From my writings at Fetlife:
Ooooo, boy.
You’re probably wondering what that means…”Triskaidekaphobia”? Big word to be sure…hey, they don’t call me “Tolstoy” for nothing; even my fears have big, long definitions…lol.
Here’s what Wikipedia says: Triskaidekaphobia (from Greek tris meaning “3,” kai meaning “and,” and deka meaning “10”) is fear of the number 13; it is a superstition and related to a specific fear of Friday the 13th, called paraskevidekatriaphobia or friggatriskaidekaphobia.
Yup…I don’t like 13’s too much. If I even have something close to a 13, like 87 cents (13 away from a dollar), I’ll discard a penny just to stay away from it. It’s a funny and odd fear and has caused me many a laugh…but I still have it to some degree.
So…the other day when Stacie Snow was shooting with another producer and I was there acting as an assistant, she and I set up her and my next one. Once we were finished setting the time and date, she made me aware of two very frightning facts:
We’re set to work again April THIRTEENTH…for our THIRTEENTH shoot together. That’s TWO thirteens at the same time here, people!!! Yeesh.
I didn’t tell her at the time, but I felt a chill go down my back when she said that. It rapidly passed, due to the fact that Stacie and I are set to go on what will be yet another successful shoot. Still…I have to wonder…what the heck’s gonna happen?!
Will it be like the first custom video I shot…the camera kept malfunctioning to the point I wasn’t even sure I could complete the thing? Will all the planets align and cause cosmic chaos throught the world…no, wait, that’s 2012, right? 😉 Will my camera explode while I’m holding it? Come to think of it, that happens regularly; every time I shoot with Stacie, the camera explodes from the great imagery that we create together. Will I read too much into this and create a subconcious situation?
The last one sounds plausable. 😉
Reading too much into this yet again, I know…but I still have to wonder. Wish me luck and great pics….oh, and it’s gonna be the “all fetish” shoot with Stacie in leather and such. Should be fun!!!
Tolstoy
Think of it this way — the two 13’s add up to 26. Take the 2 and the 6 and add them together to make 8. Turn it on its side and you have the symbol for eternity which is how long it will take to do every shot with Stacie that you want to have.
Dude, your April 13 shoot is the very definition of hope!
Now that’s good. I like that! 😀
Triskaidekaphobia is a new word and a new topic for me of superstition. I feel personally, things which we are fear of, by getting heard number of times again and again, only those things makes loss for us. If you ignore and have confidence on what you do, never matters whatever phobia is there. Also, someone who is a true follower of God never gets into any trouble. After all triskaidekaphobia is an phobia and not a truth.
http://www.whatisguide.net/0425-triskaidekaphobia.html
Triskaidekaphobia may have also affected the Vikings – it is believed that Loki in the Norse pantheon was the 13th god. This was later Christianised into saying that Satan was the 13th angel.
http://www.whatisguide.net/0425-triskaidekaphobia.html
Triskaidekaphobia is fear of the number 13. It is usually considered a superstition.
It has been linked to the fact there were 13 people at the last supper of Christ, but it probably originated in medieval times. It has also been linked to that fact that a lunisolar calendar must have 13 months in some years, while the solar Gregorian calendar and lunar Islamic calendar always have 12 months in a year.