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That’s right. I think I am going insane. Barring the fact that I can’t even spell insane at this moment in time, my lack of sleep over the last few days is getting to me. I’m starting to get slightly paranoid and in some pretty random moods. Oh and also wanting to sleep throughout most of the day… Ah the joys of working nights.

No doubt then, that I will be up late once again tonight and in some random mood. Hopefully it will be a pleasant one. I have realised though that I haven’t really been talking much about Magic in this blog, and really as Magic Dave I should do.

I’m currently trying to learn a new book test. I say its a new book test, but I’ve had it for a while and somehow in the chaos of moving around I’ve lost the manual. which doesn’t help. Its pretty cool stuff though. I feel like my magic once again is evolving into something more based along the Derren Brown style of magic, I’m getting into the whole psychology behind things and why we do stuff. Its really interesting to see. I’ve been studying ideometric movements, something that I will try and post a video or blog about, once i’ve routined a nice trick about it. Until then, the ramblings shall ensue

Ok So I’m trying to be good and remember to post on here more than once in a blue moon. Now that I’ve left university I’ve a lot of time on my hands… I know what you’re probably thinking. University Student, Busy???? Well believe it or not barring my last week of term I was doing lots of different shows. My Stage Jobs profile is now so full I forgot I did half the shows mentioned. Yet I digress.

Since I’ve been so bored, I’ve had the opportunity to redesign the Magic Dave website with something that looks a lot better and hopefully cooler too. I’ve got rid of the google Ads too. Officially because I didn’t believe that the adverts looked good, nor were they adding anything to the site (unofficially as with the reason for creating the new site design – I accidentally deleted all the web pages,  [barring the blog] and was therefore forced to create a new site)

So the unemployment situation is fun at the moment. I say unemployment. I technically am employed but with barely enough hours to get me by. So I am looking for a new job, and hopefully something above the £5.80 mark. Min wage is great, but its nothing to live on really. Especially when you see a new flat that you want. Not that I am going a little bit out of my league, but with what I was spending in Aber, I can get a luxury penthouse apartment here… hmm choices choices…

So I am looking for performance venues, along with any other general work! Oh and something good to watch on TV.  I know I’m asking far too much there, but considering that I am watching re run after re run at the moment… and DVD’s is enough to drive anyone mental.

I just realised as well that I haven’t explained my slightly unusual post title. I understand that most of my titles are useless and irrelevant, but just in case we were unsure I thought I would actually elaborate on this one. I am trying to stay awake because I am currently on night shits. And so, as to not fall asleep at work, my current plan is to mess up my body clock enough that it keeps me awake tomorrow night. Or at least that is what I hope.

On another note… well I was watching Derren brown and forgot what that another note is… oh dear… I guess I’m going to leave this for now and consider other ways of staying awake. No doubt by the time that it gets to 5am I’ll be on here again writing my deluded and slightly crazy notes to all you wonderful people again.

Well Well Well…

So I’ve been so busy recently that I’ve kind of forgotten about this blog page… whoops. So here I am trying to post once again. So an update about what I’ve done for the last few months.

S.A.D. The Musical was a great success, along with good reviews we got asked to perform it again. Unfortunately this didn’t work out in the end, but ce la vie. I moved onto my next production called Blood Wedding by Frederico Garcia Lorca. it was a good production, loved working on it and got to work in an old school theatre that had lots of history.

I then moved onto a modern production of Macbeth. Which was great! Otherwise i’ve been busy with other shows and not had time to do this blog…

But a little note for the web – i’ve discovered the wonder of google ads. Apparently I get paid if people click on the links – SCORE!

“I Looked You up in the phone book, but beautiful wasn’t listed”

I have been in rehearsals all day, as per usual and one of the things we talked about over our lunch was Chat Up lines, more specifically the “best ones”. I’ve researched a few and interjected them here and there in this post, just for the fun of it. I guess my challenge is to make them link some way.

Last Night I was matching the stars with what I love about you… It was all good until I ran out of stars

Anyway It’s strange, this whole thing of popularity. You dont think about it, and quite often as a performer, entertainer, director, general idiot that runs around doing everything everyone else should, you really dont notice it until people say “We like you” or “You’re really good at what you do”. I got called a professional yesterday. Thats something that doesnt happen often. It was actually relating to this event – me fire eating

Me Playing with a bit of fire... fun fun fun

Yes that is me, being very stupid and playing with fire. I guess the phrase “Dont Try This At Home” comes into mind here. It was a lot of fun though and the photographers were really good sports. We even went for a drink with them. The words professional, and cool and fun, were thrown around which I liked… I guess its nice being seen to be good at something.

I just realised there was a point to me writing this post, instead of it being my usual insomniac rantings. I’ll use a new chat up line for it.

Break a bit of ice on the bar and say “Now I’ve broken the ice can I buy you a drink?”

or

About how drunk do you think I’d need to get you, for you to come home with me?

