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Well I am back from my vacation.  It wasn't long enough.  I don't think anyone wants to return back to work after their vacation.  Sigh.

I had an amazing time.  I visited my second home, Clearwater Beach, Florida and then hung out in Orlando.  The first night I got into Clearwater I got to meet and see Criss Angel.  I learned he was there to film an episode of his Mindfreak show that was to occur the next day.  My mom and I went walking the beach that night and saw all these people swarming barricades and cops all around so we walked up and thats when we learned about Criss Angel being there. 

At first there was like 40 people huddled around.  By the end of the night there was like 10 of us.  It was around nine at night.  Criss was going to escape from the Spyglass Hotel that was going to be imploded to make way for ugly, big, hideous condos.  The Spyglass was a very nice hotel.  Anyway, he started jogging shirtless back and forth from the hotel to his trailor.  It was the night before his stunt.  We all followed him and chased him through a section of the barricades.

He did this several times teasing us fans until more then the 40 of us showed up and he then got a golf cart to caddy him back and forth.  I got a picture of him but it is just of his arm and part of his head.  I had a perfect shot but some idiot dude pushed me and almost knocked me into a cop as I snapped the picture.  After about 2 hrs of him doing this mom and I got bored and she ran into Criss' brother and got a picture.  Across the street Criss team and production crew were meeting and dining at Britt's cafe so mom and I headed there but really not to see them but to sit and have drinks and watch all the crazies chase Criss down.  They have a nice deck area that overlooks the beach but this night was blocked by all the trailors and such.

After we finished talking and having our drink we walked back over to the barricades to where Criss was.  He came by briefly shaking hands then ran to the hotel.  This is where the  dissapointement came in.  For those who don't want to know how Criss does his tricks don't read the rest of this.

By now there was 10 of us left because it was a little after midnight.  Criss production team said they were doing a run through but it was really him filming all the crap that went on inside the hotel when it was supposed to implode. I filmed it the best my camera could.  He was supposed to be out of the hotel in 3 mins because thats when the building would come down but my camera filmed him not popping out until 4 mins on the roof where a helicopter was waiting for him.  So right away me and mom new that something was up and that he wasn't going to really be in that building when it imploded.  And sure enough later on when the actual event went off the next night he didnt pop up on the roof he popped up coming from beside the rubble.  I felt stupid for cheering with all the other 10 people  when Criss popped up on the roof during his supposed "run through" after I realized this.

So by 2 am I headed back to my hotel nervous how he was going to pull off this dangerous stunt because at this time I wasnt really sure how he would pull it off until the next night when the building did implode.  Well, the next night mom, my brother, and me made it back in time after our visit to Busch Gardens in Tampa.  They had the roads closed at the beach so we were stuck on the causeway that leads from Clearwater into Clearwater Beach.  We made it to a restaurant in Island Estates and parked the car.  The valet was nice enough to let us park there to watch the Spyglass event.  Even though we weren't on the beach to witness the event you could still see the Spyglass Hotel all lit up from the Causeway.  There were cars everywhere.  So anyway we walked over to the docks beside the restaurant and talked to another lady who I think says she saw a figure jump from a balcony which I think I have on film which was him and how he escaped.  There was all kinds of news helicopters and of course his helicopter that was supposed to pick him up off the roof was there.

The building blew up and a young guy behind us was on his cell.  He was talking to a friend who was there at the beach and he says, "It's good!  Criss popped up in the crowd beside the building." to everyone cause we were all like well?

Shortly after I started to fit pieces together and my grandmother was watching it on tv as it was live in the hotel room and she started to tell us what she saw and I was like sure enough everything she saw of him in the hotel trying to escape was what he filmed the night before.  Plus I looked it up and one of the Tampa news stations already debunked from what they filmed of how he escaped.  It kinda just ruined it all for me.  But I decided I am going to post my videos so if there are die hard Criss Angel fans, please do not watch.  I am warning you now. 

I have lots more vacation news but I think this is a long enough blog.  lol!