It was the first day of the rest of her life.

This wasn't the day she was actually

born, but she knew that nothing would be the same from this day forward.
Although this was a bit scary to her, it was also extremely freeing. Her past was
no longer a burden or something that she needed to be concerned about and
defend. She threw off the covers keeping her warm in bed, placed her feet over
the side of the bed, slipped on her slipper, and took the first step of the first
day of her new life.

1.He walked down the steps from the train station in a bit of a hurry knowing
the secrets in the briefcase must be secured as quickly as possible. Bounding
down the steps, he heard something behind him and quickly turned in a panic.
There was nobody there but a pair of old worn-out shoes were placed neatly on
the steps he had just come down. Had he past them without seeing them? It
didn't seem possible. He was about to turn and be on his way when a deep chill
filled his body.

2.What if dogs were racist? Would they care about fur color….. “son, only play
with other tan dogs”? Or maybe it would depend on breed, “honey, only play
with other German Shepards, never poodles”. Better yet it could depend on
occupation. “I’m a sled dog while you’re only a running companion, leave me
alone”. Maybe the neighborhood they live in could be the way they choose
which dogs to associate with and which to shun? Size could be the determining
factor, “see how tall that dog is, they are probably dumb”. Luckily dogs don’t
discriminate. Just watch at a dog park. Big black and white dogs wag their tails
and play with tiny tan dogs. A service dog chases after the same ball as the off-
duty police dog. So if dogs don’t discriminate then why do we?

3.The time to take action was now. All three men knew in their hearts this was
the case, yet none of them moved a muscle to try. They were all watching and
waiting for one of the others to make the first move so they could follow a step
or two behind and help. The situation demanded a leader and all three men
were followers.

4.The bridge spanning a 100-foot gully stood in front of him as the last obstacle
blocking him from reaching his destination. While people may have called it a
"bridge", the reality was it was nothing more than splintered wooden planks
held together by rotting ropes. It was questionable whether it would hold the
weight of a child, let alone the weight of a grown man. The problem was there
was no other way across the gully, and this played into his calculations of
whether or not it was worth the risk of trying to cross it.

5.They had no proof. He knew that they knew he had done it but they didn't
have any proof. It was a huge distinction and it was the difference between him
keeping his freedom or being locked away for decades. They continued to
question him, probing him for information that they could use against him or
find the proof they needed to put him away. He smiled and continued to block
their every inquiry by feigning his innocence for a crime they all knew he
committed.
6.Out of another, I get a lovely view of the bay and a little private wharf
belonging to the estate. There is a beautiful shaded lane that runs down there
from the house. I always fancy I see people walking in these numerous paths
and arbors, but John has cautioned me not to give way to fancy in the least. He
says that with my imaginative power and habit of story-making a nervous
weakness like mine is sure to lead to all manner of excited fancies and that I
ought to use my will and good sense to check the tendency. So I try.

7.They had always called it the green river. It made sense. The river was green.
The river likely had a different official name, but to everyone in town, it was and
had always been the green river. So it was with great surprise that on this day
the green river was a fluorescent pink.

8.This is important to remember. Love isn't like pie. You don't need to divide it
among all your friends and loved ones. No matter how much love you give, you
can always give more. It doesn't run out, so don't try to hold back giving it as if
it may one day run out. Give it freely and as much as you want.

9.They rushed out the door, grabbing anything and everything they could think
of they might need. There was no time to double-check to make sure they
weren't leaving something important behind. Everything was thrown into the car
and they sped off. Thirty minutes later they were safe and that was when it
dawned on them that they had forgotten the most important thing of all.

10.Twenty-five stars were neatly placed on the piece of paper. There was room
for five more stars but they would be difficult ones to earn. It had taken years to
earn the first twenty-five, and they were considered the "easy" ones.

11.Barbara had been waiting at the table for twenty minutes. it had been twenty
long and excruciating minutes. David had promised that he would be on time
today. He never was, but he had promised this one time. She had made him
repeat the promise multiple times over the last week until she'd believed his
promise. Now she was paying the price.

12.Benny was tired. Not the normal every day tired from a hard day o work. The
exhausted type of tired where you're surprised your body can even move. All he
wanted to do was sit in front of the TV, put his feet up on the coffee table, and
drink a beer. The only issue was that he had forgotten where he lived.

