HATE IN THE FACE

Am I bitter? Maybe.
I hate lies.   I mean, downright, obvious lies that people spread with the wholehearted intent you will believe them -- but not just that; no, I hate that most people are too stupid to see the difference and they buy into the hype.

Don't advertise that you are, "The Best @#$%&* In the WORLD," because there is NO way to back up that claim.  Sure, maybe your parents think so, maybe your friends think so, but they're biased and they're opinion doesn't count.  Winning one contest a few years ago does not make you life-long reigning champion of the Earth, and if you're holding to a subtitle like, "Best Emo blah blah" or "Best TEEN blah blah" then drop it, because it's more temporary than a retarded gangbanger.

The issue is not popularity, or money, or luck -- the issue is false advertising.  Tell the truth about your abilities and accomplishments, and make your success from the truth, or the clients you lose will be your last.

Bad magic tricks...

Every time I have to sift through painful YouTube videos of people's "first attempts" at a very difficult magic trick,  I am reminded of a moment from a while back.  Two performers making this mistake in front of a large audience of laypeople.

I wouldn't normally be so upset, but I saw these firsthand... and became furious.

One at a convention, no big deal, the other was a Las Vegas star with her own show that seemed to sell fairly well.

Both did a floating table.
Poorly.
Like they had been tinkering with it for a couple of weeks and only had it because they had money and someone told them they should do it.

I was so upset I muttered something that I didn't recall, but my friend Daniel did.
Sitting in that audience in Vegas, when the floating table was brought out I became uncomfortable, and when it was shoddily floated, I actually said, "Imma hafta kill a bitch..."

There is nothing I despise more than bad magic being shown off to people simply because they are proud of mediocrity.