First off, dear readers, I wanted to apologize for not updating as often as anyone would like. I also apologize for the fact that when I do update, it's never the best or most interesting. Ever. But I have a fun story for you guys right now!!

You guys know Sue Heck from the ABC show "The Middle," right? If not, I can just explain that the running joke about Sue is that nobody seems to remember her. She was in the yearbook under a different name- and it was her senior year!
I'm pretty much the real-life Sue Heck right now, just the opposite...
Today, we got our yearbooks. I was in a rush to get to the school library so that I could get my yearbook before anyone else crowded into the library. I didn't make it before anyone else did, but I made it out pretty quickly. I made it into the car and searched inside the index in the back of the yearbook for my name and anything similar to my name. There was one name similar to mine- in fact, the last name was only one letter off!
So I searched for this person with a similar name inside the yearbook. I checked each page with my name first and found that not every picture I was in was mentioned inside the yearbook. Why?
I checked for the similar name and saw that she wasn't on any of the pages that it mentioned she was on, but I was there.
I went back to the page where the regular, "required" picture was and found that I was on both pages, the odd and the even. Why was this, you ask?
Well, through some mix-up or other, I was both me and the girl with the similar name!

I hope that this story brought a smile to somebody's face with this story.
:)

(Also, there's a cool picture on the chess club page and one of my best friends playing chess. Sure, he looks a little grumpy, but it looks like he was intensely focused, and I'm reaching for a piece and I'm laughing... it's awesome!)

To Whom It May Concern-

Please do read this all the way through.

This is a very important subject.

Look, guys, I have one word for you: restrooms.

Why am I talking about restrooms on my blog?

Let me tell you why.

1. Pee or Poop, Don't Primp- restrooms were made solely for the purpose of giving a person a place to relieve themselves, not fix that single stray hair or fix up their touch of mascara that got smudged. People need to poop. People need to pee. And people need to wash their hands afterwards.
2. Supplies are Needed- please, don't use the paper towels or toilet paper for anything more than drying your hands or your butt. I don't even know what the heck others use it for, but I don't think THAT many people use the restroom, or enough people to get rid of all of the paper towels and toilet paper in THREE STALLS in a SINGLE RESTROOM!
3. It's Just Plain Petty- there are people in different countries, even in our own, that don't have much access to a good restroom, let alone a good hairbrush. I mean, I hate to bring others into this, but there are people who need something for its purpose, and we're just taking it so much for granted that we are either the Primpers or the Poopers- hint: I'm the latter.
4. Just Don't- enough said.

Here is a video of some [very awesome] people when they don't have access to a toilet that they can poop in. It's irrelevant to Primpers vs. Poopers, but it goes to show that people NEED TO POOP! And primping in front of the mirror or using the stall to text or do whatever the heck is almost the same as their problem in this video. (Yes, this video is rather ludicrous, but just watch.)

"No Solids"
From Team StarKid's SPACE Tour DVD
​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=je08SOVNuDw
(Just copy and paste the site link... it's not working for whatever reason. :( )

Here is part two out of who knows how many parts in the "Random Thoughts" series. In yesterday's post, I mainly used the source of crazythoughts.com though I did use some from my youth group and one or two from my own whack-a-doodle mind... Again, feel free to comment below with additional random questions, or your answers (be sure to include the number of whichever question or questions you're answering, as well as whether or not you would like me to post that answer later.) as well as anything else.
Without further ado, here we go on part two!

