yep, that was me
yep, that was me, and yes, it was a horrible day. A quick little background about the show - it was free show originally for the cactus tattoo company and the msu art department - this is what i was told at least. I did it free of service 2 hours away from where my mom lives. I literally just flew in - with 1/2 of my show, the other half arrived the next day, thank you northwest airlines - so I had to improvise with ohh about 30 minutes of prep, not even. Then drive 2 hours to the venue. My VSM failed to work, thankfully the people at the what's up were very kind and tried to help as much as they could. We problably spent about another 30 minutes trying to get their sound system to work. My VSM never did end up working correctly. Hence, such a huge delay along with the fact that the people I was originally supposed to be performing for were not showing up, it is hard to start a show on time when the people I was originally suppost to be performing for were not there. I do understand that they opened it up as a free show to the public too and to the patrons of the bar downstairs if they felt compelled to come on up. It wasn't a money maker for anybody - well maybe the bar haha. I did all of this as a favor for a friend, at my own expense and loss when I was to be visiting family before the holiday's. So yeah it sucks when you do a favor and they don't seem to show appreciation then throw on all of the other bumps in the road it was hard to get motivated. I plowed through what I could even though, yep, I forgot to set 2 routines correctly due to stressing over the audio problems before the show, and 2 other routines I've never done before so naturally I had not worked out kinks or anything yet. So, with that said, there is a little glimpse into the life of traveling and doing magic haha.
I'm sorry you didn't like the show and I'm sorry you felt I was unapproachable, but really in the end I wanted to just go home and crash after a full day of traveling and rushing. At the end of the show, most of the people ended up showing up, so I went onto do a few more things in an effort to make up for what was lacking and lost during the formal show (card in mouth, healed and sealed, ivanish, etc). I did it for a small group that was sticking around, I'm assuming you were not part of that group, but I could be wrong.
I honestly would have no problem if you dropped me an email and asked away about anything magic-wise you wanted to know. I got no problem helping people when/where I can and if not pointing you in the right direction -but I get it if not too, no big deal either way. You've found yourself here on T11 and there are plenty of other folks on here that are equally talented and knowledgable in their own right.
Danny Boi
PS....
I actually didn't see you with the cards, I use that line in 99% of all of my "adult" type shows. The full bit is usually "blah blah blah...yep...i'm a magician (usually no response or weak response)...no no dont' worry i'm not one of thoose magicians i'm not gona hit on your girlfriend aand i won't do any f***ing/stupid card tricks...cuzz yeah i don't suck dick or sometimes i'll say cuz i like girls or something to that effect..., it had nothing to do with you. Like I said I didn't see you with the cards and had I seen you with the cards I would have said to myself "cool, magician in the crowd". I really don't care if you had them out or not or if anybody has cards out or not. The thing that I DOOO hate is when you're doing a show and the little kids have their D'Lites blinking in the audience - this happened all the time in WGMS and Viva cuz that's just distracting haha. So yeah totally nothing to do with you at all and I'm sorry that you took it that way and felt like I was pointing you out and I'm sorry you thought I was making fun of you. But, I will say this, just for future reference there are many guys I know who consider it very rude and innapropriate to be playing with cards or practicing before a magic show. Just like you don't go to a concert with your acoustic guitar.