Ways to Kill Time In Class

*Disclaimer: the following is not to be used as a means to do spectacularly in school, because I know I’m definitely not. if you take any of this advice be prepared to sacrifice a point or twenty on your next exam.

So it is week three of summer classes and I have probably skipped about half of mine because they are just SO TERRIBLE and boring and our teachers are not that great. But sometimes I do go to class for attendance sake but I spend the entire time fiddling around with my laptop. Here are some of the ways I’ve collected to make your 12 hours of straight up torturous classes less detrimental to your mental sanity.

1. Go to the bathroom. A lot.

2. Sign into class and then leave. (This is a favorite of basically everyone I go to school with.) Bonus points if it’s sunny out and you go lay by the pool and the professor does NOT take attendance a second time- which I might add is just downright dirty warfare.

3. Facebook. Facebook. Facebook. Now you know why I update all day long every day.

4. Do other work for other classes- the only way I manage to survive in this program.

5. Headphones! Sit in the back, wear your hair down, and put in some earbuds. Play your favorite music or radio station. I play this one http://www.iheart.com/live/4499/ and it makes me feel all warm and cuddly inside. But sometimes I giggle. I mainly do this in one of my classes because my professor has a really thick accent which irritates me to no end because I can’t understand what the f*ck she’s saying anyway, so if I have to sit there and teach myself the material I might as well get some enjoyment out of it.

6. To-do lists. Bring fun colored markers and paper. Get your life together.

7. Catch up with friends. For the last three years (wow has it been that long?) my friends and I have had mass email chains every day. Now that I spend the majority of my life not in front of a computer I actually kind of have no idea what goes on in their lives, but it’s nice to catch up when I can.

8. Eat. Snacks take you to your happy place. Don’t blame me if you get fat. I just had a giant ziplock bag of cherries and it took me a good 20 minutes to get through. 20 minutes of my life I don’t remember and that is GREAT.

9. Paint your nails. But people will hate you because of the smell. The prof might also hate you. I’ve never done this because of the smell but it’s still an idea, yo.

10. Update your blog! Or start one. Super fun. I’m going to keep updating more regularly now that I plan on actually going to class because I pretty much used up all of my absences in the first two weeks.

11. http://www.buzzfeed.com/  Hours of fun.

12. The Jodi Arias trial. Specifically episodes of Dr. Drew discussing the case. Because who doesn’t love psychopathology as discussed by a hot silver fox.?

13. Pinterest! Responsible for my giant new craft desk that I have yet to update about. And the cheesecake cupcakes I made. http://pinterest.com/conniekelsch/recipes-cakes-cupcakes-cheesecake/

14. https://www.mint.com/ Mint.com! Get your finances in order. I don’t really have the self-discipline to follow this but it sure does make me feel bad!

15. Sign into class. Sneak out and go take a nap in your car. Come back before the end of class in case the prof takes attendance again OR have a friend text you when they pass around the attendance sheet again.

16. Hulu/movies/tv on your computer, etc.

17. Kindle for mac. I just downloaded this and purchased Gulp by Mary Roach to read on my mac which I thought was a great idea until I discovered it kind of sucks and I just wasted $10 on an ebook. Unlike paper books, you can’t resell them and get your money back. Womp, womp.

18. Plan a party or event. Always fun.

19. Email your mom. Honestly, I think the only time I communicate with my family is while I’m sitting in class. I can’t even remember the last time I spoke on the phone to them.

20. Wear sunglasses and konk out. Ok, that might look a little weird, but I had a friend in high school (eh hem lucy) who would somehow position her body just so that she fell asleep leaning on her hand for the entire class, every class, every day. It was kind of amazing.

Anddddd I’m tapped out.