How are you, really?

"How are you?" The question that is always asked after the "Hey" or "nice to see you" opener of a conversation. Those three words "How are you". Does it ever occur that we just say that out of habit with out even knowing we said it? Do we really want to know how their day is, or is it just a polite thing to do? Often, the answer to the question is "I'm good" or "I'm doing fine". But, are they really? I feel as if when the question is asked, the person says the emotion they feel at the moment they see that specific person. Not of how there day is.  I am starting to question why we say those things when we don't usually mean them. At occasions we do mean them, but at some instances we don't. We just want to break the ice with someone. I've noticed when I said "I'm good, thanks", i don't really mean it. Or at least I want to believe I am. Those words have  become embedded into me and became a regular "normal" response for someone expecting to hear that. The answers to a question "How are you" has a similarity to the poem Richard Cory. In the poem, he is a wealthy man who is always happy at every chance you see him. Anybody who talks to Richard has comfort around him. But the people who see him, they have only seen the mask of Richard Cory. Nobody knows what happens behind closed doors expect the person behind the door.

But I guess people cant really know how a person feels at the moment they see them. They just see what the person presents themselves to be. Robin Williams, who died from depression explained the emotion a person presents themselves to the people he or she cares about. He said "I think the saddest people always try harder to make people happy because they know what it's like feel absolutely worthless and they don't want anyone else to feel like that." I can tell from my experience that I don't want anyone to feel the same emotion I am feeling. You want the other person to feel better than you. Emotionally of course. So, the next time someone asks or you ask "How are you?" with a response of "I'm good." Do you/they really mean it?

Easy trick to learn, and cheap to buy

A few months ago, I encountered a trick that amazed me and also was really bummed out about how the trick was actually developed and manufactured. But I'm not here to tell you the trick, but to encourage you to see the trick and perform it as well. It's called "the invisible deck" where a spectator gets to choose any card from a borrowed deck or to think of a card. It will not sound satisfying if I explain it to you, but better yet show you the trick and how it is performed.And it is very cheap to buy, actually, i should say it is a steal off the market. You can buy it off from Amazon or a Magic shop. Enjoy!

Recalling Magic Trick/ Update

Sorry for the long absence, I've been busy with homework and college applications. I am at the home stretch and soon to being finished. But, i wanted to share a trick that I came across and actually learned. The name of this trick Is called"jeopardy".Where the spectator is given a choice to shuffle cards into a random order, then again. But some cards will be shuffled face down into face up cards. Making chaos or known as "Order in Choas". And just for a head ups, my school talent show is in a couple of months. And I am currently working on a couple of new tricks to preform. And with this trick presented, this is for sure one I will preform in the Talent Show. Stay tuned...

Its been a long time.....

It's been a long time since I last posted. I haven't posted in a couple of months now, I kind of forgot all about the blog. But I will try to get back to it if I can. Recently I found a youtube documentary about Weight Cutting. For the people that don't know what weight cutting is, its a process of dehydration that has the ability to lose weight in dramatic fashion. Not a lot of people know about weight cutting because its behind closed door, and not spoken of. The process is usually spent on MMA fighters. For example; let's say an MMA fighter is in a weight class at 145lbs. And the original weight they weigh without exercise is 170lbs. They have to lose weight by training for months. Now, let's say that MMA fighter has trained 6 months and lost 15lbs of his original weight. So, that person is at 155lbs.


They're done with their training and are sitting at 155lbs, and have to make weight at 145lbs. And there is a deadline they have to meet to do an official weigh-in for their fighting company, to see if they made weight or not. Now, that person who weighs 155lbs had not met the weight. And the weigh-in is TOMORROW (15 hours from now). They ran out of time and have to lose the weight fast. Now they have to go to a mental and physical state of dehydration. No water consumption at all for a whole day. They have to lose all their water weight in ONE day. All that water lost, is weight lost. It's a very dangerous method to go with and a health/fatal risk. This documentary displays the dangers and effects Weight Cutting can do to someone's body.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_FO7MzAnzM&t=250s

                                   The difference in appearance

The Ultimate Prize

Wow, it has been a long time since I last posted. But today i came across a video discussing how to achieve an ultimate prize with your talents. The video talks about on what drives talent to get an ultimate prize. This fellow speaker is Kevin Spacey, a respected and hard working actor in the movie/television business.

Demi- The Psychology of Murder/Profiling Murderers

Jack the Ripper was originally a barber, and a surgeon

Every victim he killed made sure they felt excruciating pain.

