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Oppa Dance Idea of the Year: Gangnam Style

I'm not saying you've been living in a hole if you've never heard of Gangnam style but it has been in  Time ,  ABC ,  CBC  , The Atlantic  and pretty much all of the internetz (don't ask why this is news). While this parody video may be the flavor of the week in terms of viral music videos, who doesn't want to be a prissy Korean horse rider for a day and show some real swag? Thus Gangnam style is joining my list of halloween costumes for 2012, to which is there is only one so far (gosh I really need to get moving on these).    It's almost humanly impossible to sit down and not watch this video more than once. T-Pain was the one to say it best when he tweeted "Words cannot even describe how amazing this video is." While I love this video to death, I think it's surprising to everyone that the only Korean song to make a mark outside of Korea is actually a song that makes fun of Korea. Gangnam is a small neighborhood in Seoul that is renown for