Of my many talents here's one lesser known:

hypnosis

...i think
Now I know what you're thinking:

Son of a magician. whatever.

But seriously. I taught myself hypnosis with the aid of a friend Josh Rose (now works at Zulu records interestingly).

And we did it twice at two parties in Grade 10. And it seemed to work....I dont know. People did things. Counting weird ummmm acting like a chicken. Hypnosis is boring really. Time consuming.

What always eats at me though was it seemed so damn easy. Takes about 3 minutes. And just about everyone we tried went under fine.

So either I'm really good at hypnosis or people planned an elaborate, confusing, unfunny practical joke which they have stuck to up until this point. They picked some people to fake it, faked being impressed with it and faked being manipulated mentally at a low level.

So elaborate for something so strange. Make me look like a cornfed rube because of hypnosis? There are easier ways to make me look like a rube.

Maybe I dont still try hypnosis because I'm still afraid it was an elaborate prank. Maybe I dont because I dont because I cannot figure out the amusement of it.

"woah that guy is acting like his feet are hot! hilarious!"

But still, I suggest everyone explore the dead end alleys and pointless malliability of the human mind...at least twice.

oh and plus I couldn't ever think of a good hypnotist name.