<p>I have nothing interesting to do in the summer. I don't mean interesting to colleges, but interesting to me. I don't want to do something boring like volunteer in a hospital but instead something that is different from anything that I have done before. I live in the suburbs in chicago and I can't fly or drive very far.</p>
<p>write a book 
design a website
start a company</p>
<p>if you know what you like doing, take it to the next level. for example, instead of reading books all summer, write one and try to get it published.</p>
<p>Just hang out with friends</p>
<p>Try out for a community theater play
Take an art class
Learn an instrument
Make up a day camp for local kids
Go to the Khan academy and learn something random
Try a new sport</p>
<p>Popping the cherry.</p>
<p>Do something you’ve always been scared to do.</p>
<p>@Tenors sad just sad…</p>
<p>hot sex, drugs, and parties.</p>
<p>Learn another language. :P</p>
<p>Just wander around town with your friends, we live in the suburbs of chicago too and we found some kickass junkyards and constructions sites to hang out in. If you look around, you’ll almost certainly find something cool. Or just hop on the train and go to chicago with friends.</p>
<p>Play Mass Effect 1 perfectly, carry your character over and play Mass Effect 2 perfectly.</p>
<p>what rrcjmcandless said, thats the perfect way to have fun where you cant go wrong, just dont go around suicidal heroin addicts and get a 10" butterfly knife pulled out on you like my friends did, gotta love kentucky… lmao</p>
<p>^oh gosh. that sounds horrifying. D:</p>
<p>Why don’t you find the cure for cancer or something?</p>
<p>Jk. :)</p>
<p>There are a lot of things you can do besides the usual volunteer work, studying for SAT’s, reading AP course material, etc.</p>
<p>Like SailorSaturn7 suggested, learn a new language! And annoy your friends and family with it!</p>
<p>Camp with your friends in some forest for 3-5 days.</p>
<p>Go kayaking.</p>
<p>Chicago is a place I would like to visit. Since you live so nearby, take advantage of the city!</p>
<p>OP couldn’t care less cause there is no response from him/her. It was a good question to start with however. What do people do to fill short periods of time?</p>
<p>lol yea, i guess it wasnt that scary to me because the guy was suicidal so he was just a little irrational haha</p>
<p>was it some random guy on the street or did you know him?!</p>
<p>No, Im still here</p>
<p>Since you live near Chicago go and kidnap Oprah. I love the ghetto, mad, and skinny Oprahs the best. <3</p>