Free at last, free at last!

Excuse me for channeling Martin Luther King Jr. for a second.

So, I know what you’re thinking. “It’s summer! Yes! It’s here…and I’m bored as anything.”

Don’t worry, so am I. So, to keep me sane (and to keep you from going crazy), I’m going to provide you with a list of the top ten things to do with your free time for the week. Take the advice if you want…or ignore this page. Your call!

Top 10Things to Do Your First Week of Freedom:

1. SLEEP! SLEEP! SLEEP! I don’t care if you aren’t tired, you need sleep. We’re all getting over that nasty studying for finals thing. You know that feeling when you’ve been up all night studying and your hair feels itchy and you smell like an envelope. Yes, that feeling. Go to sleep. If you already feel nasty, go lock yourself in a room and pass out! Silence your cell phone, shut your blinds, and snore your life away! It’s summer ’09, get your beauty rest!

2. Sell back your text books. If you haven’t already made use of your school store, go online and sell your books. Face it, you’re poor. You need money. All of your friends are going to go to Rita’s, but you won’t be able to because you have no money. Sell your books so you can go have a life! Try amazon.com or ebay.com to get some extra cash.

3. Have a dance party in a parking lot. All of your friends are home, the friends who knew you at the most immature point in your life, high school. Gather up all those friends and make a mix CD of some of your favorite, awesomely bad tunes, whether it’s Hanson or 3LW. Make that terrible mix CD and dance around your beat up cars to some great tuneage. Just make sure it’s somewhere you won’t get in trouble.

4. Buy new clothes. Go help the economy. Now that you’ve made some money from books and got your body back in shape from dancing, go get a slammin’ outfit to show off that body. Tons of stores are having sales right now to get rid of some clothes that didn’t sell this year. Get those clothes and rock them….or wear the same stuff everyone saw in your Facebook pictures this year.

5. Reconnect with a band you used to love. Summer is a great time to catch up your life musically. Bust out your old CDs and find that album you used to play every day in seventh grade. You know, that New Found Glory or blink-182 CD you’ve been itching to listen to. Crank it up and reconnect your ears with some goodness.

6. Get a job. The job hunting time has begun. Beat out those other poachers and snatch that awesome job before they can. Whether you’re babysitting or making helicopters, who cares! As long as you’re making money, it’s all good. Try and get something related to your major though. It’s supposed to be better for your career or something like that.

7. Start a hardcore work out plan. This year we all pretty much ate our faces off. Now, it’s time to pay for our sins. Start doing hardcore cardio training and lift those weights. For the ultimate six pack, try and run for about a half hour every day and do 200 sit ups three times a day. Hey, it works for Mel B!

8. Schedule a trip. Sitting at home in your room is not healthy. Get out of wherever you are and explore! Book a trip with some friends, go somewhere you’ve never been or somewhere you love. As long as you’re with some good people, it’s sure to be a great time.

9. Unpack your dorm. As you look up from your laptop, I know you see it. There’s about 30 boxes all staring at you. Don’t be such a jerk, go unpack them. Put your underwear back in the drawer and hang up that smelly hoodie you wore all year. Don’t be a bum. You’re at home now and you’ve got people supervising you….ugh!

10. Visit your high school. I know this last one is pretty lame, but seriously do it. It’s weird to walk in and see how much your school has changed since the last time you were there. Maybe they got rid of that broken door by the gym, or maybe they FINALLY painted that hallway that smells like cigarette. Who knows? Go visit old teachers before they leave for the summer and fill them in on your year. It’s okay to brag!

Alright you summer bums, go out there and have some fun!

See you next week with some more summer survival!