Question: In middle school I decided to run for Class Rep of 9th grade . I was n't incredibly popular , but for some reason I got it in my head that that 's what I wanted to do . I ran , and I won !
Answer: Answer: They were able to persuade others to vote for them .

Question: Last Thursday I spent the night at Brendon 's house with the intentions of going to Indiana with him on Friday , but we both slept in about two hours too long and thus , plans fell through . When he went to work I went over to Josh 's house and we waited for Jacob to pick us up . Jacob , Josh , and I then went to Menard 's so Jacob could pick up his check and Josh and I could invite all the girls who worked there to Jacob 's party , because , according to Jacob , he knew all of the girls . He knew none of them , for the record .
Answer: Answer: They over slept .

Question: So far it has been an unusually productive vacation . Trish dropped in Saturday to celebrate Alex 's birthday . Somehow in the middle of her visit , I got into a cleaning mood . Straightened out some of the things Amanda left lying around when she moved .
Answer: Answer: They stayed home for their vacation .

Question: Also like Worf , my clock underwent experimental " surgery " when I attempted to get it to run on batteries in the hope that it was just the electrical cord that was damaged . No luck . My dead clock sat on my night table , not chiming and not telling me the time . For three days . Until two days ago around midnight when I heard from inside the closed lid the sound of a chime tuned to E. I quickly opened the lid to discover that my alarm clock was on and flashing 12:00 , having apparently regenerated itself from its redundant Klingon anatomy .
Answer:
Answer: Their time device is no longer functioning properly .