oh yeah...lil miss fire fly...she is friends with the gals I mentioned. she is great..i've recently worked with her last year at the magic castle. she did a few shows with us there. good people to get in with. and yes I am out l.a. way...i actually live in orange county..but work in downtown l.a. ...and my group is based out of l.a./hollywood.
oh nice nice...yeah you should totally embrace the human pincushion act. especially deep tissue pin cushion...a couple of guys i know Zomora the torture king and Maruggun the Mystic both do the deep stuff....like through the bicep or under the tongue and out the neck/chin area....totally crazy. ummm well there are lots of things to look into. even with blockhead you can get to a point doing bigger nails, screw drivers, and even power drills...(just make sure the bit has been umm...made safe) and if you can do that i bet learning mental floss would be cake. I think I am going to learn that one myself to add to my stunts.
I do basic stuff mostly, fire eating and manipulation, sword swallowing, human blockhead, pain proof hands (traps and what have you), I also eat glass, and been throwing knives although i haven't taken that to the stage yet. i am currently in the works of a ladder of machettes, a bed of nails, and an electric chair for a electra act. also looking into building a spidora box. (all the builsing stuff is going to be done through my friend Bash) so hopefully we build these up nice. I saw you are in Vegas...do you happen to know Brianna Belladonna? or Grace LaFluer? both are sideshow performers from Vegas also.