Elevator/Lift Hack & Weekend Run Down

"The designers of some elevators include a hidden feature that is very handy if you’re in a hurry or it’s a busy time in the building (like check-out time in a hotel). While some elevators require a key, others can be put into “Express” mode by pressing the “Door Close” and “Floor” buttons at the same time. This sweeps the car to the floor of your choice and avoids stops at any other floor." - From Lifehack

Weekend

Went to the Cranker Saturday nite, was drunken fun, although the music sucked. And then they changed dj's and this new dj played the worst music. Going to the bar some random girl said, "I know you". I get this quite a bit usually for some reason...so my default response is.. "uhh no you don't". But as it turns out she did, she went to my school and was a year below me. I so don't remember her, it has been 6 years though. Adelaide is a small place. Was really drunk actually. At the end of the night things got out of hand and mucking around i think Dave (in invincible/argumentative mode) pushed me and my chair over then some dude came up to me and and gave me this really indepth analysis of what he thought happened. He was all i saw him push u over and u looked pissed, you need to stand up for yourself and have some self respect. Im like, i dont even care, he's mucking around, he does stupid shit like this alot, if you knew him you would understand. In my drunken unnawareness I did not register anything more than "oh im on the ground, i should get up". And then he went into how he thought i was one of those nice guys and how his friend is like that and stuff. It was really strange i didnt tell him to go away because i was enjoying the interaction but he was reading the situation all wrong and so as i stood there agreeing with him but on inside going your wrong. Im thinking I need to shed my "i don't really mind" adaptable skin a bit more and let things get to me. You often learn really good lessons from drunken late night misadventures and in this state of total honesty of self and others you see how people percieve you and for me its often different from how I would like. This is reality, it is how it is. Id rather honest feedback than courteous nicities. Then again, and I dont know if its just me but often feedback can be way off track (from unintelligent people, people who see surface only or people so in themselves they cant see much else than what their fixed/_____ coloured glasses see) but then again this is how a certain person may see it, do you take this on board as truth or shrug it off as innacurate data from how you see it? I won't go into any more detail about the other things I learned because 1. boring 2. who does this shit on a blog, its gay enough what Ive written so far 3. im probably wrong anyway.
The weekend did open my eyes to some things which is good and bad but it is what it is. A lot of my angles are perhaps not the best way to view things I think, I also need to stop rejecting all together "normal" ways of thinking which is my natural creative possibilities mechanic in work. Damn what is this, there coming at me thick and fast. It annoys me how things in your life have shaped who you are now and because of these things you may be lacking in certain areas, you have natural blindspots, this is life I guess, working out this stuff as you go, taking feedback and then growing from it? Man this is so Dr Phil gay talk.. where is the off switch? time to change the channel on these thoughts. Change is hard? honest self assessment scary.

Are these thoughts and thinking about these types of things dumb and pointless? Should we not examine situations and form beliefs and views and angles? Should we just go with the flow? Im not sure, experience and age no doubt will show.

Posted by Nathan Kowald @ 6:22 PM