Professional Developments in Superstition
Julian is an odd kind of guy but not in a bad way. He works in professional development. He has a degree from Harvard in business. He has dog named Gibson after the famous guitar brand. He also has superstitions.
His superstitions are mild superstitions though. There is a fountain pen he absolutely must have at every board meeting he ever goes to. He will even make up an excuse to come in ten or fifteen minutes late to find it if her must. It is a rather nifty fountain pen. It has a pulp fiction dime novel wrapped around its top while the bottom where the pen tip is has a checkerboard pattern in white gold and onyx. He said he had the pen in his hand when he got the phone call that he was hired at his first job as a cashier at some dollar store. His father bought it for him as a graduation gift from high school. Every time a good thing happened to him for work, he had the pen on him. It got so he never went anywhere without it, and a couple of refills. He pockets it before he pockets his wallet. That is how important it is to him.
Julian also has a horseshoe he got tattooed on the bottom of his feet, a part of the horseshoe for each foot. He got while on some executive training in Chicago. He was sober when he got it. He always wanted to get a tattoo because he was so buttoned down, but due to his work, a tattoo might be frowned upon if in an obvious place. He got it on the arches of his feet, thinking two things: it would be hidden and he would always be walking lucky. Unfortunately, it also hurt, and he could not walk around for a while. It has faded quite a bit, but the word lucky is still there. He plans to go back to the same girl and get it down on the top of his foot so it will last longer, and his luck too.
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