A night in the life of Danny Zhu

Since the beginning of freshman year, Danny has frequently gone to MIT late at night on the weekends. When asked about it, he never gives a straight answer and mumbles something about hanging out with some people. I can only imagine what he is actually up to, and here is my attempt at guessing at what those nights are like.

Midnight – 1:30 a.m.

Danny leaves Harvard and arrives at MIT.  He meets up with some friends who are currently playing DDR.

Perhaps "Butterfly" and "Boom Boom Dollar" provide a musical equivalent of Ballmer's Peak

After DDR has gotten them warmed up, it’s time to get down to work.

1:30 a.m. – 3:15  a.m.

Danny successfully infiltrates the NSA using only his iTouch and puts all Caltech and Yale students on its watchlist.

I touched your databases

3:15 a.m. – 5:00 a.m.

Danny programs a bot to win at online poker, but he is concerned about the legality of online gambling in the US, so his friends create a fake Canadian citizen to collect the winnings.  He leaves the program running indefinitely.

5:00 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

8:00 a.m.

Danny wanders back to our room in a euphoric stupor, wondering why he didn’t go to MIT in the first place.