Korean Line Dancing.

It's rare that I do something in my life that I'm embarrassed by, I usually choose to embarrass those around me. In fact, I used to claim that there will never be anything found on the internet that I am neither ashamed of or embarrassed by but now those words are empty.

I have had this video for 3 months showing it to a few people here and there but largely keeping it hidden, for fear of possibly doing a disservice to my carefully constructed reputation...

However, I am ready to show the world my idiocy. The video below is of me ATTEMPTING Korean Line Dancing.

Korean Line Dancing is very similar to the choreographed dancing one would see on a boy band video or various other pop music videos. All the dancers stand next to each other, usually facing the DJ, and begin to go through a practiced choreographed routine. This is done in some clubs when specific songs come on. At my particular bar they make time for Korean Line Dancing every night. For an example of Korean Line Dancing click here.

Before I decided to do it I watched them perform there routines and I can honestly say that I thought it was stupid. I even swore to my swing dancing partner that I would never ever do that. But like my father told me many years ago, never say never...

I was committed to coming to one session a few months ago by a few Korean girls (It's really hard saying no to pretty smiling faces...) and they promised that they would not laugh and that there will be no recording or anything. (obviously a lie...)

When I got to class I was the only guy there and the only foreigner there as well. The other 8 or 9 dancers there were all experienced Korean Line Dancers and I could see it in the face they were eagerly to watch how horrible I would be...

It was sooo hard...because they were all experienced they did not need to spend so much time learning all the steps, I was always 2 steps behind...
An hour and a half later it was time for our final performance. My instructor pulled out a camera and started to station the camera so he could film the entire class but curiously enough...the camera was fixed on me....I asked him politely to not record this and he said it will not be shown to anyone and that it is only for the class so they can practice at home....in retrospect I shouldn't have but I believed him...

The next day I went back to the same club this time for Swing Dancing practice but I got there a bit late...

When I got there I saw my swing dance partner and my instructor hovering around a computer laughing...at this point I had forgotten all about my Korean Line Dancing night and was horrified to find that my video was the object of their amusement.

My instructor posted it on the Ringopop Bar website, for all Koreans to see. Amidst all the Korean gibberish on the website one word was in English and that was "OMAR" accompanied with an exclamation point...

My initial feelings were of horror, everyone who frequents this club would see me dance...poorly. Then I was angry because I realized I was lied too...then I asked my instructor to take it off but he told me "no, because only members of the club site would be able to see it."

Another lie.

I found it the next day with minimal effort and I could access the video without being a member of the website.

Since that point, I asked him to send me a copy of the website and I have been deciding whether or not to show my friends...

Today is the day.

Here you are: