Just. Two. More. Months. **collapses onto floor and starts convulsing due to lack of sunlight** Thanks for this list, 1grobanite! —SparkNotes editors

During the summer, there's so much to do: cabins, swimming, sunshine, drive-in movies, bike rides to your ex's—I mean best friend’s—house, parties. People are tan and happy. What could be better?

But suddenly, the bell rings and school begins. People shuffle aimlessly through dingy hallways. Homeschoolers sit and cry when their friends no longer call during the day. Teachers spout pointless knowledge, the cool third hour science teacher is starting to shrivel and become dry and humorless, and the cafeteria food looks like it has for the last 10 years of our lives: contaminated.

Considering how miserable we were in the fall, and how much more miserable we've become in the winter, perhaps the average teen needs some ideas for what to do while we wait. Ooooh, sounds like list time:

Thanks, abby0912, for this helpful guide. We hate hiccups! —SparkNotes editors

Hiccups can be so annoying, maddening, and debilitating that lots of stories have used them as the primary predicament for the protagonist. Hiccups were the conflict in an episode of Johnny Bravo, the Cartoon Network show. They starred in the short story "Stupid Marco," in which the not-so-bright Prince Marco has only three talents—one of which is curing hiccups. And remember that episode on the Disney show Phineas and Ferb when Isabella had the hiccups and it was up to Phineas and Ferb to scare them out of her—leading to her spending a whole day with Phineas (her love)? Hiccups are everywhere, and this is my list for ways to cure them.

Sparkler indianpianist has written this empowering guide to the Sadie Hawkins dance! —SparkNotes editors

If you live in the US and go to a public high school, chances are your “Sadie Hawkins” dance is coming up.  For those of you who don’t know, Sadie Hawkins dances (or “Sweetheart,” as ours is called) are defined by Urban Dictionary as “an occasion when women take the initiative in inviting the men of their choice to a date.”

Yes, you can do that anytime if you really feel like it, but this dance gives girls that extra nudge—and some gutsy girls use the opportunity to ask their dream guy. For those of you who are thinking of asking someone, there's a lot to consider:

1 . Listen, we have to talk.

2. Put down the Wiimote. Please?

3. I've been thinking. About us. But more particularly, all of your unstomachable habits.

4. You know what I'm talking about.

Cover letters are important. And as with many things in life, the presentation of the content in your cover letter is sometimes just as, if not more, significant than the content itself.

These letters are a chance to brag about yourself outside of the bullet-pointed information on your resume. Clearly, making something up in a cover letter is a huge no-no that could seriously destroy your academic or professional career. However, you also shouldn’t sell yourself short by failing to present your achievements as professionally as possible. So, how can you know where you fall on the spectrum of overly modest (bad) to professional (good!) to extremely cocky (bad)? Well, you should talk to the career/guidance counselor at your school. But in the meantime, you can reference this handy guide:

1. Do 29 cartwheels in a row. Follow this stupendous display of acrobatic skill by barfing.

When friends feud with one another, we've always found it’s best to let the carnage unfold between the people involved and stay out of it.

Piling on will just lead to an emotional pro wrestling match, but without the fun costumes and enthusiastic announcer. Don’t get sucked in unless you’re the one who’s been ditched, dumped, or duped.

Here are some tips on how to stay out of the line of fire:

Sparkler xXx_lola_xXx has a few falling asleep methods we've never heard of. Thanks for the tips, xXx_lola_xXx!—SparkNotes editors

Have you ever tried to go to sleep and you just can't? No matter how hard you try to drift off, you end up staying awake an extra four hours or so?

Me too. In fact, that happened the night before I returned to school from Winter Break. I tried to go to sleep around 10 but couldn't, so I chatted with my mom before trying again. Another hour passed and I was still awake. I decided to read. I have a tendency to keep going until the book is done, so I had to be extra cautious about not reading too much. Finally, at 12:30 a.m., I asked my mom for a sleeping pill or something, but she had none. I managed to fall asleep by 1 a.m. after slowly and repeatedly counting down from 100.

The weird thing is, most people tend to stay awake when they want to get as much sleep as possible. To keep this from happening to me again, I have come up with a list of ten ways to fall asleep fast:

Winter break is now two weeks behind us and some of you might still be finding it difficult to get back into the study groove. For those of you taking the SAT in a couple of weeks, this lack of motivation has the potential to be a real problem. So how do you jump start your SAT prep routine? Here are some ideas that might help.

Remember, it's a new month, a new year and a new decade. You've got a clean slate. All of your frustrations, anxieties, confusions and mistakes about the SAT are a thing of the past. You don't have to make a new year's resolution to study well—just start doing it on a daily basis. Study for 30 minutes each day to get yourself into a good habit. You'll see much better results in a short time. Once you feel comfortable with 30 minutes, you can try for longer study sessions every other day. After a while, you won't have to give yourself a pep talk before every session; it will become one of those things you do without thinking about it, like watching TV.

Nothing is more fun in high school than hitting the open road with your besties. You're Thelma and Louise, Smokey and the Bandit, Britney and that girl from Hustle and Flow. It doesn't matter where you're going; the fun is in getting there, even if you're just driving to Walmart to pick up some paper towels for your mom.

Some people are good at riding shotgun. Others make you want to open the door while the car is still moving, jump, and roll into oncoming traffic. Here's how to be that person: