She wanted rainbow hair. That's what she told the hairdresser.

It should be
deep rainbow colors, too. She wasn't interested in pastel rainbow hair. She
wanted it deep and vibrant so there was no doubt that she had done this on
purpose.

1.Twenty-five years Dana had been waiting. She tried to be patient during that
time but she hadn't always managed to be as patient as she'd like. But today
the opportunity had finally come. The thing she always imagined would make
her the happiest person in the world was about to happen. She didn't know why
at this specific time she all of a sudden felt sick inside.

2.Waiting and watching. It was all she had done for the past weeks. When
you’re locked in a room with nothing but food and drink, that’s about all you can
do anyway. She watched as birds flew past the window bolted shut. She couldn’t
reach it if she wanted too, with that hole in the floor. She thought she could
escape through it but three stories is a bit far down.

3.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.

4.He watched as the young man tried to impress everyone in the room with his
intelligence. There was no doubt that he was smart. The fact that he was more
intelligent than anyone else in the room could have been easily deduced, but
nobody was really paying any attention due to the fact that it was also obvious
that the young man only cared about his intelligence.

5.She was in a hurry. Not the standard hurry when you're in a rush to get
someplace, but a frantic hurry. The type of hurry where a few seconds could
mean life or death. She raced down the road ignoring speed limits and weaving
between cars. She was only a few minutes away when traffic came to a dead
standstill on the road ahead.

6.Sleep deprivation causes all sorts of challenges and problems. When one
doesn’t get enough sleep one’s mind doesn’t work clearly. Studies have shown
that after staying awake for 24 hours one’s ability to do simple math is greatly
impaired. Driving tired has been shown to be as bad as driving drunk. Moods
change, depression, anxiety, and mania can be induced by lack of sleep. As
much as people try to do without enough sleep it is a wonder more crazy things
don’t happen in this world.

7.My pincher collar is snapped on. Then comes the electric zapper collar. Finally,
my purple at-home collar is taken off and I know I’m going for a walk to the dog
park. I’m so excited to see my friends. I hope Spike or Thunder are there
already. They're the most fun to chase and tumble with. My human is pretty
strict with me. I’m only allowed on the grass and not on the sidewalks. I think
she’s afraid I’m going to jump on the other humans. I don’t understand why
everyone else gets to jump on the benches and run wild on the sidewalks. They
don’t listen to their humans. I know I could ignore mine but if I do she may zap
me and it’s just not worth it. She probably wouldn’t let me back at the dog park
if I didn’t listen to her. I just love the dog park.

8.The wave roared towards them with speed and violence they had not
anticipated. They both turned to run but by that time it was too late. The wave
crashed into their legs sweeping both of them off of their feet. They now found
themselves in a washing machine of saltwater, getting tumbled and not know
what was up or down. Both were scared, not knowing how this was going to end,
but it was by far the best time of the trip thus far.

9.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.

10.He sat staring at the person in the train stopped at the station going in the
opposite direction. She sat staring ahead, never noticing that she was being
watched. Both trains began to move and he knew that in another timeline or in
another universe, they had been happy together.

11.Don't forget that gifts often come with costs that go beyond their purchase
price. When you purchase a child the latest smartphone, you're also committing
to a monthly phone bill. When you purchase the latest gaming system, you're
likely not going to be satisfied with the games that come with it for long and
want to purchase new titles to play. When you buy gifts it's important to
remember that some come with additional costs down the road that can be
much more expensive than the initial gift itself.

12.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.

13.It had been a late night. To be more correct, it had been an early morning. It
was now 3:00 AM and George was just getting home. He wasn't sure if it had
been worth it. He was supposed to have been finished by 10:00 PM, but his boss
had implored him to stay and help when it was clear they weren't going to meet
the 10:00 PM target time. So, he had stayed an extra 5 hours and lost a good
night's sleep for something he didn't really believe in, but he did anyway
because he was afraid if he refused he might lose his job.
14.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.

15.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.

16.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!

17.Brenda never wanted to be famous. While most of her friends dreamed about
being famous, she could see the negative aspects that those who wanted to be
famous seemed to ignore. The fact that you could never do anything in public
without being mobbed and the complete lack of privacy was something that she
never wanted to experience. She also had no desire to have strangers
speculating about every aspect of her life and what each thing she did was
supposed to mean. Brenda was perfectly happy with her anonymous life where
she could do exactly as she wanted without anyone else giving a damn. Thus,
her overnight Internet celebrity was not something she was thrilled about as her
friends told her how lucky she was.

18.The clowns had taken over. And yes, they were literally clowns. Over 100 had
appeared out of a small VW bug that had been driven up to the bank. Now they
were all inside and had taken it over.

19.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.

20.Finding the red rose in the mailbox was a pleasant surprise for Sarah. She
didn't have a boyfriend or know of anyone who was interested in her as
anything more than a friend. There wasn't even a note attached to it. Although
it was a complete mystery, it still made her heart jump and race a little more
than usual. She wished that she could simply accept the gesture and be content
knowing someone had given it to her, but that wasn't the way Sarah did things.
Now it was time to do a little detective work and try to figure who had actually
left the red rose.

21.You're going to make a choice today that will have a direct impact on where
you are five years from now. The truth is, you'll make choice like that every day
of your life. The problem is that on most days, you won't know the choice you
make will have such a huge impact on your life in the future. So if you want to
end up in a certain place in the future, you need to be careful of the choices you
make today.

22.There was a leak in the boat. Nobody had yet noticed it, and nobody would
for the next couple of hours. This was a problem since the boat was heading out
to sea and while the leak was quite small at the moment, it would be much
larger when it was ultimately discovered. John had planned it exactly this way.