13.It was a concerning development that he couldn't get out of his mind. He'd
had many friends throughout his early years and had fond memories of playing
with them, but he couldn't understand how it had all stopped. There was some
point as he grew up that he played with each of his friends for the very last
time, and he had no idea that it would be the last.

14.The thing that's great about this job is the time sourcing the items involves
no traveling. I just look online to buy it. It's really as simple as that. While
everyone else is searching for what they can sell, I sit in front of my computer
and buy better stuff for less money and spend a fraction of the time doing it.

15.Sometimes it's just better not to be seen. That's how Harry had always lived
his life. He prided himself as being the fly on the wall and the fae that blended
into the crowd. That's why he was so shocked that she noticed him.

16.Josh had spent year and year accumulating the information. He knew it inside
out and if there was ever anyone looking for an expert in the field, Josh would
be the one to call. The problem was that there was nobody interested in the
information besides him and he knew it. Years of information painstakingly
memorized and sorted with not a sole giving even an ounce of interest in the
topic.

17.She considered the birds to be her friends. She'd put out food for them each
morning and then she'd watch as they came to the feeders to gorge themselves
for the day. She wondered what they would do if something ever happened to
her. Would they miss the meals she provided if she failed to put out the food
one morning?

18.The picket fence had stood for years without any issue. That's all it was. A
simple, white, picket fence. Why it had all of a sudden become a lightning rod
within the community was still unbelievable to most. Yet a community that had
once lived in harmony was now divided in bitter hatred and it had everything to
do with the white picket fence.

19.She had been an angel for coming up on 10 years and in all that time nobody
had told her this was possible. The fact that it could ever happen never even
entered her mind. Yet there she stood, with the undeniable evidence sitting on
the ground before her. Angels could lose their wings.

20.I don’t like cats and they don’t like me. I used to be allergic to them and I
would get stuffed up and have hives. That doesn’t seem to happen anymore. But
I still don’t like them. I lived with 3 cats that were not good at peeing in the
litter box. They seemed to find something important to me and pee on it. Most
of the time they peed on photographs or papers that would be ruined. Cats also
bring fleas into the house. There is nothing worse than having to flea dip cats
and also flea bomb a home. That is why I don’t like cats.

21."Are you getting my texts???" she texted to him. He glanced at it and

chuckled under his breath. Of course he was getting them, but if he wasn't
getting them, how would he ever be able to answer? He put the phone down and
continued on his project. He was ignoring her texts and he planned to continue
to do so.

22.There are different types of secrets. She had held onto plenty of them during
her life, but this one was different. She found herself holding onto the worst
type. It was the type of secret that could gnaw away at your insides if you didn't
tell someone about it, but it could end up getting you killed if you did.

23.The towels had been hanging from the rod for years. They were stained and
worn, and quite frankly, just plain ugly. Debra didn't want to touch them but she
really didn't have a choice. It was important for her to see what was living
within them.

24.It wasn't supposed to end that way. The plan had been meticulously thought
out and practiced again and again. There was only one possible result once it
had been implemented, but as they stood there the result wasn't anything close
to what it should have been. They all blankly looked at each wondering how this
could have happened. In their minds, they all began to blame the other
members of the group as to why they had failed.

25.Have you ever wondered about toes? Why 10 toes and not 12. Why are some
bigger than others? Some people can use their toes to pick up things while
others can barely move them on command. Some toes are nice to look at while
others are definitely not something you want to look at. Toes can be stubbed
and make us scream. Toes help us balance and walk. 10 toes are just something
to ponder.

26.I recently discovered I could make fudge with just chocolate chips,
sweetened condensed milk, vanilla extract, and a thick pot on slow heat. I tried
it with dark chocolate chunks and I tried it with semi-sweet chocolate chips. It's
better with both kinds. It comes out pretty bad with just the dark chocolate. The
best add-ins are crushed almonds and marshmallows -- what you get from that
is Rocky Road. It takes about twenty minutes from start to fridge, and then it
takes about six months to work off the twenty pounds you gain from eating it.
All things in moderation, friends. All things in moderation.

27.Greg understood that this situation would make Michael terribly

uncomfortable. Michael simply had no idea what was about to come and even
though Greg could prevent it from happening, he opted to let it happen. It was
quite ironic, really. It was something Greg had said he would never wish upon
anyone a million times, yet here he was knowingly letting it happen to one of his
best friends. He rationalized that it would ultimately make Michael a better
person and that no matter how uncomfortable, everyone should experience
racism at least once in their lifetime.

