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Acknowledgements
First of all, I would like to thank Nick Spalding and his book LifeWith No Brakes . It is his book that has given me the inspiration to think about and create this project. Again, I just cant thank Stefan Eriksson enough for designing the website for this project and for being just a great guy. I wouldve been rummaging through garbage without you man. Mark, I love you man. Without all your design, your constant dedication and your great personality, this project wouldve been nothing short of just an average thing. You made it what it is and for that, I cant re pay you enough. They say things are cheaper in Serbia, so Ill buy you 100 beers (or, you know, I could just give you the money. But wheres the fun in that? 100 beers man!) I would like to give a very big thank You to my Mom . Without her understanding and support things would have been a lot harder and unpleasant. To my brother from another mother, Horia, for checking up on me from now and then, ventilating the room and just being a really good friend. To my teacher L whom without I would be less of a magician that I am right now. I dont thank him enough. To my girlfriend for making me happy. (ex-girlfriend now) And, of course, to you reader. Without you, this book would make me look like schizophrenic (I dont deny being one). I mean, you know, it is a conversation between me and you. Without you, itd just be me and, well, I.
Written by Cristian Bizau Proofread by Marko Viner Website by Stefan Eriksson Cover design and Illustrations by Marko Viner First and only Edition
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Table of contents I
Cip Transformation Pop Fly Thread (Gag) Taking things literally Recycling Gum Flamethrower Deck Change Hairy Key Card Spring Threes Marlo Aces Table Shuffle One Card Production Riffle Shuffle Pop Out Table Thumb Pop Instant Coin Switch Coin Crash Change Deck Forest Pregnancy Trick Gun production Fishnet Pressure mouth 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 7 7 7 8 8
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Square production Coin in Deck Coin Flip Coin in Cellophane Deck Vanish Condom on Card Mercury under your nose Discriminated Pips Sleeve Production Double Spring Change Sleeve Rub Change Court Cards Slow Motion Ambitious Tenkai Elevator Triumph Reversal 13 13 13 14 15 15 16 16 17 17 17 18 19 19 20
The Families Way of palming Natura Palm Vortex Bottom Reversal Spring Tenkai Spring Classic Riffle Shuffle Palm #1 Riffle Shuffle Palm #2 Lapping Shuffle Tenky Palm (Toolbiz) Spring Bottom Palm Turnover to Classic
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Note: While placing crumbs inside your mouth, instead of chewing them, crush them against the top of your mouth with your tongue. This is easy because of your saliva. At the end slowly push the full chip out and give it to the spectator to examine (or to eat, if hes into that kind of stuff- dude, you never know).
I might expand on this idea of taking things literally later. Hmmm now that I take a second look over it, it sounds kinda lame. Ohh, fuck it. Its my idea, so whether its bad or good, I have to give it a shot and then I can take the board down and see where the bullet hit.
Recycling Gum
Have a folded piece of gum in your pocket, with the wrapper all messed up. While youre eating a gum, tell the spectator that youre going to show him how to recycle chewing gum. Go in your pocket for the gums wrapper (the actual, empty one) and palm in between your fingers the folded one. Take the gum out of your mouth and lay it on the empty wrapper, then spread it so it resembles its original state. Fold the wrapper around the gum, switch the two... I just realized this resembles perfectly the classic Torn & Restored napkin. Ahhhhhhhhh, fuck.
12:00 A.M. 1,834 words/6 ideas Still sober. Feeling more tired.
Great. Camera stopped because of lack of memory. Noticed a minute later when I promptly turned on my webcam (the program counts down from 3 until it starts recording actually takes 15 seconds) to capture the time in which I empty my recorder and toast some bread (you read that right - a man has neeeeeds). Plugged the toaster under my computer. Entire room smells like bread toasted in hell. Delicious. Haha, Ive come up with some really funny stuff. A Gun Production where one holds his hand like a gun and when he pulls the trigger a card shoots out (or you can say its a slingshot, or a bow and use the AS as a bullet ,rock, arrow- Why do I flourish? video). I keep getting these ideas of patters in my head, but theyre like water drops on a car window; I cant seem to put my finger on them. I know what I would like to do with them, and with what effect I could combine them with, but I just cant seem to expand on the rough idea. The seed has been planted in my head, but it seems I have to wait until the water of sleep pours over for it to grow. I keep wondering why did I start at such a late hour? Wouldnt it be more logical to start fresh, in the morning, instead of beginning at 10 FUCKING P.M. ?! Dont you agree? Of course you agree. Youre smart, not like me. Goddammit. I can already feel the sleepiness crawling up my spine and its been almost 3 hours only. I can already see myself falling asleep on the desk. (a mentalist right here people).
