[busy signaL]
[Tuesday, June 06, 2006]
my friends today were divided into two categories - those who were experiencing an uncanny streak of good luck, and those whose fortunes were accordingly inauspicious. although i usually believe that fate is something that is made rather than accepted, i do put equal stock in etymology, and the way i see it, the concept of luck is too universal to be ignored.
we may have our different portents - fours and thirteens, black cats and ladders - but the concept of objects, times, and environments affecting the outcome of events isn't limited to any one place or time. if that idea was powerful enough to have equal representation in all cultures throughout history, then perhaps there is some grain of truth in it. after all, even the most stalwart amongst us probably see no evil in reading through a horoscope or biorhythm chart [i prefer mine at day's end], just in case.
a rather interesting aspect of this is what i refer to here as "metaluck", defined as the confidence or fear generated by the foreknowledge of one's supposed luckiness. this adds a new dimension to predicting how things play out, both as a direct effect on nervousness levels, and in the way we categorize situations as products of fortune or misfortune.
a number of people i consider as "good" or "nice" report that today did not sit well with them; on the other hand, those i sometimes think of as "the progeny of beelzebub himself" seem to count the last 24 hours as unusually providential. while i suppose that these observations are in part due to the awareness that this particular date holds some negative significance in certain religious circles, some part of me is still open to the idea that the accuser may have, in fact, had some hand in the recent turn of events.
after all, i too had my share of good omens.
sige ingat.ΓΌ
posted by stani at 6:06 PM
we may have our different portents - fours and thirteens, black cats and ladders - but the concept of objects, times, and environments affecting the outcome of events isn't limited to any one place or time. if that idea was powerful enough to have equal representation in all cultures throughout history, then perhaps there is some grain of truth in it. after all, even the most stalwart amongst us probably see no evil in reading through a horoscope or biorhythm chart [i prefer mine at day's end], just in case.
a rather interesting aspect of this is what i refer to here as "metaluck", defined as the confidence or fear generated by the foreknowledge of one's supposed luckiness. this adds a new dimension to predicting how things play out, both as a direct effect on nervousness levels, and in the way we categorize situations as products of fortune or misfortune.
a number of people i consider as "good" or "nice" report that today did not sit well with them; on the other hand, those i sometimes think of as "the progeny of beelzebub himself" seem to count the last 24 hours as unusually providential. while i suppose that these observations are in part due to the awareness that this particular date holds some negative significance in certain religious circles, some part of me is still open to the idea that the accuser may have, in fact, had some hand in the recent turn of events.
after all, i too had my share of good omens.
sige ingat.ΓΌ
posted by stani at 6:06 PM