You know you're a female magician when...

Yes all of these have happened to me..

You tell your friends "I think I'll work the streets this summer!" and none of them try to stop you.

You realize one of your cards is missing, then you remember it's in the guy's pocket on the other side of the room.

Nobody will play poker with you.

You only have one pick up line, "Pick a card, any card."

Someone asks for your number, you tell them to check their pocket because it's already there.

Your purse is 95% gimmicks and 5% stuff that actually goes in a purse.

Someone says the word "magic" your friends all look at you.

You've been asked by someone to "Show me your stripper" and not gotten offended.

You accidentally palm any coin in your hand.

Other people think you're a heavy smoker because all of back pockets on your jeans have a card box imprint on them

More people know you as "Magic Girl" than your actual name.

You've spent a Saturday night with a group of elderly men, and nobody thought you were a gold digger.

A guy tries to hit on you by doing a magic trick, and you show him a better way to do it.

The Care and Keeping of a Tiff

Do NOT:

Allow to watch Dr. Who, a severe infatuation will develop resulting in The Tiff's entire world revolving around the Doctor and TARDIS

Expect her to be on time

Start a conversation about magic and expect it to be over in 5 minutes or less

Allow near men with rodent feature and/or foreign accents for fear of public humiliation on everyone's part

Do:

Realize that singing will likely be accompanied by interpretive dancing

Be sure to let her view at least 1 disney movie every month for fear of her losing her classic charm

Be aware when feeding her sweets/caffeine. these items are the beginning of a slippery slope that is not for the faint of heart

Allow her to play as many non-traditional games as possible. it allows her creative energy to flow

NEWS FLASH: NEW FAVORITE (woman) SUPERHERO

Today, I discovered one of the best things ever. Did you know, DC comics modeled a superhero after me? Yeah, true story. Don't believe me? Check this out:

WEIRD!!! She looks like me too...oh right and to get even weirder:

1) She looks like me, even more

2) She was on Smallville meeting CK

3) My birthday is March 26

DC, please credit me as the real Zatanna. Much love :)

Return of Supergirl

At the beginning of the Summer, my housemates (mom and sister) and I went to Myrtle Beach. My second favorite place in the world, behind Disney. I completely forgot to bring a cover up, and as every girl knows it's just awkward to ride in an elevator and walk through the lobby in just a bikini.

Although I missed the "always be prepared" thing in Girl Scouts, I did learn the importance of improvising from theatre. Which lead to me using my Super-awesome shirt as a cover up.

While I could make this whole post about the looks and smiles I got from the college guys there, suffice it to say there were a lot of those. No, this story revolves around a little boy around five or six years old.

After being on the beach for awhile, I was going back up to the room - which was on a higher floor so I obviously wasn't going to walk. Ok, I wouldn't have walked even if we were on the second floor.

It was around noon, when the elevators are swamped with parents and their kids headed to their rooms for either lunch or aloe. Have you ever noticed the awkward silence in an elevator? I've noticed kids are totally immune to it! It's so great! Anyway so there I was, in an elevator with about 4 parents and 2 kids in my Supershirt.

The awkward silence encompassed us like a hazy mist, until the sun broke through. That sun was in the form of a five or six year old boy who at that moment turned to his dad and said, "Dad, why isn't Supergirl flying to her room?"

Then a little girl a little older than him interrupted this beautiful moment with, "She's not Supergirl! She's not real." There's one in every crowd....

The best part was the dad's answer, said completely deadpan "I don't know, why don't you ask her?"

As the boy (and smug little girl) turned to me, the elevator reached my floor. Before I stepped out though I looked at the boy and said:

"It was too windy, I tried earlier today but the manager asked me not to anymore since I kept breaking windows."

I then winked at the girl and went to my room.

Best. Elevator ride. Ever.

I may even venture to say it was super.

(As a side note: it was ridiculously windy that day, and part of the hotel was under construction so some windows actually were taped up/broken looking.)

What a Magical World

When you're a magician, sometimes you just like to mess with people. As a female magician, people definitely don't expect anything magical from me (except my charm- just kidding) so when a situation presents itself I tend to take advantage.

The other day, I was walking out of a store. I reached into my purse to get my keys, when one of my playing cards fell out. There was a woman and her little girl behind me, and the little girl reaches down to pick up the card for me.

I said, "Oh don't worry I got it!" and made it levitate into my hand.

Needless to say, she flipped out. The best part was the mom didn't see it, so next thing she knows her daughter is going, "MOMMY! MOMMY!! SHE'S MAGIC!!! SHE MADE A CARD FLY TO HER HAND!!"

The mom looked at me and I nodded in agreement, then disappeared through the door to my car.

Best shopping trip ever!

Top 4 Guys Part 2

About a year and a half ago I gave y'all a list of my "Top 5 Guys". Well, it's been awhile so let's add to the list!

Marshall Mann

If you don't watch "In Plain Sight", you should. Not only is it an awesome show, it has Marshal Marshall Mann. Yeah, that's his name, and he's a man after my heart.

Reasoning:

He is insanely nerdy, and knows random facts you will never have to know.

He has a deep, wonderful voice.

Protective of his girlfriend and friends.

Flynn Rider/ Eugene Fitzherbert

Before you ask, no I don't see a problem with him being a cartoon/CGI character.

Reasoning:

Charismatic

The whole bad-boy thing, but he ends up being SO SWEET

Adorable, just darling

Also so very funny, a dry sense of humor (which I LOVE)

Ryan Reynolds

Just so y'all know, it took me 15 minutes to find a picture of him, do you know how hard it was to choose just ONE?!

Reasoning:

He's hilarious! If he's that funny/quirky in movies then some of that must have actually rubbed off for real life right?

He was the Green Lantern, one of my FAVORITE DC characters of all time.

Let's be honest, have you SEEN this man? Mainly, the smile.

Superman

Like you didn't see this coming...

'Nuff said

The Adventures of Supergirl

As if I didn't have enough series that I haven't written about in awhile let's add another shall we?

A few months ago, I purchased the best shirt ever. This shirt is epic for numerous reasons: it fits me perfectly, it's black and red which both look stunning on me, I had to get it a size SMALLER than usual, it sparkles, it's extremely comfortable, the list goes on and on. However, my favorite part is this: It's a Superman Shirt.

That's right, a Superman shirt. The best thing is, every time I wear it something happens. By "something" I mean an entertaining conversation of some kind. This is my documentation of those encounters, let's begin!

Adventures of Supergirl 1

A few weeks ago I went on a short road trip to Duke University to visit one of my dearest (and obviously intelligent) friends. I decided to dress comfortably since I was going to be driving for awhile and, just having gotten a speeding ticket the week before, I would be adding a lot of time to my travel.

I stopped at my usual place, a Mickey D's/ convenience store. I had gotten my tea and was browsing through the candy. While lost in thought over how one of the many downsides to being a sugar addict was the inability to choose candy quickly, a guy about my age bumped into me. Being a gentleman with an apparent sense of humor he responded with, "Oh sorry there Supergirl!"

I looked up to tell him it was fine, but to be more careful next time as bumping into superheros can be potentially dangerous, and at this point he actually saw what I looked like (before my hair had been blocking my face). I was temporarily speechless as I am whenever I make eye contact with a guy, at which point he said,

"Oh, I'm sorry you're definitely a Lois Lane."

What followed was a slightly awkward conversation as I'm a slightly awkward person by nature, but we both realized we shared a love of DC comics. A few minutes later we parted ways, he towards VA and I to NC, but not before he wished me a safe flight.