Another month with a very delayed media diet post. This time it’s not for a fun reason like travel - it was 2 weeks fighting off an ear & nasal infection. Thankfully all recovered just in time for Christmas!

October was dominated by travel and the recovery from all that traveling is what I am going to blame for this being so late. All that travel meant I watched a lot of TV and read many books!

This month marked the return of my local film festival, VIFF! It’s one of my favorite times of the year when I see way too many films in two weeks. This year had some absolute standout films after a somewhat lackluster year in 2023.

It’s hard to believe that the summer is already come to an end, it just flew by. A slow start with a lot of cool and rainy weather made it feel like a shorter summer than usual. Hopefully our good weather continues to hold through September and we can enjoy it a bit longer.

Summer has been absolutely flying by, and Vancouver finally got hot in July! I enjoyed some adventures off to Victoria, a few days in Cupertino for an Apple event, and then a lovely week in Berkeley. I wrapped up the month with some backcountry camping, where I got a lot of reading done.