Spring Threes
Have the 4 threes on top of the deck. Palm 3 so that the far right corner of the cards sink into the tip of your little finger and the inner left corner hits the bone of your thumb (like a normal Classical palm, but the card isnt so deep into the hand). Cut the deck and in your way to the table apply the same action as you would when you waterfall the deck- that is, creating spaces in between the cards. This will help you drop them one by one a lot easier. Level a packet with your left thumb then naturally come to take the packet with your right hand and drop one of the 3s on top (this is done by slightly relaxing your pinky finger- oww, just do it and youll see. youre a smart guy). Do this 3times. Practice. (why did I call this Spring Threes?)
Marlo Aces
(unnecessarily hard- just like Marlo sometimes) Have the 4 Aces on top of the deck with one X card in between each other. Execute the Marlo Tenkai Deal (which you can find in one of his magazines) and palm the aces while inserting the X cards in the middle one by one. Ditch the 4 aces on top while fanning the deck to show how fair it is (hahaha, in their FACE! the Aces arent even there). Now put the tremendous amount of practice needed to get this to look natural and then brag to other magicians by showing them that youve mastered a method so unnecessarily complicated it makes dwarves not believe in magic.
So, what shall we talk about next guys? No. Here. I have an idea. Lets go fast through all the typical subjects people discuss so we can get rid of those and move on to more interesting stuff. What do you say? You like it? Great. Lets start. School: Hate the teaching. Love my colleagues. Not going to college. (dropped out of HS.) Sex: Still a virgin. Still straight. (not anymore. You decide which one Im referring to.) Kids: Love kids. Wanna have 3 or 5(any odd number is good, except 1). Marriage: Hate the idea of big weddings. Youre the one whos supposed to feel good, not the guests. So why bother planning such a big damn wedding, if youre going to stress yourself to exhaustion and lose the happiness that the idea brought you along the way. (FM: these are definitely not typical subjects people go through) Family: Have one. Future: Going to hit the road. Write, create, trave, spread the magicl. Live my dream. Music: Already told you, so Ill just name some bands/artists(in no particular order): Ray Charles, IAMDYNAMITE, Eprom, Flume, Shlohmo, Hanni El Khatib, ASAP Rocky, LOrange, Asher Roth, John Lee Hooker and Jai Paul. These are the ones that come to mind now. (Duke Ellington, Chet Baker, Parov Stelar, Nerub, Nicolas Jaar,) Movies: Shawshank Redemption and Fight Club are some of the best movies ever, from my point of view. Didnt like Django Unchained (dont really like most of Tarantinos movies, if were still at it) though, Oldboy was a masterpiece. Cried at Titanic (shut up! I was little, Okok, I cried when I was 16 as well. So what?!), really liked Following (Nolans first movie, if my memory doesnt deceive me) and thought American Psycho was a piece of must -see, disturbing art. Books: Went from romance novels to thrillers, to philosophy, traveling, science, poetry and finally arrived at reading anything except romantic novels(still enjoy Mike Gayle, though- FM: Not anymore. Read Bukowski people. Paul Auster, Celine. I could keep on going, but you dont give a rats ass about me. About future me. The guy that never published the project. Im gonna shut up now.). Favorite color: Grey (dont you fucking dare say its not a color) and red. Favorite drink: Whiskey. And if Im still on alcoholic drinks, I must confess that I have never drank a beer in my life. I have no idea how it tastes like, just how it smells. Just never liked the idea of drinking beer. (FM: Not valid anymore. Had my first beer in June.) Hobbies: I paint from now and then on my walls, draw the occasional free minded drawing(where you just let the pencil flow as it wants) or abstract art, play basketball, read, write poetry and stories and also play the guitar (left out jerking off for the obvious reasons which youll have to conjure yourself). I think that pretty much settles is, dont you think? Your turn now. Cmon, dont be shy. I wont bite, that hard. I like biting.