Yes that is right boys and girls we are talking about drink. One thing I have come away with from our rehearsals is just how much we have to drink. Is it such a vital part of our life that we cannot live without it. Have we all become closet alcoholics or is it just the student life? I guess there are many reasons as to why we have allowed alcohol to slowly creep into our society more and more. I’m hoping that in our production called S.A.D. The Musical we’ll be able to look deeper into that.

For me the way that I see it, is that its a comfort thing. I guess when it comes to me drinking, I use it as an excuse. I can be more confident, more daft, more “unsensible”. I know other people feel this way, but I think sometimes we use it as a crutch. Far too often alcohol becomes the excuse. Think about all the times you’ve been drunk and when you’ve looked back. How many of those times do you laugh at and think “I was only drunk”? I know too many people who do that. It’s not good.

We even joke about it… I found myself doing it earlier this week in rehearsal. Setting up a projector a couple of times and getting things ready is tiring and stressful at times. And so, I jokingly said to a cast member; “you know I really think its time for the pub now.” They laughed and I thought nothing of it. But now I do. Why is it that my first reaction on “how to deal with a stressful situation” was “lets go to the pub”… I dont think I’ll ever know, and if I do, I dont think it would be just yet anyway.

If I had to choose between one night with you or winning the lottery…I would chose winning the lottery…but it would be close…real close…

I’ve been doing a lot of extra curricular reading recently, and one thing that I’ve been thinking about is why we choose certain things. They say for example when working with children or anyone with memory problems, you should always ask questions both ways round, as it may be that they only remember the second option (i.e. “would you like chips or beans” or asking “so do you want beans and chips”) If you ask basic questions like that to a child you’ll find that they are fickle… But this doesnt stop with children.

Why is it as adults, we make random choices and develop superstitions. For example. If you are playing the lottery, why does no one put down the number 1 2 3 4 5 6. Surely they have exactly the same odds as every other number combination, but why is it that people dont think that one is lucky enough to come out. I’m tempted to play the lottery once in a while with those numbers to see what luck I get. But then again with the odds of winning, I’d rather save my money.

What about the old myths of walking under ladders, breaking mirrors etc. Why do we choose to follow them. As a theatrical person, I know many stage myths, such as leaving a candle on in a space (now usually a fire safety light) and never saying the name of the Scottish Play. While I dont follow these supersistions, I do wonder why we do these things. Do we really believe that they will give us luck? Or are we presuming that if we dont do them, bad things will happen.

It really comes down to this. Its a chicken and egg issue. Does the bad luck in these situations come because we dont do the thing? And even so, does this bad luck already exist there, as a natural occurance, or is it simply because we believe in it that we make it true. If we believe in something with enough conviction, it makes itself true. If you believe that when you walk under a ladder you are gonna get hurt, does that paranoia actually make you get hurt? I hope you are getting what I am trying to say. Anyway its 2:30AM and therefore I’ve had enough… So I’ll leave you with a few of my favourite of these chat up lines.

Before I do though, I did read an article recently that said that the best chat up lines are the intelligent ones, the ones that stimulate conversation (thanks to quirkology for that one)

(my favourite) My mother told me Id never find a girl like you. Can we go tell her she was wrong?

Do you believe in Santa Claus? Do you think that if I am good this year, he’ll put you in my stocking this year?

I’ll cook you dinner if you cook me breakfast.

Do you know how much a polar bear weighs? Neither do I but it broke the ice.

If I were to ask you for sex, would your answer be the same as the answer to this question?

Hi, I just wanted to give you the satisfaction of turning me down; go ahead say no.

and finally

You look like the type of guy/girl who’s heard every line in the book…so what’s one more?

Its come to my attention that I am now awake more than ever at ridiculous times in the evening (as it’s now 2:49AM tonight is no different.) And so what better way to spend it then to blog. And more specifically to blog random rubbish that has been distracting me for hours!

Anyway. I’ve discovered the joys of owning a website, and that is there are none. I am not the most tech savvie person when it comes to webdesign and so I’ve left it up to a few different people to design something for me instead. I can just about work this blog and that is good enough for me. Yet I have more and more demand for such a website to come soon and I can’t do it! (well just yet anyway). This has been brought around by the fact I have got some more gigs recently and more and more people are asking me about my website…

I got some promotional material today, the usual business cards (with new email and such) along with a couple of free pens and a t-shirt with my website on it. Cool I thought. That was until I realised that on the T-shirt I’d put the wrong web address on the back (whoops). I guess we learn from our mistakes. Mine is to remember my own site!

Ive been wasting my time on youtube and found this little gem from Jack Black

Completly random I know but hey its that time of night.

OK, I know that I, myself am very busy at the moment, but seen as someone has decided to give me a website and Blog at a very nice rate (thanks to the FB page) I decided that I might as well try and post on here once in a while. I’ll try to get a few friends to post once in a while too, so its more of a “Magic Dave and Friends Theme”