October Party and Powerful Headlines

sat oct 20, 2012

Here I am, MindMyst, with my little bag of tricks, going with Nina to a fitting, spooky, October Costume Party.  It is a beautiful starry night, with a biting chill in the air.  We're at a private home in Granby, Ct... a countryside of sprawling, old growth trees, orchards, black cats around about hunting along the roadside trails.

Sunset light piercing through the brilliant yellow, gold, and orange of oak, maple, and birch trees, is, this day, sprinkled here and there with the red of roadside sumac leaves. Like a thick, workday stew, this country scene shows bunches, and individual evergreen stands of tall white pines and spruce.  All are on a growing quilt of fallen leaves, and pine needles.


Nina(spider queen)  and I(MindMyst the Magician) went to the Riccio Halloween party last night.  We mingled with Debbie's cousins Stanley and his wife and son (green mask, black robe),
Wesley and Lisa(heathen logger, and ladybug), 
Mrs H(farm girl), of course, 
Neil and Beverley(southern, hot breakfast killer, and hippy),
Becky(cowgirl),
Kathy(wicked witch of the west), and 
Celia(burnet portrayal of a nursing home resident).
Gabe and Debbie (Hugh Hefner, and 16th century farm wife)
  

MindMyst was there, and won "best hat" of the night!  Of course, I couldn't refrain from pulling a rabbit from my hat ... it was absolutely necessary!

Outside motif was Haunted Garden... featuring garden goul, a very large attack spider, a flame bowl, a strange porch butler, and a porch skeleton.  Greeting us as we entered, another butler (animated).  Everyone was in costume, and the pork roast meal was excellent.  Plenty of wine, cider, beer, and soft beverages, and coffee.

Someone had suggested taking out a ouija board, but I nixed that idea immediately.  Stanley's wife asked me about my "take" on playing with a ouija board, and I told her that it's best that we don't open any "windows" of exposure to demons.  I did get the chance to elaborate on Isaiah 9:10, 
and recommended Jonathan Cahn's book Harbinger.  I also had a conversation with Beverley about the Earth being the center of the universe, as well as a nice layout of t=f(g), and c=f(t)  leading to the idea that ly is only a measure of distance, not a measure of time.

We played a game called Telestrations.  Interesting and fun game around the table. 
In fact, this is an award-winning game... highly recommended.

Nina and I left at midnight (only fitting).


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10292012

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — A magnitude 7.7 earthquake struck off the west coast of Canada, but there were no reports of major damage. Residents in parts of British Columbia were evacuated, but the province appeared to escape the biggest quake in Canada since 1949 largely unscathed.
*The Italian government has filed charges against all involved.

WATERBURY, Ct. - Hurricane Sandy is aiming for landfall just south us us.  As of this report, it's 2:00pm, and calm, with light rain. Traffic volume is very light. Nina is at work in Naugatuck. She just called saying she'll wrap things up and leave there around 3pm.  The weather stick is down.  The wind chimes are silent at the moment.  Temp is 65.7F.  All highways are closed, except for emergency vehicles only.

News 8's Erin Logan was on Great Hammock Road in Old Saybrook, where the noon-hour high tide flooded lawns and roads.

Ok.  It's 4pm.  Nina's home.  We're cooking 6 thick, juicy boneless pork chops topped with fresh apple slices and brown sugar.  We'll fry up some hash browns, and maybe I'll have a nice cold bottle of Sam's Oktoberfest!

Study: Male beluga whale mimics human speech
Caretakers at the Vancouver Aquarium in Canada previously said they heard one of the white whales say its name.
*  When interogated on the issue, the whale attempted to negotiate for a bigger tank, and younger sex partners in exchange for it's cooperation.

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Magically,

MindMyst

Workup for performance june 11, 2012

Workup of current news items... 

great colorado/new mexican fires

msnbc.com - 
Firefighters on Sunday (6/10) were fighting wildfires that have spread quickly in parched forests in Colorado and New Mexico, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate.

AP -
The latest New Mexico fire is smaller than the Whitewater-Baldy fire — the largest in the state's history — but it's more concerning to authorities because it started closer to homes.

The fire was burning in steep, rocky, inaccessible terrain in the White Mountain Wilderness of the Lincoln National Forest, which is home to Smokey Bear, who became the nation's symbol of fire prevention in the 1940s.
More than 300 firefighters were battling the blaze with help from three large air tankers, three heavy helicopters and three Blackhawk helicopters. There were also 100 National Guard troops in Ruidoso.

From KVIATV, abc affiliate... and dialog material reactions
https://www.facebook.com/KVIATV/posts/234306986672041



Strange sky sounds around the world

Some strange things are happening, and it is obviously causing worldwide intrigue.

Many report hearing a strange sound, similar to ocean waves, but much louder and sinister in nature.  This was not an isolated incident.  Reports of the sound literally stretched from one end of the country to the other. 

The sound was heard by thousands and documented by many videos that can be found on YouTube

One of my favorite recordings is this one from Oregon...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns8n-ZpA6uY

Most have dismissed the sounds for the most part.  The internet is alive with chatter about it worldwide, in fact it’s even reached tourists staying in Paris hotels, but few in the country itself think that the sound is of some supernatural origin.  A lot of the fervor around the world comes from other reports of strange sounds in different locales paired with a heavy dose of religious undertones. 

rev 8:5  The angel took the censer, and he filled it with the fire of the altar, and threw it on the earth. There followed thunders, sounds, lightnings, and an earthquake.
8:6  The seven angels who had the seven trumpets prepared themselves to sound.

Another favorite with a performance theme...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIGks7SF-lY


Fires and Sounds are currently "happening", and in the news.  These provide thought provoking background for your appearance as a magician.  Added to this would be an appropriate prank to set an interactive scene.


Here is an Alien Crash Prank that's great, and can be developed into your magical presentation as a 'set' piece, either 'nearby', or 'interactive.'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpoOxvPfArs


Along with the last idea, above, I've maintained an 'alien' in my classroom closets throughout my teaching career.  I still continue to receive comments and questions about the 'phenomenon.'

I can't perform miracles... only God can do that.  But, I can put together magical set ups for fun pranks and performances.  These could be 'stand alone', or worked up to provide a 'setting' for a "Close Encounters..." backyard showing, tall tales around the fire, or a 'what if...' mathemagical piece.  


Break a thread,

Mindmyst