"In some strange way it
March 06, 2002
"In some strange way it will bring you luck". That's the only fortune cookie slip I have saved. Firstly...If they were referring to the fortune written on that little piece of paper then I wasn't going to take any chances. I grow increasingly superstitious. Its hard to imagine that the placement of the bricks I removed from the Stax lot in Memphis do not have some sort of effect on what happens in each hour of everyone's day. Those things are really important to how life works in most of this hemisphere.
I guess as soon as I decide that my life has turned to shit then I'll start to lose all the icons and mojo proceedures I have adopted. I think the fact that I keep accumulating these superstitions points out that I must want to maintain what I feel is a pretty good life. Perhaps its an additive phenomenon? More hoodoo ornaments and strange rituals...more good. I'm not talking rabbit's foots and four leaf clovers here. I'm saying that if you are holding a pillow to your chest when a pivotal goal is scored in favour of your team then everyone must hold a pillow during all future games if they are to be in the room with you...that's all. I'm saying never wear black when crossing a border. I'm saying always have a pen or pencil behind your ear when landing on native soil. I might suggest that shaving is bad if you have booked time off. You may shave one hour before the next important scheduled event but no earlier. If you must wear a logo on your clothes just make sure you never wear two. Double logoing is the antimojo. "In some strange way it will bring you luck". Do you know how long I've thought about what "it" is? I was half cut at 3:00am in "the Garden" restaurant in Toronto when I received this important message. Was it the stain on my pants from that glowing red sweet & sour sauce that would bring me luck in a strange way? Was it the inability to remember a room number at the hotel that would bring luck to me? Was it the bruise on my arm from a playfighting punch administered during earlier excitement? Either way I resolved to maintain some sort of unravelled revelatory state until the root of the luck was determined. You will usually find a bruise, a stain and a loss of cognitive ability if you look carefully at my day. I carried the fortune until I was back at my own fridge where all wisdom can be affixed with a magnet. I can read its tiny 3 point letters as I open the door to get out the Chinese food. Only Chinese food in there.