Black Friday

I went out on Black Friday. Yes, I went out in the chaos despite having read dozens of articles about people being trampled or killed. I didn't have anything I needed to buy at discount prices, I just like being a part of crazy things. My best friend, Shaylee and I waited for one hour in the Toys R Us in Layton line at 9 pm yesterday just for fun.

The line to get in went across Toys R Us, Old Navy and Barnes and Noble and then around the side of the building. We started at the very end of that line. As we were waiting, there was a person selling hot chocolate for one dollar. About ten minutes later there was another person selling different hot chocolate for 75 cents. 

Finally, after waiting for an hour, we reached the front of the line. We were at the front of the line for ten minutes because the employees would only let fifty people in at a time. While there, a car was driving past, filming the line of people. So somewhere, there is a video of me and Shaylee standing in front of the giant line. 

The greatest part of the entire night. Photo by: Shaylee Simmons

I have to admit, waiting in line during Black Friday was pretty fun. It was more fun then actually shopping in Toys R Us. Especially when we were too broke to actually buy anything cool. 

Pictured: Broke college student

We stayed in Toys R Us for about an hour just so we stayed as long as we waited in line. We did leave empty handed but we decided that Black Friday should become a tradition.

Comedy Charity Night

On Saturday, there was a Comedy Charity night at the Davis campus. I went to cover it for the Signpost. It cost five dollars to get in and all money went to the food bank. The evening had four improv groups and two stand up comedians. 

Connie Beaty started off the show with her stand-up. "From personal experience," Beaty told me about where she gets her material from. "Most of the stuff comes from really bad dating experiences." Part of her stand-up she talked about asking guys to go to the grocery store to get Naked. Naked just happens to be the brand name of her favorite juice. 

There were also improv acts that were pretty funny. I won't talk about them all because I mention them in my article that I posted a link to below. 

The Antics were one of the groups that performed. Photo by: Amanda Lewark

One of my favorites were the Off the Wall Improv from Ogden. They did one game called Murder Mystery where the audience called out a murder victim, a murder weapon, and a location. The audience ended up picking Popeye as the victim, the Black Pearl as the weapon, and the forest where Edward reveals his sparkliness or the 'glittery forest' as one improv member called it, as the scene of the crime. 

Two of the improv members didn't know what those three were. Another guy had to get the others to guess those three items while only speaking in gibberish. Yes, they actually did guess all three of those correctly. 

For the story that was actually published in the Signpost go here: http://www.wsusignpost.com/2011/11/19/comedy-charity-event/

Just as an extra, here is the complete Disney Princess Survivor video we did for my ASL class. It wasn't finished when I did the post originally. It's pretty easy to understand even if you don't know American Sign Language. If you don't want to watch whole the video, the bloopers at the end are pretty entertaining.