The neighbor invited us to a birthday party that he was throwing for… well… I don’t know. \u00a0But the kid looked to be younger than 10.<\/p>\n
Having no present but wanting to contribute, I brought my bag of sculpting balloons and both of my travel pumps. \u00a0They both broke. \u00a0I ran back to the house to get my Coleman air-mattress inflating pump. \u00a0Hey, whatever works.<\/p>\n
At one point there were about two dozen kids in a moonwalk laughing and playing with balloon swords that I made for them. \u00a0It felt GREAT. \u00a0The neighbors asked if I wanted to be paid for it — no. \u00a0I wanted to make the kid’s party better. \u00a0I wanted the experience of working in front of a crowd. \u00a0I spent about $4 on balloons to do both, and a fun time was had by all.<\/p>\n
I also practiced doing magic in the main lobby at the Texas Association of Magicians conference about a month ago. \u00a0It’s an ongoing fight against stage fright — and one I think I’m winning very well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The neighbor invited us to a birthday party that he was throwing for… well… I don’t know. \u00a0But the kid looked to be younger than 10. Having no present but wanting to contribute, I brought my bag of sculpting balloons and both of my travel pumps. \u00a0They both broke. \u00a0I ran back to the house … <\/p>\n