The last few weeks of the semester are the worst. There's the anticipation of winter break, the countdown to finals, the pending projects that have deadlines coming closer and closer. While I'm dreading all of these things, I have managed to come up with a list with fifty other things I would rather do than prepare for all of the deadlines I need to meet within the next few weeks.

1. Read a dictionary, front to back, fifteen different times

2. Get stung by a jellyfish

3. Have nightmares for fifteen consecutive days

4. Get twelve paper cuts on the same finger

5. Watch Groundhog Day 50 times in a week

6. Sit in a room by myself for over twenty-four hours

7. Wear braces for sixteen years

8. Only eat Spaghettios for breakfast, lunch, and dinner for a month

9. Get stung by twenty bees

10. Hear The Wiggles song, "Fruit Salad" on a loop for a month

11. Have Spongebob be the only other person on Earth with me forever

12. Chew on only foil for a whole day

13. Dance around in a lobster costume around campus for a year

14. Skinny dip into a boiling vat of coconut oil

15. Teach Calculus to monkeys

16. Only listen to Nickleback for the rest of my life

17. Listen to my parents' lectures for over twenty-four hours straight

18. Play the role of Belle on Broadway without any of the lines or songs memorized

19. Fling myself off of a cliff into a giant pool of mud and bugs

20. Have a hissing cockroach as my only friend

21. Have -$500.00 in my checking account at all times

22. Listen to "22" by Taylor Swift because it's the only song playing on every radio station

23. Be on a stranded island with only pythons on the island with me

24. Read an instruction manual for entertainment for a week

25. Only eat peanut butter for a year