My girlfriend and I were driving home from Urbana when we saw this truck (above) that said Yik Yak on the side of it. For those of you unfamiliar, Yik Yak is an application in which users can send annonymous, location based, tweet-like messages into a forum. In addition, there’s a up-vote/down-vote component. It’s pretty fun.
Anyways, naturally, we followed the bus — which stopped at Red Lion on campus. I got out, went to the door and knocked on it. Out popped a young man, with long flippy hair, and a Yik Yak trucker-style hat on. He said that Yik Yak is touring around and that tonight they’ll be at Red Lion giving away free swag and letting people ride the “Mechanical Yak.”
If I didn’t a sore throat and a clinical test out tomorrow, I’d definitly be on the bull, with my camera, taking photos for you to enjoy. But, since I can’t go, I’ve asked Alisa Greene, one of our talented photographers to go document the epic-ness of the event. I imagine most of our readership spends their Monday nights downtown Champaign sipping whiskey, browsing Kickstarter (or something), or watching the latest hip television show, but if not, head down to Red Lion and let Alisa photograph you on DA YAK!