1. Do coffins have lifetime guarantees?
2. Do English people eat English muffins, or are they just called "muffins"? (See picture below.)
3. What do Greeks say if they don't understand something?
4. Why do we recite at a play and play at a recital?
5. Are children who act in "R" rated movies allowed to see them?
6. What would happen to the sea level if every boat in the world was taken out of the water at the exact same time?
7. If a criminal turns himself in, would he still get the reward money?
8. Why are carrots more orange-colored than oranges?
9. Why do we say "heads up" when we're warning people to duck?
10. How much deeper would the ocean be if sponges didn't live in it?
11. If you steal a clean slate, does it go on your record?
12. Why do they lock the lid on a coffin?
13. How is it possible to have troubles if one man says that "it was an uphill battle" but another says "it all went downhill from (t)here"?
14. Why does round pizza come in a square box?
15. Do bald people get dandruff?
16. Do pigs ever pull their hamstrings?
17. If you melt dry ice, could you swim without getting wet?
18. When sign makers go on strike, do they write anything on their signs?
19. If you blew a bubble in space, would it pop?
20. Can you cry underwater?
21. Why do they put holes in crackers?
22. Why is tuna sometimes called tuna fish? It's not like we call chicken "chicken bird," right?
23. Do Roman paramedics refer to IV's as fours?
24. Did they have antiques in "the olden days"?
25. Why does a priceless object cost more than a pricey object?
26. If you put a chameleon in a room full of mirrors, which color would it turn?
27. What are the corn cob holder handle things called?
28. If a vacuum cleaner "really sucks," is that good or bad?
29. Do your eyes change color when you die?
30. Can an ambidextrous person make an offhand remark?
31. Do sheep get static cling when they rub up against one another?
32. How old do you have to be in order to have died of old age?
33. With a three story house, are you upstairs or downstairs when you're on the second floor?
34. Can a hearse use the carpool lane?
35. Do they still show a movie if nobody buys a ticket?
36. If you had a funeral procession at night, would you have to turn your headlights off?
37. What happens when you put a lightsaber in water?
38. If you had your legs amputated, would you have to change your height and weight on your driver's license?
39. How will anybody know if a word in the dictionary is misspelled?
40. Why are obituaries in the "Living" section of the newspaper?
41. Why is it "penny for your thoughts" and "put your two cents in"?
42. How do you tell if you run out of invisible ink?
43. Do producers still say lights, camera, action, if it's a dark scene?
44. Why are the numbers on a calculator and a phone reversed?
45. Do butterflies remember their life as a caterpillar?
46. What's another word for thesaurus?
47. Does a mailman deliver his own mail?
48. Why does the toilet bowl cleaner only come in blue?
49. Why do "fat chance" and "slim chance" mean the same thing?
50. Can you "stare off into space" when you're in space?

Last week at youth group, the youth pastor started a new activity of sorts. This activity was called "Random Thoughts," and it consists of just random questions that, in my opinion, NEED TO BE ANSWERED!!!! Here is a selection of "a few" of these that I liked the most. (Note: some are from the youth group session, others are from Twitter- mainly using Shower Thoughts, a.k.a @TheWeirdWorld- and my own messed-up, crazy-as-heck brain, and STILL OTHERS were found through Google searching..) This is part one of who knows how many parts I'll have, but still... Feel free to comment with your thoughts or questions! (Please, though, tell me which question(s) you're going to answer, and if I can or can't use your answer(s) when I post this on Wattpad later.

1. If two people on opposite sides of the earth dropped a slice of bread, would the earth temporarily become a sandwich?
2. If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the others have to drown, too?
3. Is the word trademark- and its corresponding symbol- trademarked?
4. Does Lightning McQueen have/need car insurance or life insurance?
5. What do people in China call their nice dishes?
6. If someone has a gold fork, is it still called silverware?
7. Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?
8. If Cinderella's shoe fit perfectly, why did she lose it? (Our best, most logical answer was either it was just Disney or she was dancing the night away and her feet became sweaty...)
9. On his ark, where did Noah keep the woodpeckers?
10. If someone writes a book about failure and it doesn't sell, is it still considered a success?
11. Why do noses run and feet smell?
12. Do dogs name "their" humans? If so, what would they base the name by?
13. Are eyebrows considered facial hair?
14. What's the difference between "normal" and "fancy" ketchup?
15. Do vegetarians eat animal crackers?
16. Do Jewish vampires still avoid crosses?
17. How do you handcuff a one-armed person?
18. Is it still illegal to park next to a fire hydrant if your car is on fire?
19. If you're bald, what hair color do you put on your driver's license?
20. When does it stop being "partly cloudy" and start being "partly sunny"?
21. If a kid refuses a nap, are they guilty of resisting a rest?
22. If a bunch of cats jump on top of each other, is it still technically a dogpile?
23. If a mime is arrested, do they tell him he has a right to talk?
24. How do vampires have such great hair without being able to see their reflections?
25. Why is sandwich meat circle while the slices of bread are square-ish?
26. Is the word "dictionary" in the dictionary?
27. Why is it that anyone driving faster than you an idiot while someone who drives slower than you is a moron?
28. Can you daydream at night?
29. What is a picture of a thousand words worth?
30. Why does quicksand work slowly?
31. Why doesn't glue stick to the inside of the bottle?
32. Can crop circles be square?
33. If ghosts can walk through walls, why can't they fall through floors?
34. Is it illegal to drive backwards? Even if you're going with the flow of traffic?
35. Why is vanilla ice cream white if vanilla extract is brown?
36. Can you buy an entire chess set at a pawn shop?
37. Why do people think that swaying their arm(s) back and forth can change the direction of a bowling ball?
38. What do you do if you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?
39. Is it rude for a deaf person to talk (as in sign) with their mouth full?
40. If a doctor has a heart attack during surgery, do the other doctors perform on him or continue with the patient?
41. How can something be new and improved if it was already improved upon?
42. Why aren't drapes double-sided so that it looks pretty on the inside and outside of a house?
43. Is a pessimist's blood type B-negative?
44. If you're "walking on thin ice," why do we end up "falling in hot water"?
45. If money doesn't grow on trees, why do banks have branches?
46. Why are the styrofoam pieces called packing peanuts?
47. If pro and con are opposites, wouldn't progress be the opposite of congress?
48. Why does grape flavor smell one way when the actual fruit doesn't smell (or taste) anything like it?
49. Why does the Easter bunny carry Easter eggs? Bunnies don't lay eggs...
50. Do Siamese twins buy one or two movie tickets?
51. Why are they called Jolly Ranchers? Who said the ranchers have to be jolly?
52. Why do "caregiver" and "caretaker" mean the same thing?
53. Can a short person "talk down" to a taller person?
54. If a bald person works as a chef at a restaurant (or as a lunch lady), do they still have to wear a hairnet?
55. If milk goes bad if not refrigerated, why doesn't it go bad inside the cow?
56. How can one man be dirt poor and another filthy rich?
57. Why is the Lone Ranger called "Lone" if he's always with his friend Tonto?
58. What was Captain Hook's name before he needed a hook? (Same with Scar's name before he got a scar?)
59. Why do doctors leave the room as you get undressed?
60. Where does the toe tag on a dead person go if they don't have any toes?
61. If you're driving a federal car and accidentally run a stop sign, is it considered a felony?
62. Why do people say they "slept like a baby" if babies wake up every few hours?
63. Why does Allstate Auto Insurance have the disclaimer saying that it's not available in all states?
64. If someone dies with their braces on, do they get buried with the braces on?
65. How far east can you head before you start going west?
66. How does a real estate agency sell its office without causing any confusion?
67. Do dentists go to other dentists, or just do it themselves?
68. Do prison buses have emergency exits?
69. Why do we need toilet paper commercials? I mean, who's NOT buying it?! (Seriously, if you know someone, give them an intervention... seriously.)
70. Do astronauts change their clocks whenever they fly over different time zones?
71. When lightning strikes the ocean, why don't all the fish die?
72. If a guy in an electric chair has a heart attack, do they save him?
73. Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?
74. If London Bridge is standing, why is there a song about it falling down?
75. Who is/was Sadie Hawkins?
76. Why do we sing "rock-a-bye-baby" to lull a baby to sleep if it's a song about a baby falling out of a tree?
77. When crazy people walk through a forest, do they call it a psycho path?
78. We're warned against taking candy from strangers... then why do we have Halloween?
79. Can a cemetery raise its prices and blame it on the cost of living?
80. Do the minutes on the movie box include the previews and special features, or just the movie itself?
81. Is there ever a day when mattresses aren't on sale?
82. Where does the term P.U. come from?
83. What do they call male meter maids?
84. Why do we put suits in a garment case and garments in a suitcase?
85. What would happen if you were driving at the speed of light and turned your headlights on?
86. Can cannibals be arrested for driving under influence if they ate a drunk person?
87. What do you call a reptile if they haven't laid their eggs yet? (And birds. And fish. And turtles. And...)
88. If Mars had earthquakes, would they be called marsquakes?
89. Why do people never say "it's only a game" when they're winning?
90. Why is the man who invests in your money called a broker?
91. If Wile E. Coyote had all that money to buy all of that ACME stuff, couldn't he have just bought dinner instead?
92. Why is it called a funny bone if it isn't funny at all when you hit it?
93. Do you ever yawn in your sleep?
94. Do Chinese people ever get English sayings tattooed on them?
95. Do glow-in-the-dark objects actually stop glowing if you turn on the lights?
96. Is it possible to plan a surprise party for a psychic?
97. Are you considered "lingual" if you only speak one language?
98. Do you open your eyes first, or wake up first?
99. Does the Little Mermaid wear an algebra? (Anyone get it?)
100. Whose idea was it to put the letter "s" in the word lisp?

I had to entitle this post like that for my brother, who always says "idea pop" if he has an idea. But this time, it's me having an idea.

