Staycation Plans

Filed Under Culture, Movies, Theatre, Theme Parks

Living in L.A., I often take for granted all the crap there is to do here. I think some of that has to do with the fact I work 40 hours a week and have a car that needs more maintenance than any number of girls I’ve dated in the past few years. That said, I don’t often have enough free time or disposable income to enjoy everything Los Angeles has to offer. But, I’ve squirreled away a little cash and requested some time off. Next week, I’m going on “staycation.”

I’ve always been a bit of a homebody. Staycations sort of make sense to me. Some people travel to all sorts of exotic locales for Christmas or Spring Break or Talk Like a Pirate Day. I, however, like sleeping in my own bed, playing with the cat and maybe hitting a theme park that’s just a stone’s throw away. I mean, it’s not like I’m a million miles from vacation hot spots; this city’s lousy with them. That said, Staycations in L.A. are far and away more exciting than the ones I went on in Spokane.

My co-people at work have been asking me what I’ve got planned. So I’ve created an action item list:

10/3 - “The Shining” at the Nuart
10/4 - Halloween Horror Nights
10/5 - “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sunday” at the Groundlings
10/6 - Disney’s California Adventure
10/7 - “Evilspeak” at the Silent Movie Theater
10/8 - Knott’s Halloween Haunt
10/9 - TBA
10/10 - “Clue” at the Nuart

Most of those activities are in the evening, leaving my days open for me to do a whole lot of nothin’. Apart from “The Shining,” “Evilspeak” and “Clue,” there are a half-dozen or so other movies I’d like to check out, too (”Religulous,” “Blindness,” “Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist,” “Rachel Getting Married,” “Choke,” “Quarantine” and “Body of Lies”). I’ll have to fit those in somewhere. I’m also about 15 pages into a script I started writing earlier this week; I’d like to keep knocking out a couple pages a day on that leviathan. And I should read at least one book, something angry and political.

I’ll try to keep up on my blog as well. Expect reviews of some of the abovementioned activities and films. Special editions of “Psycho” and “Sleeping Beauty” hit DVD next Tuesday, and yes, I’m going to buy them both because I’m just that weird. I’ll see if I can’t review those.

I seem to have a lot on my plate for my staycation. If I’m not careful, it’s going to start feeling like work.

-Brad Lohan

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