Dude going to town on the DDR

So here I am in the basement of the Union studying like a good little med student, and out of nowhere this guy starts playing DDR (Dance Dance Revolution.... I'll explain it later). Needless to say, after about an hour of this mindless DDR'ing I felt the need to share it with someone, but who....? I mean this guy is just such a baller that I think the world should know, should see the coolness, nay, the magnificence of his pointless skill that he participates in. So I thought to myself, who should I tell. Who could I tell. There is no one around except me and the distraction himself. So then it came to me.... take a video of it and post it on the internet!! They can't teach this stuff in college, let me tell you. So out comes the camera and the video was made. Here it is world, the world premier of "DDR kid: blood, sweat, tears... oh so many tears."

Now, back to business. DDR is an invention that allows you to play video games and sweat, much like how Rock Band lets you play video games and play instruments at the same time. Arrows appear on the screen and you have to stomp on that corresponding arrow on the ground in time with the music. It's like dancing, but much cooler. Now in the University of Illinois has been gracious enough to bless us with our very own DDR machine in the basement of the Union. This allows people like DDR Kid to come and play it whenever his heart desires. Which, today, was around 11:00 pm on a Monday night. Now, you would think that it would be sort of a one and done deal. One game, and then leave. You'd be wrong. He/they come and play for extended periods of time, often sweating right through their Lord of the Rings T-shirts.

Now I'm not saying DDR isn't fun, it is. I actually have played, in high school, and was pretty good. But there is a time and a place for DDR and I'm just not sure the basement of the Union at 11:00 on an Monday night is that time or that place.

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