Very Superstitious

So I think it is cool the whole concept of a Blog. You get to write your diary online and possibly a complete stranger my stumble upon it or maybe no one will ever read it at all. But it's kind of a thrill. I am caught up in October Baseball! For the first time in my life I am actually old enough to know what is going on and to possibly see my team go to the World Series. I was in fourth grade when they went last and they lost. All I remember is my mom dressing me in Phillies gear for school and seeing a Phillies hat on the top of William Penn. I wondered how they got him to wear a hat, first of all he was a statue and second, he's so high in the air.
Anyway, one of my friends told me they stopped doing that because it seems that it's bad luck. Yeah it's William Penn wearing the team's gear that we haven't won. But I'd rather them not put it on now, just in case.
It's funny how people have their different superstitions. Where do you think that originated? Like wearing the same underwear, who was the guy that gave that a shot the first time. Like I just sweat for hours in these nasty tighty whiteys, but you know what we won. What if, now hear me out on this one, what if I wore the same pair again tomorrow. Now I don't want to risk losing the luck, so I won't wash them. Man this is a great idea.... Cut to the third inning when the player is scratching his crotch profusely, "I'm doing this for the team" Man the sacrifices made, for the love of the game.
I have a friend who wears the same bracelet every game. She said that there were two games this season that she didn't have it on, and they lost. She also keeps rosary beads in her pocket.
I straightened my hair last week and someone asked me if I thought that it would be good luck, because they won the previous day when my hair was curly, I told him we'd find out. They won, phew lol.
But seriously, do you think back in the day that our ancestors had the same deal? Let's take for example some of the everyday superstitions we have all grown up with.
1. Don't walk under a ladder
Let's elaborate on this, I'm thinking a ladder fell on someone while, they were trying to walk under it. That one seems easy.
2. Don't open an umbrella inside
Now here there is more of a window to play with.. Maybe someone was getting ready to o out in the rain, they opened the umbrella, stepped outside and got plowed by a truck or bus or something. Then whoever witnessed it was like 'if he only waited to open the umbrella. From this point all let it be known that you will have bad luck if you should open your umbrella indoors"
3. Cracked mirror = 7 yrs of bad luck
Ok now what is this about? What happens on the day after the seventh year? How did they know it would be seven years. And if you are ugly enough to break a mirror with your reflection, hasn't your bad luck already started. I've never quite grasped this one.
4. Black Cat crosses your path= Bad Luck
Whys it gotta be a black cat? Don't you think that black cats over the years have developed a complex due to this superstition? They probably think they are lepers or contagious the way that people react to them. Come on it's 2008. I'm not so sure I'd want to know why this one originated.

So ladies and gentleman, tonight we took a look at how our past has developed the crazy antics of our present day behaviors. I hope that you all learned a lesson, and if anyone is reading this Blog and has a superstition they would like to share with the rest.. me, feel free.
Oh and of course, Go PHILLIES!!! It is currently 5-0 in the 5th inning an it is looking like they might seal the deal tonight! But of course I am not saying it until it happens, I hear that's bad luck