Week 2 and Chapter 2

Last Thursday I talked about how boring the absolute basics are. But I persisted and made it through the weekend.

Friday night my girlfriend and I were settling in for the evening. She was reading a Star Wars book, while I logged into the MAG beta on PS3. When we got a phone call saying it was a friend of ours birthday. We had known this but had spaced it. So we got dressed and headed out for sushi. I took my deck of cards and my PSP with me. We had some raspberry wine and a plate of California rolls. While waiting for everyone to show up and then for the food, I took the opportunity to run through my practice routine. That's one of the reasons I love card magic, like coin or "close up" magic it can go anywhere.

Saturday we went to my fathers house for a group birthday party. With seven family members birthdays spread from mid July to early September its often easier to get together for one big day. I ate a Burger, salad, chips, and brownies while drinking some diet Dr.Pepper and a Mikes hard pink lemonade. figuring it might get "sticky" I took the Prestige deck. It is plastic so you can wash it. It spreads like cards made of sandpaper though. So its almost impossible to do a fan or a decent ribbon spread with them, they clump up like used kitty litter. But still I managed to get some time in.

Sunday we played D&D. We slow cooked some beef and made some bar-b-q sauce. After the Game my brother and I played Some Batman: Arkham Asylum and Capcom Vs. Marvel 2.
He kicked my butt and we had a blast. Then we had blueberry and apple creeps. It was not a bad Sunday, even if I didn't squeeze in some practice time.

Monday we watched Max Payne and afterwards I worked through the routine. I added a "overhand" shuffle to my list of practice moves. The shuffle runs smooth, its going from the "dealing position" to the "overhand shuffle position" that needs work. I am not quite getting the instructions, its like I need to see it done.

That brings me to today. I bring a deck of cards to work in case we have some down time. It was busy. After work my girlfriend and I picked up Champions: Online and headed home to put it to good use. I am not done with the Batman game yet. Its just that I have been waiting for this game for awhile now. It would have been nice to play it on the 360 but there seems to be a holdup with it. I love superhero games and movies. When DC Universe Online comes out I will get that too. The only thing I did not do was Magic. Instead I updated this blog. Looks like I will need to put in a good long practice session to make up for it tomorrow.