Rituals, Omens, Superstitions
Those of us who do this enough develop a ritual, an order of things, to going out. For example, I always pay attention to the first song playing on the radio when I get in the car. It might hold some kind of clue to the adventure. Just this evening, Pink Floyd "oooooh I need a dirty woman. Ooooooh I need a dirty girl" came on. That is an excellent sign in my book. Elton John's "Saturday Night for Fighting. " would be a bad omen. Usually I'm too horny and set on victory to heed the omen, but I always do it. It's a ritual.
Another thing I look at is the traffic lights. Green green green green, green? Yeah, good sign. Red after red. Bad sign.
This is all part of the bigger picture of the monger hunt. Would love to read other's weirdness here.