The best way to score more points is to be knowledgeable about the topic. If you love movies or TV shows, for example, you should pick the celebrity or movie deck. If you know a lot about biology and different animals, you should play the animal deck. The more you know about the topic in the deck, the easier the game will be for you. While you can play Heads Up! against each other, you can also play as a team. Instead of trying to score more points than the other player, try to score points together and get a high score. This can be a less competitive and more fun way of playing the game. One of the most common clues in Heads Up! is a description of a word. Try to visualize the object that is on the phone and describe it to the best of your ability. The more accurate and recognizable details you give, the better chance the person will be able to guess it. For instance, if the card says "alligator" you can say something like "It's a green reptile with a long mouth and lots of teeth." If the word is an animal that makes a certain sound, you can copy the noise to give a clue of the word. If the word is a famous television show or movie with a recognizable theme song, you can hum the song instead of trying to describe the show or movie. Think of sounds, noises, or songs that are related to the word and use them instead of describing it. For example, if the word is "dog" you can bark or say "woof" instead of describing a dog. If there is a widely used synonym for the word that is on the screen, you can use it. Think about words that related or mean the same thing as the word on the screen and use that as your clue. For example, if the word on the screen is "cliff" you can say something like "precipice, crag, or bluff."

Summary: Choose a deck that you're knowledgeable about. Play as a team rather than against each other with just two people. Give a description of the word. Make recognizable noises. Say synonyms of the word on the screen.

Make sure all roommates are available for enough time for a good talk, at least 20-30 minutes. Depending on the nature of your relationship, you could say, "I'd like to talk about expectations about clean spaces," if your roommate asks what the meeting's about. Don't wait too long before scheduling a meeting. Make sure you leave plenty of space in the meeting for your roommate to bring up concerns of her own. Remember, you're not scheduling an intervention, but a conversation. A solution-oriented meeting should close with assigned duties, and, in the case of a messy roommate, deciding who is responsible for chores and when will be an important next step. For example, you might offer to clean the bathroom weekly, if your roommate agrees to take out the recycling and trash. It's probably a good idea to schedule a follow-up meeting so that you can check in about how the assigned chores are going. Make sure the tasks are relatively evenly divided. Be aware that most people have some fluctuation in their schedules and there may be times when either you or your roomie let things get out of hand because of school or work pressures. This is normal and to be expected. If you've tried the assigned schedule route and one of you just isn't holding up his end of the deal, you might consider implementing a penalty system. For this to work, of course, you'll all have to agree upon it, but some people would rather pay a penalty than do a chore. An example of a penalty might be: "If I allow my household chore to remain undone for more than __ days, I agree to pay $__ to the household beer fund." If your messy roommate can afford it, a possible solution is that the he pay for a cleaning service to take care of his end of the chores. Be aware that this is usually not an option for dorms, but may be for apartments or shared houses. Doing things together is often more fun than doing them alone. In addition, if your roommate is new to keeping things clean, he may benefit by seeing how you address cleaning chores. Scheduling weekly times to take care of the household chores together can be both fun and fruitful. For example, maybe Saturday mornings can be a good time to focus your attention on household chores. Follow your cleaning by doing something fun together, such as order a pizza, watch a movie, or invite friends over. If your roommate genuinely isn't bothered by the level of clutter in your shared space, maybe the best solution is to realize that it's only a problem for you. Rather than getting stressed out every time you find a dirty cup on the back of the toilet seat, or a stinky sock on the kitchen counter, just clean it yourself. Realize that your messy roommate will move on eventually. Focus your attention on what you have in common, and what you enjoy together. Spending all your time feeling stressed about a messy roommate will only ruin your day.

Summary: Request an apartment (or house) meeting. Assign household chores. Implement a penalty system. Clean together. Decide to let it go.

Always restock the fridge with beer. domestic (about 25), premium (6), and imported (about 20) into the beer cooler. Also count these. (it helps if you just take the exact same number of each item, like 15 of each, to save recording time and confusion)

Summary: Determine if you need to go to the storage room or area for items that are used up in the usual refrigerators. Fill the cart's insulated compartments with a layer of ice. Load the sodas, waters, sports drinks, and juices into one cooler, lining them up in an attractive way so they look appealing. Count and record the number of each item as you load them to save time and keep track of the inventory. Load the beers: Place chips, crackers, cookies, candies, and other snacks into a small cooler. Pour a layer of ice on top of the drinks. Count and record the amount of money in your bank, and take it with you on the cart.

Don't use warm or hot water to wash your color-dyed fabrics. Choose the cold water setting, and use a color brightening laundry detergent. Pour in 1/2 cup of baking soda while your machine is on the wash cycle. Alternately, use a liquid laundry detergent with baking soda in it. Baking soda helps dyed fabrics to stay bright. As a bonus, baking soda can also tackle washing machine odor! Add 1/4 cup of white vinegar for a small load, or 1/2 cup for a large load. Use this technique to help colors stay vivid, and also as a natural fabric softener. Vinegar softens fabric by dissolving mineral, soap and residue build-up. Vinegar is also anti-microbial and safer than chemicals.
Summary: Wash your fabrics in cold water. Add baking soda to your washing machine. Pour in vinegar during the rinse cycle.