Multi-media Staycation

My Christmas break was a busy one this year. I had one more week of vacation than usual; 2 weeks off due to some accumulated overtime from earlier in the year. We decided to have a staycation for some much needed R & R. It turned into a bit of a multi-media audio-visual marathon of sorts including live theatre (the annual East Van pantomime), Netflix binge-watching: The Crown (season 2), Schitt’s Creek (season 3) and Stranger Things (season 1); and several movies including The Florida Project, Blade Runner (2019, borrowed from the library), Blade Runner 2049, Star Wars (re-watched A New Awakening to be fully abreast of the plot), Star Wars – The Last Jedi (being a dog lover I really liked the Crystal Foxes segment, and of course BB8 who displays so many canine traits), and Big Time (about Starchitect Bjarke Ingels, who is involved with the presently under-construction Vancouver House project in downtown Vancouver).

Vancouver House under construction.

Vancouver House has come a long way since November 2016.

We tossed in a couple of random viewings too from Youtube and TV including Canuck the Crow, and a 5^th Estate investigation on the soon-to-be released (April 2018) JFK files from 55 years ago. It’ll be interesting to find out how much will remained sealed and Top Secret despite the official US Federal announcement of full disclosure of all files to the public.

 

I also managed to fit in a couple of LEED maintenance courses. LEED provides a 2-year time window to review 10 modules to maintain one’s accreditation, but somehow I typically manage to leave it to the last minute. So far I’ve managed to whittle it down to completing 7 modules in the next 6 months, as my membership is up for renewal at the end of June.

 

Happy New Year!