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Stephanie Davis

Stephanie started an illegal newspaper at her middle school called The Underground—which was printed on copy paper stapled together—thus beginning her foray into the world of publishing. She went on to be editor of her high school newspaper, worked at The Red and Black (UGA's esteemed newspaper)...

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Superstitious Undies

Stephanie Davis

My kooky friend Casey has an even kookier brother named Kevin. Recently Casey was promoted from a manager to a district manager at work. Yay Girl Power! (This is good news, but also neccessary information for you to know for the story.)

Today Kevin called her up and said, “Hey Case! Did anything good happen to you today?”

And she replied, “I don’t know. Nothing out of the ordinary good, I guess. Why?”

And Kevin said, “Well, I usually don’t wear underwear, but I wore underwear on the day you got your promotion. So I was thinking they were lucky underwear. And I wore underwear today and I was hoping something good happened to you, so it would prove my theory correct.” 

She said, “Nope. But I didn’t wear underwear today and I usually do, so maybe I cancelled your underwear out.”

Ha. Love it. Often I find myself much like a baseball player, holding onto superstitions and rituals that may or may not change the course of my day. If something good happened to me while I was wearing a lucky suit, or singing a certain tune, then the next time I need for something to go well for me, I’ll wear the same suit and sing the same tune. Hoping that by reenacting the previous good luck, I will bring it around again. Am I nuts?

What are your superstitions and rituals?