Grey Area by JJason Recognition
August 4th, 2008 5:36 PMSo I set out to discriminate against sidewalks. I had an errand to go on, so I vowed to never let my feet touch a sidewalk the whole way. I walked on streets, lawns, curbs, medians, alleys, parks, gardens, hallways, stairs, bridges, parkings lots, and grass, but besides a few accidental incidents, I stayed entirely clear of the hated sidewalk.
Most of the time walking off the sidewalk isn't too hard. The hard bit comes with getting across sidewalks without touching them. I did a lot of jumping over sidewalks. The aforementioned accidents took place when sidewalks proved to be too wide for me to jump across. The other major difference was that I ended taking a longer route than I would've normally, as using the main thoroughfares would've probably led to me getting hit by a car. More info about my journey can be found in the pictures.
Other Discriminatory Actions that I took include
-Refering to the sidewalks by a derogatory slur ("sides")
-Spitting on a sidewalk
-Kicking a sidewalk for no reason other than I could get away with it
-Writing anti-sidewalk slogans on walls
-Turning sidewalks down for jobs based only on the fact that they were sidewalks
-Refusing to give sidewalks a loan
-Passing laws preventing sidewalks from voting
Ok, so I didn't really do those last three things. But I did do the rest. Just to show those sides who's boss. Dirty sides, all twisting through our neighborhoods. Makes my blood boil just thinking about it.
Leaving my house
And there's one of those sides, loitering outside my house.
Sidewalk in my way
I'm trying to go about my business and this dirty side just gets right in front of me. I had to jump over to that patch of grass to get past it.
Not A Sidewalk
This is a median. Medians are on the up and up.
Not a Sidewalk
Not sure what these strips of grass are called. But they're not sidewalks, that's for sure. And that's the important part.
Gravel
Gravel - not a sidewalk. Jumping from the grass to the gravel was a little difficult, due to the fence. But I made it, motivated by my pure dislike of sidewalks.
Traffic Circle
Traffic Circles are fine and noble.
More Grass
This bit of town didn't have any sidewalks, making it a safe place for children and the elderly
Bridge
This might look like a sidewalk, but it ain't. This is the path to a bridge over the the interstate. It's not a sidewalk because it isn't beside anything.
Sidewalk!
This, found on the other hand of the bridge, is a sidewalk. Booo!
Railway
I cut across this rail line to avoid meeting anymore sides.
Mud
Avoiding sidewalks isn't all fun and games. I got mud all over my pants after I slipped while jumping over a sidewalk.
Skid
See where I slid. It's dangerous, but worth it.
Sidewalk
This sidewalk is too big to jump over. Shall I compromise my principles and walk over it?
Sidewalk 2
Hell no! I instead used my backpack as a stepping stone to get across this side safely.
Derogatory Slogan
I put this up on a wall so that the sidewalks know of my disaproval
Slogan 2
In case you can't read it, it says "Down With Sidewalks"
Doors
This one was fun - I got to climb on the railings.
Next to
As you can see, here I am next to a sidewalk. But I do not walk on it. No.
Median
Another median. Can't go wrong with a good median.
Grass
And finally, more grass.
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Damn straight.
Gardeners sometimes call those little strips of grass between the street and the sidewalk "hellstrips" because they usually get a lot of sun and are hard to grow things on.
They are called "parkways" where I come from.
Heehee I rather enjoyed the written commentary. :)
By the way, the fact that Smedly also did this today is a complete coincidence.