This year, March is coming in like a lion. Not because of the weather, but because we are close to spring break and that spells trouble. The eight school days prior to vacation are the longest, most boring days of the semester.
Now that I am living free and laughing easy, you can reference this list of ways to pass time before leaving for break. Before you know it, you'll be catching rays in Puerto Vallarta or watching reruns of 'Full House' in Brookfield. Remember, it's not wasting time if you're enjoying yourself.
1. Complete today's Sudoku puzzle in its entirety.
2. Make it through the day without using the word
'awesome.'
3. Look up your junior prom king on Facebook. Poke him.
4. Try something new for lunch. When's the last time you had waffles?
5. Choreograph a dance to the song 'Easy Like Sunday Morning.'
6. Send a 'Wish You Were Here' postcard to your roommate.
7. Flip your calendar to March.
8. Listen to a Beach Boys song. May I suggest 'Heroes and Villains'?
9. Prank phone call your parents.
10. Write a joke involving one of these hot topics: Cheney shooting a guy or Bode Miller.
11. Ask your local grocery merchant why it stopped selling Ecto-Cooler.
12. Make a paper crane.
13. Try speaking in an accent during a discussion section.
14. Burn a CD with all of the songs in your music library with the word 'love' in them.
16. Going somewhere for spring break? Gloat. Drop it in conversation to everyone you meet.
17. Catch the mouse that's lived in my apartment since we moved in. Come on, I'll owe you one!
18. Re-enact your favorite games from 'Global Guts.'
19. Learn how to say, 'Your mom goes to college' in a foreign language.
20. Use a muffin pan as an ice cube tray. Drink from giant cups until the novelty wears off.
21. Wear sunglasses at night just because you can.
22. Introduce yourself to the person sitting next to you right now.
23. Drink from every water fountain you pass on campus.
24. Go inside a building you've never been in before, look around in awe and take a few pictures.
25. Change your desktop wallpaper to something inappropriate. Chuckle to yourself.
26. Ask your professor to arm-wrestle you for extra credit.
27. Speak only in rhyme or use pantomime.
28. Play Boozeship, the drinking-man's version of Battleship.
29. Download and play the old Oregon Trail game, flirt with disaster and never take the ferry.
30. Clean out your closet, listen to Eminem for motivation.
31. Make like DMX and 'Stop, drop, shut'em down open up shop.'
32. Twist and/or Shout.
These tasks may seem easy or even juvenile to some of you. But trust me, this list is not for the faint of heart. Drinking from every water fountain you pass is not only exhausting, but also excessively hydrating. To accomplish all of these things without injury or mental distress, you will need ingenuity, know-how and a lot of spare time on your hands. You might want to start today, but be sure not to get burnt out too quickly. You'll regret it next week when you're killing time reading or, worse yet, studying for midterms.