23.She needed glasses. It wasn't that she couldn't see without them, but what
she could see with them. When she wore glasses, her eyes focused so deeply
that she could see not only the physical but also beyond. It was like a
superpower. But she needed glasses.

24."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.

25."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?

26.He hid under the covers hoping that nobody would notice him there. It really
didn't make much sense since it would be obvious to anyone who walked into
the room there was someone hiding there, but he still held out hope. He heard
footsteps coming down the hall and stop in front in front of the bedroom door.
He heard the squeak of the door hinges and someone opened the bedroom door.
He held his breath waiting for whoever was about to discover him, but they
never did.

27.Time is all relative based on age and experience. When you are a child an
hour is a long time to wait but a very short time when that’s all the time you are
allowed on your iPad. As a teenager time goes faster the more deadlines you
have and the more you procrastinate. As a young adult, you think you have
forever to live and don’t appreciate the time you spend with others. As a
middle-aged adult, time flies by as you watch your children grow up. And finally,
as you get old and you have fewer responsibilities and fewer demands on you,
time slows. You appreciate each day and are thankful you are alive. An hour is
the same amount of time for everyone yet it can feel so different in how it goes
by.

28.She was aware that things could go wrong. In fact, she had trained her entire
life in anticipation that things would go wrong one day. She had quiet
confidence as she started to see that this was the day that all her training would
be worthwhile and useful. At this point, she had no idea just how wrong
everything would go that day.

29.He wondered if he should disclose the truth to his friends. It would be a risky
move. Yes, the truth would make things a lot easier if they all stayed on the
same page, but the truth might fracture the group leaving everything in even
more of a mess than it was not telling the truth. It was time to decide which way
to go.

30.A two-inch layer of freshly fallen snow covered the yard. Stacey peeked
outside. To most, it would have been a beautiful sight worthy of taking a photo
to put on Instagram. For Stacey, it meant something different. The first snow of
the year brought back the witches as the fairies in the yard had to seek shelter
to avoid the cold.

31.It was easy to spot her. All you needed to do was look at her socks. They
were never a matching pair. One would be green while the other would be blue.
One would reach her knee while the other barely touched her ankle. Every other
part of her was perfect, but never the socks. They were her micro act of
rebellion.

32.All he wanted was a candy bar. It didn't seem like a difficult request to
comprehend, but the clerk remained frozen and didn't seem to want to honor
the request. It might have had something to do with the gun pointed at his face.

33.It really doesn't matter what she thinks as it isn't her problem to solve.
That's what he kept trying to convince himself. She was trying to insert her
opinion where it wasn't wanted or welcome. He already had a plan and even
though that plan didn't correspond with what she wanted him to do or what
should be done, it wasn't her decision to make. The question now became
whether he would stick to his convictions and go through with his plan knowing
she wouldn't approve.

34.Pink ponies and purple giraffes roamed the field. Cotton candy grew from the
ground as a chocolate river meandered off to the side. What looked like stones
in the pasture were actually rock candy. Everything in her dream seemed to be
perfect except for the fact that she had no mouth.
35.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?

36.According to the caption on the bronze marker placed by the Multnomah

Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution on May 12, 1939, “College
Hall (is) the oldest building in continuous use for Educational purposes west of
the Rocky Mountains. Here were educated men and women who have won
recognition throughout the world in all the learned professions.”

37.The water rush down the wash and into the slot canyon below. Two hikers
had started the day to sunny weather without a cloud in the sky, but they hadn't
thought to check the weather north of the canyon. Huge thunderstorms had
brought a deluge o rain and produced flash floods heading their way. The two
hikers had no idea what was coming.

38.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.

39.It had been her dream for years but Dana had failed to take any action
toward making it come true. There had always been a good excuse to delay or
prioritize another project. As she woke, she realized she was once again at a
crossroads. Would it be another excuse or would she finally find the courage to
pursue her dream? Dana rose and took her first step.

40.Twenty-five hours had passed since the incident. It seemed to be a lot longer
than that. That twenty-five hours seemed more like a week in her mind. The fact
that she still was having trouble comprehending exactly what took place wasn't
helping the matter. She thought if she could just get a little rest the entire
incident might make a little more sense.

41."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.

42.Mary had to make a decision and she knew that whatever decision she made,
it would upset someone. It seemed like such a silly reason for people to get
upset but she knew the minute that she began to consider doing it that there
was no way everyone in her life would be pleased with what she ultimately
decided to do. It was simply a question of who she would rather displease most.
While this had always been her parents, and especially her mom, in the past
that she tried to keep from upsetting, she decided that this time the person she
was going to please the most with her decision was herself.

43.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.

44.A long black shadow slid across the pavement near their feet and the five
Venusians, very much startled, looked overhead. They were barely in time to
see the huge gray form of the carnivore before it vanished behind a sign atop a
nearby building which bore the mystifying information "Pepsi-Cola."

45.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.

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 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.

48.The wave crashed and hit the sandcastle head-on. The sandcastle began to
melt under the waves force and as the wave receded, half the sandcastle was
gone. The next wave hit, not quite as strong, but still managed to cover the
remains of the sandcastle and take more of it away. The third wave, a big one,
crashed over the sandcastle completely covering and engulfing it. When it
receded, there was no trace the sandcastle ever existed and hours of hard work
disappeared forever.
49.Devon couldn't figure out the color of her eyes. He initially would have
guessed that they were green, but the more he looked at them he almost
wanted to say they were a golden yellow. Then there were the flashes of red
and orange that seemed to be streaked throughout them. It was almost as if her
eyes were made of opal with the sun constantly glinting off of them and
bringing out more color. They were definitely the most unusual pair of eyes he'd
ever seen.