Namaste! Salaam! Yo!Yo!Yo! Highest Blessings to everyone from the Praries! Yes, LoveyPeople, we left promptly apres the Canada Day show in Vancouver, to play the first “alternative” night ever at Dauphin (Manitoba’s) Country Music Fest!!! YeeeeeeHaw!!!!
What an adventure! Yeah…its true…my dentist father left his position at the University of Kentucky (where he was a professor of Dentistry) and moved my family up to Dauphin, Manitoba (Canada’s National Ukranian Capitol) to take a teaching position there.

I spent junior high school in Dauphin. A serendipitous existance until the grade nine girls deemed my sisters and I “uncool” and I swiftly attempted to hone my comedic skills (which was unsuccessful) to defer those traditional girlfights in our culture.
I DID discover dirt bike-riding, skidooing, Iron Maiden, kissing, hockey, cabbage rolls, and cheerleading there, however. LOL! It was an integral time in my life, and I have very fond memories. :)
I stole my parents’ Ford Fairmont station wagon (at 13yrs old!) In Dauphin. I participted in Spoken French Poetry at the arts festivals (and thus began my love of exploring languages) and took ballet classes through a Royal Winnipeg Ballet teacher who came up from Winnipeg twice a week (I had already taken ballet since I was about four…by the time my studies ended, unceremoniously, I had thirteen years of dance training under my belt…which still serves me on stage to this day! LOL!) I even learned (from my veryever “first boyfriend” all about The Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers comics, wrestling, and how to smoke hashish off a pin!!!
Nice. (Obviously I DON’T do drugs NOW and do not approve of Minors using any drugs of any kind. Just sayin’..)

We moved to Winnipeg (as my dad took a position at the University of Manitoba) by the time I started high school. I continued on to University of Winnipeg after that (rocky highschool life/running away from home/ lots of unfortunate misadventure in between) but, alas, dropped out due to TOURING (!) In my First semester.

Ahhhhhhh, yes. I remain the Quintessential Prarie Girl and my experiences helped build my foundation. Om Nama Shivaya. I’m proud of it. :)
It was veryvery cool to play at the festival, even though I have been running on three hours’ sleep for weeks+weeks. I was extremely nervous to play+see everyone I grew up with (BELIEVE me: I was SUCH A DOG in Junior High! LOL!!!)

The photo I’ve included, today, was a self-shot pic standing in the curtains of the motel room window. Fuck! I’m such a girlygirl, now! I LOVE makeup! Love it!
Haha! (Its like playin’ dress-up every day!) Plus, my eyebrows STILL haven’t grown back from chemo so I have to paint em on everyday (and, more often than not, I draw em’ on wrong, and “one’s-lookin’-for-ya-and-one’s-lookin’ AT-ya” !)

I hope everyone has a beautiful and blissful weekend, and enjoys wherever you are, whatever you do, and whoever you are BECOMING. :)
Let’s all take a second to reflect on our adolescence, and the gifts it brought. Yes, the gifts. :)
I am very grateful for everyday I EVER had on this battered lil’ planet, and I endeavour to carry that same deliberate mindfulness with me always.
If you ever have a chance- go to Dauphin. Eat some homemade perogies. And tell em’ I sent ya!
Om Nama Shivaya. Om Hare Om.
Love,
Biffy
Xo

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