Cal Day may not be till mid-April but it’s never too soon to start mobilizing a mob. Or maybe that’s just our “inner Berkeley” speaking. Ever since the epic ImprovEverywhere stunt at Grand Central Station, people have been freezing across the globe. Apparently, MORE magazine even had one for the release of its Michelle Obama cover.

In case you missed the pie fight or V-Day pillow war in SF (especially since they might be a thing of the past), here’s your chance to say you were part of a legitimate flash mob. You can even get revenge on those pesky and ubiquitous Sproul flyerers by freezing right as you’re about to accept their invite to some kind of event promising “free food and entertainment.” Or you can just take this opportunity to see if some freezers are willing to defrost when you steal the yogurt in their frozen clutches.

A Facebook group has already formed with nearly 200 members, check it out if freezing sounds cool to you.

Sproul Freeze 2008 [YouTube]
Earlier: Frozen in Time: Flash Mob Stops Sproul Traffic

Many of our best memories in SF involve things being pelted at us by strangers, but the flash “mob” tradition may be fading away like the bruises we received from being pummeled by pillows (and the occasional couch cushion) this past V-Day.

San Francisco has a history of zombie invasions, urban iditerods and other forms of spontaneous randomness, but after a feathery sludge was left behind after this year’s pillow brawl—clogging drains, flooding a restaurant, and causing over $30,000 in damages—city officials say that it’s time for mobbers to start taking responsibility for their own down.

It seems that the creamy debris left behind by Thursday’s pie fight might have been the last straw. Officials are now requesting that the organizers of such events apply for a permit, pay a use fee for the space they occupy (about $2,000) and supply security, porta-potties and cleanup crews. We were kinda wondering why SF would allow City Hall Plaza to be plastered with feather residue. Turns out they wouldn’t.

If this means an end to what the Chron calls this “partly anarchistic, partly absurdist” fad, then does that mean we’ll have to go back to doing normal things like hanging out with geriatric stoners on Hippie Hill and participating in Hunky Jesus contests?

Image Source: Steve Rhodes under Creative Commons
S.F. may crack down on ‘flash mob’ antics [Chron]

Today, a flash mob froze on Upper Sproul Plaza as the Campanile struck 1 p.m. The freeze is reminiscent of the impressive mob at Grand Central Station a couple months back in New York.

Check out the clip above, which is far more interesting than the pictures posted on the Facebook group (um, you do realize that you’re already “frozen” in a photo, right?). While we at the Clog encourage flash mob participation and creativity, we’ve got to say that standing still for a few minutes–even if you’ve struck, like, the coolest pose ever–is still slightly less boring than just walking through Sproul. C’mon, where are our ninja battles?

First Person View of Sproul Freeze [YouTube]
Sproul Freeze Interest Check [Facebook]

Nevermind the voyeuristic angle of this video, it appears the TGIFers had a pre-election flash mob on campus. And although the referendum to increase campus green projects passed, this pulsating event certainly affected the environment and our memories in a lasting way. It was too good not to share.

The big spenders certainly know how to bring in the green: by taking it off! The dance classic “Call On Me” becomes a rallying cry for the TGIFers. So hott.