You think you’re so cool with your beach getaways, 100+ hours of community service or intercontinental excursions? Feeling pretty cool up on that high horse of self-righteousness and “popularity?” Well let me tell you what I did over break, I sat on a couch, watched movies and slept. That’s right, I did absolutely NOTHING productive over my spring break. You know what the best part was? It was absolutely glorious! Seriously, I woke up day in and day out and threw on shorts and a hoodie, trotted over to my parents’ 65-inch plasma screen TV and vegged out all of break.

Now I know what you’re saying to yourself: “What a wasted existence! You were just a smelly, languid excuse for a human all of break, but I” (cue the self-satisfied smirk) “built houses in Guatemala, fed the children of Africa and cured SARS! Man, do I rock!” OK, first off you should get that grin off your face before it stays that way forever. Oh, and news flash, Walter Cronkite — you don’t rock.

Seriously though folks, I did have my moments of respite. I awoke on Tuesday and did the “Texas Two-Step” (voting in the Texas primary and participating in the caucus that night), allowing me to officially don my warm, fuzzy feeling for participating in the democratic process and fulfilling my civic duty. You may have had high hopes for me after such an act of initiative and dedication; maybe I could actually accomplish something! Nope, right after that — back to my home on the couch.Not to say I have low levels of resourcefulness or something, but it is a pretty nice leather couch (you literally sink into it) and the aforementioned sweet TV was pretty much the nail in the coffin for any productivity over the break. But really, the vegging out was exactly what I wanted and needed, and I don’t regret a single antisocial, lethargic second of my spring break on the couch.