How does every Thursday sound?

That is my plan. Revisit this every Thursday. I was pretty solid for awhile then I totally lost it. Sometimes this helps to keep me in perspective as I see and re read whats going through my head.

I was going to write about how much of a funk I have been in lately. Try and give myself the motivation to do something I know I would enjoy. As I looked over what I had written I thought "Wow I sound like a cry baby". So I got up to think about it and ended up watching "Shade".

 The last time I watched Shade was years ago. I had just started trying to learn magic and had found out a childhood friend of mine had started as well. He had come across it while living in Philadelphia and had been entranced by the opening sequence with Jason Englands hands doing card moves. I had barely heard of Dai Vernon so I got that reference but not the "Professor" one. Watching everything unfold kept me interested and I had never been interested in Mob type movies. I liked the scam part. To see the plan come to fruition. We both agreed that who ever handled the cards was the greatest gambler on earth and maybe actually supernatural.

Recently I had the pleasure to meet Mr. England and watch him lecture. I still find him to be jaw dropping amazing. But better than that was him as a person. I hadn't expected him to be mean or anything. It was just refreshing to see how nice he actually was.

 Getting back on track. Tonight I re-watched Shade. It was better than I had remembered. Better because I have grown and I have learned, little by little, about the magical community. There are so many name drops in that movie. After the first quarter of the movie I could only wonder if I should be looking up every name I did not recognize. Then the cameos and little things. Magicians everywhere and some actors I hadn't remembered were in the film. But by far my favorite giggle was the Magic castle scene. With the guys sitting at the Professor's table. I don't know the person he tells off in the scene. I should look into that. But the cut and later the card trick had me busting up laughing. Especially since Jason England was doing the card trick. He Blows you away in the opening credits with amazing sleight of hand but in that scene his impressive trick is one thats often learned in grade school. It's funny, really. Watch it on Netflix.