Yeah they are. I agree with Sean, have you ever thought about adding your own patter, building suspence. One of the differences between a kid who knows tricks and a magician is that a magician can build suspence, and make magic more than a way to fool and impress people. Don't just try and learn...
Well... I do both and I simply practice what I want to practice. If I want to flourish I will flourish. Don't give one up! Do you expect to just do flourishing? If you just do flourishing then you can't grab the audience other than making them think "Wow he can juggle cards." And flourishing can...
1. What is your favorite experience that ever happened during a show?
2. How did you start magic, was it a friend, a book, a grandpa?
3. What is you're favorite trick that you, or somebody else, created?
Wait, how did you change by half an hour, time zones go by hours dont they, and canada has mostly the same time zones as america, right, their right above it not beside it, so unless you narrow it down to an area of Canada then that's weird.
Umm... Everyone, laymen is what the art is for. I mean, you don't do magic for yourself, you do it for laymen. So, every little thing matters, including the type of deck you use.
IMO this is my favorite advice, first learn the classic force and get it down reallllllly well. Second, always have them pick a card with the classic force (i think thats the name, the one thats from running through the cards horizontaly) for practice, then when you mess up, if you did the force...
I can't figure out what to do. I go to dalnet and it takes me to efnet, is something wrong or am I technologicaly impared.
EDIT: I figured out how to get to Dalnet, now I'm seeing if I can get the rest to work.