I am now more than 50% done my MBA. Huzzah.
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We just got back from the great TIFF lineup of ought-six; we couldn’t get D.O.A.P. or Little Children, obviously, but we got tickets for Blindsight, which was one of our second picks all along. T-Bone did okay too; she only got half her choices in her email, but she managed to get good picks with her vouchers (including The Last King Of Scotland).
[tags]tiff, toronto international film festival, mba[/tags]
We’re sitting in the lineup at College Park, waiting to pick up our tickets and exchange our voucher for (hopefully) a good film. We got here around 8:00, and in about 5 minutes they’ll open up. Just in time too; I fear we’re looking at piles if we stay here much longer.
[tags]tiff, toronto international film festival[/tags]
We just got our email from the film festival. We fared better than I expected, though I still suffered two major disappointments.
My two biggest disappointments there are obviously D.O.A.P, which has garnered massive amounts of attention since we filled out our form, and Little Children, which has been getting good reviews. We’re going to try for alternate screenings of these two, as well as The Bothersome Man and Blindsight. If those attempts fail, we’ll just be looking for anything we can get.
All in all, we did pretty well. We got 9 first picks, 3 second picks and a total miss (both of which were very popular films). We have some schedule flexibility, so I think we’ll do ok.
I’m also kind of glad that we didn’t get Macbeth; it’s getting shite reviews.
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Our last two meals have been with CBGB, and they’ve both been very tasty (the meals, not our friends). Last night we went back to Volo, with them in tow, and sampled many kinds of beer. I had a Duvel (’cause they were out of the Delirium Tremens), a Cuvee Troll, a Dennison’s Dunkel and a large bottle of Maple Bush, shared with CB.This morning, after a good sleep, we met up at the Old Nick for some organic brunch. It was as good as our first visit back in May; I once again ordered the “well hung” — giant chicken sausage with scrambled eggs, home fries, onion/dill toast and salad — and was just the right amount of full when we left.
[tags]tiff, toronto international film festival, d.o.a.p., little children, bar volo, old nick, brunch[/tags]
Last night, tired and slightly bummed about our film festival lottery placement, we stayed in and watched a couple of Zip movies:
[tags]i’m not scared, childstar[/tags]
I just read over on tifftalk that they drew box #22 of 40. We’re in #12. That’s 30 boxes before they get to our package! Oy; storm clouds gather.
Then again, last year we were 25 boxes away and we got 5 of 5.
Still…this’ll just make nervous until the email goes out on Sunday.
[tags]tiff, toronto international film festival[/tags]
I’m not a big fan of the new Bob Dylan disc Modern Times. I certainly seem to be in the minority, and my own brother may disown me, but I only liked 4 of the songs (one of which was a cover). I just can’t get into mellower, jazzier, adult-contemporary-sounding stuff. The bluesy numbers, I’m all over; “Thunder On The Mountain”, “The Levee’s Gonna Break” and “Someday Baby” are great songs, and “Rollin’ And Tumblin'” is an adequate cover, but the rest just doesn’t do anything for me. It’s not bad music; it’s just not something I’d choose to listen to.
[tags]bob dylan, modern times[/tags]
This post borrows liberally from two sites I pilfered from my brother.
First, after following the link in the weird little strip he designed, I decided to make my own. I suggest you do the same.
Second, this unsettling link from badscience — a site my brother pointed me to — talks about how the UK is changing regulation of homeopathic remedies to allow them to make medical claims without evidence. I’d hate to see Canada make a similar move, for fear that people would equate homeopathic remedies with actual medical treatment. More than they do now, I mean.
[tags]strip generator, badscience, homeopathy, mhra[/tags]
Of the 82 movies on my “short” list, we could only pick the 26 listed below. Here’s why we didn’t choose the other 56:
My wife didn’t want to see them:
They’re coming to theatres in the next couple of months:
Schedule conflicts:
We just didn’t end up choosing them:
There were various reasons why we didn’t choose these. Some just lost out to our 26, some — like Away From Her and the Dixie Chicks documentary — were galas that we figured wouldn’t attract the director or any of the cast (which, knowing they’ll be in theatres soon, removes a lot of the attraction). Some — like When The Levees Broke — were just too long.
There were some very tough choices in there, like Cashback, Fido, Lake Of Fire, Out Of The Blue, and especially The Last King Of Scotland. Given all the buzz around that last one I’m afraid it’ll be the hit of the festival and I’ll have passed it up. But, that’s how it goes. Nothing to do now but enjoy the 13 we get and wait for the rest to be released.
[tags]tiff, toronto international film festival[/tags]
I really, really, really hope we get to see this one. It’s premiering at the film festival.
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I liked Charles Barkley as a player, but I don’t like him all that much as an analyst. I do, however, like him as a political commentator.
Charles Barkley was his usual outspoken self during a recent television interview in which he said, among other things, that he advocates gay marriage, believes Republicans have screwed up the country and is “struggling with my idea of what religion is.”
[tags]death of a president, d.o.a.p., charles barkley, tiff, toronto international film festival[/tags]
After an aborted attempt to drop off earlier this afternoon (we missed a single yellow highlight), I took the envelope back down to College Park. We’re in box #12.
Crossing fingers………………………………………………………now.
[tags]tiff, toronto international film festival[/tags]
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