Finding Brokeback - Alberta 2008

[buffymonmon]

 I´m home from my little trip overseas. I´m tired and having a slight case of the infamous J-lag but I was drawn to the computer to upload some pics and to try to make sense of all the impressions that are jumbling my brain. I have been away for three weeks and four of those days we spent driving around in Alberta, visiting BBM locations. I guess I

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[merrimania]

Congratulation on country nr 30 on your list! Hope you don't stop here. 40 by 40? Great pics of what looks like a great trip. You look very happy on the pictures, so it must have been quite a thrilling experience. I guess the jetlag is a very small price to pay. Welcome home!

[buffymonmon]

thanks:) yes, the jetlag is a small price to pay. Still there though and I sleep during the days and am up during the nights. Good for the writing though since there ain´t much else to do during nights.
Now you have your trip to look forward to soon. Not many weeks left now! So, is it decided if it will be three of you leaving or an even four?

[merrimania]

Sleep during the day and write during the night? No, I'm not jealous at all... :P I'm in a slump and can't write anything at all. I just watch Planet Earth and take pictures of flowers in my sister's garden with the digital camera. If the government knew that I would soon receive my pension check.
And yes, only four weeks until Skye and Edinburgh! And we'll be three for the trip. My cousin decided it would be too stressful to come home from Norway and then leave for Scotland in the same day. Too bad. Bet it would've been fun if she came. But we'll survive, and are looking forward to the whole thing, even though we feel less than prepared. :)
Have a nice week of "writing nights". Thank you again for the postcards from your fab trip. I look at them every day. Hugs!

[merrimania]

Congratulations on country nr 30 on your list! Hope you don't stop here. 40 by 40? Great pics of what looks like a great trip. You look very happy on the pictures, so it must have been quite a thrilling experience. I guess the jetlag is a very small price to pay for Brokeback Heaven. Welcome home!

[biggerbuns]

absolutely awesome. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. Just love the pictures and the comparisons.

[buffymonmon]

I´m glad you found the pictures fun to watch. Thanks for commenting
Monika

[freetraveller15]

Great report & photos! Thank you so much! I hope one day to visit those locations myself...
Well done :)
Paola

[cest_dangereux]

Hi, I just stumbled across your journal in my on-going devotion to BBM, and I thought I'd stop to comment on this (sorry if this is creepy).

I just wanted to say that it's really cool that you came all that way to check out the locations. I'm an Albertan (born in Edmonton, raised in Calgary. Still live here, even), and I remember when they were out this way filming; it directly effected my own descision to go into film myself. It's good to see that the Brokeback candle is still burning bright.

Anyway, I'm glad that you liked Alberta. It's a hell of a place to be.

Cheers,

Hale

[buffymonmon]

hi there!
Wow, lucky you who get to live in Alberta. I must say I was completely awestruck with the beauty of it all. I miss both the mountains and the prairie, both equaly beautiful in its own right.
Good to hear that BBM inspired you to go into filmmaking (what part of the proccess is your field btw? *curious*). I believe BBM inspired a lot of people in many different ways which, if nothing else, is a testimony of the impact movies can have when done right.

thanks for commenting!

Monika

[cest_dangereux]

Hi,

Yeah, we've got some pretty awesome scenery going on here. I hate leaving it behind ): I'm in audio design. I'm curretly working on my degree. I've always found it to be an inspirational film, but I had no idea that it's effects were so far-reaching. It's just as testament to the talent and vision of everyone involved.