Traffic

When we were watching the new Battlestar Galactica today and there was this scene where the characters were in this forest and it was dark and raining, and Dragon made a remark that they must be shooting the series in Vancouver. Which - incidentally, of course - turned out to be true, and Vancouver is indeed very popular destination for shooting TV series and films.

In England one of my pet peeves was a traffic jam that was due to people slowing down to look at an accident, often on the other side of the road. This week I came across a Vancouver version of the same thing - people slowing down to watch a film being shot. On Thursday and Friday we had to change our route trying to avoid a particular night shoot happening in downtown: the trucks that carry the lights and other equipment block several lanes for blocks. Somehow, I don't mind that kind of traffic jam as much - at least the reason isn't morbid curiosity.