28.At that moment, she realized that she had created her current life. It wasn't
the life she wanted, but she took responsibility for how it currently stood.
Something clicked and she saw that every choice she made to this point in her
life had led to where her life stood at this very moment even if she knew this
wasn't where she wanted to be. She determined to choose to change it.

29.The trees, therefore, must be such old and primitive techniques that they
thought nothing of them, deeming them so inconsequential that even savages
like us would know of them and not be suspicious. At that, they probably didn't
have too much time after they detected us orbiting and intending to land. And if
that were true, there could be only one place where their civilization was
hidden.

30.Samantha wanted to be famous. The problem was that she had never
considered all the downsides to actually being famous. Had she taken the time
to objectively consider these downsides, she would have never agreed to
publically sing that first song.

31.To the two friends, the treehouse was much more than a treehouse. It was a
sanctuary away from the other kids where they could be themselves without
being teased or bullied. It was their secret fortress hidden high in the branches
of a huge oak that only they knew existed. At least that is what they thought.
They were more than a little annoyed when their two younger sisters decided to
turn the treehouse into a princess castle by painting the inside pink and putting
glitter everywhere.

32.The red ball sat proudly at the top of the toybox. It had been the last to be
played with and anticipated it would be the next as well. The other toys
grumbled beneath. At one time each had held the spot of the red ball, but over
time they had sunk deeper and deeper into the toy box.

33.The light was out on the front porch of the house. This was strange. Judy
couldn't remember a time when she had ever seen it out. She hopped out of her
car and walked to the door. It was slightly ajar and she knew this meant
something terrible. She gently pushed the door open and hall her fears were
realized. "Surprise! Happy Birthday!" everyone shouted.

34.Where do they get a random paragraph?" he wondered as he clicked the

generate button. Do they just write a random paragraph or do they get it
somewhere? At that moment he read the random paragraph and realized it was
about random paragraphs and his world would never be the same.

35.There was something special about this little creature. Donna couldn't quite
pinpoint what it was, but she knew with all her heart that it was true. It wasn't a
matter of if she was going to try and save it, but a matter of how she was going
to save it. She went back to the car to get a blanket and when she returned the
creature was gone.

36.It was a simple green chair. There was nothing extraordinary about it or so it
seemed. It was the type of chair one would pass without even noticing it was
there, let alone what the actual color of it was. It was due to this common and
unassuming appearance that few people actually stopped to sit in it and
discover its magical powers.
37.She put the pen to paper but she couldn't bring herself to actually write
anything. She just stared at the blank card and wondered what words she could
write that would help in even a small way. She thought of a dozen ways to begin
but none seemed to do justice to the situation. There were no words that could
help and she knew it.

38.He heard the loud impact before he ever saw the result. It had been so loud
that it had actually made him jump back in his seat. As soon as he recovered
from the surprise, he saw the crack in the windshield. It seemed to be an
analogy of the current condition of his life.

39.The light blinded him. It was dark and he thought he was the only one in the
area, but the light shining in his eyes proved him wrong. It came from about 100
feet away and was shining so directly into his eyes he couldn't make out
anything about the person holding the light. There was only one thing to do in
this situation. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a flashlight of his own
that was much stronger than the one currently blinding him. He turned it on and
pointed it into the stranger's eyes.

40.Housework could be everyone’s work, not just “women’s work”. Why do

women enable men to act oblivious to cleaning, grocery shopping, pet feeding,
etc? Somehow when men live alone they figure out how to do all of those things
all on their own. My friend’s husband claimed he didn’t know that sheets should
be washed more than once a season. He said he didn’t know one had to clean
toilets. He assumed that since you flush toilets they clean themselves. She tried
to get him to help but he did an awful job so she let him off the hook. Wouldn’t
it be better if she spent the time and energy to get him to do it right instead of
letting him claim he is “just bad at it”. My sons were raised to clean toilets and
change their own sheets. Hopefully, in their future homes, the housework will
be equally divided.

41.She had been told time and time again that the most important steps were
the first and the last. It was something that she carried within her in everything
she did, but then he showed up and disrupted everything. He told her that she
had it wrong. The first step wasn't the most important. The last step wasn't the
most important. It was the next step that was the most important.

