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Month: September 2009

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  • Loaded up at the parkdale market – LOVE harvest time! #
  • yikeso… gmail down. not good. #
  • lost access to Gmail from work today… BOOOOO shitty corporate firewalls! #
  • it’s been blocked for a while, but I had a proxy setup on my own server that let me access… now my server is on their shitlist #
  • w00t! Got adv tix for Jennifer’s Body, Daybreakers, and Survival of the Dead, the first 3 midnight screenings at #TIFF09 thx to @SuzeMuze! #
  • Midnight Madness, here we come: http://digg.com/u1Bu3M #TIFF09 #
  • Huzzah! RT @CAMERON_TIFF: Essential info: where you can get a drink until 4am during #TIFF09: http://shar.es/1ne0J #
  • up early to try to get #TIFF09 tix. wish me luck! #
  • #tiff09 website already suffering under load. this does not bode well. #
  • #TIFF09 website: catastrophic failure. again. you’d think with Bell as lead sponsor, they’d figure this out. then again, no you wouldn’t. #
  • of course the phone system’s down too. #TIFF09 #
  • Finally got through! Got tix for 11 shows at #TIFF09 – will try for more later when the rush is off. #
  • now off to work, early for a change! #
  • #TIFF09 tip for those still trying – if you get a form: just keep re-submitting – it will go through eventually. same with rest of screens. #
  • Driving without a radio really sucks balls #
  • #TIFF09 – What we got: http://is.gd/2SpBC #

TIFF09: What we got

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It took some effort, as the TIFF website crumbled under the demand for single tickets this morning, but we got our order in and got a decent list of films to see next weekend!  We’re still going to try to fill in some gaps, but here’s what our schedule looks like right now:

Thursday September 10
Midnight – Jennifer’s Body

Friday September 11
9:30am – The Happiest Girl in the World
12:15pm – Huacho
3:00pm – Creation
5:45pm – Perrier’s Bounty
9:00pm – Passenger Side
Midnight – Daybreakers

Saturday September 12
10:30am – The Informant!
2:15pm – All Fall Down
9:00pm – A Serious Man
Midnight – George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead

Sunday September 13
10:00am – Cracks
2:30pm – Vallhalla Rising

As expected, we didn’t get a lot of first-screenings, so we’ll be missing out on some of the Q&A, usually a highlight.  But really it’s all about the films, so TIFF09 HERE WE COME!!

UPDATE:  And now that we’re officially on our way, I’m filing this link here for later reference:  Where to get late-night drinks during TIFF – establishments that are open until 4am during the festival.

UPDATE 2: Added two more films to our list: Passenger Side and A Serious Man!

TIFF09: Midnight Madness!

At FanExpo in Toronto last weekend the Midnight Madness crew were selling advance tickets to screenings at TIFF09 – a (newly favourite) friend of mine happened to be there and hooked us up with our first set of tickets for next weekend!  We didn’t get an advance package this year, so we’re kinda really taking a shot in the dark by going down… so it’s nice to have at least a few tickets in the bag – here’s what we’re seeing so far at TIFF09:

Jennifer’s Body

Daybreakers

George A. Romero’s Survival of the Dead