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		<title>The Perfect Remedy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 16:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[audition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["I was only slightly miffed that Blue didn’t remember our wonderful week together eating cheerios and building a chicken coop in his high chair for his best friend, the plastic chicken. But such are the fickle memories of toddlers."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pbfink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4846929&amp;post=423&amp;subd=pbfink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Allies</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 23:50:17 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[In Loving Memory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ballet]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["Throughout elementary school and high school, I trained at Interplay School of Dance. One of my most influential formative teachers was Glen Gilmour. He taught at The National Ballet School of Canada during the day and at Interplay in the evenings. My first few weeks with Mr. Gilmour were rough. He wasn’t overly impressed with me and, as an eager-to-please thirteen-year-old girl, this didn’t sit well."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pbfink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4846929&amp;post=418&amp;subd=pbfink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Little Bit of Heaven</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Oct 2011 03:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bangkok]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["Rehearsing in the university/high school theatre in Mission reminds us that we’re working on a real show. One that is premiering at Bangkok’s 13th International Festival of Dance and Music, under the Royal Patronage of HRH Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn. Serious stuff."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pbfink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4846929&amp;post=410&amp;subd=pbfink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Have a Chill</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2011 03:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["So far, I was loving Vancouver. These are my people. Fun, laid-back, sushi-lovers. Dotty didn't mind that I was sleeping on her bedroom floor, the taxi driver was totally unphased by wild cougars in the city, and the couple downstairs were happy to find me making sushi in their kitchen. I was home."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pbfink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4846929&amp;post=407&amp;subd=pbfink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life Lessons (and more)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 03:38:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["Life is busy. That’s just the way it is. But amidst the hubbub and whoop-di-doos of a fast-paced lifestyle, there are moments of true hilarity. And I plan to share the top-notch moments I’ve experienced this summer."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pbfink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4846929&amp;post=403&amp;subd=pbfink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Le Gastro</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 12:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["It’s funny how much influence the mind has over the body. For example, I’ve been so focused on finishing university exams, organizing a workshop with the other dancers in Breez’s company, completing a first draft manuscript of my book, and training in preparation for Breez’s new dance project that I didn’t even notice that I’ve had a stomach bug for the past 7 days. (Commonly known as le gastro in this region of Canada)."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pbfink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4846929&amp;post=399&amp;subd=pbfink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Results</title>
		<link>http://pbfink.wordpress.com/2011/02/26/results/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 01:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Les Grands Ballet Canadiens]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://pbfink.wordpress.com/?p=397</guid>
		<description><![CDATA["Courage is going from failure to failure without losing enthusiasm."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pbfink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4846929&amp;post=397&amp;subd=pbfink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mental Game</title>
		<link>http://pbfink.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/mental-game/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2011 00:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[audition]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[first impressions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["Right now, my mental game is probably as important as looking like a ballerina. I’m working on it. Just a couple of hours ago, Hunky walked in on me giving myself a pep talk in the mirror. If other people think I’m strong enough for Les Grands, why shouldn’t I?"<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pbfink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4846929&amp;post=393&amp;subd=pbfink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Slow Down</title>
		<link>http://pbfink.wordpress.com/2011/02/22/slow-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Feb 2011 14:43:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[cold FX]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ketubah]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ontario Hydro]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Main]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vancouver Olympic Games]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[zinc]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA["Startled out of my ipod trance, I looked up from my bus seat and stared at a tall man in his thirties wearing an Ontario Hydro worker’s uniform. He smiled at me, then ran off the bus and jumped back into his Ontario Hydro truck before the light turned back to green. I was still staring when the bus pulled past the truck. He was waving at me."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pbfink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4846929&amp;post=390&amp;subd=pbfink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Behaviour</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Feb 2011 16:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["It happened on Thursday. Thursday was going to be my day off from training. In an act of maturity and responsibility, I decided that one day each week I would let my body rest while the other six days I pummeled it with ballet, yoga, running, and training with Drew. Since I knew I would be spending this weekend in New York City visiting my bro, JB, I nominated Thursday as my day of rest as opposed to my usual choice of Sunday. Saturday and Sunday I planned to take ballet at Steps on Broadway."<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pbfink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4846929&amp;post=387&amp;subd=pbfink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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