This Storm Is So Boring!

Summer brings storm clouds and blackouts, so WEEKEND’s got some advice to keep you entertained when the power goes off:

Binge Eat

Since the refrigerator and freezer aren’t well insulated, they won’t be keeping your food cold.

Pass the time by consuming everything you can. You’re kind of obligated to.

Even if you have to share, make sure food doesn’t go to waste because you paid for it and you’re out of student loan money until the fall semester starts.

Go ahead, eat the whole carton of ice cream. No one knows when the power is going to come back on. You can’t hold out on the hope of microwaving Ramen Noodles any
time soon.

Read a Book

Now you have time to pick up that tattered copy of “Atlas Shrugged” that you’ve been meaning to finish. You don’t want to watch the movie anyway.

Quit trying to read by lightning and grab a couple candles to illuminate the pages.

Light the “Summer Rain” scented one to be ironic.

Make Music

Unplug the amplifiers and electric pianos. Then, gather up the string, brass and percussion instruments.

Employ all your friends and compose some storm-inspired music.
Imagine the thunderclaps actually are “bombs bursting in air.” There’s no motivation like the sound of impending doom.

Who knows, you could end up writing the next “Star-Spangled Banner.”

Play a Board Game

Go dust off your favorite board game and gather your friends out of hiding for some
classic entertainment.

Battleship, for one, is especially entertaining when your roof is leaking. It’s like you’re out at sea, except you’re in your living room!

Don’t you love your college lease?

Hide and Seek
Come on, it was fun as a kid! You remember the rules, count to 100 while your buddies hide themselves.
 
Hint: The best hiding place will be in your flooded basement. Your landlord must not have told you about this spot because he didn’t want to give it away in case you wanted to play hide and seek during a blackout.

That must be it.

Aimlessly Drink

Ok we admit it: There’s seriously nothing to do when the power goes out.
 
Get creative with your roommates and invent a timely drinking game.

Drink for however many seconds it takes for the thunder to catch up with the lightning, chug when the tornado sirens come on or take a shot every time you get an update from IUNotify.