homework pretenders

How to convince your parents you've been doing homework (if you really haven't):

What's funny about this topic is that I thought my skills and techniques were just little quirks that I did myself, but I realized that my siblings do the exact same things. So maybe that means they're efficient?
1. Literally always have a textbook open on your desk or in your room. If I'm in my room doing something else and they come to my room, I just sit down with that textbook and pretend that I'm reading! They love that I 'study' all the time.
2. If you're working on the computer, it's crucial to have two WINDOWS open, not multiple tabs. Because if they come up right behind you, sure, they can see that the tab you have open is on Google, but all the other tabs are Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, YouTube, etc. If you have two different windows, one can be the fun websites, and the other can have 'school stuff'. That way, when they come up behind you, you can just switch windows quickly.
3. A trick to the computer aspect is that you never want to switch to a Microsoft Word document. Most likely, you still won't have started whatever you need to have typed, and an empty doc isn't going to convince your parents that you were actually working on it.
4. If you're on the computer and you really don't have any homework on the computer, just tell them you're 'blogging' for English or that you're 'checking Infinite Campus'. (The IC excuse is fab because you just look like an overachiever)
5. Maybe this rule just applies for my house and this trick can't be used anywhere else but: my parents normally don't let us watch TV during the week, unless we're eating dinner in our family room or it's a family show (aka Survivor). BUT, we can only watch Survivor unless we have all our homework done. So what works is taking your homework into the TV room and pretending to do it while you're watching TV.
6. If you know you're going to be out, take your books with them so it looks like you're trying.
7. As soon as you get home, take your backpack inside, open it, and scatter your things across your desk. Because if not, when your backpack hasn't been touched but you say that you've been doing your homework, they may be a little skeptical.

After writing out all these stupid little tricks, I've realized that I'm probably the only one that would do this. It's just that my parents always want me to 'go to bed at a good time' (ugh, what BS, sleep is stupid, right?) but sometimes, waiting until the last minute is the best policy.