Friday Night Lights

money. She invited All of us SLUH boys in my group over to her party. We were all ready to blow off a tremendous amount of steam from our stressful of first quarter midterms. That week composed of sleepless nights, endless supply of Redbull, and constant cramming of class material. The night all started at my buddies house in Ladue. It was about 5:00 p.m. and the sun was setting on my beautiful hometown of Saint Louis. All of us boys rendezvoused at his house like soldiers before D-Day, all…

the hardest sports to get a scholarship in unless you were a guy. I often dressed like a nerd, and did not cared what other people thought. As the game was finishing, the score twenty-seven to seven, which means I could finally go home on that Friday night. In the corner of her eye she spotted Tom talking to another girl; it was Angie her best friend. She was then concerned. What should I do? Should I walk up? Is he cheating on me? Arabella thought to myself. I went home, nervous, and…

Friday night lights. Roaring fans, announcers checking mics, slight chill in the air. The Burlington Edison High School football team runs onto the field. My cheer team and I prepare for a stunt as we are pumping up the crowd. Moments later I am thrown into the air, staring into the crowds. The next thing I remember was waking up, it’s a new day, and I am in a hospital bed. My eyes were blurry and my head was pounding. That night at the football game I was dropped on my head, learning to find I…

the most shopped on day in the US, was an interesting one. I’ve always thought Black Friday was something that shouldn’t be as advertised as it is, I went only one year and after that I have never went again. It had nothing to do with Black Friday itself. But, waiting in long lines for something that is probably going to be on sale again isn’t something that I find enjoyable. Now, since they also start Black Friday on Thanksgiving, it makes me not want to do it even more so. I don’t like that…

Dream of the Rood focuses on the cross as the “wondrous tree raised on high, wound round with light, the brightest of beams and covered in gold” (5). The poem is unique in describing from the viewpoint of the cross, the dreamer sees the cross being raised up, covered in gold and jewels, yet he notices the stain of blood on the side. The Dream pays…

Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving Day, traditionally the opening of the Christmas shopping period. Black Friday is an unofficial holiday, but many workers no longer have that day off as part of the Thanksgiving holiday, for the increased number of shoppers seen over the years. Merchants often decorate for the Christmas and holiday season beforehand skipping over Halloween and Thanksgiving. All the stores not just department stores promising great deals, super-fantastic sales, and lower…

Greed is something that affects us all. It can change a person completely weather it’s for the good or the bad. In A Christmas Carol, Scrooge was a greedy, rich, and lonely man. When 3 ghosts visited him, they presented Scrooge’s past, present and future. Scrooge realized that he needed to change in order for a better future. In It’s A Wonderful Life, George Bailey and his bank lost $8,000. George started to only care about the money and took his family and friends for granted. His guardian…

words they just want to satisfy their needs regardless of other people’s. Once the clock hits 9pm the mall employees close their stores and try to finish the clean up process in order to go home. People will see the store locked, the gates down, the lights off etc. and will stay say “Are you guys closed?” Yes they are. The mall closes at 9pm, and there is absolutely no reason why there should still be people in the mall ten minutes after closing time. It is different at Lily’s job. They sell…

Introduction On November 24th I got in my car, and drove down to my local mall. I did this to observe the new American tradition of Black-Friday. Black-Friday is a consumer holiday of sorts, that immediately follows Thanksgiving, and serves as the immediate transition into the Christmas season. It must be noted that this transition takes place nearly a full month prior to the holiday itself, creating a “Holiday Season”, rather than a day itself. I choose this site as it was similar to most…

Gulliver’s Travels Book Review Gulliver’s Travels Jonathan Swift 322 pages Published in 1726 Genre: fantasy and satire. Gulliver’s Travels contains four books. The first book shows Lemuel Gulliver’s journey after he was separated from his crew when his boat was destroyed. He landed on Lilliput. This island was full of people who were only six inches tall. He passed out on the shore of the island once he landed, and he woke up to find himself tied down to the ground. The people were…