Keep Your Friends Close, but Your Enemies Closer

One thing that we housewives are all good at is keeping everyone on the edge of our seats waiting for shit to hit the fan next.  Since freshman year we have all participated in a weekly event called prank wars.  Basically you are free to do whatever you want to the opposing room and roommates.  Freshman and sophomore year had two distinct teams, because we lived in groups of two and three.  Now, it is every man for themselves so keep your friends close but your enemies closer.

At first it started out as harmless fun.  Jada and I were the first to hit Ashley and Helga's room freshman, year which now I feel was a huge regret for starting this game.  All we did was TP their whole room and throw in a few water balloons. They quickly retaliated by taking our towels when we were showering, leaving us to fend for ourselves on how to get back to our rooms.  There was no getting out of this, so we took down the shower curtains and quickly ran from the community bathroom down the hall back into our rooms. Still keeping it friendly, Jada and I did a classic move by covering the entire floor with little solo cups of water.  

This is where it got serious.  It was no longer a game, it was now war.  We made two rules, 1. you have one week to get someone back, and if you don't you can then prank them again and 2. don't be distractive.  

Marta pulled the first one of the junior year season and hid multiple alarm clocks in Jada's room.  Now something that you need to know about Jada is she loves her bed.  She only leaves it to get her cheez-its, then it's right back to her cave.  The alarms were set for every hour, and at first, it didn't bother Jada.  She put on her beats and avoided getting out of bed to fix the problem.  But as soon as she wanted to take a nap, (and that was now impossible) she decided to do something about it.  Marta was smarter than Jada and she could not find all the alarms that she had hidden.  It drove Jada so insane that she got up and slept on the couch that night.  Marta 1 Jada 0.  

The next prank has to be my all time favorite.  Ashley, being the crazy girl that she is, took these pranks to a whole new level.  She caught a bird… a bird, and trapped it under a laundry basket on my desk.  Not knowing why that was on my desk I lifted it and out flew the bird.  You have got to be kidding me. Panicking, I swung open my door and he flew into the bathroom.  It stuck around for about a half hour until I successfully guided it out of the apartment.  Touche.  Ashley 500 Julez -50.

Jada became the most popular girl on campus during this prank.  I still have no idea how we convinced her that this was a good idea, but I am so happy that we did.  Jada allowed us to duct tape her to a pole outside the cafeteria.  We did it on a senior night when we knew that there would be a lot of people passing by.  Hundreds of drunk seniors passed her and thought that she was stranded up on the pole
and needed help down.  We successfully had her stuck there for a half hour before someone came and yelled at us.  Jada 10, but also -20 for allowing this.

Our prank wars are something that I for some reason look forward to every week.  Even though sometimes at the time they seem like the worst jokes ever, they always make for a good story in the end.  Knowing that these will continue I will keep you all updated on the good ones.

xoxo J