Today was awesome...I got sick, and stayed home from school....that's not the awesome part, because it sucked because my throat hurts like a mother. However, I did go to the doctor's office, and there were some people sitting in the waiting room. I had a deck of cards with me, (as always) and was shuffling them around. The gentlemen to my right said something about it, and how he "saw a guy do a trick called the three card monte". He asked me if I'd ever heard of it, and I said, "actually, I do a trick similar to that with two cards...fools 'em every time..." The perfect setup. I went ahead with two-card monte, and absolutely floored him and his wife. It was awesome, he had a great reaction. I asked him, "So, do you think I'd actually be good enough to switch those cards?" (with kind of a sarcasm to my voice, implying that I wasn't...) to which he replied, "No, I don't think so, not at all." And I said, "Go ahead and turn your hand over..." He just flipped out. Started laughing histerically, and said, "I woulda just lost a hundred bucks! I woulda bet a hundred bucks those damn cards weren't switched! How'd you do that? I was watching you the whole time!" It was awesome. I love it so much...just another example of how powerful magic can be. You all have the power to affect someone's emotions in a phenomenal way. Use it.



