Tim Burton Day! Starring Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter!

So...kids back in school, Jethro at home working on his website, I'm suffering with a borrowed computer for now, it rained this week, I'm tired, I rode the red mare yesterday in 33 C heat and we both had sweat dripping off us, people in town don't know how to drive, blah blah blah blah.

Here's what really counts- TIM BURTON DAY!



Apparently there's a film festival in Venice this week. I wouldn't know because if you live within a two hour drive of Toronto, which I do, then there is only one film festival in this solar system, and that would be the TIFF. Well, Johnny Depp is not at the TIFF this year. Because he's in Venice. With his buddy Tim. And Tim's gorgeous wife Helena, who is one of my favourites. I am not in Venice but no big deal, I never go to those things. You have to like, line up and stuff. Yeesh.



But I digress...TIM BURTON DAY!!!! Is this going to be a national holiday? It should be! It was on Wednesday! I almost missed it! (Thanks Marni for pointing me to the pictures!) He got a Golden Lion Award.

Here's Tim getting his Golden Lion award. Wow. I am not even sure what a Golden Lion Award is, but he deserves!




My next book which does not exist yet other than in scribbled note form is going to have a much more Burtonesque tone to it. I'm planning to print out a few pictures of some good Burton trees (think Sleepy Hollow and Big Fish) and hang them beside my desk. Right beside my giant Captain Jack Sparrow cardboard stand! Hee hee!

Burton Baby #2 is arriving in December!


Aren't they awesome?

Speaking of awesome...Johnny! Man, I dig this guy. He is so slick and so disheveled at the same time. Nobody does it better. I come close. yeah, admit, I come close but Johnny is the master.



There he is in his perfect white suit jacket...and his hair looks like he got Vanessa to hack it short with a pair of dull scissors. And she was probably blindfolded at the time. Possibly tipsy, because they are in Europe after all and from what I hear, the Europeans like their Vino. I love Vanessa because Johnny loves Vanessa and if their idea of fun is drunken blindfolded dull scissors haircuts, then I am okay with it. (As long as nobody gets hurt.)


He cannot be uglified. It is impossible. And I even have some really gnarly Johnny pictures...on MY computer...which is in a coma right now... so I'm sorry, all you get today are Beautiful Johnny Pictures.


Gahhhhh! Johnny! You are making me weak!



See this? I'm going to practice this move and bust it out when I do my next red carpet walk!


I wonder if we'll get to do it next year. The Juno awards are in Calgary next year. Coooool! I gotta try this one. That's an awesome move!

This man is so wicked cool that he even looks good when he gets out of an airplane.



When I get out of an airplane I am usually wearing a red hoodie and jeans with holes and battered Reeboks. And a pink John Deere hat. And freshly fuschia'd hair. You know? Slick and disheveled? I'm taking lessons.

Jethro is just disheveled. He doesn't bust out slick until he absolutely has to, and then it's always the man in black routine. He wouldn't wear a white jacket if he was paid. He don't care what colour his suit is as long as it's black.

Tim Burton wears black. He's awesome.

Well today it's only going to be 30 C but so humid that breathing will be like inhaling a wet blanket. I'll be riding the brown and white pony mare today. She's a barrel of fun. It might be a short ride.

I'll leave you with this question today...If you could get any award in the world...what would it be?