42.They decided to find the end of the rainbow. While they hoped they would
find a pot of gold, neither of them truly believed that the mythical pot would
actually be there. Nor did they believe they could actually find the end of the
rainbow. Still, it seemed like a fun activity for the day, and pictures of them
chasing rainbows would look great on their Instagram accounts. They would
have never believed they would actually find the end of a rainbow, and when
they did, what they actually found there.

43.The headphones were on. They had been utilized on purpose. She could hear
her mom yelling in the background, but couldn't make out exactly what the
yelling was about. That was exactly why she had put them on. She knew her
mom would enter her room at any minute, and she could pretend that she
hadn't heard any of the previous yelling.

44.The chair sat in the corner where it had been for over 25 years. The only
difference was there was someone actually sitting in it. How long had it been
since someone had done that? Ten years or more he imagined. Yet there was no
denying the presence in the chair now.

45.He swung back the fishing pole and cast the line which ell 25 feet away into
the river. The lure landed in the perfect spot and he was sure he would soon get
a bite. He never expected that the bite would come from behind in the form of a
bear.

46.There had to be a better way. That's all Nancy could think as she sat at her
desk staring at her computer screen. She'd already spent five years of her life in
this little cubicle staring at her computer doing "work" that didn't seem to
matter to anyone including her own boss. There had to be more to her life than
this and there had to be a better way to make a living. That's what she was
thinking when the earthquake struck.

47.There was little doubt that the bridge was unsafe. All one had to do was look
at it to know that with certainty. Yet Bob didn't see another option. He may
have been able to work one out if he had a bit of time to think things through,
but time was something he didn't have. A choice needed to be made, and it
needed to be made quickly.

48.Spending time at national parks can be an exciting adventure, but this wasn't
the type of excitement she was hoping to experience. As she contemplated the
situation she found herself in, she knew she'd gotten herself in a little more
than she bargained for. It wasn't often that she found herself in a tree staring
down at a pack of wolves that were looking to make her their next meal.

49.The alarm went off and Jake rose awake. Rising early had become a daily
ritual, one that he could not fully explain. From the outside, it was a wonder
that he was able to get up so early each morning for someone who had
absolutely no plans to be productive during the entire day.

The boxed moved. That was a problem. Peter had packed the box three hours
before and there was nothing inside that should make it move. The question
now was whether or not Peter was going to open it up and look inside to see
why it had moved. The answer to that question was obvious. Peter dropped the
package into the mailbox so he would never have to see it again.

1.They had always called it the green river. It made sense. The river was green.
The river likely had a different official name, but to everyone in town, it was and
had always been the green river. So it was with great surprise that on this day
the green river was a fluorescent pink.
2.Green vines attached to the trunk of the tree had wound themselves toward
the top of the canopy. Ants used the vine as their private highway, avoiding all
the creases and crags of the bark, to freely move at top speed from top to
bottom or bottom to top depending on their current chore. At least this was the
way it was supposed to be. Something had damaged the vine overnight halfway
up the tree leaving a gap in the once pristine ant highway.

3.To the two friends, the treehouse was much more than a treehouse. It was a
sanctuary away from the other kids where they could be themselves without
being teased or bullied. It was their secret fortress hidden high in the branches
of a huge oak that only they knew existed. At least that is what they thought.
They were more than a little annoyed when their two younger sisters decided to
turn the treehouse into a princess castle by painting the inside pink and putting
glitter everywhere.

4.Rhonda prided herself on always taking the path less traveled. She'd decided
to do this at an early age and had continued to do so throughout her entire life.
It was a point of pride and she would explain to anyone who would listen that
doing so was something that she'd made great efforts to always do. She'd never
questioned this decision until her five-year-old niece asked her, "So, is this why
your life has been so difficult?" and Rhonda didn't have an answer for her.

5.Her breath exited her mouth in big puffs as if she were smoking a cigarette.
The morning dew had made her clothes damp and she shivered from the chill in
the air. There was only one thing that could get her up and out this early in the
morning.

6."So, what do you think?" he asked nervously. He wanted to know the answer,
but at the same time, he didn't. He'd put his heart and soul into the project and
he wasn't sure he'd be able to recover if they didn't like what he produced. The
silence from the others in the room seemed to last a lifetime even though it had
only been a moment since he asked the question. "So, what do you think?" he
asked again.

