I jumped in the car anticipating the freedom of this weekend. YES!!! Finally it’s Friday!
Man, I can’t wait to go out with my friends tonight, maybe my boyfriend tomorrow night, lunch with the gang at the local “Chef-o-nette” diner on Saturday. At last I will be able to unwind and have a good time. Two nights is never enough.
“Twins, you have your confirmation retreat this weekend. Aren’t you excited?!”
My mother interrupted my thoughts and dashed my vision of a wonderful weekend. I was filled with a deep sensation of dread. I absolutely hated my confirmation class. I was given homework. Like I didn’t get enough homework at school! Everyone but me would have at least one close friend at the retreat but me, creating a big “in crowd” and leaving me as the “out crowd”. I just knew I’d spend the whole weekend by myself, especially since the idea of spending a whole weekend with these people made me shudder. Secretly my mind screamed NOOO!!!! I was certain this would be the weekend from Hell!
After an hour-long bus ride we arrived at the cabin in Yellow Springs, Ohio where we would be staying for the next two evenings. What a dump. Well, I guess it wasn’t that bad. We had two big rooms, one for the girls and one for the guys, three working restrooms, a lounge, and a kitchen.
At least it was spacious. After exploring the woods around the cabin at free time, a session in the lounge, and a surprisingly good dinner that we made on our own, I was ready for bed. It was only around 9:30, but I figured the more sleep I got the less time it would feel like I was there. I looked around me to say goodnight to anyone who might have glimpsed me crawling into my small, gritty sleeping bag, but everyone appeared to be flirting with each...
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...ine, I couldn’t find the words to explain the weekend. I felt like a summer breeze had swept through my life and carried away my troubles. I felt like a new and better person. We pulled into our driveway, and as I stepped out of the car, I realized that over the weekend I was able to find my self as well as my faith, and nothing has been the same since. Wanting to become more knowledgeable, I started reading my Bible, attending church, as well as school youth groups. I didn’t know many people at first, but everyone I met welcomed me with open arms. I knew many of the changes would be difficult for me, breaking bad habits are never easy, but I was ready to make those sacrifices and meet those challenges.
Sometimes I wonder, after all this time, where I would be today if I had stayed home for that wonderful weekend. My best guess… lost, or at least still wondering.
John Lee Beatty claim’s that he has been designing sets since the age of seven when his parents took him to see Peter Pan. He grew up in Southern California in a small town where his father was dean of students at Pomona College and his mother had also worked as a teacher. He has designed for the revival of Chicago; the Pulitzer Prize winners Doubt, Proof and Rabbit Hole; The Color Purple; The Heiress; The Sisters Rosensweig; and the revival of Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance. Beatty has been nominated for 12 Tony Awards and has won for Talley's Folly in 1980.
“Is there a town around here somewhere?” I asked. I was exhausted. The recent activity in two states had drained mind and body. All I could think of was something to eat, and a soft bed and sleep.
...as nothing to do but swim, sight see, and watch TV. It was all worth it on the morning of the fourth day when I came down it to the lobby and saw our bus, triumphantly pulling into the parking lot with the morning sun gleaming off the shiny metal, driven by none other than, our youth pastor. Completely forgetting about breakfast I ran outside and waved to him as he pulled it around back to park. As soon as he came to a stop I ran up to the door, he opened it, and I climbed up in and with a satisfied sigh I inhaled deeply taking in the smell I had grown to miss over the last three days. It was at this moment that I realized something, instead of complaining to myself the morning we left, I should have been grateful that we had a bus at all. And with that thought I smiled, and turned around and me and my youth pastor walked inside to get some breakfast.
Another day sleeping awaywith the minutes slowly passing staring at the ceiling wondering how to escape the outside world.
