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sniffnoySo as I mentioned last entry, the past few days the ICC has had me putting up flyers for them around the school. The first assignment they gave me was the North Campus route. The route began with the Art and Architecture building. Third was Pierpont Commons. Inbetween the two was the target: "Kiosk outside Pierpont".
Well, I went to North Campus, I hit the locations listed (and some that weren't) in the Art and Architecture building, I located Pierpont Commons... but I didn't see anything that looked like it could be described as a kiosk. The only thing I could see to stick flyers to was a big concrete cylinder jutting up out of the ground. I managed to get a flyer or two attached, but my taping wasn't very good and the wind kept blowing them off and then I let my roll of tape close on itself and I couldn't even find where it ended to get it open and it was freezing cold and I needed to get inside and I decided to abandon that and get back to it later, and continued my route with Pierpont proper. Luckily none of the other targets were outside - they were just bulletin boards inside buildings, and I could just apply thumbtacks. No more of these "kiosks".
You see it turns out that this big concrete cylinder was in fact what was meant. (I returned on a later day to re-attempt the kiosk; I lost a few to the wind, but it seems to have mostly worked this time.) In fact these big concrete cylinders are not an uncommon sight on campus, though what their purpose may be - or why we apparently refer to them as "kiosks" - is unknown to me. (Here's a picture of one I found, so you can get an idea.) But there they stand. Sometimes when you get close to one you can hear a sound within, like air rushing through pipes. Once, I recall, I found one hot to the touch. (In general they're not.)
It's easy to imagine that they were constructed long, long ago, by mysterious precursors... perhaps the concrete is merely a shell we've added as we built around them, containing them. But they continue their mysterious function, undisturbed. Meanwhile we hang posters and stick flyers on them. And one day, some internal switch will be flipped, and they shall return to full activity, breaking out of their concrete shells and roaming about Ann Arbor - in a pattern undeniable yet indescribable - paying no heed to us, trampling anything and anyone who gets in their way. And those who attempt to stop this rampage will see, as their doom approaches - 4 and 8 month contracts, starting at $560 a month...
-Harry
Well, I went to North Campus, I hit the locations listed (and some that weren't) in the Art and Architecture building, I located Pierpont Commons... but I didn't see anything that looked like it could be described as a kiosk. The only thing I could see to stick flyers to was a big concrete cylinder jutting up out of the ground. I managed to get a flyer or two attached, but my taping wasn't very good and the wind kept blowing them off and then I let my roll of tape close on itself and I couldn't even find where it ended to get it open and it was freezing cold and I needed to get inside and I decided to abandon that and get back to it later, and continued my route with Pierpont proper. Luckily none of the other targets were outside - they were just bulletin boards inside buildings, and I could just apply thumbtacks. No more of these "kiosks".
You see it turns out that this big concrete cylinder was in fact what was meant. (I returned on a later day to re-attempt the kiosk; I lost a few to the wind, but it seems to have mostly worked this time.) In fact these big concrete cylinders are not an uncommon sight on campus, though what their purpose may be - or why we apparently refer to them as "kiosks" - is unknown to me. (Here's a picture of one I found, so you can get an idea.) But there they stand. Sometimes when you get close to one you can hear a sound within, like air rushing through pipes. Once, I recall, I found one hot to the touch. (In general they're not.)
It's easy to imagine that they were constructed long, long ago, by mysterious precursors... perhaps the concrete is merely a shell we've added as we built around them, containing them. But they continue their mysterious function, undisturbed. Meanwhile we hang posters and stick flyers on them. And one day, some internal switch will be flipped, and they shall return to full activity, breaking out of their concrete shells and roaming about Ann Arbor - in a pattern undeniable yet indescribable - paying no heed to us, trampling anything and anyone who gets in their way. And those who attempt to stop this rampage will see, as their doom approaches - 4 and 8 month contracts, starting at $560 a month...
-Harry