7.One dollar and eighty-seven cents. That was all. And sixty cents of it was in
pennies. Pennies saved one and two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the
vegetable man and the butcher until one’s cheeks burned with the silent
imputation of parsimony that such close dealing implied. One dollar and eighty-
seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas...

8.I'm so confused by your ridiculous meltdown that I must insist on some sort of
explanation for your behavior towards me. It just doesn't make any sense.
There's no way that I deserved the treatment you gave me without an
explanation or an apology for how out of line you have been.

9.Do you think you're living an ordinary life? You are so mistaken it's difficult to
even explain. The mere fact that you exist makes you extraordinary. The odds of
you existing are less than winning the lottery, but here you are. Are you going
to let this extraordinary opportunity pass?

10.It was always the Monday mornings. It never seemed to happen on Tuesday
morning, Wednesday morning, or any other morning during the week. But it
happened every Monday morning like clockwork. He mentally prepared himself
to once again deal with what was about to happen, but this time he also placed
a knife in his pocket just in case.

11.The amber droplet hung from the branch, reaching fullness and ready to
drop. It waited. While many of the other droplets were satisfied to form as big
as they could and release, this droplet had other plans. It wanted to be part of
history. It wanted to be remembered long after all the other droplets had
dissolved into history. So it waited for the perfect specimen to fly by to trap and
capture that it hoped would eventually be discovered hundreds of years in the
future.

12.Why do Americans have so many different types of towels? We have beach

towels, hand towels, bath towels, dish towels, camping towels, quick-dry towels,
and let’s not forget paper towels. Would 1 type of towel work for each of these
things? Let’s take a beach towel. It can be used to dry your hands and body with
no difficulty. A beach towel could be used to dry dishes. Just think how many
dishes you could dry with one beach towel. I’ve used a beach towel with no
adverse effects while camping. If you buy a thin beach towel it can dry quickly
too. I’d probably cut up a beach towel to wipe down counters or for cleaning
other items, but a full beach towel could be used too. Is having so many types of
towels an extravagant luxury that Americans enjoy or is it necessary? I’d say it's
overkill and we could cut down on the many types of towels that manufacturers
deem necessary.

13."Begin today!" That's all the note said. There was no indication from where it
came or who may have written it. Had it been meant for someone else? Meghan
looked around the room, but nobody made eye contact back. For a brief
moment, she thought it might be a message for her to follow her dreams, but
ultimately decided it was easier to ignore it as she crumpled it up and threw it
away.

14.Dragons don't exist they said. They are the stuff of legend and people's
imagination. Greg would have agreed with this assessment without a second
thought 24 hours ago. But now that there was a dragon staring directly into his
eyes, he questioned everything that he had been told.

15.Nobody really understood Kevin. It wasn't that he was super strange or

difficult. It was more that there wasn't enough there that anyone wanted to take
the time to understand him. This was a shame as Kevin had many of the
answers to the important questions most people who knew him had. It was even
more of a shame that they'd refuse to listen even if Kevin offered to give them
the answers. So, Kevin remained silent, misunderstood, and kept those
important answers to life to himself.

16.There was only one way to do things in the Statton house. That one way was
to do exactly what the father, Charlie, demanded. He made the decisions and
everyone else followed without question. That was until today.

17.She asked the question even though she didn't really want to hear the
answer. It was a no-win situation since she already knew. If he told the truth,
she'd get confirmation of her worst fears. If he lied, she'd know that he wasn't
who she thought he was which would be almost as bad. Yet she asked the
question anyway and waited for his answer.

18.Debbie had taken George for granted for more than fifteen years now. He
wasn't sure what exactly had made him choose this time and place to address
the issue, but he decided that now was the time. He looked straight into her
eyes and just as she was about to speak, turned away and walked out the door.

19.There had to be a better way. That's all Nancy could think as she sat at her
desk staring at her computer screen. She'd already spent five years of her life in
this little cubicle staring at her computer doing "work" that didn't seem to
matter to anyone including her own boss. There had to be more to her life than
this and there had to be a better way to make a living. That's what she was
thinking when the earthquake struck.

20.It all started with a random letter. Several of those were joined forces to
create a random word. The words decided to get together and form a random
sentence. They decided not to stop there and it wasn't long before a random
paragraph had been cobbled together. The question was whether or not they
could continue the momentum long enough to create a random short story.

21.The towels had been hanging from the rod for years. They were stained and
worn, and quite frankly, just plain ugly. Debra didn't want to touch them but she
really didn't have a choice. It was important for her to see what was living
within them.

