Really Late Cannes Update!

Holy cow, is this real!? Today is my eighth day in France. I think. I have no concept of time right now. I've already done so much and have so much more to do. It is both exhausting and exhilarating. I've seen some really cool people in person (Diane Kruger, Ewan MacGregor, David Schwimmer, Sean Penn, Alec Baldwin) and have many more I'm still scouting around for (Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf). Just to be in the presence and same theaters with so many amazing actors/directors/producers/writers is overwhelming and so exciting!
The first day of the festival was last Wednesday and the only film I saw was Moonrise Kingdom (which was absolutely fantastic, by the way) and I was SO close to the cast and director Wes Anderson.
The next day I saw Your Sister's Sister (I loved it but was apparently the only one haha), Eden, and Love and Honor (terrible). On Friday, I watched Struck By Lightning (written by the super talented Chris Colfer), No Tell Motel (you can tell how awful it was just by the title), Goats, and Electrick Children (favorite of the day). Saturday began with The Virgin, the Copts, and Me (meh.), Lawless (AMAZING!), The Imposter, and The Words.
This morning I saw Darling Companion (kind of a mom-ish movie) and tried to get into Safety Not Guaranteed because I missed it at Sundance earlier this year, but apparently I needed a ticket and wasn't able to get in. Boo.
Kara and I went through the film descriptions and schedule before the festival even started and, over the course of many hours, made a rough map of the movies we wanted to see the most. So far, we've semi-stuck to it, though everyday we hear about another great movie we need to see (or a terrible one we should avoid at all costs), so revisions are being constantly made.
Some of the films I'm still hoping to see include Now is Good, Detachment, Pablo, Room 237, Beasts of the Southern Wild (heard it's a must see), Killing Them Softly, On the Road, Bachelorette, The Paperboy, Cosmopolis, and Mud. We shall see if I get to them all.
Overall this so far has been an amazing and unique experiences. There have been some inevitable frustrations along the way (train schedules, getting lost in the middle of the night in Antibes), but such things make for great stories in the future. :)
I feel so blessed to have this opportunity and I know this will change my life when I get back home. Heck, who knows, one day I might premiere my own film here. Stranger things have happened.  :)