Environmental Magic!

The brain cells have been buzzing for the last four days. I was asked if I could produce magic tricks to highlight key points in a presentation of Environmental Awareness. To be honest, it's not something that I really think about too much. I conserve power simply because the bills can get astronomical if I don't! I've always recycled packaging to various degrees but there is much more to it than that. I've come up with a few ideas based on the theme of their presenter being the 'straight' man and I'll do the comedy stuff to lighten up the presentation. I've got various ideas for things like switching off the lights, saving water and animal conservation so it should work pretty well. Let's hope my clients like it too.

Teenagers - Just anti anything adult?

We had a Halloween party like many people last weekend. One of our friends arrived with their own kids and a few others in tow. Not a problem for us but we ended up with a group of about six or seven girls in their early teens. Naturally they congregated together and stayed away from the rest of us as much as possible. Not a problem either as far as we were concerned. At several points during the evening, they all decided to visit the bathroom at the same time. When I went upstairs I saw the door was open and they were simply taking pictures of each other in their costumes on the mobile phones. When I asked if there was a more scenic location to take photographs other then the bathroom I was told, "PROBABLY NOT". I decided to let it go and turned away to hear the same person ask the other girls, "WHAT'S SCENIC?" I no longer wonder why teenagers have such a bad reputation!

On a more positive note, they were a great audience when I decided to try out some of my new act on them.