22.He slowly poured the drink over a large chunk of ice he has especially
chiseled off a larger block. He didn't particularly like his drinks cold, but he
knew that the drama of chiseling the ice and then pouring a drink over it looked
far more impressive than how he actually liked it. It was all about image and
he'd managed to perfect the image that he wanted to project.

23.What were the chances? It would have to be a lot more than 100 to 1. It was
likely even more than 1,000 to 1. The more he thought about it, the odds of it
happening had to be more than 10,000 to 1 and even 100,000 to 1. People often
threw around the chances of something happening as being 1,000,000 to 1 as an
exaggeration of an unlikely event, but he could see that they may actually be
accurate in this situation. Whatever the odds of it happening, he knew they
were big. What he didn't know was whether this happening was lucky or
unlucky.

24.They needed to find a place to eat. The kids were beginning to get grumpy in
the back seat and if they didn't find them food soon, it was just a matter of time
before they were faced with a complete meltdown. Even knowing this, the
solution wasn't easy. Everyone in the car had a different opinion on where the
best place to eat would be with nobody agreeing with the suggestions of the
others. It seemed to be an impossible no-win situation where not everyone
would be happy no matter where they decided to eat which in itself would lead
to a meltdown. Yet a decision needed to be made and it needed to be made
quickly.

25.It was that terrifying feeling you have as you tightly hold the covers over you
with the knowledge that there is something hiding under your bed. You want to
look, but you don't at the same time. You're frozen with fear and unable to act.
That's where she found herself and she didn't know what to do next

26.I haven't bailed on writing. Look, I'm generating a random paragraph at this
very moment in an attempt to get my writing back on track. I am making an
effort. I will start writing consistently again!

27.Since they are still preserved in the rocks for us to see, they must have been
formed quite recently, that is, geologically speaking. What can explain these
striations and their common orientation? Did you ever hear about the Great Ice
Age or the Pleistocene Epoch? Less than one million years ago, in fact, some
12,000 years ago, an ice sheet many thousands of feet thick rode over Burke
Mountain in a southeastward direction. The many boulders frozen to the
underside of the ice sheet tended to scratch the rocks over which they rode. The
scratches or striations seen in the park rocks were caused by these attached
boulders. The ice sheet also plucked and rounded Burke Mountain into the
shape it possesses today.

28.Patrick didn't want to go. The fact that she was insisting they must go made
him want to go even less. He had no desire to make small talk with strangers he
would never again see just to be polite. But she insisted that Patrick go, and she
would soon find out that this would be the biggest mistake she could make in
their relationship.

29.He couldn't move. His head throbbed and spun. He couldn't decide if it was
the flu or the drinking last night. It was probably a combination of both.

30.She closed her eyes and then opened them again. What she was seeing just
didn't make sense. She shook her head seeing if that would help. It didn't.
Although it seemed beyond reality, there was no denying she was witnessing a
large formation of alien spaceships filling the sky.
31.The thing that's great about this job is the time sourcing the items involves
no traveling. I just look online to buy it. It's really as simple as that. While
everyone else is searching for what they can sell, I sit in front of my computer
and buy better stuff for less money and spend a fraction of the time doing it.

32.The red ball sat proudly at the top of the toybox. It had been the last to be
played with and anticipated it would be the next as well. The other toys
grumbled beneath. At one time each had held the spot of the red ball, but over
time they had sunk deeper and deeper into the toy box.

33."What is the best way to get what you want?" she asked. He looked down at
the ground knowing that she wouldn't like his answer. He hesitated, knowing
that the truth would only hurt. How was he going to tell her that the best way
for him to get what he wanted was to leave her?

34.Stormi is a dog. She is dark grey and has long legs. Her eyes are expressive
and are able to let her humans know what she is thinking. Her tongue is long,
pink, and wet. Her long legs allow her to sprint after other dogs, people or
bunnies. She can be a good dog, but also very bad. Her tail wags when happy or
excited and hides between her back legs when she is bad. Stormi is a dog I love.

35.The alarm went off and Jake rose awake. Rising early had become a daily
ritual, one that he could not fully explain. From the outside, it was a wonder
that he was able to get up so early each morning for someone who had
absolutely no plans to be productive during the entire day.

