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January 27, 2005
Urban Exploration
We people are going to be doing some Urban Exploration soon. My Exercise Science presentation on “Extreme Sports” was a major success. Good tools make good presentations. And that means using Keynote, Apple’s stunning presentation software. Its similar to Powerpoint, but much much better. And I managed to get my hands on Keynote 2 which came out only a few days ago on Jan. 22. Even the losers found it funny. Man, were they ever laughing! Thanks to them, my blog is going to get a lot more popular. The two best parts:
Elevator Surfing: What started out as a new branch of urban exploration - became a sport in its own right. Basically, the idea is to move around on top of elevators. In most places, elevator surfing is illegal. It is also very dangerous: surfers can be crushed between the elevator and the top, sides or bottom of the shaft, be struck by counterweight, or simply slip off the elevator - or even be knocked off by a passing elevator. It is usually performed in skyscrapers or on college campuses. Most large buildings have elevators grouped close together. Participants usually go early in the morning (at day, others have to use the elevator for valid reasons). Once in the elevator, they open the safety hatch and climb on top. Another way to enter is to force the doors open on the floor above the elevator and jump down. While this is easier to do, the elevator should not be moving (for obvious reasons). Accomplices would often press buttons on different floors to keep the elevator moving (otherwise the surfing would be rather boring).
Urban Housework: The idea of urban housework is making vacuuming a sport. Basically, people (known as suckers) go outside and start vacuuming the great outdoors. Some believe that this will cause damage to the natural recycling of decaying matter, while others argue that the vacuum has to be emptied somewhere. Some argue that the great outdoors aren’t and shouldn’t be clean. Recent urban housework advocates are attempting to expand the sport to include downhill vacuuming, mop-joust, inner city clothes drying, apocalypse dishwashing and so on.
Posted by Oleg Ivrii at January 27, 2005 09:20 PM