Couch Potatoes Run

Hey! We don't know if you've heard but today at Blorge Potatah High School, our friend Klotato's school, had a fundraiser called Couch Potato Run. We also had a fundraiser at our school today called Head for the Cure. Our school's fundraiser is quite similar to Klotato's. In both our schools we were able to buyout of our last period class. We then listened to a speech about the fundraiser. The fundraiser for our school is for cancer research while at Klotato's school it is for mould research. After this, we walked around the field and then ate hotdogs. At Blorge Potatoh High, students had to run. This was to get potatoes active so that they will not be labeled as "couch potatoes" and there is a rumour going around that running helps prevent mould. These schools are ran by two different creatures but there are similar events because we have similarities. Moulds for potatoes is like cancer for humans. It greatly affects the lives of those diagnosed with it and we all dream of a day when it can be completely gone, which is why there are many events that raise money that goes towards the study of these. Head for the Cure was a pretty tiring event but it was still a fun experience and we love to help out others when we can! 

We'd love to hear about the fundraisers that happen in your school! Tell us all about it through twitter (cambrielapotato) or email (cambrielapotato@gmail.com)! 

#firstworldproblems

HASHTAG!!
Humans aren't the only ones who use hashtags. Potatoes do as well.
When potatoes noticed that on Tater (potato version of Twitter) humans had #firstworldproblems trending they decided to join in the fun and came up with some of their own. They came up with #firstpotatoproblems. Just a little different from the human one.

Here are some of the problems potatoes had come up with...


"I want to explore this new farm but my couch is too comfy #firstpotatoproblem"

"Tickets to watch the finals of the potato-sack race are sold out so I have to watch it on my Potalevison. #firstpotatoproblem"

"#firstpotatoproblem cant do anything extreme because humans might see me"

"#firstpotatoproblem cant go skinny dipping because I would be naked forever"

"#firstpotatoproblem want to have fries but that would be cannibalism"

"#firstpotatoproblem cant have a campfire because I would become a baked potato"

"want to have ketchup but i'd have to eat my husband/wife/kids/friends/boyorgirlfriend #firstpotatoproblem"

"#firstpotatoproblem mr.potato head is scary"

"#firstpotatoproblem I wanna run down the farm naked but I would be naked forever than"


As you can see potatoes have great problems. These were some of our favourites.
Comment which was your favourite below or if you can come up with any post them there too.

Friday Night Lights

     In high schools all around the world, something that is a common after school activity that gets lots of LOTS of school spirit is FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS! Our school and the surrounding schools have football on these nights. Potatoes on the other hand, have a full-out intensive game of.....POTATO-SACK RACING!!

    This game was inspired buy the legend of the potato sack race. To keep up with the legend and make sure it is never forgotten. At the beginning of the games we listen to the principal of McPotato High explain the legend and rules. The two teams of that night are introduced and the race begins. These races aren't the regular ones you have. We potatoes have a different version. 

     In our version we have to hop around the track once and high five our partner and than they go. Sounds normal right? Here's the twist. We are allowed to use sponges, paper planes, paper balls and nerf balls (in warmer weather we use water balloons). As the racers go around the track to get the crowd involved, ou can purchase mud balls to throw at the team you dont support that night. It's all fun and games and we make sure we play safe. No one likes bruised potatoes. 

     We are starting to form our team. We don't know if we will find enough potatoes to join our team. Maybe you'll see us. if not hopefully you start your own games.

Survived the first week

To celebrate the survival of our first week in prison..we mean school. We interviewed a potato! Here's the interview:

Q-how was your first day? 

A-Quite different...as we get older we get put into a mixed veggie school and have to attend with carrots, lettuce, etc (i couldnt remember any veggies). Its my first time in a mixed school because i was always with potatoes until my parents got too overprotective and homeschooled me. 

Q-so how do you like it there? which kind of learning environment do you prefer?

A-Well its been a week so i havent gotten the full experience yet. But its different and not too bad. I like it so far. 

Q-do you like your new classmates?

