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Before there's no, but there is no crazier place than backstage opening night.

A few years ago before our first ever snap stage show, it's all chaotic screaming how I'm running around. But I'm cool as a cucumber ice cold ready.

Because I have something that no one else has. What is this thing you may ask well first understand that before this my apartment burnt to the ground.

Fired from my job, totaled my car, girlfriend asked me to walk away and never turn around and feeling pitiful. I can play into my buddy Ravi and Ravi says, you deserve this.

Your spirit fire runs crazy. I sit here only from the goodness of my heart. I get angry with this spirit fire. We will crazy talk. Do what I do.

I ask him seriously because Ravi knows stuff. There's no nearly as much as he thinks he does, but he does know stuff. Buying your spirit commanded to work for you and not against you.

Spirit your gym spirit projection. It's all just you. Jen like Genie, Jen yes. But first you meet an object to choose well.

This takes me a couple days. I finally find what I'm looking for at a pop-up steam market. In the bottom of a box of junk the very bottom is an oil lamp figurine golden.

A magic lamp fits right into my hand. Ravi chuckles fine. Now hold it be serious intentional. Imagine pushing your gen into the lamp.

This is your power your chaos your force your creativity your magic push it back. Telek to make itself at home make itself comfortable.

But it may only emerge when you want it. In fact it can only come out when you rub the lab. We both laugh but I'm damn this story I've been working out forever could never finish I sit down.

I rub the lamp a few hours later I'm typing the words be in a friend ask if I can make her a piece of music and I don't know how to do that but I sit down I rub the lamp do the best I can send it off she loves it says it's going to a show.

Big interview I rub the lamp walk in confident get the job I want a million dollars I rub the lamp doesn't really work like that anyway so I'm backstage before the first ever snap show cool as a cucumber because I've got the magic lamp five minutes before show time I go to rub it to unleash the genie but there's nothing in my pocket.

I go from chill to flippin out in five seconds I places four minutes till show time backstage dark I'm checking jacket pockets my pants and I'm crawling around on the floor where is it where is it two minutes white hot panic one minute I feel a metal piece on the wooden floor snatch it up rub it for all its work and run toward the bright lights the show is magic.

I'm so happy I reach in my pocket for the lamp and pull out someone else's car keys not my lamp at all at least that's what my genie wants me to think today from w NYC snap judgment probably presents the performers.

I'm amazing stories from the people who bear their souls my name is been Washington lights camera action because you're listening to snap judgment.

Today we're traveling down to the borderlands to meet one of the hardest working men to ever wear a mask snap us I proudly present to you.

Lucha Libre is very alive you get there the ring is there the church of their music is going kumbia since alza and the mascaras are are passing by to be sold all the sudden lights go down and music gets up and the smoke comes out and it's lucha Libre time and then people just bring their lungs out.

Lucha Libre Mexicana for the most part there's no no no no pre determined like you're gonna lose or you're gonna or you're gonna win everything is decided in the ring.

I'm gonna win because of my talent or I'm gonna lose because I don't have the talent.

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