This collection of entries is from May 09, 2006.
Sorry, I just couldn't watch the David Blaine thing last night on ABC ("Drowned Alive").
I like his slight of hand work and other feats of prestidigitation, but these TV specials are just weird-ass events and tests of endurance that seem... not really spectacular, just means of 1) getting his name out in the press, and 2) getting his name into a world record book or something. I mean, what's the point and why should I watch?
I had heard earlier in the day that he wasn't doing well from his week-long stint inside that 8-foot snow globe-like tank of his (actually 177 hours underwater). I just thought it was all part of the stunt itself, so that it would be "even more spectacular" if he held his breath for 9 minutes, live on the air... like he was supposed to.
Instead, he made 7:08 when divers had to yank him out because of convulsions. And it turns out he's got liver and kidney problems, rashes all over his body and his skin was peeling off.
Knock it off, already. Show me illusions, don't show me abuse of your own body.