rising sign, etc. How lovely.

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