tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post1823463774501230628..comments2024-03-28T23:01:14.444-06:00Comments on She Who Seeks: O Canada! Blogathon 2017 -- "My Winnipeg," Part 1Debra She Who Seekshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-82444654931986471012017-02-15T11:06:41.131-07:002017-02-15T11:06:41.131-07:00Great trailer, Debra! LOL! My only memory of Win...Great trailer, Debra! LOL! My only memory of Winnipeg is of a Girl Guide Conference there in March 1962 ~ and that was of how ~!@#$% cold it was at Portage and Main! Have a good one!Fundy Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02132147630106183853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-24521371013745876732017-02-08T09:10:58.766-07:002017-02-08T09:10:58.766-07:00I, too enjoyed the video. Perhaps my appreciation...I, too enjoyed the video. Perhaps my appreciation for dry subtle, satirical sense of humors and Canadians that possess those traits would totally work in my favor of liking his mockumentary. <br /><br />I wonder if most people have a love/hate view of their home town? Although a place that is referred to as a frozen hell hole might be weighing in a little heavier on the hate side. Cperzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09062444081488414888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-85895161233140221222017-02-05T06:45:48.486-07:002017-02-05T06:45:48.486-07:00This is an amazing film. I'd never heard of it...This is an amazing film. I'd never heard of it before! I do have tremendous respect for my western Canucks who live through and survive the cold in Winnipeg! We are wimpy in comparison :)Marthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09262406079948479112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-52033627974368228652017-02-04T17:24:38.455-07:002017-02-04T17:24:38.455-07:00Yeh Winnipeg!! I have to watch this film!! Great p...Yeh Winnipeg!! I have to watch this film!! Great post Debra! By the way, I hope you're feeling better! I'm so sorry you've been so sick! Magic Love Crowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14133368208464734546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-30574984531684809022017-02-04T09:37:46.820-07:002017-02-04T09:37:46.820-07:00Way excellent. Way. Way excellent. Way. Fearsome Beardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12338879036238705400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-73882303183376061362017-02-04T07:50:57.426-07:002017-02-04T07:50:57.426-07:00I love this guy's film style. Gripping and fun...I love this guy's film style. Gripping and fun!Miss Val's Creationshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11200441034267532187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-44720182804034465022017-02-04T05:50:43.611-07:002017-02-04T05:50:43.611-07:00Cannot believe I haven't seen this film, despi...Cannot believe I haven't seen this film, despite all the great things I've read about it (including your fab review).<br /><br />Thanks for joining the blogathon and for putting this film on my radar. The blogathon would not be complete without a loving tribute to Winnipeg.Silver Screeningshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04955048716754142299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-20423814171401130872017-02-04T01:36:06.210-07:002017-02-04T01:36:06.210-07:00hooray for Winnipeg! hooray for Winnipeg! DEZMONDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127166104359407763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-278467600177425202017-02-03T21:48:08.593-07:002017-02-03T21:48:08.593-07:00This is all so interesting. Never been there but h...This is all so interesting. Never been there but have heard it can sure get cold.<br />Thanks so much for the birthday wishes for our son...and his health is very good..the surgery took care of all the cancer..no other treatment needed. He goes every 6 months to be checked and that sure makes his old mama feel better. He turned 53 today...my little boy...bj https://www.blogger.com/profile/09327534885194207074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-39185496543120733422017-02-03T20:27:44.594-07:002017-02-03T20:27:44.594-07:00@ Janie Junebug -- Oh no, the Academy of Ultravixe...@ Janie Junebug -- Oh no, the Academy of Ultravixens was way out of my league!Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-69064218473358368202017-02-03T17:41:16.570-07:002017-02-03T17:41:16.570-07:00Interesting and informative..Thanks for sharing......Interesting and informative..Thanks for sharing...This N Thathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14660035693962636210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-17577743724050584082017-02-03T17:37:34.395-07:002017-02-03T17:37:34.395-07:00I have heard Winnipeg has a hockey team again. Who...I have heard Winnipeg has a hockey team again. Who would have thought? (Run for cover)Guillaumehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12376749604845793465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-69062302595324813372017-02-03T17:37:08.307-07:002017-02-03T17:37:08.307-07:00The NYT quote gave me a belly full of giggles. Are...The NYT quote gave me a belly full of giggles. Are you sure they were talking about Winnipeg? Seriously, with all the "dreams and lucidity" and "fact and fiction" drama these days, one can't be sure...Magaly Guerrerohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18295455026184103230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-77038207872894592992017-02-03T15:38:08.133-07:002017-02-03T15:38:08.133-07:00Did you attend the Academy of Ultravixens? I'v...Did you attend the Academy of Ultravixens? I've never been to Winnipeg and most likely will never get there. I'm in love with all things Canadian, though, especially since the troublemaker-in-chief was elected.<br /><br />Love,<br />JanieJanie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-31149125694913437942017-02-03T13:38:46.109-07:002017-02-03T13:38:46.109-07:00@ e -- Alas, no.