Have you ever woke up early Saturday morning, and realize that you cannot hang out with friends or family? The feeling of knowing that ten-hour shift is waiting for you at five o 'clock sharp. Yes that augh! Feeling of all of a suddenly wanting to call in sick, but then knowing you are on the last strike, so you pushed yourself to get up and get dressed, of course grab a large cup of coffee from the nearest coffee shop. On Saturday, November 22, 2014 was that sort of Saturday from me, but none-the-less I got up and went to pick up my two friends in the whole entire world. Britney Spears "I wanna go" was playing on the radio, I rolled my windows down as fresh air greeted me with rays of sunshine daring to spike out. My friends got in and we
There’s an event in everyone's life that changes you, whether it be a simple hello or a death in the family. Tragically, mine begins with my mother marrying her second husband. The lessons I learned from this man shaped me into the person I am today. I came from a bad situation and he took my family in and and showed me that not every man is the same. Perseverance, the ability to forgive, and willingness to change your life for the better are just some of the things he taught me. If it weren’t for the little talks we had I wouldn’t be hopeful that I am, that I will turn my life around.
When we arrived, it was a beautiful and sunny day. We checked into our hotel, waiting to move into the house we had rented sight unseen. The first couple of days were spent driving around town getting used to our surroundings. Our first summer here was beautiful, I surprised myself when I actually started enjoying my time in this unfamiliar place. The fall and winter seemed to go on forever, and with that so did the rain. It was challenging, moving from a place where our winters consisted of warm weather and clear skies to a place where the rain seemed to never stop. I was still unemployed, I hadn’t made close friends. I felt lost, I just wanted to make this place feel like home. In the later months I received an offer to work for an apartment complex as a leasing consultant, it seemed everything was falling into
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Following the conclusion of World War II, two countries that once stood as allies found themselves on the brink of war with each other. America and the Soviet Union were divided by politics and ideology, “…capitalism versus communism - each held with almost religious conviction, formed the basis of an international power struggle with both sides vying for dominance, exploiting every opportunity for expansion anywhere in the world” (Trueman, 2014). History would define this battle as the Cold War in that neither country fired a weapon directly at the other.
The Cold War was caused by the worries about Soviet aims and accomplishments in Eastern Europe. The Soviet Union progressively fought for power against the United States. Pressures were discriminating for the Soviets and the West regarding financial departure as well as the danger of nuclear-powered war. Stalin didn’t keep the promises he had made with the Western Allies about holding free elections after the war in countries occupied by the Soviet Army (Shubert, & Goldstein, 2012).
but I knew from the first few days that this was not wanted to do with my life as every week was the same. I went to church on Sunday, and to work on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. On Saturday I tried to do something fun and then it would be Sunday again and I would dread going to work the next day.
However, this chronological realignment does not mean that the eruption of Santorini had nothing to do with the Minoan collapse. Most obviously, the island of Thera, which the Minoans probably used as a trading centre or stop-off, was totally destroyed. This would have caused huge problems for the Minoan’s trading empire.
As next year approaches, I will be in high school, and not only in school but in my church, I am maturing. In September of 2015, to the spring of 2016, I was in a confirmation class, then was later confirmed in front of my church. Although to receive my confirmation acquired time. My pastor that taught the classes, she was, and still is, dedicated, along with energetic. The feeling of anxiousness was inside me to go to the class for the first time. However, I am exceedingly joyful that I have been confirmed. I understand that my confirmation will stay with me the rest of my life and I am glad to know that.
Within the last one-hundred years consumerism has changed drastically. Attributed to the advent of advertising and product branding, modern day consumerism has shifted from being primarily “need” based, to being “want-to-need” based throughout the western world. Luxuries like shoes, clothes and home electronics aren’t even thought of as luxuries anymore, but they have made their way over to the list of thing we “need” or “must have”. Reflecting back on the various essays we have read for class, has really made me evaluate what type of consumer I am and has definitely made me more aware of the trends that I follow.
In literature compulsive buying behavior is studied under individual social psychological perspective and individual psychological prospective mainly. Socio-cultural theory, social learning theory, social cognitive theory, social comparison theory, Affluenza falls in social psychological perspective while as Symbolic self-completion theory and other psychological theories belongs to individual psychological prospective.