I have nothing to do for 10 days. No college because it is winter break, no running because I am injured. I need something to fill the hours between when I hang out with my friends. I want to do something productive, so I'm not interested in watching all the episodes of the Wire or anything like that. Something along the lines of write a book or build a chair.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Beat Gran Turismo 5. And if that's not interesting, just try to gold medal all of the license test events, that could years.
play through and 100% ocarina of time on n64. or maybe banjo tooie if you're not in a zelda mood
Not to sound like a loser, but I don't own any video gaming system other than my laptop! I'm thinking about buying diablo II and beating it.
Pick a language, not too hard but one you're not familiar with, and try to learn as much as you can in 10 days. Don't pick one with a new alphabet or lots of complicated gender forms (like German). My grandfather used to teach Swahili and he said people could pick it up in a matter of weeks. Maybe some Scandinavian language could be all right as well.
Maybe you'll never really develop an interest in languages, but I did (being a math/econ major) and it's been a huge benefit to me both personally and in terms of career opportunities. But it will at least give you a sense of accomplishment, something to talk to people about, and perhaps something that could impress employers down the road. Knuckle down and do 4-6 hours a day. See what happens.
zelda fan wrote:
play through and 100% ocarina of time on n64. or maybe banjo tooie if you're not in a zelda mood
How could I forget Ocarina of Time?! That's the best game ever, beating that is very productive!
PS3 fanboy wrote:
zelda fan wrote:play through and 100% ocarina of time on n64. or maybe banjo tooie if you're not in a zelda mood
How could I forget Ocarina of Time?! That's the best game ever, beating that is very productive!
Okay, I'll admit I did Ocarina of Time. That was like the last video game I did haha.
What's your major btw?
Mechanical Engineering
Learn to play a little chess. Then, for the rest of your life, whenever you play chess with someone you will blow their doors off and they'll think you're smart.
Great suggestions thus far, thinking about trying to learn a bit of french. Chess would be fun but I don't have anyone to play with.
StSfLUkGREEfI wrote:
Great suggestions thus far, thinking about trying to learn a bit of french. Chess would be fun but I don't have anyone to play with.
There are some excellent computer programs out there that are much better than playing with a person. You can set them to your skill level, and many have tutorials about openings, endgames, etc.
Chess is a good suggestion you can get through all the basic tactics and structural elements/positions in ten days.
Also Rubik cube is a good random skill for life. You can learn you solve it fast (less than 2 mins) in ten days of practice.
Go on a Man v. Food challenge, visit the restuarants on their site.
Call me old fashion, but I would drink beer and get laid. You have your whole life to work and/or be productive.
Trace your family tree. Use www.rootsweb.com, genforum.com, or familysearch.org as freebies. Find out your family history, the good and the bad.
biggus dickus wrote:
Call me old fashion, but I would drink beer and get laid. You have your whole life to work and/or be productive.
No doubt he does that all year at college. This is break!
if you are living at home right now you could do some stuff around the house (clean the garage, fix something, etc) i'm sure your folks would appreciate it, might score a few cool points with your old man. that could take up like one day or two
Does your family have home videos? Go through all of them and catalog them. Create a table of contents for the videos, so anyone can find a particular scene or event just by looking through your table of contents.
If you're feeling really ambitious, go to Best Buy and purchase a software called Dazzle. Import your home videos and then create a sort of "best of" video. Choose the best home video clips over the year and set it to a soundtrack. Create a DVD of the memories and give copies to all your family members. They'll love it.
A tough 1000+ piece puzzle.
Build a foam machine for a party