BAU- Behavioral assignment unit

A unit that investigate the mind of a Serial Killer or Psychopath 

A sadis is a person who enjoys the pain a person feels

Psychopath will kill someone in an instant

Killers often move around. They don't stay still

There was an experiment where three people were tested on watching a video. A disturbing video. And scientist checked the three peoples brains to see how the brain would react to a disturbing video.

Repeatable stabbing to a person can be considered showing hatred.

Maria- should abortion be legal

types of abortions: take a pill at the clinic (miscarriages)

people say it's "defying God"

abortions reduce the lives of people coming to this earth

the supreme court has declared abortion a "fundamental right"

a woman dying from an abortion is  .6 to 1,000

a woman should have the right to choose what they want to do, don't let your religion get in your way of your decisions.

Angel- Does the internet control us?

There is not much privacy on the apps we use

But the apps give a warning to you to once you join a program

specific search can record what you search things

it's easy to hack anything now

if you don't want the website to record your searches, you can use duck duck go

Edgar- How to deal with a child

No sleep

stress

no privacy

love

memories

tired

the true meaning of joy while having a baby

no more "I" there is "we"

more patient on things

becoming a better person/ Role Model

Esperanza- Creativity and Education

creating something on your own

School kills creativity

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anyone can be creative
 list; actors, writers, directors, etc

art is the way we express our emotions

Maria- Does it take something bad to do good

People think they have rights to do something wrong to do right

a lot of sacrifices goes to do something right

Daniel- changing the past

FLASH THEORY

The reality would be different

alternative reality from what we live in right now

ruins peoples memories

DRAGON BALL Z THEORY

changing the past is not gonna help

we all wish to go back in time

there are different outcomes if we try to change the past

"time is really confusing".

Perspective

In my presentation, I talked about perspective in a performance in Magic. Perspective happens a lot once we encounter a problem. Because when we look at a problem, we say to ourselves "how do you solve this, this is bloody hard"! But see, we fall into a silo mentality, we only look at a problem from one perspective, our own perspective. Nine times out of ten, or ten times out ten, the solution is extremely clear.  Originally, I wanted to show a video about perspective, but I had a change of plans. So, here's the video of how we fall into a silo mentality.

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Angel- Migrant Farm Workers/ Maddi- our own voice

Migrant workers come to the U.S for a better life

population relies on their labor

lack basic rights, and live in fear of reporting abuse

78% of workers are immigrants according to the NAW survey

the system fails to recognize the people who work hard

they face discrimination and deportation

Maddi

Finding your true identity

Group of voices: Cultural, community, conversation

she has found her voice, she became more confident in herself

Regina- Was religion invented to control people?

Originated religions started in India

Spread across china, japan, and parts of Southeast Asia

monks think it's their responsibility to teach their religion to other people

Roman Catholic authority: 10 commandments

End Suffering

going to Heaven

Paradise

Yasmin- Sleep Paralysis

She has experienced it as well

It can cause sudden death

Sleep Paralysis can mostly occur when you are lying on your back face up

Different figures can come up once Sleep Paralysis has happened

There is another saying for Sleep Paralysis: The Old Hang Syndrome

Scientist have not yet concluded on why this happens

People consider this as philological paranormal activity

Sleep Paralysis can contently keep going for years

Jorge Presentation: Acting

To get out of your comfort zone

You will always critique yourself to make yourself better at your art/passion

Fear is inevitable to go through

Never let fear stop what you want to do.

Formulas to shake off your fear

Memorize your lines

Table Read: get involve with other actors to see what you can expect from what your character you are presentation and to see what other characters are going to be present beside you.

Directors pay attention to who you are and how well you can create a relationship with them.

Monologue: The narrative of a long speech of how a person became or did something. (Backstory)

Journal Topic (own topic)

Im just thinking about which day to preform my magic to the streets or to my school. Im wondering what tricks to do to see the greatest reactions to people. I have a couple of good ones, but not great ones. I'll see if i can think of any new ones soon.

Over Spring Break part ll

On the first week of spring break, i went to go watch The Fate of the Furious with my friends. I wasn't really a fan of the recent movies, i only enjoyed the first two movies of the franchise.

Over the Spring Break 1

Over the spring break i didn't do much except for two days out of the spring break. For the first weekend of the Spring Break i went to go watch the movie Logan, the last movie of the wolverine  franchise with my family. And i say that the last movie was quite amusing. Had a lot of story that developed in the movie, and good connections between characters in the film. I am a very critical person on movies i watch in my spare time. i would give it an 8/10 on how the movie progressed to  good character development.