Poem of the Day:
(This poem is meant for the people we've lost in the past. And I really enjoy this poem because it symbolizes that we should not mourn those people's death, but we should wait until our time is up to see them again)
Goodbye is not forever. Goodbye is not the end. It simply means, I will miss you until we meet again.
The one person who is always on my case everyday, and always asking me what i did in school, and what i learned from it is my older brother Anthony. I know he does this so i can push myself to do better things, it may be annoying at some points but it really does help. He has his schooling, and other things to worry about, but he always worries about me. He's the one who can punish me when my dad is gone. Overall, i learn from everything he tells me, and i apply it to other things. So, I thank him for making me go over my limits, and pushing me ,
The inciting indecent would have to be when he was walking, and the cops made him stop walking. Which i can get because of the cops protocol, they see something suspicious, they look into it.
Yesterday, I was in Chemistry class, and our class had a substitute. So, our assignment was to find the significant Figures in our hand outs the substitute gave us. And so, i finished the worksheet, and i had free time to do anything i want. I was thinking things to do, but the only thing i could do was take out my cards. Obviously, this is a move i do to persuade people to look at the cards. Then it worked, people asked me "why do you have cards"? And i give them my answer "I do tricks with them". So, the people who asked me tell me to show them, so i showed them. I was only going to show one person, but then a big group came in to see what was going on. I did the trick called S.W.A.K, it's a spectacular trick, and one that amazes people. The trick involves the spectator to pick a card, show everyone including me , and i take back the card and let them sign the card, and put there card in there mouth, All in all, i pick my own card, sign it, and put it in my mouth, I gaze at the spectator intensely, I take out my card I put in my mouth, and they take out theirs, and I show the spectator that the cards magically switch in our mouths, So now, i have the spectators card, and see has mine. That was the only trick i was going to do, but then everyone wanted to chime in and to show them another trick, so I did. But before i get any further, before i did any of that, i was a quiet person in the class. No one really knew me, i knew a couple of people but not the whole class. Now after i did all those tricks in front of everyone, people started to recognize me. As the "Magic Man", the people i didn't know, now became the people i do know. Magic can bring people together, it can bring people happiness, confusion, and excitement. That's the amazing thing about magic, you can brighten anyone's day, or do an ice breaker to know the person.
When I was handed back my results for my essay, I was actually surprised on what I got. I predicted myself to get a B-. I didn't know I would get an A-. I thought I did an ok job at my paragraphs, but I got an A-.
So far, I've been getting a lot of exposure with people around my school. Ever since I showed 1 trick to my friends, the exposure was spreading like wild fire. People were talking about it, my classes are talking about it, even my siblings are asking "how did you do"? People are going crazy for magic tricks! People look at me as if i discovered fire for the very first time. Asking "how did you do that? or Do it again"! But obviously a magician never tells his or hers secrets, or the same trick. That is the key in magic, If people ask you to "do that trick again". Do a different trick, they may ask you "no, no, do the other one", keep doing other tricks, because the person you showed will try to find out how you did it. That's why we "magicians" (I don't consider myself a magician) tell stories through our performance. So we can get the viewer to be distracted, so no one can look at the slight of movement with your hands. While the entertainer is telling the story, the viewer is looking right at you, they don't know what is happening below there eyes. Therefore, the person viewing does not know whats going on, The whole point of magic, the art of of distraction. There is a video that i saw about misdirection, I'll put the video or link at the bottom of the page. But the person who is explaining the art of misdirection is an actual pit pocketer. He is a famous pick pocketer, he starts to discuss how misdirection is exampled as looking off to the side, but often, the misdirection is right in front of us. He starts to say that the things we look at at everyday, is really the stuff that blind us. For example reach in your pocket, turn on your phone and check what icon you have on the bottom right corner. How accurate were you? Now, put your phone back in your pocket, and with out looking at your phone or anything telling you the time, tell me, what was the time when you checked your phone. How accurate were you? Lastly, close your eyes and think of what your best friend, boyfriend, girlfriend, parents, or sibling was wearing today. Check later to see if you were right. Its interesting isn't it? We focus on the important things, than the less important things. That why magicians can be liars, and devious folk. Now, there is a guy named James Randi or so called "The Amazing Randi", he was an escape artist back in the 1950's. His monologue on stage would be "I will lie to you, no matter how smart you are, or how educated you are, you will be deceived by me" He is a old fellow now, but he is a magnificent escape artist, and wonderful mislead-er. My experience with magic is only been 3 months, and I've shown quit a lot a people. I've went to malls, store, and restaurants to do my performances. And yes, I was nervous as hell going into those places. I had many thoughts that i would mess up, get laughed at, even be ignored by people. But I faced my fears, i just go up to people and just tell them to pick a card. The people may be confused about what you are doing, but most likely they will go along with you. I used to be shy when going up to people to ask for something very simple, i never came out of my comfort zone. I just stayed in my little shell, and isolated myself. But i overcame that, i built the confidence to talk to people, go up to strangers and ask them questions or show them a card trick. (I'm not encouraging you to always go up to strangers, but to feel comfortable to go up to people) Yeah, sometimes I got rejected by people, by asking them to show them a magic trick. And it's ok, it will happen, just ignore it and move on. Often people find excuses to not do things, and you just give up, but people give up to fast because its to easy. Yeah there is few people to show because there is a low audience in areas you are at. But if you go to school, work, or anything you do that surrounds you with people, there is your big audience. The funny thing is that when you show a magic trick in school, you will be known as the "Magic kid". Which is a cool nickname, and especially you will leave a mark on those people to always remember. Doing tricks like that leaves a token for the person to keep. When I do Magic Tricks I always say to the spectator to keep the card, so they can remember that moment. And one day, the person you preformed to will most likely tell a friend or relative on what happened that day. If anybody is interested in magic, I will leave a video for a simple trick to do to anybody, and will amaze the spectator. Their is a you tuber that gives excellent tutorials on magic tricks, and much more. His channel is Disturb Reality, and he gives a saying at the end of his videos that I will sign off with..
"Inspire to learn, Aspire to disturb, and always rise above"
-Evan Cloyd
PERFORMANCE & TUTORIAL: Side Note (Two Card Monte is a story telling Magic Trick. The Video will explain how you will tell the story.)
1. The Hobbit or so called There and Back Again, is about a hobbit who goes on an unexpected journey with dwarfs, and a wizard to take back the dwarfs mountain called Arabor, but soon the dwarfs, hobbit and the wizard will encounter frightful things on the way there.
2. The theme in The Hobbit is taking a leap of faith. Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who sits around and ear dinner everyday by himself, and waiting for his life to passl by. But soon when The Wizard called Gandalf, he is reluctant to join an "unexpected journey" because he is very cautious about leaving his belongings behind him. Don't be the person sitting on the bench, go out there and see what you can do.
3.Based on the tone the author gives to the character, Bilbo would be a morning person, waking up early, drinking tea, cleaning his house, and waiting for the mail to come to his porch. Because in in the other lord of the rings, hobbit are usually lazy, and friendly, and like to eat and have feasts, In addition, Bilbo may be solving riddles since hobbits are really impressive with riddles.
4 In The Hobbit, the simile I came across was on Pg.1 it says "The door opened on to a tubed shape hall like a tunnel. As for a metaphor, in chapter 9, it says "there the great tree beeches came right down to the bank, till there feet were in the stream. I couldn't spot an allegory in the book, but i did find a personification on page 65 " It burned with rage that made it gleam if goblins were about"....
The way the author used his words is to make the reader imagine the things he made up. He uses so much description that you can already see the character in your mind when the reader is reading the passage.
