A state of permanent climax

I’m waiting to see how badly I did in box 59. The Tifftalk blogger got their confirmation for box 49 last night at 11-so now the knots in my stomach are tightening…or I had too much beer last night.

I’m wet

Another unintentionally suggestive title. However I am sweaty from hours spent hunched over the books, flipping back and forth, counting on my fingers and muttering to myself like an old crone over a cauldron. The list is what it is – and the end result is beyond my control. I must wash the highlighter and Sharpie ink from my fingers, rinse out my Stella Artois glass, and hope for [wait for it] a good box.

Seriously if anyone knows a virgin…

Command Central

Shenanigan the first

The pick up office is at the corner of Dundas and Victoria, not inside on the third floor.

One more sleep

One night left until I pick up a shiny new programme book. I may sleep. Or I may stay up and watch movies and have to do shots of brown liquor in order to sedate myself in order to avoid spontaneous combustion due to excitement.

I have my supplies.

For 10 movies or less

Free schedule
Calendar
Pen
Pencil
Internet
* movie descriptions
* map
Highlighters
* Yellow
* Green

More than 10 movies

Programme book
Free Schedule
Calendar (Real world or Google)
Notebook (Real world or Google)
Post-it Flags
Internet
* movie descriptions
* map
Highlighters
* Yellow
* Green

Entertainment Weekly Fall Movie Preview

Optional:

Vestal Virgin(s) for sacrifice – in order to get a good box for the advance ticketing. I’m just guessing this would help, I don’t know many actual virgins.

ETA: And the bloody pick up coupons. Whew – close call.

Stalking works

The office location is confirmed. I went to see Bottle Shock at the AMC today and the dead space in the corner by the Solo both on the third floor now shows signs of life.

On Friday night the corner section appeared to have a fresh coat of paint, but no visible TIFF markings:

Toronto Life 3rd Floor

Then today, on Sunday I saw this beat up old sign in front of the fire extinquisher:

TIFF Box Office

I know they already have hundreds of my hard earned dollars from my coupon purchase, but now it feels real.

Googlin’ it

It’s time to make a new Google notebook for my early picks from the film list.

Last year's notebook

It’s a great way to keep a list as you work your way through all the early online reviews.

Google loves me and I love Google. Google makes my life easier. I don’t care that Google knows everything about me, everything I think about, search for and all my secret desires. Google takes good care of me. Why should I bother to remember or learn anything when Google can just keep track of it for me?

You need to do this before the programme book comes out, and you let yourself be charmed by the evil geniuses who provide the stills for the films. They manage to make even the crappiest ones appear deep and interesting because of the pictures.

It’s like a sickness

I’m just sitting, crouched like a stalker in the bushes on the TIFF site page hitting refresh and waiting for the film list. Why do I torture myself like this every year? I should just go to bed so I can get to work early and spend lunch on the TIFF site guilt-free. But I can’t help it. I need to know now. I don’t need to delay the frakking gratification the festival only happens once a year! It’s the only time I take more than two consecutive days off work. I need this, and I need to know what’s coming now.

I’m going to fix myself a cocktail now. Perhaps with a muscle relaxant chaser. This kind of obsessive behaviour can’t be good for my skin.

Show me on the dolly

Word of the day:

Disturb – to interfere with. When one of the forms of this word [disturbing, disturbed, disturbingly] is used to describe the kind of sex you will see, get ready for some seat shifting. You must consider that many of the films at the festival have not had a final cut yet. A scene with a middle aged man touching a MUCH younger person may be toned down in the final release version – if only by cropping the shot so you don’t see so much of the bad touch. Even if you aren’t overly sensitive to films that go over the MPAA-approved thrust count odds are you can find something at the festival to give you the icks if you aren’t careful.

On the flip side of that of course is you can find some films that are so good they make you want to give yourself a bad touch. Choose carefully.

Creamy goodness

You know, I wrote the title for this post, then had a moment where I felt bad for someone who may end up at this page after googling for ‘creamy goodness’.

Then I googled the phrase, and I didn’t see anything that porny at the top of the result set. Sometimes I underestimate the internet. I should probably try to learn a lesson from this.

So, gelato. I frakking love it. Part of me thinks this is because the creamy texture actually allows me to consume it in even greater quantities than regular ice cream. I have a new trainer at my gym because there is a new gelateria at Toronto Life Square, Vici Gelateria & Café.

It’s not cheap, but I don’t care, this stuff is yummy and I plan to have a different flavour every day of the festival. Or maybe just have the stracciatella 20 times.

Creamy goodness

My stracciatella

Yes I know the festival is only 10 days. I ate gelato twice the day I took these pictures. Stop judging me.

Circle gets the square

10 Dundas Street East

According to the interweb this year the programme book pick up and lottery drop off will be at the new box office at Toronto Life Square. The office has not been set up yet, but it may be on Level 3. That level has the main food court and lots of tables so you can start your selection process right away.

Level 3

Directory

There’s a gelateria downstairs as well, but I don’t want to include the food in the same post as the picture of that bathroom. Don’t forget to pack your sanitizer.

TL Square bathroom