I think it is time I was honest about my intentions for spending the summer in India. It wasn't for the performance arts training, or the cultural experience, or the food, or the weather, it was solely and most definitely to experience the Kerala Academy of Magical Sciences. Last week, my roommate somehow booked a private show with the highest ranking magician in Kerala. Though his black mock-turtleneck, blazer, and rimless glasses were not what I expected from an expert in Magical Sciences, his show was amazing! It was complete with card tricks, vanishing coins, and though he couldnt show is the famous "Indian rope trick", he did show us an Indian trick with a rope. I was an eager audience participant, and I thoroughly enjoyed the corny jokes he was required to tell, as all
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