Gonna Try to Work on Some New Stuff

It's been a while since I have tried to learn any new magic effects, a couple of years to be exact. I have been VERY busy with the wife and Andrew. I am not upset, mind you, it's just seems that every time I try to go downstairs to my den and get busy on an effect, Darlene calls me up for something. This weekend, I will get up early Sunday, get my den organized (again), get the new ropes for the Professor's Nightmare prepared and work on some effects. I have learned Paul Gertner's "Unshuffled". I understand the concept of a faro shuffle, now I just have to perfect it. I have been practicing it while watching T.V. or while I have some down time at work. I'm driving my wife nuts. I am also trying to work on a Linking Ring routine, I would like to add it to my Busker's set. I just sent in my application to Meeker Days in Puyallup. I have been busking there for the last 2 years. The first year it rained all weekend and I didn't make very much, the following year, clear skies and warm weather. I made about 300.00 that weekend, all in ones!! I am looking to buy a small rechargable sound system so I don't have to yell the whole time. Last year after yelling 3 hours a day for 3 days, my voice was shot. I am looking into getting a Creat sound system, but we'll see how things go. My daughter, Margaret, will be turning 18 in April. I feel so old.

A Great Weekend!!!!

Had a fun weekend, Saturday, I managed to get a bit of sleep and got up to get some stuff done around the the house. At around 4:30, it was time for me to take Darlene out to the Ram for a Valentine"s Day dinner. This wasn't a date-date as we brought Andrew with us, but we still had a good time.
Sunday---Sunday--- Sunday, On Sunday I went to see a WWE pay per View event called No Way Out live at Key Arena in Seattle. I bought my ticket back in October, great seats!!! It's one thing to watch these guys on T.V., but it's quite an experience to see them live. I really wish I could have brought Darlene and Andrew with me, Darlene doesn't care for wrestling and there's no way Andrew could have handled standing in line for 2 hours to get in and the loud indoor fireworks.

Here's a few pictures from the event, these guys are Nucking Futs! Wrestling may be scripted, but the falls and chair shots they take are real.

I Really Need To Get Things Together!!!!

Did you ever have one of those days, weeks, months, years, or lives??? It has been going rather odd for me as of late. I hate my job, hate, hate, HATE, my job. It is boring, unfulfilling, and there is NO! chance for advancement of any kind, at least for me. I have to be in a gas station overnight instead of sleeping in my wife's arms or get up in the middle of the night to check on Andrew. I have to stick this out because of the economy, I could leave my job, but then what? Do I take a job at Mc Donald's or go back to making pizzas? I would love to do magic full time, preferably as a busker. But here in WA. I don't think you can make a living just busking on the few warm sunny days a year we have here.

This was a very sad weekend, Darlene's pet of over 10 years died. She was not taking it well, her dog was taken to the vet for emergency surgery, sadly Boo Boo did not survive.