People may wonder (most likely not) why I have such a crazy obsession with lucky cats (maneki neko).  To answer that question, I really don’t know.  This wasn’t a recent occurrence but dates back when I was in preschool.  I believe at the time I just loved being lucky.  My dad and his side of the family is really big on gambling (which is why I go to Vegas quite often).  Even at that age, I wanted to start gambling even though I didn’t even know how too.  From this “gambling addiction”, I later had weird superstitions and one of my “fancies” is the lucky cat.  So, to make it full circle, I have taken upon myself to just be known as luckykat.  My poker handle, twitter account, and even Facebook contains this name now, which hopefully will stick for me permanently.  Basically I believe that the lucky cat probably embodies my culture, my childhood and I don’t ever want it to leave me.