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Hello to everyone!

My name is Anonymous. But people call me Anony for short.

I was always into magic as a child, and even did magic shows in my primary school talent shows. But unfortuantly as I grew up, Girls, Drink and Rock and Roll took me away from magic.

I'm unsure on what made me pick up some, but I grabbed a Marvins Magic Svengali deck from Hamleys about two and a half to three years ago. From then, it has spiraled out of control! Well, not completely. But I do seem to have about 20 to 25 decks of cards sat on my "magic" shelf of various types of gimmicked and styled decks. Which I think is a bit silly for just a hobbyist.

As I am sure you can tell, I prefer card magic. Though I do like to have a play with sponge balls, rope and the classic linking rings.

I do not tend to perform for people, even though I always have a deck of cards in my hands. I do though test most magic on friends (after I have practised to myself a load first) and they seem to enjoy and become suprised on the outcome. But unfortuantly, no matter how much I practise and know tricks off by heart, my nerves and lack of confidence get the better of me. But I am hoping one day to overcome this.

I have been thinking about lately getting some of the classic childrens magic props; Run Rabbit Run, Hippety Hop Rabbit, Die Box. I like performing for my nephew of five years and I have always been good with kids. So I would like to get into performing for them. I believe that I would be less concious on getting a trick 'wrong' for children as they will most likely not notice, and this will calm my nerves.
Plus I just want these tricks for myself to play!

Anyway. I think I have wrote enough and I can't believe it has taken me this long to even write my introduction!

Hi Anony and welcome to TM

You should find lots of advice here on TM for things that interest you. Enjoy your time here.