Namaste! Bonjour! Sussreekall! Hola! And HappyHalloweeny! (Weenie?) I trust everyone is happily plotting their “costume”/”disguise” in honor of Halloween? Good for you! Why? Because it’s FUN!!! That’s why. And we need fun and we need “play” to balance out our lives.
It honors our “inner child”, or something.
Am I right?
I have realized, as you see by my watercolor, above, that I have serious “inner child” issues.
As I draw my insipid cartoons, over the years, I have not changed the “Biffy” character. Even though I, myself, APPEAR to have changed.
But I think it comes down to this: self-identity.
Its how I “identify” myself, subconciously (or something like that). Its my identity. In my OWN mind. Is that bad?
And that lead me to thgink about how and in what way I have changed..inside? Frankly…..I don’t know that I really have. Have you?
When I turned 30 I said to my mommyji, “mama! I don’t feel ANY different inside, than when I was, like, 24 or something!!” I was flabbergasted.
She smiled and sweetly responded,”I know, Dear Daughter. Neither do I.”
And I just about fell over. I will never forget it. It was a tremendous epiphany. (For me, anyway)
We are THE SAME inside as we always were and always will be. “Your Character Is Your Destiny”.
HOW FUCKING AWESOME IS THAT????!!!!!
Om Nama Shivaya.

On one hand, its a good thing because as we (hopefully) mature+get wise, we still keep that same joyfulness we had when we were younger: still like a lot of the same bands, sports, cartoons,humour, etc., as we always did. And we may ALWAYS like snowboardin or BadBrains or FamilyGuy or whatever. And that’s so integral to what makes us US! We just get wise to other stuff as we(hopefully) “mature” and prioritize differently.
(On the other hand, if you know anyone in your world who still won’t get a job or go to school or do the dihes or combv their hair or recycle…then THEY are just “clinging to their immaturity” and that’s a whole different thing entirely!) But, as always, that’s just MY opinion.
And with Halloween being so popular, and people (adults!!) Dress up and go out in DISGUISE. (Now as a very loudmouthed “rrrrriot grrrl” in my youth, who self-identified..and still do…as a STRAIGHT EDGE, and because I always played gigs on Halloween in NorthAmerica or Europe…I saw a lot of drunks-in-masks every October 31st and I did NOT like that. It scared me. And, no, we can’t all be as politically+socially correct+responsible as Fugazi, for example, who did NOT play in bars……but that was my reality and that’s the experience I had.)
But, now, as I’m hopefully less stubborn/defiant/pissedoff as I was in my youth….I do see the joyful benefits of “dressing up”. I mean- look at how much fun I have dressing up NICKLAS??????hahahhaha! (Poor babydog!)
I guess its important for people to have a day where its “okay” to play. *beam*
And I want that for people. For everyone. For you. :)
So, LovelyBeautifulPeople, ENJOY embracing your inner child, this weekend! May you find joy.
And, be careful…though I have “relaxed”my perspective a lot….I’m still deathly afraid of “drunk guys in masks”. So just be aware and be smart. Okay? (Hey-a mama worries!!!! LOL!)
I will be at the local Vancouver dogparks, parading (paradeing?) Around my Nicklas, who likely will suffer through it like a chaamp as long as I provide an abundance of treats. You can see pics of him on the twitter or the twitpic.
My costume? Keep in mind…when grrrls who look like moi go out on Halloween, its the ONLY day of the year I will NOT be asked, “what? Is it Halloween?”. LOL!
I WILL be wearing my trusty, Defensive Mask of Optimism, though. Nyuk,nyuk..
Have fun and enjoy the kidstuff! :)
With Bliss and Highest Blessings,
Love,
Biffy
Xoxo

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