Keanu: childhood, youth and the moments of glory. Book #1 - Yevgeniya Sikhimbayeva

Keanu: childhood, youth and the moments of glory. Book #1

Yevgeniya Sikhimbayeva

Arkadiy Novikov

© Yevgeniya Sikhimbayeva, 2021

© Arkadiy Novikov, 2021

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Childhood and youth

Let us take as an indisputable fact that Keanu Charles Reeves was born (at least in this reincarnation of his own) in the city of Beirut, which is located in Lebanon. (Lebanon is a state in the Middle East, located in a mountainous area on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Syria in the east and north, and Israel in the south. The countrys symbol, the Lebanese cedar  is depicted both on the flag and on the state emblem Do not worry, I also had to devote some time searching on the map  where is it?)

Actually, Keanu almost didnt live in Beirut at all  his parents simply met there  Patricia Taylor and Samuel Reeves.

Keanu himself, especially in early interviews, spoke: («Guess my parents had been doing their thing in the Middle East»1)

According to some sources, Keanus father worked here as a geologist, and his mother danced in a nightclub (or vice versa). According to another version, Keanus mother studied at a local university (there is one, and not just one), and his father burned his life and indulged in all sorts of substances that expand consciousness (or vice versa). Anyway, they were very creative people. If you believe the recollections of eyewitnesses, Keanus father, having received an inheritance after the death of his stepfather, got one of the first Jaguar XKE cars.

In violet color. His mother, an Englishwoman, had already at the time a strong personality (there was a reason that she was more often called the male name Patrick than the female  Patricia), and at that time she preferred cowboy boots, blue jeans and mink coats. True, such creativity was not very welcomed by the locals, and even a few times the couple were thrown stones at. However, Beirut was never a particularly safe place to live, but it was a very convenient transit point for all kinds of playboys and hippies moving to the East in search of enlightenment. Although this however does not matter.

The important thing is that the sixties were really some special time. Perhaps the Earth passed through some special energy stream. Just take a look  how many talented songs, poems, other works of art  and people were born in these years! Here are just the stars of Hollywood and its environs: Crispin Glover (1964); Johnny Depp (1963); River Phoenix (1970); Tom Cruise (1962); Brad Pitt (1963); Robert Downey Jr. (1965); Sean Penn (1960); Rob Lowe (1964); Hugh Jackman (1968); Alex Winter (1965)

Oh, and Keanu Reeves of course.

He was born in September, when, according to one of the modern classics, «the time of the wind and ripe grapes» sets in. Therefore, he was named respectively  his name is the Hawaiian word used to describe the first cool breezes that descend from the mountains. (It s Hawaiian. It was my great, great uncles name. It means cool breeze over the mountains  Ive got a cousin who has the same name.2) From his biological father, who was the first of his mothers four husbands, Keanu received in addition to his first name a surname  and an exotic appearance.

By the way  according to the horoscope he is Virgo. Believing in horoscopes is a separate issue. But still:

They are known as the «perfectionists» of the zodiac. They have strong mental energy and ability to communicate. They tend to have a gentle female personality; soft and caring.

(TOP 10 REASONS WHY VIRGO IS THE BEST ZODIAC SIGN; JANUARY 10, 2017 ASTROLOGY & LIFE)

Does it match?  Perhaps yes.

Keanu was only six months old when the family moved to Australia, where his sister Kim was born, then they went to New York, to Manhattan  Upper West Side. They also did not live there for long, and when Keanu was five years old (or six, or maybe even seven), his mother finally broke up with his father and settled with two children in Toronto, Canada, deciding that this is a good place to to raise children. And indeed, Toronto was then a quiet, almost provincial city, where children could safely play on the street at least until midnight. In addition, her relatives lived here in Canada. The family was not poor  Keanu grannys second husband, Canadian Colman Abrahams, became rich by producing encyclopedias for children development and investing in real estate. But the main concern for the well-being of the children was on the mothers shoulders.