36.It wasn't that he hated her. It was simply that he didn't like her much. It was
difficult for him to explain this to her, and even more difficult for her to truly
understand. She was in love and wanted him to feel the same way. He didn't,
and no matter how he tried to explain to her she refused to listen or to
understand.

37.The drug seekers would come into the emergency room and scream about
how much pain they were in. When you told them that you would start elevating
their pain with Tylenol or Advil instead of a narcotic they became nasty and
combative. They would start telling you what drug and dose they had to have to
make their pain tolerable. After dealing with the same drug seekers several
times a month it gets old. Some of the doctors would give in and give them a
dose of morphine and send them away. Sure that was faster, but ethically she
still couldn’t do it. Perhaps that’s why she had longer care times than the other
doctors.

38.There was no time. He ran out of the door without half the stuff he needed
for work, but it didn't matter. He was late and if he didn't make this meeting on
time, someone's life may be in danger.
39.They told her that this was her once chance to show the world what she was
made of. She believed them at the time. It was the big stage and she knew the
world would be there to see. The only one who had disagreed with this
sentiment was her brother. He had told her that you don't show the world what
you're made of when they are all watching, you show that in your actions when
nobody was looking. It was looking more and more like her brother was correct.

40.MaryLou wore the tiara with pride. There was something that made doing
anything she didn't really want to do a bit easier when she wore it. She really
didn't care what those staring through the window were thinking as she
vacuumed her apartment.

41.Colors bounced around in her head. They mixed and threaded themselves
together. Even colors that had no business being together. They were all one,
yet distinctly separate at the same time. How was she going to explain this to
the others?

42.Matt told her to reach for the stars, but Veronica thought it was the most
ridiculous advice she'd ever received. Sure, it had been well-meaning when he
said it, but she didn't understand why anyone would want to suggest something
that would literally kill you if you actually managed to achieve it.

43.He was after the truth. At least, that's what he told himself. He believed it,
but any rational person on the outside could see he was lying to himself. It was
apparent he was really only after his own truth that he'd already decided and
was after this truth because the facts didn't line up with the truth he wanted. So
he continued to tell everyone he was after the truth oblivious to the real truth
sitting right in front of him.

44.He couldn't remember exactly where he had read it, but he was sure that he
had. The fact that she didn't believe him was quite frustrating as he began to
search the Internet to find the article. It wasn't as if it was something that
seemed impossible. Yet she insisted on always seeing the source whenever he
stated a fact.

45.I checked in for the night at Out O The Way motel. What a bad choice that
was. First I took a shower and a spider crawled out of the drain. Next, the towel
rack fell down when I reached for the one small bath towel. This allowed the
towel to fall halfway into the toilet. I tried to watch a movie, but the remote
control was sticky and wouldn’t stop scrolling through the channels. I gave up
for the night and crawled into bed. I stretched out my leg and felt something
furry by my foot. Filled with fear, I reached down and to my surprise, I pulled
out a raccoon skin pair of underwear. After my initial relief that it wasn’t alive,
the image of a fat, ugly businessman wearing raccoon skin briefs filled my brain.
I jumped out of the bed, threw my toothbrush into my bag, and sprinted towards
my car.
46.There wasn't a whole lot he could do at that moment. He played the situation
again and again in his head looking at what he might have done differently to
make the situation better. No matter how many times he relived the situation in
his head, there was never really a good alternative course of action. There
simply wasn't a whole lot he could have done in that particular moment.

47.The shoes had been there for as long as anyone could remember. In fact, it
was difficult for anyone to come up with a date they had first appeared. It had
seemed they'd always been there and yet they seemed so out of place. Why
nobody had removed them was a question that had been asked time and again,
but while they all thought it, nobody had ever found the energy to actually do it.
So, the shoes remained on the steps, out of place in one sense, but perfectly
normal in another.

48.The answer was within her reach. It was hidden in a box and now that box sat
directly in front of her. She'd spent years searching for it and could hardly
believe she'd finally managed to find it. She turned the key to unlock the box
and then gently lifted the top. She held her breath in anticipation of finally
knowing the answer she had spent so much of her time in search of. As the lid
came off she could see that the box was empty.

49.There was something beautiful in his hate. It wasn't the hate itself as it was
a disgusting display of racism and intolerance. It was what propelled the hate
and the fact that although he had this hate, he didn't understand where it came
from. It was at that moment that she realized that there was hope in changing
him.