"An Invited Thought"
By Luis Vega
Journal of Jun 18....
8:50
My home...
"It´s getting late" I say for myself...going here and there all day has left me all weak for tonight...wish I have more time and energy...anyway I think it´s time to prepare my repertoire...I think I can add something different today...
I check my magic stuff and I look the usual tricks and the new ones..."I think it´s time to test it" I say to myself when I see the plastic bag with Crush inside....
9:50
A quick shower,a good lotion and a sandwich it´s all need to get ready...I think I am becoming faster in dressing...I am ready to go...I extend today´s repertorie in my bed....a deck of cards, thumbtip, ring-flight, prediction with numbers, Dissolution,rubber-bands, Loops and Pressure...I get ready Crush at the end..."thank god!! it´s cold outside!!" so I can wear a jacket without problem of getting hot...
Marcela...
it hits me..."what was that?"...doesn´t matter...you want to forget about it and focus on your magic...
10:30
I arrive to the Plaza Campestre...I find a parking spot really quick...what to do? what to do?...I am wondering and deciding which restaurant I´ll begin with...one of the advantages of not having a job in a restaurant it´s that I am a free agent...at least here is the best...since no restaurant here can pay my full price..."man!!..is it really a lot 500 pesos 2 hours?" I wonder...
I have decided...Il Padrino will be the first...I arrive and Luca the owner and a very good italian friend salutes me..."Luis I´ve been expecting you to arrive...my friends are very eager to met you!!!" he says to me before introducing me to a table full of strangers...I feel good!!...I really need the first table to be a good one to get attitude for the whole night...I take out my deck and introduce myself...I could have say my usual intro-line but since this guys are Luca´s friends there is no point...
I look at them and I feel their excitement in their eyes...I do a quick flourish then a Paul Spread and let a smiling guy pick a card..."don´t show it to me, I´ll turn my back so you can show it to everybody!!"...I have a quick quiet moment of 2 seconds while I am looking elsewhere..
Marcela...
"AGAIN?!!"...I have to stop thinking about her...and dream about what has not happen...it´s distracting me...
"READY!!" I hear over my shoulders and then I do my opener..Sure?...everybody is smiling and very amused...I feel good..."one important part of magic is misdirection, theoritecally I could appear an elephant behind me with some misdirection" everybody laughs...I can believe nobody believes that when it´s true..."I am not kidding!! see I want to make a little experiment with my cards..since tonight the elephant didn´t want to come" everybody laughs...I can believe I made that joke in the spur of the moment...I proceed to perform card under glass and card to mouth...it´s great!! I have the sudden feeling this would be a great night...or so I thought..
After the misdirection class I proceed with my rubberbands and bill switch and I end with pressure...one hard hit after another...Crush?..not yet...
everybody it´s having fun...I am sure amused...then I throw my hat line..."I hope you guys enjoy it!!...of course if you want to cooperate to buy more decks I will be more than grateful!!" I see everybody looking in the pockets or bags for some spare money...then I got my tip...around 100 pesos...or 10 bucks..nice for the beggining of the night...
I say goodbye to Luca and everybody since even when this table was full, the night is quiet...I look to another table and I see a couple staring at me...they were looking the performance of the first table...I hesitate if I stay and perform for them...then I see them turnin their backs..."maybe next time"
I go to Ana Marias´s place...she is there and I see a large table...but all of them has seen me before...and I really don´t feel I have something new to show them...they say hello to me anyway...Crush?...I could..but I don´t think it could work with the bottles they have there...besides they are having some kind of debate...I really don´t want to interrupt..I say hi to Ana Maria and I chit chat a little..she tells me that he is the new administrator of the whole Plaza..and she wants me to invite me to the re-inaguration of the place...to give a stand-up show in front of everybody...I smile and I accept...we´ll check the details later...also, my city is full of good intentions and promises, but the facts are much less...until I am getting the half of the show paid beforehand I won´t think about it...I say goodbye to the table of friends and leave the place...