I don't know who else has this problem, but I have a major issue with forgetting to turn off my music player before I fall asleep. Naturally, I can't tell which moment I will fall asleep in, so either I'm still awake without my music playing or asleep with it still on. This turns out to be problematic most mornings when it comes to waking up without any battery left since that means that I can't wake up listening to an upbeat song.

So, my major idea for the moment is a music player with sensors in it. Sensors that can tell when you're starting to fall asleep. It will quiet, gradually turning off, from the moment you start drifting off to the moment that you end R.E.M. sleep. It will turn all the way off after the exact moment that R.E.M. stops, turning on- quietly at first, building up to higher noise- when and if it senses that you're waking up for a midnight snack or for the morning.

Anyone like or dislike this idea? Or is anyone an inventor that could make this happen? (Just kidding there. I mean, unless you really want to...) I'd like to know what you guys think in the comments below. Thanks!

Hey, everybody!

Today kinda sorta really sucked- a new favorite thing to say- in so many ways, and I just need to rant.

So, what went "wrong" today?

1. I am hoping that this is just a legit case of the common cold. I don't know what I have, how contagious it is, who I got it from, who I've passed it to, etc. All I know is headaches all weekend + dizzy head + ready for naptime + sneezes/runny nose = what I have.
2. My mom expects me to text her once I'm done catching up on assignments and improving my grades after school. The problem? I accidentally butt-dialed someone yesterday, long enough for my phone (TracFone, or CrapPhone as I call it) to run out of minutes. The service days are still enough to suffice until January of 2018.
3. Some of my teachers need to know in advance that I'm coming in to improve grades. Either they told me if I can redo it and when and I'm not listening, or vice versa, but still... you don't expect me to get back from an entire winter retreat and be flung full-force into retakes, do you?
4. The never-ending pile of work to do just piles up. Retakes on tests/quizzes, correcting assignments or turning them in late, and new assignments... and I still am being asked to have a social life (whatever that is) and I still have goals to achieve.
5. Some of the classrooms don't have tissues. Enough said.
6. I need to know- for future reference- what to do about the phone dilemma and I just can't find anything online. Either nobody has the same kind of phone or everybody is unable to butt-dial and can totally balance their minutes perfectly... HELP!
7. I forgot to brush my hair this morning. I'm not normally focused on how I look, but I still look like a piece of crap.

I know that this is all because of The Lost Girl of Astor Street, but I wanted to thank everyone for 53 Unique Views this week! (Seriously, when I checked yesterday, there were only two.)
I wanted to thank everyone so so so much for this!
I promise that I'll get posting more soon, so stay with me... things might get interesting. :)
Again, thank you, everyone!
​-Kai517

In 'The Lost Girl of Astor Street' by Stephanie Morrill, we meet Piper Sail, a young woman growing up in Chicago during the early 1920's.

What happens, though, when her best friend, Lydia, goes missing?

Piper is determined to find out what happened to her friend, even if it means putting herself in danger and learning more things about the world than she would've appreciated.

With twists and turns abound, this book is enough to satisfy those who want a historical fiction, a mystery, or a coming-of-age tale.

This is a must-read!

CLUE: 'The Threat'

Get the other clues!

Clue 1: Stephanie's Morrill's Blog
Clue 2: Some Books Are
Clue 3: Gabriella Slade
Clue 4: Page by Page, Book by Book
Clue 5: Pens and Scrolls
Clue 6: Singing Librarian Books
Clue 7: Heather Manning
Clue 8: Annie Louise Twitchell
Clue 9: Noveling Novelties
​Clue 11: Classics and Craziness
Clue 12: Zerina Blossom
Clue 13: Rebecca Morgan
Clue 14: Keturah's Korner
Clue 15: That Book Gal
Clue 16: Anna Schaeffer
Clue 17: Hadley Grace
Clue 18: Lydia Howe
Clue 19: Ramblings by Bethany
Clue 20: Matilda Sjöholm
Clue 21: Lydia Carns
Clue 22: Broken Birdsong
Clue 23 & Clue 24: The Ink Loft
Clue 25: Roseanna M. White​​

I'm in AP European History, right?

And I adore Hamilton.

We're doing the French Revolution- matching quiz on the people today (I got a nineteen out of twenty-one! Yay!) and one of them was Lafayette.

Before a friend and I could look at each other and start lip-syncing Guns and Ships as we're used to doing for other songs and other moments, my teacher literally goes, "the answer is D, also known as LAFAYETTE!"

Mind you, he tried imitating the ensemble. Note the word 'tried.' Everyone thought it was funny though they didn't get the reference, but I thought it was freaking hilarious.

​Thought you guys would like to know this.