Patricia made her living by designing costumes for rock stars, such as Emmila Harris and Dolly Parton. Because of the mothers profession, Halloween has always been an exceptional holiday because children have always had the coolest costumes: Id always get a cool costume. One year, I was Dracula, another year, I was Batman and my sister was Robin. Once, my mother made me a Cousin It costume from The Addams Family. I wore a giant wig. It rained and I got wet. I looked just like a big bowl of pasta!3.

Alice Cooper was also among Patricias clients, and when the singer recorded the album «Welcome to My Nightmare» in Toronto, he stayed in the house where the family lived, and even babysat Keanu. Well, more like, the musicians rehearsed, and the future star of the rock band Dogstar listened reverently, hanging around somewhere nearby. There was something for both to remember.. «Alice Cooper stayed at our house. I remember he brought fake vomit and fake dog poo to terrorise the housekeeper.4» Life turned out differently, at some times there were a nanny for children and an au pair in the house, and at other times I had to buy discounted food. It was a bourgeois existence with pretensions to more, but with less, if you know what I mean.5»

So Keanu did not have any serene and happy childhood, which can be remembered sentimentally.

He, politically correct, «grew up in a troubled family.» «Im one of those kids without a dad. Sure. Its the classic story». However, Keanu was still lucky  his mother turned out to be a strong and lively woman, although she did not lose hope of somehow arranging her own personal life. So Keanu had three stepfathers. One of them will play a very significant role in his life  but more to follow.

In the meantime, I will utter out loud a politically incorrect, but, alas, axiom:

DIVORCE  ALWAYS A TRAGEDY FOR CHILDREN

Naturally the reasons behind the impossibility of further coexistence can be plentiful and some are understandable, domestic violence for example. But its all the same extremes, and so  yes, a lot depends on how civilized the divorce is but the scars remain the same. Of various sizes, depths, healing rates but everything is no longer going as intended  and sometimes it breaks down life very seriously. Parting with his father was very difficult for Keanu and it predetermined his fate for years and decades to come but that will come later.

In the meantime, he is only a child, experiencing a breakup with one of the most important people in his life. Those who knew him from life in Canada talk about a serious, shy and angry teenager with a huge inferiority complex, who is practically unable to establish normal relations with his peers. Everything was so serious that it came down to a visit to a therapist! How much this helped in this situation  well, at least it didnt do much harm. The psychotherapist, by the way, taught Kean to play chess quite decently. This hobby will last throughout the life of the famous actor. But did Keanu really win the games, or did the therapist simply succumb? This question haunted him for a long time..

Virgos are usually calm outside, but their minds never rest. They have thousands of thoughts, reflections on this or that. This restless mind always forces them to analyze every aspect of a situation or person, and they rarely make false judgments. They do not leave details unnoticed. Such an analytical and methodological approach is their strength, helping them succeed in life.

(TOP 10 REASONS WHY VIRGO IS THE BEST ZODIAC SIGN; JANUARY 10, 2017 ASTROLOGY & LIFE)

Anyway, after some time and a certain number of sessions, everyone decided that Keanu was better. Well, let it be so.

In fact, he led the life of an ordinary teenager. Together with others he made karts and skateboards, on which the boys drove around the blocks, competing for the honorary title «The Fastest». On his home-made skateboard, Keanu mastered all kinds of tricks on wheels. Like everyone else. Naughty, however, not particularly naughty. They didnt even do graffiti. The worst that teenagers in Toronto then allowed themselves was to throw chestnuts at teachers.

Like everyone else, Keanu was fond of rock music more of punk style. (If you are interested in which bands Keanu listened to, here they are: Agent Orange, Pixies, Discharge, Husker Du, Sham 69  to be honest, when I tried to listen, it took me about three minutes but it was what it was). Like everyone else he tried to perform something on the bass himself, bringing the volume of the amplifier to such a level that it seemed that walls were about to crack. Well, everything similar to others.

Oh yes he also had to go to school. With school Keanu had faced major problems. Patricia was able to bring «a lot of love, but little discipline» to her children, so it was an extraordinary event for Keanu to just come to school on time. After five years of study, he changed four educational institutions: (I got kicked out of one and I stopped going to one, and I switched from another, and another one I quit.) Because it was insanely difficult for him to fit into the team. A shy guy, together with being a leftie and dyslexic, is the most suitable candidate for studying in a regular municipal school. «I was a loner in high school,» he says. «I wasnt like a lot of my peers.» Did his classmates bully him? Quite possibly  if a person, without going into details, says that in school years he played the role of a jester (I was kinda shy in school, but I also had the class-clown element about me.)  this makes you wonder you know.

