Night time, yet again...........
Well, today was a lot of fun, not very eventful, but fun. We got up and went to the Calera Railroad museum, and rode a train with Santa. Gigi had a blast, we went about 3 miles, stopped, then Santa boarded the train. We then left there and went to lunch, came back and napped. After a brief nap we watched Dodgeball, it was about a B. I really like Vince Vaughn, he is a good comedy actor. He was great in the movie "Made". Anywho, two hours, three chicken fingers, and a few fries later, here I am. See, I told you not much happened.
On the lighter side, I got caught up on a great book I am reading called "Hiding the Elephant" by Jim Steinmeyer. A great history of great magicians of old. I really wish I had the talents that some of those magicians had, although, there are a couple that are rumored to not have very adequate skills, and they were pretty famous, so maybe I won't be a Copperfield, Blaine, or Burton, but if I could make a decent living at it, that would be fabulous. Takes a lot of practice though. I tend to burn through a deck of cards pretty fast practicing, I try and keep at least a dozen or so around. Blue backed are my favorites, though I do use red backed some also. My favorite thing right now is disappearing objects. Disappearing a handkerchief is probably my favorite right now. Although, I really don't like being asked to perform, it just sort of ruins the magical spontaneity having someone ask for a trick, then six other people start staring at you every move to try and catch a glimpse at anything.
I have tried to teach my neighbors kid a trick or two, and he is just a little young yet, but I believe he will grow into it pretty soon. He hasn't got the whole secrecy thing down pat yet, but hey, he's only 7. He asked me to show him a trick, so I asked him to pick a card and not let me know what it was, I had him put it back in the deck, then I shuffled the cards, as I was performing about to tell him what I was doing, he as-a-matter-of-fact said," Oh, I know, your going to make the card come to the top of the deck." Well, little did he know, as I spread the cards out all cards were face up, with the exception of one card, his. His eyes lit up with disbelief. The point I am making here is, that the best magic comes when none is expected. Well, I am off to read some more, then head of to sleepy town, I got me a hole to fill tomorrow. I'll tell you all about that after that project is over. Not that it's a secret, I am just tired of typing right now.
Till next time, keep on smiling!
On the lighter side, I got caught up on a great book I am reading called "Hiding the Elephant" by Jim Steinmeyer. A great history of great magicians of old. I really wish I had the talents that some of those magicians had, although, there are a couple that are rumored to not have very adequate skills, and they were pretty famous, so maybe I won't be a Copperfield, Blaine, or Burton, but if I could make a decent living at it, that would be fabulous. Takes a lot of practice though. I tend to burn through a deck of cards pretty fast practicing, I try and keep at least a dozen or so around. Blue backed are my favorites, though I do use red backed some also. My favorite thing right now is disappearing objects. Disappearing a handkerchief is probably my favorite right now. Although, I really don't like being asked to perform, it just sort of ruins the magical spontaneity having someone ask for a trick, then six other people start staring at you every move to try and catch a glimpse at anything.
I have tried to teach my neighbors kid a trick or two, and he is just a little young yet, but I believe he will grow into it pretty soon. He hasn't got the whole secrecy thing down pat yet, but hey, he's only 7. He asked me to show him a trick, so I asked him to pick a card and not let me know what it was, I had him put it back in the deck, then I shuffled the cards, as I was performing about to tell him what I was doing, he as-a-matter-of-fact said," Oh, I know, your going to make the card come to the top of the deck." Well, little did he know, as I spread the cards out all cards were face up, with the exception of one card, his. His eyes lit up with disbelief. The point I am making here is, that the best magic comes when none is expected. Well, I am off to read some more, then head of to sleepy town, I got me a hole to fill tomorrow. I'll tell you all about that after that project is over. Not that it's a secret, I am just tired of typing right now.
Till next time, keep on smiling!
posted by Snappy | 12/18/2004 08:05:00 PM
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