Bodyweight exercises?

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So I can't go out for a couple days (currently have too much homework, and tomorrow through the weekend I skip school due to tooth extraction surgery) , and I need an effective routine which does not require weights or even jogging.

I have all of my house to work with, iPod(music really does help), stairs, desks, chairs, 10 and 5 pounds(whatever good they're worth) included.

Take some time out and exercise the inner depths of your mind.
There are other parts of your being that need exercise apart from muscley things.

Planks, push ups, wall sits, squats, superman, etc.

Overhead squat with a broomstick. Do it until your form is good looking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-vWA-5BZT8
I can't say it really improves strength per se, but it does improve balance thus improving strength. You can also work on getting your snatch better with the broom stick. Also, one thing you should try (that I myself gotta do more of, besides overhead squatting) get a piece of wood under your toes, and squat. It forces your balance further back, you can also do the reverse, but I know in my case, I have balance too far forward due to my NVLD balance issues, and that's a way to correct balance.

Hindu Squats. Look up online for your own routine, every body is different. Someone who can squat 500lbs for 5 reps might s**t their pants just trying to do 40 Hindu Squats in a row starting out. They are not for the weak! Don't go crazy at first. Add in a Hindu Squats, pullups + chinups routine for beginners to your pushups (I like knuckle pushups because it looks way cooler and you harden your knucles, plus they are better for the wrists than conventional pushups) and you've got a kick ass workout for almost the whole body.

Alright, since I do both training with dumb- and barbells, as well as bodyweight excersises (actually, at the moment, I do more of the latter), I can give you my routine, but requires alot of time, as it targets muscle stamina

1. Pull ups - and I mean pull ups, from all the way down, arms almost completely stretched out, and pulling your chin over the bar: either 15 reps and 8 sets (close grip), or 10 reps and 8 sets (wide grip).
2. Squats, unweightes, nothing special: 200 reps, 8 sets. If you want to go more fore the gluteus maximus, you can do lunges instead (I do less reps, but same sets).
3. Crunches / Situps: 100 reps, 6 sets
4. Push-ups, hands tilted to the inside (so the fingertips connect in the middle) for triceps and chest, 150 reps, 8 sets.
5. One-arm push-ups, 10 reps each arm, 5 sets.

I usually end things with push-ups on my fingers (five and three), but mainly to toughen my finger joints. As for breaks in between sets, I usually make a break that is rougly 1.5x the time I needed to complete each set.