Break the deck in the middle using your left index finger and at the same time move your right hand forward, bringing the card along with you. This will cause the card to spin around your index finger and fly in the air (in the direction that your hand moves) making it look like the card comes from the middle (because of the cut, doh). You can tell the spectator that theres a card that acts like your protective ghost, followin g wherever you go (or maybe hes a stalker or a peep or something. get creative.)
Deck Forest
The deck is a forest and every time you cut the deck, you cut a tree. Tell this to the spectator before having him shuffle the deck, then stand back and watch the cruelty that unfolds.
Pregnancy Trick
I am not even gonna say anything. Original text. Read it. Take it in. React. Oww, yeah. Enjoy hahaha. Color change from month one(Ace) to month three(3), (or just use the 4 queens with different moods, or use doubles) fire and wine. (I dont know) You can have drawings of the belly to show how it grows. You can also draw a dick (King) and a vagina (Queen) on the couple that are having a baby (can even reenact the sex scene). If you wanna go all the way with it, have a double to the King, one with an erection and one with a normal one. 7
String attached to the female (umbilical cord) and to the baby (the card that will pop out of the vagina Queen). To pop the kid use a small card and bend in half the 9 month Queen with it inside (kid on the bottom of deck, mom on top, drag mom on top of bottom card, then bend the Queen so the kid gets inside). Ok, this is getting weird. If you like the idea, you can take it from here." (hahahaha just too good.)
Fishnet
Note: Just for the fun of it, I will transcribe for you word for word what I originally wrote during the project. Draw some fish food on your left hand and tell the spectator that your hand is the fishnet that will be used to catch ze fishy. Then tell a story about how your father (or whoever) used to fish and what technique he used. The fish would all attack the food (spring), but he would wait for the big fish (the selection) to come and grab the bait. 1st method: Spit on card -> selection is the last card. (I am not shitting you, this is what I wrote). 8
2nd method: in-jog previous card, close net (left hand) and grab selection from middle (apparently, past me knew how to do this good for him. good for him.). Note: Draw BIG fish on selection (have spectator draw it). Well, you heard the guy. Piece of cake. Just spit on it and youre good to go. But, now, seriously. Just spring the deck towards your hand,the continuous train of cards keeping the bottom card on your hand while the rest crumble to pieces (fall on the table). At one point during the spring, just bring your hand up and grab the card, making it look like it came from the middle.
Pressure Mouth
(Fan Bamboozaling on YT) Selection is slightly in-jogged (enough for you to notice it when you fan the deck). Fan deck then take the top card. Tell the spectator youre going to throw the card and catch it in the fan where their card lies at. Throw card and when it comes down, catch it with your mouth by inhaling fast and sucking the card to your lips. Proceed to insert the card above or below the selection. Funny and amazing. Youll definitely get her number. 9
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10:00 A.M. 0 words/0 ideas Fresher than a lemon pie and pissed off.
Wrong. You guys do not know the anger I have felt when I woke up this morning realizing that Ive slept 2 hours faceplanted on my arm in one of the most awkward, but comfortable, positions ever. Camera stopped filming because it was full and it takes up to an hour to empty it of all the videos, so there was no point in continuing the project and plus, I was feeling sick from the energy drinks (theyre still crawling in my stomach as I write this). So, I thought I should start from scratch. Im fresh, Im motivated and Im pissed. Theres no way Im failing this one.
Square Production
(this is a circle) I have spared you the painful experience of reading the explanation of this production. I must have really liked it if I made two pretty eligible drawings, wrote 2 pages and even featured it in the trailer. God damn. Not only is it fucking (and I cant f that long enough) difficult, I dont see a reason for anyone to learn this. Youre welcome. You owe me a beer.
