And so it begins again...

The wheel makes another revolution and I'm back in line for another film festival, waiting for the box office to open and to collect the catalog and forms (we're Canadian, so there must be lines and forms!) for my annual end-of-summer ritual.

This morning is beautiful. We're camped out on the western edge of Nathan Phillips Square (the main box office has moved from the labyrinth of the Toronto Life Building to here -- a good choice if the weather is good).

Many familiar faces in line (the transient community reforms for another year).

Given that this is Nathan Phillips, the "locals" are wondering what the hell just landed on them. A well-dressed black man in a suit just appeared, hammering the hell out of one of the metal garbage cans with a wooden cane, yelling something about tornados, food, the law and hellfire, before wandering off to browbeat someone else. I think I'm awake now...

I've decided to use the existing blog this year for TIFF 09, rather than create a new one. As with last year, I'll be posting comments and other items from lines and other locations.

More to come...
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