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The rarely updated blog of Joel Dixon
Viewing blogs posted in November, 2007
Thursday, November 15, 2007
When small annoyances attack
# Posted by Joel Dixon at 15/11/2007 23:27:19Updated by Joel Dixon at 08/01/2008 10:16:13
Not much of a story - but funny all the same!
Hitman, the Hoff, another mate from work (let's just be real insensitive and call him Piņa Colada, or PC for short) and I were about to catch a lift up to our floor. I don't know what possessed me, but right before we got in I said "It'd be funny if we got trapped in this lift". I'm sure you can guess where I'm going here.
We were traveling to level 7, so PC thought it would be amusing to press buttons 1 to 6 (he was correct - it was amusing). Hitman was feeling a little surly, unrelated to alcohol consumption I'm sure, and the lift stopping and starting at every floor wasn't helping. To speed up the trip he started to press on the "Close Doors" button repeatedly, like a tween at a pedestrian crossing. The lift stopped at level 6 without the doors opening at all which was worrying, and when it stopped at level 7 the doors remained closed. The "Open Doors" button was not as dutiful as its evil twin, so we appeared to be stuck.
Hitman started to get a little concerned, and admitted he could get a little claustrophobic at times, which amused us a little more. We tried to go to level six and the doors still wouldn't open, and I think it's fair to say Hitman started to panic. He pressed the "Alarm" button as we went down to the ground floor, and let the security guard know of our predicament when he came on the small speaker.
Showing a mixture of brute strength and girly-man fear, Hitman forced open the lift doors and we all poured out. The Hoff and I lamented the fact that we missed out on an excuse for 2 hours away from our desks, but I guess it's better than being stuck in a lift for an undetermined amount of time. I guess.
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Sunday, November 04, 2007
Autobots Transform and Rollout!
# Posted by Joel Dixon at 04/11/2007 16:36:35Updated by Joel Dixon at 13/11/2007 23:39:10
Bell and I had a quick browse through JB Hi-Fi and found a very cool special edition of the Transformers film on DVD. Firstly, I loved the Transformers film, one of my favourites of this year. Secondly, the DVD case transforms!
DVD case. Admittedly, it's not too taxing to guess what this will transform into. ""
The DVDs are stored in a little cavity on the back
The transformation itself is pretty weak - but it's the first DVD cover I own that can transform!
Ingenious DVD marketing people! Apparently when Saw IV comes out - it will actually contain a human eyeball! Looking forward to that one.
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Friday, November 02, 2007
Drugs are bad, mmm'kay?
# Posted by Joel Dixon at 02/11/2007 14:12:42While I'm admittedly a goody-two-shoes when it comes to illicit drug usage, for some reason I find drug culture incredibly fascinating.
After watching (and loving) Trainspotting I really got into reading Irvine Welsh's back catalog. Some of his other novels such as Marabou Stork Nightmares, Glue and Porno feature many elements of drug culture in well developed working-class Scottish characters.
I also enjoyed Kevin Smith's series of blog posts discussing Jason Mewes' battle with drug addiction. It seems Kevin's turned part of his site into a book so the posts have been removed, so you'll just have to believe me. Thankfully I haven't had somebody so close to me dealing with a drug problem, so these posts provided an interesting insight.
If I didn't have an understanding of the potential negative effects of consistent drug use - the Drug Free website's "Faces of Meth" campaign would certainly help. They say a picture's worth a thousand words, in this case two pictures are worth two thousand:
There's less than 5 years between these two photos - but plenty of Methamphetamine use
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