Coin in Deck
(passing through B.A. on YT) Hold card case face down with the flap towards you. Place coin on top. Slightly raise deck so the coin can slide in your palm. Cover the slide of the coin with your right hand by making a rubbing motion (youre gonna melt the coin through the case, so at least act like it). Make sure the coin falls in such a way that it rests vertically on the side of the case. Squeeze the case until a gap is created where the flap is. Raise the case slightly (lower the front side of the case), causing the coin to fall in the gap. Turn your hand so the coin slides inside and start shaking the card case to reveal the melt (DOWN!). Or you can insert the coin inside by gripping the ends with your right hand. Note: Using this gap you can also vanish a coin, by resting the case on the palm, squeezing it and lifting the front slightly, causing the coin to run to your palm. Extra Note: I seem to have re-invented one of my old ideas. Dont know how I hadnt noticed back then. Nevertheless, I decided to leave it in, thinking that you guys might enjoy it.
Flip the coin in the air, but do it slightly further away from you and to the left (so the spectators eyes qwill follow the coin, distracting them from your right hand). While the coin is in the air, move the platinum coin on top of the index finger. Catch coin and make eye contact with spectator. While talking, place bronze coin in clipped position then flip the other coin. The spectator wont notice due to the misdirection.
Deck Vanish
Cut the barcode part from another deck and place it inside the cellophane on top of the other barcode. Hold the deck in mechanics grip, with the barcode facing the spectator. Grab the upper side of the deck with your right fingers and move it closer to the spectator (the fingers are placed in such a way so they can only see the barcode, and maybe a bit of the cellophane). Retain the card case while your right hand moves the cellophane then lap it when youre telling the spectator to look at the barcode (find a reason). Proceed to crumble the deck to pieces and place it in your pocket, then perform some coin magic and act like nothing happened.
Condom on Card
(not featuring sex) Ill be honest: this is not something that Ive created now, but Ive taken the opportunity to fix the method of the effect, so, in one way, you know...ohh just read the damn thing cause its a good effect. Effect: Rubber band vanishes and appears around spectators selection. Preparation: Have a card second from the top with a rubber band tied twice around it. Stretch the rubber band before so another card can enter without difficulty. Have a bunch of rubber bands around your wrist and one that is tied twice (so it appears like two). Method: Spread the deck and have the spectator select a card. Rubber band is covered by left thumb placed lengthwise on top of it and then by right thumb while spreading. Get pinky break beneath top card. Perform the Tilt and insert the spectators selection under the prepared card, inside the rubber band (so the card showing is their selection.) Tell spectator to hold out their hands, cut deck and place it in between his palms. Im gonna use 2 rubber bands to find your selection. while talking, naturally grab the one that is tied twice and pull it off your wrist (you wouldnt be stressing the fact that youre taking 2 if you wouldnt be doing something sneaky about it. You sneaky sneaky beaver) but, getting back, you pull it off your wrist and as soon as it comes off, stretch the rubber between your left pinky and index finger and with your right middle and ring finger pull on both sides. It now looks like you are holding two condoms and not just one (you can never be too safe, aye?) Actually, Im gonna make it harder for me. Im gonna use just one. Have spectator select one. Vanish the side by releasing the rubber band and hitting their hand with the rubber, making it look like it vanished, passed through their hand and wrapped itself around their card (they will think this in the future. you gotta lay the pieces for the image to form itself). Take deck from spectator, spread it and cut deck at their selection. While they flip out, casually take the rubber band of the two cards and hand both the selection and the rubber to the spectator for later use (people get creative when lonely). Patterns: Can easily be turned into a burglar-rogue cop-thing, or you can give life to the rubber band like Behr does, but please, for the name of God (what does everyone have with this guys name?), do something more than just a trick. You dont have a personality for nothing.
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Discriminated Pips
Heres something interesting, though, I have not yet thought of how to use this. Lets take for example the 6C. The obvious part of the card is that its black, then that it is a club and finally you see that there are 6 pips, thus making it the 6 of Clubs. Right? 16
BUT, actually, if you take a closer look at the card you will see that there arent only 6 pips on it, but 8. There is one under each of the 6s. So, what you actually have here is a card inside a card (cardception!). You can say that the 8C is wearing a 6C suit, or that the 8C is an undercover spy and this is how he passes by unnoticed (even though he is in plain view). This could be used in a prediction effect or you could create some really interesting storyline around it. Just think about the possibilities. Hahaha, I was so enthusiastic when I discovered this!
