Monday, October 13, 2008

Advanced Party Tricks

You know how everybody has that thing they can do that will wow and amaze captive audiences for a least 5 seconds at a time if said audience is inebriated enough? Well, that but much much better.

I feel like I'm probably to exclusively--for the time being--write ideas to prepare you for the oncoming 2nd Fabulous Depression, things like "How to build your own shanty," and "How to get elected mayor of your own shantytown," or simply "Navigating shantytown politics for beginners: Making your shantytown government work for you". So expect that.

Today's version is to think of something (and perfect it) that you can do that amuses, entertains or fascinates people...that you could potentially do for money. This is for early on in the new depression era when people still have enough money for entertainment spending. Eventually you'll have to learn a real tradeable skill like cobbling. But for now work on that particular thing that makes people who walk by a little happier, a little more pleased that the world can still have some entertaining magic to it.

And if the world isn't collapsing, then you'll just be really good at it for the upcoming 'we're not all going to be homeless' celebrations.

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