What a wimp. I had a bet with myself that if the Celtics lost to the Cavs this series that I would sneak into a scary abandoned factory in my neighborhood at midnight with my saxophone:
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Yes, that factory has a sign on it that says 'Cleveland' on it. No, I don't live in Cleveland, I actually live about 10 miles north of downtown Cincinnati, yet there is a creepy old warehouse around my neighborhood right next to a shop that sells freshly created tombstones (Schott Monument Co.) that has been closed since 1973.
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**I've actually been in there once before despite the no-trespassing signs though the building is so old that when I tried playing my sax in there it felt like the roof was on the verge of caving in 
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You should go in there anyway (ignore the "NO TRESPASSING" signs!) and take some photos, and then share them here. I have a fascination with urban exploration and checking out abandoned places, so that would be cool.
You know of any of these Cincinnati locations? There are a few you might find intriguing.
http://www.uer.ca/locations/newlist.asp?n=1&statfilter=160&country=United%20States&province=Ohio&city=Cincinnati
I'll go in there and take pictures, provided that someone promises not to trade any of the Big 3 or Rondo for LeBron James this summer. (lol, jk but seriously
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The inside joke about that building is that it looks alot like the practice-room building from the music school at the University of Cincinnati. While I attended that school my lesson teacher's first name was James, so me being a classical-saxophone major (we play alot of french music) and also an African American is a pun on the NBA's 2-time MVP 'Le'-Bron James.
What makes it even more amusing is the fact that there is a gigantic sign over the front door (which is bolted shut) that reads 'Cleveland', I'm sure all of you have by now seen the hastily-made Cleveland tourism video series by now
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That combined with the fact that there is a small shop right next door to the left (Schott Monument Co.) that has at least 500 gravestones of small to medium sizes makes the run-down factory look even more sinister, especially at night-time. There's is also a White Castle at the top of the street, literally the lowest common denominator as far as fast-food is concerned.
The first time I actually went into the building was in early January, afterwards I recall walking past someone living in a residential building in-between the Schott memorial building and the White Castle. He had a bag full of sliders and was rockin' basketball kicks (overweight, college-aged white guy) who scowled at me as our eyes met. Luckily for me I had a knife in my saxophone case so I wasn't too afraid of him, moreso just creeped out that I had actually been inside the building itself.
There was literally only one way to get inside; on the opposite side of the factory I located a standard house-sized door with a tiny hole cut into the bottom-half (similar to a make-shift doggy door, for those of you who own pets). I literally had to crawl through the thing after pushing my saxophone case through first.
Surprisingly there weren't any homeless people living in there or else I would have been pretty freaked-out, though since it was snowing that day I'm sure a homeless person would rather find someplace warm to try and camp-out until springtime. I'm pretty positive that the factory is haunted or something with all of the gravestones being faced and shipped out of the building next door. Speaking of which, the part of town where I live has graveyards all over the place, kinda depressing sometimes...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZzgAjjuqZMhttp://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE61H5WN20100218^Needless to say, I had alot riding on the Celtics-Cavaliers series...
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