Journal #7

Superstitions are crazy things to follow in my opinion. They are a bit ridiculous to think about because to me, they just do not make sense. Personally, I follow many superstitions even though I believe they are not very real. One large superstition I follow is that i wear my underwear backwards all the time, no matter what. I believe that by doing this, i can summon the God of Luck who protects me from bad guys throughout the day. Without this superstition, I feel as though I might be ultimately destroyed. Without superstitions, i just do not know how I would make it through my every day routine. Another superstition I like to follow is the fact that I carry around real rabbit's foot in my pocket everywhere I go. Yes, it is a genuine foot from a rabbit. One day, I ran this rabbit over with my car then I instantly won the lottery, so I figured it was a sign from the Heavens. Some people say that keeping a real life rabbit's foot is a little gross or against good morals. But what I say to these critics is that it has gotten me through some tough times in which only luck can get me through. For instance, when I was a sniper back in Vietnam, one of my missions was to take out another Cong sniper. First of all, I was skeptical because the Cong are tricky little rascals. Anyway, I'm in some thick jungle stalking a well known general. So I sight him in, and I take all the measurements down. Then, out of nowhere, a giant rainstorm hits. I have been on this mission four three days so I must complete it. I then kissed my lucky rabbit's foot. Of course I hit my target of the general. I win thanks to my good luck superstition.