Cannes

Freak out face

Holy cow, I am so excited.

Today I got a pass for the Cannes Film Festival. Our director pulled a few strings and managed to get us tickets for “cinéphiles” (film enthusiasts), so we get some extra perks. It’s a badge with a lanyard and it’s valid for the duration of the entire festival. It looks really official! And I can go to as many events as I want. Life is good.

The only catch is just having a pass lets you into about 50% of the events. The other half also require an invitation. I don't know why they don't just call them "tickets," since you don't actually have to be invited by anyone (which is good, since I have zero connections). Instead, you have to show up the day before, wait in line to reserve an invitation for the films you want to see, and then go back the day of to pick it up before the screening. Tomorrow morning I’m going with a couple of friends to request invitations for Friday. I also just heard that Johnny Depp will supposedly be lurking around the premises on Friday. If we're lucky we may see him, but I'm not holding my breath. Knowing me, I'll probably end up spotting Lindsay Lohan instead of anyone actually worth seeing. Hopefully there is still some residual pigeon poo luck headed my way!

This invitation business sounds like a lot of smiling and batting eyelashes, so we’ll see how it goes. Maybe I should wear my sundress...or maybe I should cover my cankles...

What to do, what to do?! 

I'm actually not a huge fan of the Pirates series, but it would be
pretty sweet to see it at the festival, nonetheless.