By Luis Vega
Journal of Jun 18....
8:50
My home...
"It´s getting late" I say for myself...going here and there all day has left me all weak for tonight...wish I have more time and energy...anyway I think it´s time to prepare my repertoire...I think I can add something different today...
I check my magic stuff and I look the usual tricks and the new ones..."I think it´s time to test it" I say to myself when I see the plastic bag with Crush inside....
9:50
A quick shower,a good lotion and a sandwich it´s all need to get ready...I think I am becoming faster in dressing...I am ready to go...I extend today´s repertorie in my bed....a deck of cards, thumbtip, ring-flight, prediction with numbers, Dissolution,rubber-bands, Loops and Pressure...I get ready Crush at the end..."thank god!! it´s cold outside!!" so I can wear a jacket without problem of getting hot...
Marcela...
it hits me..."what was that?"...doesn´t matter...you want to forget about it and focus on your magic...
10:30
I arrive to the Plaza Campestre...I find a parking spot really quick...what to do? what to do?...I am wondering and deciding which restaurant I´ll begin with...one of the advantages of not having a job in a restaurant it´s that I am a free agent...at least here is the best...since no restaurant here can pay my full price..."man!!..is it really a lot 500 pesos 2 hours?" I wonder...
I have decided...Il Padrino will be the first...I arrive and Luca the owner and a very good italian friend salutes me..."Luis I´ve been expecting you to arrive...my friends are very eager to met you!!!" he says to me before introducing me to a table full of strangers...I feel good!!...I really need the first table to be a good one to get attitude for the whole night...I take out my deck and introduce myself...I could have say my usual intro-line but since this guys are Luca´s friends there is no point...
I look at them and I feel their excitement in their eyes...I do a quick flourish then a Paul Spread and let a smiling guy pick a card..."don´t show it to me, I´ll turn my back so you can show it to everybody!!"...I have a quick quiet moment of 2 seconds while I am looking elsewhere..
Marcela...
"AGAIN?!!"...I have to stop thinking about her...and dream about what has not happen...it´s distracting me...
"READY!!" I hear over my shoulders and then I do my opener..Sure?...everybody is smiling and very amused...I feel good..."one important part of magic is misdirection, theoritecally I could appear an elephant behind me with some misdirection" everybody laughs...I can believe nobody believes that when it´s true..."I am not kidding!! see I want to make a little experiment with my cards..since tonight the elephant didn´t want to come" everybody laughs...I can believe I made that joke in the spur of the moment...I proceed to perform card under glass and card to mouth...it´s great!! I have the sudden feeling this would be a great night...or so I thought..
After the misdirection class I proceed with my rubberbands and bill switch and I end with pressure...one hard hit after another...Crush?..not yet...
everybody it´s having fun...I am sure amused...then I throw my hat line..."I hope you guys enjoy it!!...of course if you want to cooperate to buy more decks I will be more than grateful!!" I see everybody looking in the pockets or bags for some spare money...then I got my tip...around 100 pesos...or 10 bucks..nice for the beggining of the night...
I say goodbye to Luca and everybody since even when this table was full, the night is quiet...I look to another table and I see a couple staring at me...they were looking the performance of the first table...I hesitate if I stay and perform for them...then I see them turnin their backs..."maybe next time"
I go to Ana Marias´s place...she is there and I see a large table...but all of them has seen me before...and I really don´t feel I have something new to show them...they say hello to me anyway...Crush?...I could..but I don´t think it could work with the bottles they have there...besides they are having some kind of debate...I really don´t want to interrupt..I say hi to Ana Maria and I chit chat a little..she tells me that he is the new administrator of the whole Plaza..and she wants me to invite me to the re-inaguration of the place...to give a stand-up show in front of everybody...I smile and I accept...we´ll check the details later...also, my city is full of good intentions and promises, but the facts are much less...until I am getting the half of the show paid beforehand I won´t think about it...I say goodbye to the table of friends and leave the place...
