I found a book that an old girlfriend gave me. To this day I don't know why she dropped me. It came quite sudden.
I guess I should have seen it coming. The book was the love letters between Joséphine and Napoleon. Now there is a happy ending for you.
Yea, I should have seen that one coming.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Saturday, September 12, 2009
A Nice View
A view of Cincinnati from across the Ohio river. Not much work that day as you can see, over cast and rainny.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Angel Emily
Long day yesterday. Lots of folks watching until I mention tips. Big walk offs. No interplay, I think they all just watch TV for a living. Short shows, short money. I was building my pocket but not near what I needed from the day. About 7:00 I gave a great show, big crowd...10 dollars.
I was so piss off I wanted to quit. At 7:30 I do another show. My anger gave me energy, I kicked butt. I got a good hat from that but what made it worth while is a little girl named Emily and her 3 sisters. She came up right after a guy in a suit put change in my hat (cheap ass suit). She opened her billfold and gave me a dollar for each one of them. 4 total out of her own money. I melted. I told her those 4 dollars were more important than any other money in my hat (and that was true).
She told me she missed the start of the show so I cleared off my table and started doing some magic just for them. From that I got another crowd and worked into another show. Big Hat. Almost as soon as I clear my table another crowd comes from nowhere. Another even bigger Hat. Those two shows helped me more than clear my target pay for the day. I made more in those 3 shows then I did the entire day.
By then it was a bit after 8 and time to eat. I told Rich I would spring for pizza for him and his son.
As I was leaving I heard a man say "Look, it's the magic guy". I was Emily's father pointing me out to the girls. They all waved.
Angels are everywhere.
I was so piss off I wanted to quit. At 7:30 I do another show. My anger gave me energy, I kicked butt. I got a good hat from that but what made it worth while is a little girl named Emily and her 3 sisters. She came up right after a guy in a suit put change in my hat (cheap ass suit). She opened her billfold and gave me a dollar for each one of them. 4 total out of her own money. I melted. I told her those 4 dollars were more important than any other money in my hat (and that was true).
She told me she missed the start of the show so I cleared off my table and started doing some magic just for them. From that I got another crowd and worked into another show. Big Hat. Almost as soon as I clear my table another crowd comes from nowhere. Another even bigger Hat. Those two shows helped me more than clear my target pay for the day. I made more in those 3 shows then I did the entire day.
By then it was a bit after 8 and time to eat. I told Rich I would spring for pizza for him and his son.
As I was leaving I heard a man say "Look, it's the magic guy". I was Emily's father pointing me out to the girls. They all waved.
Angels are everywhere.
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Thanks Judy
A woman named Judy took some photos of me Friday.
I'm having a blast. The guy behind me is trying to figure me out, the guy with the bear...well, he is holding a bear.
Back at it
Nasty headache today but I still feel good about work. I was exhausted yesterday, drive from Detroit and right to the pitch. I was there from 2 until 8:30 but only got 4 shows in. Half this job is the wait and that wears me out more than the work. I love when I have the chance to bang show after show out. I still make more money in 4 shows than I did working a “normal job”. My shows are slowly getting better and tighter. Pay gets better for less shows.
I am staying at Rich Markovic’s place. He has a spare bedroom. Rich rocks!!!
He is amazing at so many things. His balloon creations are beautiful. I don’t mean balloon dogs or swords like the guys in the Quarter push, I mean 4 or 5 balloons in a creation of something like a mermaid, Spiderman or a monkey in a tree. Penguins too!! Little works of fine craftsmanship. He is also a great memory guy. He broke the Guinness worlds record in memory but they canceled the category. They keep the category for the longest watched TV but remove memory. No comment.
Most important is he is a great Dad to his son.
I am luck to get to meet folks like him.
It is 11:00 am and the sun is already pounding hard. I got here at 9:30 to get my spot and doubt I will get a show off till noon or so. I can use the shade till about 2 and then I have to do quick shows, no one wants to stand in this sun.
I hate the waiting.
I still get the “Oh no” feeling right before I get my first hat. I always worry this will be the day I don’t make anything. I wonder if that feeling ever goes away?
I still love my work.
I am staying at Rich Markovic’s place. He has a spare bedroom. Rich rocks!!!
He is amazing at so many things. His balloon creations are beautiful. I don’t mean balloon dogs or swords like the guys in the Quarter push, I mean 4 or 5 balloons in a creation of something like a mermaid, Spiderman or a monkey in a tree. Penguins too!! Little works of fine craftsmanship. He is also a great memory guy. He broke the Guinness worlds record in memory but they canceled the category. They keep the category for the longest watched TV but remove memory. No comment.
Most important is he is a great Dad to his son.
I am luck to get to meet folks like him.
It is 11:00 am and the sun is already pounding hard. I got here at 9:30 to get my spot and doubt I will get a show off till noon or so. I can use the shade till about 2 and then I have to do quick shows, no one wants to stand in this sun.
I hate the waiting.
I still get the “Oh no” feeling right before I get my first hat. I always worry this will be the day I don’t make anything. I wonder if that feeling ever goes away?
I still love my work.
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