Sure, I’m glad that the semester is more than half over. Sure, I’m happy that the holidays are fast approaching. Sure, I’m glad that it’s my favorite season. But with all the awesome things that this time of the year brings along, there’s something that I just can’t stand, something that always comes around, and I sure as hell don’t mean the premiere of Redemption Song or the Law and Order marathon.

I mean being sick.

Not just “being sick,” though. Not just having a little cough or a small sniffle. No, I mean being sick as a dog. Having bronchitis. Having a box of tissues in one hand and pockets full of throat lozenges. When you’re on a small campus, one person’s cold is everyone else’s cold. Being stressed doesn’t help matters, either, so of course there are tons of other people in the boat with me – and not just seniors. And call me sadistic, but watching everyone suffer makes me feel a little less awful.

But my loss is your gain, folks. From my week-late thesis chapter, paper due on Friday that I still haven’t written, and a few other delayed things, I’ve learned some pretty awesome techniques to combatting exhaustion, delirium, sickness, and even lack of alcohol. Read More »

“I need you to call my phone in twenty minutes,” my friend said, putting things in her pocketbook and looking out the door like the Law and Order people were standing outside. “Just start talking. Don’t get freaked out if I don’t make sense.”

“What’s going on?” I asked, worried I knew someone in the witness protection program.

“I’m going out to lunch with this girl…and she might hate me. I’m not sure yet, but just in case she’s as crazy as I remember…I need your phone call to help me leave.”

Who hasn’t used a fake phone call to get out of an uncomfortable situation? Sprint felt your pain—and the annoyance from your friends every time you begged them for help—and has launched Mobile Faker. Read More »