@ Birdie -- LOL! "Death by ...@ e -- Alas, no.<br /><br />@ Birdie -- LOL! "Death by self-pity" is a standard entry on every Winnipeg coroner's form, along with "Death from the Fucking Cold."Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-30624104938150158922017-02-03T13:28:24.403-07:002017-02-03T13:28:24.403-07:00My husband and I went through Winnipeg in October ...My husband and I went through Winnipeg in October and it was fucking cold. Not just cold. Fucking cold. I would die there. It would be a death from self-pity but a death just the same. Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479872783727855901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-39214036003890607952017-02-03T12:51:38.299-07:002017-02-03T12:51:38.299-07:00"When we got to Winnipeg/ I checked in to sch..."When we got to Winnipeg/ I checked in to school/ I wore white bucs on my feet/ when I learned the golden rule/ The punches came fast and hard/ lying on my back in the school yard/ Don't be denied..."<br /><br />Tell me that the song features somewhere in that mockumentary! ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477806052578880686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-84534527110213289582017-02-03T11:28:54.445-07:002017-02-03T11:28:54.445-07:00Those from Winnipeg I've met have been loved i...Those from Winnipeg I've met have been loved it, the cold, not so much.Marie Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03882722634065183364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-8132181236598393412017-02-03T10:21:34.175-07:002017-02-03T10:21:34.175-07:00To be fair to my home town and after reading the c...To be fair to my home town and after reading the comments, we are not perpetually frozen. We do thaw out around April and do not freeze again until November - December. But it certainly is a love/hate relationship. I particularly like May. No mosquitoes yet. :)MrsDuncanMahoganyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14530532280823055509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-23735759648319371652017-02-03T08:23:57.599-07:002017-02-03T08:23:57.599-07:00um, dunno about you peculiar lot "up North&qu...um, dunno about you peculiar lot "up North" .. but Best Wishes, anyhoo.Davohhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02785126939071213905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-2814850508946594752017-02-03T07:38:01.371-07:002017-02-03T07:38:01.371-07:00I enjoyed this. I love learning about your homela...I enjoyed this. I love learning about your homeland.<br />Marymxtodis123https://www.blogger.com/profile/13583200601379394225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-79485190436148154912017-02-03T06:49:02.035-07:002017-02-03T06:49:02.035-07:00I enjoyed that trailer, how it was shot, his voice...I enjoyed that trailer, how it was shot, his voice and the music. It all worked well together. And those frozen horse heads???? I will be back to learn more.<br /><br />The Happy Whiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13438469476168485775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4666990364305390259.post-31502241238741286372017-02-03T05:27:43.683-07:002017-02-03T05:27:43.683-07:00I have talked to several people from Winnipeg and ...I have talked to several people from Winnipeg and there does seem to be something about the place. It's a frozen hellhole, but it's their frozen hellhole. Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12118816573712396453noreply@blogger.com