Humour and Junk Food - How to Rock Exams

Yeah, the time has come for the first set of AS/A2 modular exams (and mid-terms I hear). I'm not looking forward to them, and I doubt you are either, but we've gotta get through them. One of the main crappy things about exams is the stress they cause, and that sucks. Revision is the next crappy thing, but unlike stress, that can't be avoided. Now, I have this great way of avoiding stress and staying in a good mood (which totally produces better results), and it's real simple, only has two points to follow, and you probably already do them  to some extent anyway.

1. Eat as much junk food as your body wants over the exam time. Make sure you get enough liquids and good carbohydrates as well, but if your stomach is feeling a chocolate bar or a cake, shove two down there just to be sure. Give up fruit and veg too (unless you crave it) cos studies have shown that knowing you have to eat it pulls people's moods down, and we don't want that. Screw vitamins, bring on the sugar. This 'diet' will make you feel sluggish over a month, so keep it for two weeks max, and health experts will probably say it's rubbish, but it really makes you feel good.
2. Surround yourself with comedy. Nows the time to check out that sit-com you've been meaning to on youtube, or rent Mean Girls/American Pie. Or even re-read or first time read the humorous transcripts on my main blog, Five Past Tomorrow! There's loads on there now, and they've had great reviews. Anyway, the rule is: when you're not revising, be laughing. I watched the entire run of Dinner Ladies during my GCSEs, and it made the time good fun.

Hope that helps. Other bits that may help from my archives include:

• Awesome exam day playlist - seriously helps you to get in the zone, motivated and energised, plus the music's not that bad either.
• The Mother of all homemade energy drinks - easy to make, far cheaper than a red bull and gives way more of a kick. Great for giving revision energy, exam-doing energy, or after a long exam recovery energy. Tastes good too. If you get super-high and do crazy stuff, please tell me what happened!
• A collection of funny/stupid things that took place in my GCSE maths exam - For comic relief, and to read the cause of 'face to mammary glands for 30 mins' in the middle of an exam. Good luck with it all! And even if you're not examming it soon, still check that stuff out, it's worth a click.