A-Yea they arent so bad as i was told. The carrots are hard to get along with but they arent that bad. The rest of the veggies are really nice too 

Q-what about your teachers?

They teach a lot differently than my potato teachers did and my parents. Its hard to adjust to the fact that i have 8 teachers a year. 

Q-what would you say is the best part about school? 

A-I really enjoy landscaping. I learn about how to make the ground above me look nice. But i also really enjoy cosmetology. With the lessons in that class i now have one of the best looking green hair in the whole garden. 

As you can see potatoes can go through roughly the same situations as some people do. They wont be so open about it and if they are they like to be anonymous (the potato interviewed will not be named). 

Hope everyone is surviving waking up early and not sleeping in. Good luck with the rest of school!

Back to Prison

Hey there potatoes! Hopefully the title didn't scare you because we aren't criminals who just got arrested. We are simply going back to the prison that many refers to as "school". Back to school for potatoes hopefully  mean that they through with their awkward stage in life (if you don't know what that awkward stage is just read back to the post "awkwaaard"). Potatoes will have to be on the lookout for farmers because, assuming that they are through the awkward stage, they are now beautiful and delicious looking potatoes. Elder potatoes must now teach the younger potatoes who are entering a new stage in life how to become an independent creature that can make wise decisions. The potatoes hate this because they feel that it is all repetitive but now they are spoken to with larger words. It is not until the potatoes are more mature that they realize how important the elders are because the elders are known to teach very meaningful lessons. As to what those lessons are, well... that's a secret between the two potatoes involved ;) Sadly, we do not get to experience the great teachings of the most intelligent potatoes out there because we go to a human school. This year we are given more freedom in the classes we take so hopefully it will feel less like a prison. We hope that we will learn important lessons even though our teachers do not have the slightest bit of potato in them. We'd love to know how school is like for you! Let us know through twitter (cambrielapotato) or email (cambrielapotato@gmail.com)!!

How we feel: 

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It was a sMASHing hit

I deeply apologize to be posting so late once again but you see, I needed to help out a friend of mine. My dear friend Pota Tohr was recently turned into mashed potato. He was playing a nice game of hide and seek with his cousins when suddenly a boy found him and decided to take him home with him. Unfortunately for Pota, his friends did not know that he needed saving until it was too late because they were, as you already know, playing hide and seek. The boy who took Pota was also playing with his cousins but their game was baseball. The boy apparently hit the baseball to the evil neighbour's yard so it will never be seen again, to the anger of the boy's cousins. So when the boy found Pota he saw a great opportunity to make it up to his cousins. It worked. One of the boy's cousins hit Pota Tohr so hard that Pota turned into mashed potato, which the young kids enjoyed very much. So Pota now needs to comforted because being mashed is very new to him. He would love to hear from you so if you have any words of advice just let us know via twitter (cambrielapotato) or email (cambrielapotato@gmail.com) and we'll make sure that Pota Tohr will be informed!

A Letter From Poland

Dear Potatoes,

I hope all is well where ever you may be. I'm still travelling around the country of Poland. I have left the country and came to the city.

During my stay in the city, I have discovered how city potatoes live. I met these lovely folks down in the market place. It wasn't a big market, it was a small one near my other grandma's house. I went down with my family down to the market to buy some food for dinner. As I was passing by one of the stands I met a few young potatoes. They seemed cool so I stopped to talk to them. I discovered that these potatoes work hard. They all come from farms so they live the same lives as country potatoes, only they get packed away and brought either to stores or to little markets. Since we met in the market I'll tell you about their lives. They get picked from the ground and put into these crates. Later these crates are packed into a van. The van travels to the location of the market and then set up. The crates are arranged so the potatoes look attractive to the human eye. After being set up, humans come in and purchase them based on how much they weigh. I purchased some potatoes with my family and we brought them over for dinner. Later that day we had them for dinner.

It was a different meeting compared to the country potatoes but none the less it was exciting. I really hope to meet a few more potatoes in Poland. They are all sweet and romantic. Hopefully I'll meet some of you out there too. Let me know where you are and I'll try to meet you. 

Throwing potatoes your way,

Gabriela

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