Superstition

So, I have a midterm for Anthro tomorrow, which means that I should be studying, which means procrastination is key to my current success/failure ratio with tests. (Let me give you a hint, as a ratio, my statistics are > 0.00) Seeing as I should be studying, I, like most other students, have decided that the easiest thing to do right now is not study.

What am I doing then?

1) listening to KOIT. G'damn. I freaking love oldies and love songs after dark. Sue me; I sing along. :]

2) kind-of doing flashcards. "Kind-0f" meaning that I am doing them, just at a pace that could be faster had I not found other things to do.

3) thinking about family, and about how mine (nuclear and extended) can seem just so "perfect" and really messed up at the same time (*replace "messed" with the f'ed word*). Ugh. How I hate things that are out of my control. Maybe that's why I like making lists and outlines so much. Hmm... and lastly, for now

4) thinking of superstitions that I've had throughout my life. Yeahhhh boyy, I bet you would've thought that last one would have been something like watching TV or facebooking, but seeing as there's nothing really good on and Lent is still here (Oh, how I miss facebook, and aim, and Jamba Juice, and having a social life, and spending money.), I'm finding other sources of procrastination. It's one of those "hooray, I'm past this"-but-at-the-same-time-"noooo, I really miss it" moments.

So, (gees, I need to come up with a synonym for "so". It's like my favorite word or something) without further ado, superstitions/habits I have that you may (or may not) know:

• when changing my clothes, I always go bottom, top, left sock, right sock, jacket, left shoe, right shoe (omit the jacket in mildly warm to hot weather). Always. Left, then right. Bottom, then top.
• when having a bad day, I will get back on my bed and roll out of the bed the way opposite from when I woke up that morning (you know, like "getting off on the wrong side of the bed in the morning"). With the case of having a dorm and only one side to get in/out of, I switch sides and put my head at the foot of the bed and get out. Hey, it actually works, okay. Don't judge. It may all be psychological, but it works.
• when overwhelmed with work, I make lists of what to do for the day, what to do for the week, and what to do by the hour. Things I include tend to be stupid, like "shower" or "brush teeth". I just like checking things off. It's satisfying, like I got something done, you know?
• when stretching, I always start with my right side. Unless I get confused; then I start with my left.
  
• when my team is losing, I pull out the rally cap. Yes, it looks ridiculous. Yes, I do it anyways. I love my team, and I want them to win. Though this may (or may not) have anything to do with the capabilities of any team winning or losing when playing another team, I wear the rally cap anyway.
  
• when in desperate need of a win, I associate myself in anyway with my team. This may mean touching anything orange and holding on to said item until the game is over. I repeat, until the very end. If I stop touching the item to go to the bathroom or something, my team might lose, and in no way do I want them to lose on my account. That's just selfish and not very team player-ish.
• when lost and unsure of myself, I clean. My desk, my room, whatever it is. I clean. I vacuum, I dust, I spray.
  
• when lost and unsure of myself and everything is clean, I make a mess and bake. Or I just make a mess, depending on my energy level.
  
• when frantically looking for something, I will still look under flat sheets of paper, even though there is no possible way a non-flat object can be under a sheet of paper, unless the object is a piece of paper, in which case, I'm thinking ahead.
  
• when bored and walking by myself or bored and waiting by myself, I open up my contact list on my phone and wonder who I should call. But then, sometimes the people I call don't pick up, in which case I become bored, alone, and sad. :[
• when showering, I never take less than 5 minutes, but never take more than 10, unless I am shaving, in which case I will take 20-30 minutes in the shower. The actually running time of the water, however, still stays between 5-10 minutes. If, and only if, there is an extreme emergency, in which my urgency is necessary, then I will take a 2-3 minute shower. This occurs only in rare instances, however, because I made an oath to myself after sixth grade science camp to never take a shower less than 5 minutes, because I am materialistic and live in the dawn of technology and human wonders, and I freaking deserve a warm shower for as long as I want.
• prior to sleeping, I say the Lord's Prayer- in Viet, not English- and ask God to watch over my loved ones and not-so-loved ones.
• prior to a test, I say an Our Father, a Hail Mary, and a Sáng Danh (sorry, the English name leaves me for the moment).
• upon receiving a test, I quickly say the Our Father again, in Vietnamese AND English if I'm desperate.
• after completing a test, I repeat the Our Father.

I know I have more superstitions, but they escape me for the moment. I am, after all, a softball player and avid baseball fan; I have many, many superstitions (most of which my mom finds stupid).

I guess I should go back to those flashcards now. :[

Wish me luck!