Sitting on a Runway

Getting suspicious. Sure, We're only ten minutes late so far, but we're just sitting on the runway and no one is talking to us...

Detroit

Detroit achieved, on time. Toronto flight says on time as well. It all seems so easy today. I'm not going to let my guard down, however. I know how these things work sometimes.

Tiny

Annoyingly enough, blogger.com only seems to work in HTML mode when using my iPod Touch. I have no idea how this will work out...

Checked In

Boy, 4:00 really does come early in the morning. The cabbie was late, went to the wrong building, and then stopped at a green light, but otherwise she was just great. :-\

The things you learn when you get up this early -- like, I'm pretty sure the newspaper delivery person smokes in our hallways.

The airport is looking a little tattered this morning. I'm sure that they're working hard to bring us a nicer airport.

Only 14 hours to the first film...

Packed...

...and ready for the 4:45 AM cab ride. It's all happening!

See you in Toronto.

Last Minute Prep

Okay, I must be getting excited for the trip, because instead of doing things like packing clothes, which I fully understand are a requirement in Canada, I'm adding cool features to my blog (see the current weather conditions in Toronto on the right side of the page) and fixing the calendar so it displays the movie times in the correct time zone. Now if I can just figure out how to download my calendar into my iPod Touch...

19 Out of 20 Ain't Bad

I got an email from TIFF today and found out that we got 19 of 20 picks. The one we didn't get is, not surprisingly, the Coen Brothers' A Serious Man. So, we'll have one Rush Line experience. If we don't get in, no sweat, as we can see it in the theaters when it's released on October 2. In the meantime, we can use the tickets for another festival film later in the week.

I've updated the calendar, removing all of the 2nd pick shows, and I noted that we'll be rushing for the aforementioned flick. Ten short days to the festival...