When I was in high school Matt Leinart (USC, Arizona Cardinals QB) taking only Ballroom Dance his senior year in college seemed a little outlandish.  Now I see it in a whole different light.

I went into KINES 017, from here on referred to as Ballroom Dance, with a little skepticism.  I was no dancer, never tried to be, never claimed to be.  I always found other things to do at parties than ‘get down.’  After the initial awkwardness the class actually turned out to be really fun.  I had to trek clear to the IM Building everyday, and run to the IST building in 15 minutes (not possible) afterward, but in the end it was a great choice.

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Isn’t it strange that when inspiration strikes it’s never when you want it to?

I have a ballroom dance testing, two papers to write, and two finals to study for but what have I done for the last three hours? Listen to music, duh. Three albums stream through my headphones as I stare out the window and watch this beautiful snow fall as if I had never seen the little frozen rain droplets before.

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