![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Entry tags:
friday five
Friday Five
1. Are you superstitious?
selectively. i don't think the fact that it's friday the 13th matters much, but it's sort of refreshing to have something a little more specific to blame it on if things go wrong today. :-) but i try not to talk about wishes i've made, or things i'm hoping for, because somehow i think that lessens their likelihood of coming true. and in theatrical matters, i'm very superstitious -- because it's tradition. you won't catch me talking about macbeth in a theatre, whistling in a dressing room, failing to leave a light on, and so forth. and i absolutely make people leave the room and turn around three times and knock to be allowed back in if they do.
i also believe almost certainly that carrying an umbrella will keep it from raining. mentioning something you think is dead certain is the surest way to jinx it. (premature self-congratulation, for instance, guarantees a loss of the good fortune.) and so on. but i don't know if that's superstition or just cynicism.
2. What extremes have you heard of someone going to in the name of superstition?
same extremes you've heard of: refusing to stay in a room numbered 13, that sort of thing. like![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
girlfromsouth said, it's not really something i tend to talk about a lot with people. :-)
3. Believer or not, what's your favorite superstition?
um ...
4. Do you believe in luck? If yes, do you have a lucky number/article of clothing/ritual?
i believe in belief in luck. so i do have a lucky necklace, lucky number, routine i go through on important mornings to assure myself of success at whatever is important about that day, etc. but i don't think it's the things themselves that bring me luck; i think it's the fact that i have something through which to focus my own energy that helps me do well.
5. Do you believe in astrology? Why or why not?
only in the same way i believe in superstitions. i think the lore is fascinating, but i don't literally believe it's true.
1. Are you superstitious?
selectively. i don't think the fact that it's friday the 13th matters much, but it's sort of refreshing to have something a little more specific to blame it on if things go wrong today. :-) but i try not to talk about wishes i've made, or things i'm hoping for, because somehow i think that lessens their likelihood of coming true. and in theatrical matters, i'm very superstitious -- because it's tradition. you won't catch me talking about macbeth in a theatre, whistling in a dressing room, failing to leave a light on, and so forth. and i absolutely make people leave the room and turn around three times and knock to be allowed back in if they do.
i also believe almost certainly that carrying an umbrella will keep it from raining. mentioning something you think is dead certain is the surest way to jinx it. (premature self-congratulation, for instance, guarantees a loss of the good fortune.) and so on. but i don't know if that's superstition or just cynicism.
2. What extremes have you heard of someone going to in the name of superstition?
same extremes you've heard of: refusing to stay in a room numbered 13, that sort of thing. like
girlfromsouth said, it's not really something i tend to talk about a lot with people. :-)3. Believer or not, what's your favorite superstition?
um ...
4. Do you believe in luck? If yes, do you have a lucky number/article of clothing/ritual?
i believe in belief in luck. so i do have a lucky necklace, lucky number, routine i go through on important mornings to assure myself of success at whatever is important about that day, etc. but i don't think it's the things themselves that bring me luck; i think it's the fact that i have something through which to focus my own energy that helps me do well.
5. Do you believe in astrology? Why or why not?
only in the same way i believe in superstitions. i think the lore is fascinating, but i don't literally believe it's true.