Latvians

It is a disgrace that I have not posted here in almost two weeks now. I apologize to those of you who follow this for whatever reason you do.

Because I am a hypnotist I have this odd, niche, cult following around the world. It’s not large but it’s certainly diverse and definitely loyal and growing.
This blog has been read (more than just random accidental times) by people in 31 different countries now. Some of them also found their way here, and vice versa, because of the filthy podcast show I produce, which has invaded 55 countries now.
It doesn’t really matter; I find it interesting and amusing.

The Latvian Flag (for our Latvian followers, of course)

So since the hypnotism followers want to read about that subject, I’ll start there for this.

Obviously a hypnosis show requires volunteers. Well, what happens when no one wants to volunteer?
I’ve had occasions where in a crowd of 50 people or so at a party where there was a sever lack of volunteers to the point where only one hand was raised. But last week I did an event, a smaller one to be sure, where absolutely nobody wanted any part of it.

Normally what this means is that I have to take extra time in the introduction portion of the show to explain more about hypnosis and talk about the myths that everyone has heard and dispel them. Then I can usually pull enough people up on stage to have a successful show. I know that they won’t all stay until the end, but I can at least have a good show.

But this particular evening not a single soul was going to get up on stage and maybe one person performed well during the suggestibility tests.

This was an issue and one which I let the small crowd know was an issue.

But, telling them that was part of what I then needed to do to pull off what happened.

The show was then described as a demonstration for those in the audience and a chance for people to de-stress a little bit and “practice” to see if perhaps hypnosis would work for them for some other reason at a future point in time.

All of the audience except for two of them then participated right in the chairs in which they were sitting. From there, I just did my regular show and half of the crowd that started the induction process ended up being the stars of the show for the entire show.

It was tricky, but it was necessary and it paid off big time. The group that brought me there scheduled me for a return visit next year.

The show schedule is still very slow right now. I am hoping that some company’s move parties to January to take advantage of lower venue rates. But we’ll see. I think I’ll have to focus harder on teaching and doing some more hypnotherapy until we get people who know how to run an economy back in charge around here.

It’s that dead time of the baseball year where we are now waiting for the winter meetings to heat up and hopefully we will see some hot and heavy trading action. This hasn’t been the case recently since players are locked up in contracts that make it nearly impossible to trade people at this time of the year.
All of the awards are out now. If you’re a baseball fan you know who they are, of course. The only real surprise to me was that Tiger’s pitcher Justin Verlander won the MVP award. On the same team you had the AL’s batting leader in Miguel Cabrera who plays every day. Granted Verlander with the 24-5 record and the pitching Triple Crown winner was valuable but I just think the MVP has to go to a position player.

Let’s see…well, we’re in holiday season now. For years I had taken the last two weeks of the year off to relax and enjoy the season. During recent years I have kept my schedule open so that I could book shows.
The main thing that I do like to do is try to stay away from the news. It’s very difficult since I am glued to headlines and news like it’s a job for me. But because it is by the time the end of the year comes around I get so depressed and overwhelmed because of all of that negativity. So I turn it off whenever and wherever I can.

On a personal note, I am a completely single dude now and will be 50 in December. I can’t tell you how awful this really is. I suppose it’s better than being in a horrible relationship but knowing that it’s pretty much over as far as a dating or relationship life is concerned is rather tough.
I have tried to put myself out there a bit. But frankly I can’t stand the process. I hate having to tell the same story over and over again and getting judged about how I look and what I do and what I say and what I write.
One of the reasons I started the dungeon show was to talk about all of that nonsense and make fun of it and ridicule it and bash it and do so without a care about what people think my opinion of it is.
I said long ago that my last relationship was going to be my last whether it lasted forever or not. I’m pretty sure I am going to stand by that. I guess maybe someone might come along and sweep me off of my feet. But the reality is that I’m 49 going on 50, not 29 going on 30. Sure you might think that there is still plenty of time and plenty of people, but the real world reality is much different, especially here where I live where its just awful…freaking awful.

Well, that’s it. I’m going to try to write more and not leave my Algerian and Latvian followers disappointed.

Done.