One of the schools was Jesse Ketchum Public School (61 Davenport). A year after Keanu left this school, it earned the first Elmer the Safety Elephant prize in 197879 without incident. I wonder if these two events are related?

One of his teachers, Donald Mason, said: «There would be times when Keanu would be around the school late in the evening, long after most kids had gone home. He would be shooting baskets on his own».

Then came the North Toronto Collegiate Institute (North Toronto CI, NTCI. Or North Toronto) (70 Roehampton), in which Keanu was forced to do many things. Although the schools motto  «Labor Omnia Vincit»  which means something like «Patience and labor will rub everything», he may have taken it into service.

No, Keanu was neither a rebel, nor a lazy person, nor stupid. He simply did not quite understand what he was doing here. Although, his childhood dreams of the future suggested education: he wanted to be a racer, inventor, nuclear physicist and orchestra conductor. Roughly in this order. Interestingly, the actors profession was not on that list.

Being an Earth sign, Virgo relies on a physical body, real and reliable. She can come up with the best pragmatic solution for any problem, because her thoughts are based on reality, not imagination. Virgo does not live in a fantasy world, she firmly holds on the ground in her intelligent reality.

(TOP 10 REASONS WHY VIRGO IS THE BEST ZODIAC SIGN; JANUARY 10, 2017 ASTROLOGY&LIFE)

What remained was to look for an alternative to school. «Sometimes I regret not finishing high school, but I was just trying to live my life.»

Keanu seriously went in for sports  basketball  and of course hockey, a Canadian boy who is not interested in this sport is nonsense. «I was raised in Toronto from the time I was six years old. I learned very quickly that if you dont know how to play hockey in Canada your peers can make life miserable for you. Its a lesson Im grateful for».

In hockey, he unexpectedly succeeded, and even thought about a professional career. Most of all he liked to stand as a goalie  this required the ability to concentrate, wait, and then immediately and correctly respond, like a predator sitting in an ambush. (Many years later, one of his bodyguards, who worked with Keanu in St. Petersburg, Victoria Korchagina, would note these qualities in him, saying that his stillness is that of a predator). It was almost impossible to score the puck if Keanu was standing at the goal  he was not afraid to stop the puck with his whole body, which is unsafe. In the team for his goalkeeper abilities, he received the nickname «Wall», and while studying at De La Salle College (131 Farnham), (De La Salle College «Oaklands» (De La Salle College, Toronto, or De La Salle), is actually a private, independent joint educational Catholic school in the Roman Catholic tradition, which was founded in 1679 in Reims, France by Jean  Batiste de la Salle (also the patron saint of the college). How on earth did Keanu end up there? And was even called the «Player of the Year», while receiving an F in French.

But while Keanu sailed through life, as they say, without a rudder and sails, not really imagining where the curve would lead him. While he was growing up, he had his first teenage pimples, girls became interested in him somewhere in the eighth grade he first tried drugs  not seriously  but he liked the effect they produced. He eventually turned on his lifetime path, as it usually happens, almost randomly, but things did not go smoothly right away.

Not at all.

I come from a broken home.  in early interviews with Keanu, this phrase flickers quite frequently. In fact, everything is simple and clear for the child  if you were left, then you are bad. Growing up, you understand that everything is not so simple and the relationship of two adults does not depend on you, but childrens belief goes into the subconscious and sometimes appears in strange forms. Some (most often women) break down into a disastrous tailspin of «earning» love  relationships turn into hard work for them. If everything is easy and simple and they are loved because they love  then this is not true love! Therefore, an emotionally inaccessible partner is most often chosen for a relationship  very often with the same emotional trauma from childhood. And here the fear of betrayal comes into play  and they will betray imminently- because they betrayed once  and Im bad  so I deserve it! Is it funny?  Keep laughing