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| | | | Remembering Ninjalicous, 10 years later. < on 8/25/2015 1:49 PM > | Reply with Quote
| | | Ninjalicious exploring the MaRS Centre, Apr 26, 2004 This past Sunday marks the 10th anniversary of the passing of Ninjalicious, sometimes known by his real (more boring) name Jeff Chapman. For those of you who are not familiar with the history: Ninjalicious created a "zine" (sorta like a blog before the internet) and distributed photocopied copies of it throughout local Toronto shops. He also set up a website for the zine, infiltration.org, where some of the stories were mirrored. Many thousands of people (myself included) can cite Ninjalicious for bringing them together or introducing them to the hobby of Urban Exploration (a term that Ninj coined). Ninj had a history of health problems, and finally succumbed to cancer on Aug 23, 2005. I was one of the lucky few who got to meet and explore with Ninj. He had such a friendly demeanor and happy attitude that worked in his favour to get out of sticky situations. Once, while exploring the greenhouses on the roof of a building at the University of Toronto, a professor who clearly knew we weren't supposed to be there asked if we "needed help". Ninj just smiled and told him "No thank you!" and kept walking, leaving the confused professor with not much more to say. Another time, we had snuck into the OCAD "Tabletop" as it was still under construction -- indeed, the construction workers were hammering away! Sneaking around, we heard one approaching, and quickly hid in the corner of a room. The worker came in behind us and rifled through a toolbox, as we stood as still as possible and tried not to breathe, no more than 4 feet away from him. The part I loved most about Ninj was his ability to always have something positive to say. He had a way about him that was disarming, and people seemed to like him before he even opened his mouth. Online, this talent made him the perfect diplomat, as he diffused situations before they became volatile. Ninjalicious may be gone, but as long as we don't forget him and the influence he had on us, he will never truly die. Please share your thoughts and memories here. You can also read the responses from the last memorial thread, from 5 years ago, here: http://www.uer.ca/...id=1&msgid=1254555
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