Going once...going twice...sold!
BY JENIECE TORANZO, MESA, ARIZONA - Well it's been about two days since we have been back from Sundance. Unfortunately, we did not have the opportunity to stay for the closing award show. During our stay at the Marriott Hotel, I became friends with a few of the employees there. They are so nice and fun to talk to. Of course, they were guys because mostly guys tend to work the lobby area. Let's see, there was Eric "behind-the-counter-boy", Mark "popcorn-boy" and his sidekick, Dan "hot-chocolate-boy". And then there was "pool-boy" who Pam and I met late at night but I forget his real name. Sorry "pool-boy" if you happen to be reading this. And why shouldn't he .... cause it's the most awesome site there is! Why you ask? Cause we're on it! But of course! Wink wink. Ha ha. Just kidding y'all. No, but seriously, we are cool. So read up, k? There's going to be a pop quiz....to be continued....
Anyways.....back to the story. The last few days, we ended up giving some of our tickets away to "hot-chocolate-boy". He was stoked about that! Especially when two of the tickets were for the Saturday Night Closing Party! Too bad we had to miss that. Hope he had a blast though! It was nice because most of employees didn't get the opportunity to watch many movies because of all the tourists in town. Like us!
There were a few times we sold our tickets to the wait listers. One time, Nick and I had two extra tickets to GRACE IS GONE for the 8:30 a.m. showing. As soon as we got off the bus, there was a lady waiting to ask people if they had an extra ticket to sell. 
So we sold her one. Well that was easy. Now we just had one left. We walked up to the wait list line and people heard that we had one ticket left. There were three people wanting that one ticket. How do you decide? I felt bad. Two of them decided to compete for it. "Paper...Rock....Scissors." Best out of three was the rule. Well, the lady won ..... until the gentlemen in the beginning of the line decided that he also wanted it. So there was another game between them. Only this was the game of "Who is willing to spend the most." So in other words, how much are you willing to spend on this ticket? Yet again, the lady won. Spending $25.00 for the ticket! Wow! The man was only willing to pay $20.00. Bummer for you dude. The wait list tickets go for $10.00. Must have been her lucky day or she must have manifested it. What a steal huh? Got money in the bank.... well for Cyndi that is since, after all, it was her ticket to begin with. Not too bad huh? She was pretty thrilled I must say.
In GRACE IS GONE, John Cusack played an excellent role as a father of two whose wife in killed in Iraq. I can see why people wanted to see the movie so badly. It was a very touching and heart-warming movie. Definitely made me cry. So make sure you bring lots of tissues and wear waterproof makeup or none at all, to make it easier.