Remembering Sundance...

So another year of the Sundance Film festival has come and gone and it was another year that I didn't make the trek to Park City to go "star gazing". Actually, I have only ever gone to Park City during Sundance once and it was back in 2003. My friend had received some tickets to the showing of "Song for a Raggy Boy" and she invited me to go along. I had no idea what I was in for, but it turned out to be a very fun adventure. Here are some of my favorite memories:

1 - Trying to find a place to park. It's nearly impossible just for future reference.

2 - Ignoring the teenage boys who were wanting to take us home to meet their mothers (I don't remember exactly what they said, but we got a good laugh out of it).

3 - Sitting in a theatre full of men couples and women couples. I swear everyone there was either gay or lesbian and it didn't take long for me to realize that they probably assumed my friend and I were as well.

4 - Watching the movie and really enjoying it until about half way through when I eventually figured out that a certain word they kept saying over and over was, in fact, the F word. They had such thick Irish accents that I didn't realize it at first. After that it was hard for me to sit through the rest of the movie (but the movie itself was SO GOOD!)

5 - Sitting through the Q&A session with Aidan Quinn (the star of the movie). He was so dreamy.

6 - Talking to and getting my picture taken with Aidan Quinn. I still keep this picture on my bookshelf at home.


7 - Getting caramel apples afterwards and talking with my friend about Aidan Quinn. We were both on a natural high after that.

I had such a great time that I would love to go again. Unfortunately it hasn't happened yet, but perhaps someday it will.