Yesterday I made clear an intention to blog once to either this site or to my Nightshine Islands podcast site every day between Saturday December 5 and Thursday December 10. Fridays are usually out of the question.
Last night I posted a whole list of excuses to my podcast as to why I have not uploaded any new audio in 14 months. I did so in video blog format so that I would need to actually show my face while making those excuses.
A good friend of mine asked me to make one blog post a “magic” post. I enjoy performing solely for stress relief and personal pleasure. I will perform in public if asked, and am capable of balloon animals as well. One day I will probably be a self-made party clown. In order to get feedback from friends and family, including my brother and fellow amateur magician, I will post private videos. These are practice videos of a handful of routines that I am working my way through. I primarily am concerning myself with presentation now, and not so much learning the magic itself.
As a side effect, some of my friends now seem to expect it from me. Maybe I should be glad I’m that guy? I sincerely don’t know — I’m just enjoying it for the sake of enjoying it.
Tonight I did have fun re-practicing and pulling off a couple of effects. The difficult one went off without a hitch, and the easy one was suffering some bizarre malfunction that had to be dealt with on the fly. Go figure.
My oldest son was present to be a spectator, and to ask me to do magic with some tiny sponge dinosaurs. He interrupted between the “two tricks” to make this request, and I had to politely turn him down. His reaction to the easy effect made everything else worth the struggle.
I hope the friends and family who see it think as well of it as my son did.
