Mirador 5/28/10 Entertainment 23

Summertime and the Livin’ is EasyWhen that last bell rings on June 11, students happily anticipate, “No more pencils. No more books. No more teachers’ dirty looks.” For ten beautiful weeks, students are free

to go crazy. With summer vacation quickly approaching, students rush to find interesting activities to fill their days. Mirador has searched for the most entertaining, exciting, and money-conscious escapades to make this the best summer yet.

by Jamie Riley and Evelyn Alper

1. Go to the swimming hole (it’s illegal—even better)2. Zen it up in yoga; maybe you’ll see Mrs. Quiter!3. Nature hike--complete with a leopard skin loin cloth and trail mix4. Take mirror pix

5. Change your status every 5 minutes to reflect what you’re really doing6. Lemonade stand--the cuter you look, the more you can charge

7. Be like Britney in “Crossroads” and take a road trip8. Join a banjo club with your homies9. Late night iceblocking10. Create a new identity (or steal one)11. Go to the beach; take note of the contrast between the cold water and the warm sand12. Have a bonfire and roast some ‘mallos13. Take pointers from my girl Snooks and get your tan on14. Go camping in the wilderness with the deer and the chipmunks15. Make a really cool fort in your backyard, then live off the land16. Climb the tallest tree you can find17. Make and bake a pie18. Let’s go surfing now, everybody’s learning how19. Channel Thoreau and write beautiful poetry20. Get to know the local lifeguards

21. Try all 31 flavors at Baskin Robbins and then create your own

22. Have a picnic at the top of a mountain23. Hang out with michael roe (360-4333)

24. Train for an Iron Man25. Drive aimlessly for hours, then attempt to find your way home without using Mapquest26. Take a bath in Jello, hello?!?!27. Learn how to drive stick shift28. Have a scavenger hunt on Telegraph

29. Ride the county connection—catch: you have to stand up without holding onto the bars30. Fill balloons with paint, pin them to a canvas, and pop the balloons with darts to create beautiful art (À la “The Princess Diaries”)31. Burn school notes (see #12)

32. Eat an entire batch of cookie dough33. Get a henna tattoo that covers your entire body/buy a kit and learn how to do it yourself34. Choose a stranger to stalk on Facebook and follow their life35. Hang out with Sparkle36. Find out who your ancestors are…see if there’s anyone famous37. Go rock climbing

with Mrs. Quiter38. Go to a concert

39. Play in the park40. Slap on the SPF41. Catch up on all the movies you missed during the school year42. Discover your inner badass43. Paint/redecorate your room44. Make bank by babysitting45. Go to Nations; Flirt with Alfredo and bitch out Connie 46. Go to Cheeseboard in

Berkeley and eat your pizza on the center divide47. Raft down the sewer by Wagner Ranch48. Go to a U-Pick and collect a large bucket of fresh fruit (we recommend pluots)49. Hang out at the Tilden steam trains50. Attempt to learn the Hung Shuffle

51. Run away with the circus52. Go sailing with Kirsten Rutledge53. Jump on walls at Sky High54. Go Fly fishing55. Form at least one dread on yo head56. Wear Top Siders

57. Join in with the Orinda Theater protesters

Photo: J. Riley

Photo: E. Alper

Photo: J. Riley

Photo: E. Alper

Photo: E. Alper

Photo: E. Alper