Sleeve Production
Have a card palmed. Sleeves are rolled up. Under the action of producing a card from the pocket, insert the palmed card inside the gap leading to our sleeve. You now have a card in your sleeve. Proceed as you like. Note: This works better with a suit. If you cant afford one, make it.
Grab the corner of the selection with your index and middle finger and pull the top card with your thumb, aligning the two. Move your hands towards your biceps and turn your wrist (changing the face of the card). Everything is done in one natural sequence.
Court Cards
(prepare yourself) For the following, while reading, take the respective cards out and examine them if you want to check whether what Im saying makes any sense or not. Im really tired and really bored, and when these two come into combination, only something like this can come out of my head. JC - gay guy holding a dildo. JS - a musician. JD - is that a snake going for his mouth or a dick? KD - a dwarf. KS - just what the fuck are those things from his chin. You better not say its a beard. They look like extra nipples. KC - looks like a man that rides a horse. KH - the gay, youngest son of a family (I mean, look at his right hand). Or maybe a head massager. Either the one or the other, just saying. QH - tired, fat, probably pregnant. Looks like a women that either carries the name of Helga or Margaret. QS - fierce, powerful, smart; young, beautiful, dangerous. QC - OMG! ITS HELGA! She wants us to eat her flowers!!! 18
QD - the little sister of the family, cute, pure, kind. AS - have you guys seen the eye from above her head? Or the snake? around her umbrella? Are those grapes in her left hand and is that a fur coat next to her neck? Is she in space? If not, whats with the stars? Who the fuck made the drawing? I want to know then call his dealer.
Tenkai Elevator
They say you cant have good ideas without bad ones. This is a really bad one. Here, decide for yourself. 19
Have a double inserted half-way through the deck towards the lower half of the packet. Tenkai palm the top card while spinning the double. Insert palmed card at a higher position and spin it while Tenkai palming the bottom card (this is done with the help of your middle and ring finger). Repeat the process until their selection rests on top. Blow your brains out for practicing such a thing.
Triumph Reversal
Deck is held in Mechanics Grip and right hand grips the deck from above. Break the deck using your thumb and let the packet fall down in your hand (like in preparation to execute a Classic pass). Using your left thumb, drag the top card to the left on the bottom of the deck (the packet is reversed in this motion and the selection covers the face up card). Done in an off-beat moment, it will go unnoticed (you dont need to have the spectator burn the deck. and why would you give him a flamethrower in the first place?). This puts you in a perfect position to perform a triumph (hence the name).
by the hand and asks me: Boy. What youre doing, is it magic, or not? I could tell by his eyes that he was genuinely curios. I didnt smile. I just looked directly into his eyes and replied, Yes.. As soon as my words left my mouth he released his grip from my hand, clapped once really hard and followed up with one of the biggest smiles I have ever seen, saying -no , yelling- : I KNEW IT!!. It was so beautiful. His eyes shone like those of a 5 year old seeing Santas gift under the Christmas tree. Moments like this are why we started doing magic in the first place. Of course, the guy asked me to make his mistress vanish so that his wife wouldnt find out, but thats another story. Almost fell asleep because I didnt realize that my eyes were shut off. Finally came around when I was just sitting too well with my eyes closed. My hearts dancing to the bass of the songs Im listening to.
The Families
Heres a story to which you can add an effect/routine. The performer tells the spectator that each suit represents important human needs. Diamonds - love; Spade - significance/importance/fame; Clubs - power; Hearts - money; To further demonstrate his point of view, the magician pulls out of his pocket 4 piles of cards. 1st pile/spade pile: - all the people portrayed on the court cards are beautiful; - the Q is the only one that has something else besides a flower in her hand (I dont know what if this means something, but it has to). She is also the prettiest from all the Queens. - they are the only ones looking to the right (along with the JC, who is a spy). 2nd pile/diamond pile: - theyre the most simple dressed; - lady looks tired; - king extends hand to offer help; - the Jack has the eyes of a merciful person. 3rd pile/club pile: - you can see just how evil they are by their face (the fuckers). They look not too kind, and not ok. (FM: what the fuck am I talking about?) 4th pile/heart pile: - they are dressed the prettiest from all of the piles; - the Jack has a leaf in his hand (you can associate it with the color green -> money); - they all have the most green on themselves; - the King commits suicide, something typical of people that are very rich. Note from FM: And then, this is what I wrote. - the JS and the QS are married. The JC is fucking the QS; - the JH and the KD are best friends (I watch your back, you watch mine, right?); - the KS and the KH are a gay couple; - the KC and the QC are married and have 3 kids: the QH(oldest), JD(middle) and QD(youngest).
