Read today: "It was an eight story building from the sixties- one of those buildings I've driven by a thousand times and never noticed, sort of like the architectural version of myself. Inside it was cool and smelled of sanitation products. The print on the elevator's DOOR CLOSE button was almost worn off. I pointed it out to Mom and said, "I bet there are a few psychiatrists in this building."
"What makes you say that?"
"Look at the button."
"So?"
"In the elevator industry, a DOOR CLOSE button is called a pacifier button. They're installed simply to give the illusion of control of your elevator ride. They're almost never hooked up to a real switch."
"I still think you should get a dog."
Douglas Coupland, Eleanor Rigby. 2004
Hmm...good stuff. The type though you always expect from Coupland. It almost feels like I have read it before in another of his novels. i'm not sure if that's a criticism.
Jeez it's cold. How that for banality. And the DOOR CLOSE button in my building is totally worn off.
"What makes you say that?"
"Look at the button."
"So?"
"In the elevator industry, a DOOR CLOSE button is called a pacifier button. They're installed simply to give the illusion of control of your elevator ride. They're almost never hooked up to a real switch."
"I still think you should get a dog."
Douglas Coupland, Eleanor Rigby. 2004
Hmm...good stuff. The type though you always expect from Coupland. It almost feels like I have read it before in another of his novels. i'm not sure if that's a criticism.
Jeez it's cold. How that for banality. And the DOOR CLOSE button in my building is totally worn off.
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I don't know about you, but Mexico is calling. Jesus it's freezing here. Going to the studio today, I felt like I would freeze and die in one spot if I stopped moving. Stay warm too! (a good Canadian greeting, eh?)