Rock On, Hard On

Sundance

I go to Park City during Sundance to go snowboarding — here’s why: The film industry assholes drive the hotel prices sky high, so the average joes skip the mountain that week, and then those same film festers go drink themselves into oblivion every night leaving the slopes empty in the morning. Last year, I could count on one hand how many times I waited in line for a lift. My girlfriend’s family has a condo in the village, so I sleep for free and cook my own meals. This ski trip will be cheaper than any other I take this season. On top of that, film tickets aren’t tough to get and are reasonably priced. If you set yourself up for a low-key week, you’ll enjoy yourself. If you want to wait in line every night to sip overpriced drinks with wannabes, stay in NYC and go to Marquee.

— zachklein

This is quite funny as a few of us “assholes” ;) did/do the exact same thing. In fact, we even devised a rather complex system, complete with portable whiteboard and massive charting action, to manage meeting our obligations while spending maximum time on the slopes.

From what I can recall: 1 appearance + film screening = 3 hours freedom in the morning, aided by the “she’s on a conference call” excuse for your absence. You could nudge it up to 5 if you dared to step into a party afterwards.  

I made it to 5 once and then decided I’d rather have my face shoved in pissy snow than ever do that again.