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Natura Palm
Spread the cards on the table and make sure the last card -the card you want to palm- is slightly separated from the rest of the cards. Hold your right hand naturally at the right end of the spread, in preparation to catch the cards, and with your left hand lift the left end and reverse the spread (this is done by pushing the last card to the right, making all the cards to turn around in one beautiful motion). Because of how the card was positioned, when the right end of the spread will land on your palm, the top card will basically be Classic Palmed. All you have to do is push backwards on the top edge of the card with your ring finger and the card is palmed. Now, theres no point for you to hold the spread in display for more than a second, so as soon as the spread is reversed, palm the card while you move your right hand towards yourself and close the spread while you adjust the card in your palm. Note: If you want to palm the card in your left hand (Classic Bottom Palm) invert everything. Spread the cards from right to left with your left hand and from that point on proceed like before.
Vortex
(feat. another dimension) Deck is spread on the table. With your left hand reverse the spread, but instead of using your fingers to accomplish this, use the middle of your palm. In a smooth circular motion, reverse the deck (hand moves clockwise to the right) then continue the motion (clockwise to the left) and palm the card (its more like you hide it under your palm). From here, I arrange the cards in a circle (thus motivating the hand moving to the left. As soon as I cover the card, I continue the motion and arrange the cards), all while holding both hands to the table. After finishing, due to the heat of the palm, if you press slightly on the card, it will stick to your palm, allowing you to lift off your hand and move it inside the circle. Raise your hand slightly and using your right fingers pull their selection out of the portal youre created. From here, you can continue using the gate for other things as well (vanishes, transportations, ...).
Bottom Reversal
Deck is spread on the table. Close spread with left hand and upon returning to your usual position (motion is from right to left) your right hand grabs the deck from above and your left 2nd, 3rd and 4th finger pull on the bottom card and reverse it (like the Asher Twist only reversed). Note: You can also bottom palm the card if you want. The reverse is covered by the deck and the natural motion of the hands. Proceed by producing the card from the spectators ear. Wash in applause.
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Spring Tenkai
Spring the deck from the thumb and close your fingers when you get to the last card, palming the card in Tenkai. Theres literally nothing else to say. Thats it. I like to motivate the closing of the fingers by tapping with the back of my hand on the bottom side of the deck, after the spring is finished.
Spring Classic
Youre gonna hate me for these blunt explanations. Truth is, you just have to give it a couple of tries and then youll know what I mean. Spring the deck of the fingers and retain the top card. Buckle your thumb. This will send the card directly into Classical Palm (because the corner snaps of the finger). Once you get the hang of this you will be able not only to palm the top card, but also to reverse it or the card beneath it. This provides you with even more applications. Note: If you spring the cards on the table you will be able to accomplish color changes, vanishes and productions. This requires playtime.
Lapping Shuffle
Riffle from the right packet as many cards as you want to lap (well take as an example 1) and then riff le from the left packet before continuing the shuffle. Slightly in-jog the card using your 3 right fingers and bridge the cards. Release the bridge, causing the card to shoot into the lap while the rest of the cards are shuffled.
Turnover to Classic
Grab 2 cards- thumb on the lower side, index curled on top, middle and ring finger on the upper side- and turn them face up as one. Leave the double slightly side-jogged. Palm the two cards (literally) then, mimicking the exact motion, reach inside the palm with your thumb and pull the bottom card out. The card will rotate around your index finger and end up face down.
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Afterword
So, thats it. Hope you enjoyed the ride guys. A lot of work and passion has been put into the making of this project, both from my side and from the designers, so if you guys would like to show your appreciation and support, you can purchase the e-book for $1 by visiting this link: Once again, thanks for being with me till the end and Ill see you really soon (Im always making another project haha)! - Biz 12/17/13