Fun Things to Do While Sober

I'm about to tell you something that might disturb you. It might change your entire world view. It might completely destroy your childhood innocence and naivete, and I'm sorry you had to learn it so soon. OK, brace yourself.

The Great Pumpkin isn't real.

Just kidding! He's totally real. I wanted to soften the blow for what I'm actually going to say by leading in with something outlandish. Here goes: College students drink alcohol, sometimes a lot, and often while underage. Guess what! It's pretty overrated. Here are things to do instead at 2 a.m. instead of drinking:

• Get choked up (again) while watching Up (again). Definitely did this Friday night.
• Nerf gun war! Seriously. At my school, there are nerf gun wars every Friday night at midnight in the science building. I won't promise that the battle is substance-free, but I CAN promise that if you go sober, you will dominate.
• MILKSHAKE DRINKING GAME.
• Skype. My personal favorite. You can skype people who will hate you for skyping them at such a ridiculous hour of the morning (always fun), or you can take it as a personal challenge to stay up as late as possible. My record? 5 AM.
• Play sports. In the pitch black night. SO much fun. Especially football. Disclaimer: I don't take responsibility for any injuries contracted.
• Go stargazing. Or street-light gazing. Super romantic.
• Talk about your feelings (not my favorite).
• Talk about other people's feelings (slightly better).
• Steal a golf cart and try to get it into an academic building. This may sound ridiculous and random, but I once  spent a couple hours doing precisely that. One of my more fondly remembered nights. Didn't even get in trouble.
• Make art. Play music. Write... something. For some reason, I always do these things better at a ridiculously late hour of the night.
• MarioKart tournament. (Actually, don't bother. I'll win.)
• Watch Mean Girls again. Better yet, reenact it.
• Treat yo' self. With virgin mimosas, of course.
• Go on an adventure. Ideally, fight a dragon.

Ginger's Song of the Week: Being an aspiring bass player myself, I have an embarrassingly large thing for John Entwhistle of The Who. His face-melting solo (and I had no idea bass solos can melt your face, but apparently they can) starts at about the 4:55 minute mark, but the entire song is pretty freaking awesome.

What do you do instead of drinking?

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