Friday Night Lights: A Town

“Mark, Mark, MARK!” said a familiar voice. “What do you want?” I replied, rolling over, with my eyes still closed. I opened my eyes, realizing it was Daniel calling my name. I sat up on my bed quickly and felt like I had only slept for three hours. I remember stressing over the first couple weeks of college; being alone for the first time, having to be responsible for myself. I glanced around at the same old furniture; our two lofted beds, the TV against the far wall, and our black…

home, eat a snack of some sort, change into his play clothes and head outside to adventure. He loved observing all the flowers, trees and insects he could find. His favorite thing to do was to pick a new type of flower each day and take it home every night to give to his mom. He liked to observe all the…

traditional lifestyle that has lasted throughout the centuries and continues to this day, carrying all their belongings with them in brightly painted horse drawn covered wagons, working and moving on. Other traditions saw entertainers travel from town to town, staying briefly to perform for the inhabitants and moving on. It wasn’t until later in the 19th Century that the caravan’s use extended to a portable house. Rather than using tents, the caravan became a type of travelling home, which…

Don’t Be the One While out late with a bunch of friends on a Friday night, David is ready to leave. He is starting to see double of everything and can’t interpret others speaking. His mind is jumbled. The only thought still lingering in David’s mind after having 12 Budweiser’s and 20 shots of liquor, was his bed. David only wanted to go home to his nice cozy bed where his pregnant wife would be waiting up for his 1 a.m. arrival. As David stumbles through his crowd of friends, many of them stop…

Nineteen Minutes The novel Nineteen Minutes is an eye-opening story about the tragic effects gun violence has on a community by examining the changes in people's lives before and after a shooting. During the time of the book, school shootings were not as popular as they are now. It is a good example of my topic because the readers get to see how people were affected throughout and after this event. You get to hear what they are thinking and the decisions they make due to this type of thinking.…

It is estimated that 64% of Americans watch football. In small towns, football can even be king, as Friday Night Lights is not a made up, unreal TV show, but a portrayal of events that actually do happen in small town Texas. Our movies are saturated with football that glorifies the game, such as “We are Marshall,” “The Blind Side,” “Remember the Titans” and “Rudy.” Even our ‘normal’ movies…

around 6 o'clock and we were starving, my stomach started to growl, so we decided to order pizza. After dinner, it was still light out so we went out for a walk on the streets and to look around. We saw people biking, selling things for the beach, running, jogging, pretty much just being active. Then my friend saw a cute ice cream place and got chocolate ice cream, that night walking with my ice cream and my best friend, made me realize what a special bond we share, and I would not trade…

Can Benario, Conant, and Gossard claim private nuisance against Copeland when his elaborate display includes overbearing music and bright lights that prevents nearby neighbors’ in a residential area from getting a restful night sleep, and enjoying their property? BRIEF ANSWER Yes. Under Missouri law, private nuisance is a conjunctive test where both of the following elements must be met: (1) unreasonable, unnatural or unusual use of land which (2) substantially harms the rights of another to…

Karen Horney, a medical professional from Germany, had an early interest in psychoanalysis. Horney studied with Karl Abraham, a protégé of Sigmund Freud, however Horney came to disagree with a handful of Sigmund Freud’s theory, including his interpretation on the psychology of women. Horney believed that Freud had a “male bias in psychoanalytic thought”, Horney then introduced the concept of womb envy or the envy in which males feel due to the their lack of the ability to get pregnant, nurse,…

My moms BMW had better gas milage and I knew she wouldn 't mind driving down. We drove down Friday, the day of the concert and made it home Sunday for work the next day. We met up with Arianna and her mom at a Panera Bread two hours before the concert started. I was starving and wanted to have food in my stomach so I wouldn 't get sick from drinking…