Think about it

Just had a very trippy dream involving being able to by anything I wanted at a gas station, and I got to eat peanut butter crunch cereal. I am now awake and would pay a hefty sum of money for a bowl of this cereal.

My body hurts from a brutal workout yesterday

Wolf in sheep's clothes

Mediocrity

I'll be straightforward and say I cannot stand mediocrity, and people so insecure they feel they need to lie to impress me. 

This above all, to thine self be true

Blogging from my phone

That's right I am blogging from my phone directly from the blogger iPhone app! Also, pretty happy to have a Simpsons character of myself ;).

My thought for the day is that in order for something to be truly perfect, the details that no one sees must be perfect as well. That is something I've always enjoyed about new Volkswagen automobiles like the GTI, as well as Mercedes. Though they are great looking on the outside, the details of the interior engine no one sees is crafted perfectly! I've learned this with my magic as well. I can have the most expensive props or a brand new illusion, but if for some reason I have a table that is dirty, or an old prop it takes away from the rest of the stage. The same goes for organization backstage; the parts you don't see - organizing my props, writing scripts etc. need to be perfect as well as the show you see.

I like quality :),

-Hayden

Magic in your brain

Read this in an old book in the Thomas Cooper Library and thought it was pretty magical :).


Read this to yourself. Read it silently.
Don't move your lips. Don't make a sound. 
Listen to yourself. Listen without hearing anything.
What a wonderfully weird thing, huh?

NOW MAKE THIS PART LOUD!
SCREAM IT IN YOUR MIND!
DROWN EVERYTHING OUT!
Now, hear a whisper. A tiny whisper.

Now, read this next line with your best crotchety-old-man voice:

"Hello there, sonny. Does your town have a post office?"

Awesome! Who was that whose voice was that? It sure wasn't yours!

How did you do that?
HOW?!?!?!
It must be........MAGIC!

Hilarious Photo

Saw this photo up in the Anthropology department at USC after my lab, and thought it was too funny not to share. The note at the bottom reads

"I took this picture when I was living in Chiang Mai, Thailand and teaching English to monks at a Buddhist University. I was surprised to find when I walked into the classroom that the monks were presenting on the theme of things that were "Kick-Ass". Later I learned that the monks had picked up this saying from an English-speaking backpacker who had visited their temple. From their presentations, I learned that the monks thought many things were "Kick-Ass" including waterfalls, meditation, and speaking English"