Gettin' Ziggy With It

Well, this will be my last blog post in this class and maybe ever. I am finally done and I did it with 45 minutes to spare. This class was difficult for me because I was very busy with all the other classes I was taking and also some personal stuff going on. There was a lot of writing and I think that I got better as the class went on. This class also gave a lot of tools to use and tips like time management and other things that I can still look back on and remember as I start this next chapter in my life. I had never even thought about mythology and folklore before and now I have learned something new that I can use. Its never a waste when you gain knowledge about a subject. I was hesitant to take this class when I started because honestly it was just something that I was not interested in. But I wanted to challenge myself by going out of my comfort zone and proving to myself that I could learn something I wasnt particularly found of in the beginning. But I have a new found respect fo

I thought that this GIF was hilarious. With christmas just around the corner you'd think that your cat would be happy. Obviously not!! I had to really look for him because the cat really fits in with the toys! http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current

If I could go back, I would definitely manage my time more effectively in this class. This is the last day and I am still finishing up. I took 18 hours to graduate this semester on top of work and trying to find a job so I had a very busy semester. The last couple weeks I had to bust my butt to finish this classs but I am going to. There were plenty of time management options for me to use and I should of utilized them more efficiently. Clocks; Link

http://growthmindsetmemes.blogspot.com/2014/08/random-growth-mindset-cats.html I chose this cat image because I believe that practice makes perfect. Even more perfect practice makes perfect. Everytime you put time into something you gain experience or knowledge.  http://growthmindsetmemes.blogspot.com/2014/08/random-growth-mindset-cats.html I believe that life is like a ride. And yes you do have to enjoy it.  http://growthmindsetmemes.blogspot.com/2014/08/random-growth-mindset-cats.html I recently took a path that was not popular among my family and I am so excited that I made that decision. 

I signed up to receive canvas notifications on my ou email. I really like some things canvas does and I really hate some things it does. The notifications take a while to get to you after they are posted. Things like grades could be posted an hour before and it takes canvas an hour to send me the notification. I think that is something that they need to work on. If i sign up for notifications I want them immediately.

Russian Fairy Tales  by W. R. S. Ralston; Link There is a soldier who gets sent him to his family As the soldier walks by a grave yard and corpse begins to chase him He runs into a chapel  In the chapel the soldier sees another corpse and hides in the corner The first corpse comes and the second one awakens and asks what he is doing her The corpse said he was here to eat the solder The second corpse tells him he would eat the soldier The two corpses began to fight all night until both fell "dead" again The soldier went home and thanked god for saving him.  Corpse; LINK

There once was two young men who lived in the same city. They were best friends, went to school together, and even called each other brothers. One day they agreed that if who ever decides to get married first was to invite the other to his wedding to be his best man. Regardless if they were alive or did. Well about a year went by and one of the men got cancer and passed away. After the death of his best friend, the one friend was still alive and lonely. He decided that he wanted to find his wife to be. A few months later the friend found his wife and asked her to take his hand in marriage. She agreed and on their wedding day they drove passed the cemetery were the mans best friend was burried. He had all the cars stop and decided to go visit his fallen friend. So we went to his grave site and said, "My best friend, I want you to be the best man at my wedding." All of a sudden the grave began to shake and crack and the earth below him felt as if it would fall. The de

Russian Fairy Tales  by W. R. S. Ralston (1887); Link The story features two men who were best friends and regarded themselves as brothers They made a promise that whether they were dead or alive the other would invite one to their wedding One grew ill a year later and passed away As the other decided to get married he passed the graveyard where his comrade was burried He asked him to his wedding and arose his comrade from his grave He asked him to have a drink with him and as he did 100 years went by He asked if he would have another and another 100 years went by. And then a 3rd with another 100 years The man finally left and when he turned there was nothing around him He mad his way to a house with a priest inside and he told him of the story of his disappearance and that 300 years had gone by.  Sharing a beer; Link

Russian Fairy Tales  by W. R. S. Ralston (1887) The bad wife is a story about a woman who treats her husband bad. The woman would betray anything the husband asked her to do and would do the total opposite The man found an endless pit under a bush of berries He would trick his wife into falling into the pit  He then threw a rope into the pit and he pulled out a demon The demon was so scared of the bad wife he wanted to be out on earth The demon cut a deal with the peasant that he would torment people and the peasant would save him. They did this to many people until they did it to the boyars daughter The peasant then tricked the demon into thinking the bad wife was back and the demon went back into the hole. The demon; Link

My favorite thing from the announcements this week was the video of "Tiny Hamster is a Giant Monster". I thought it was pretty funny how the hamster was literally just eating everything and stuffing its cheeks. Its impressive that with no words a video can say so much. I just imagined what people would be saying on the street or the guys the helicopters screaming when he started eating them. http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com/search/label/current Tiny Hamster is a Giant Monster; Link

It is starting to become real to me that I am going to be finished with school forever in less than two weeks. It still feels like yesterday I was starting High School. I have another huge transition coming and that makes me anxious and happy all at the same time. When I started Kindergarten I got to go to Miami and watch OU win a national championship. Now, Im graduating college, I think its only fitting that they have an opportunity to win it again seventeen years later when I am done with school. I hope they make it there and when. I have already bought plane tickets to Atlanta. (No worries they are refundable). I am a bit ready to be done with school but I have a stressful two weeks ahead of me and lots of more writing to do. I feel like it never stops! I am excited to start my career though and begin to perfect my craft. I have been through a lot in College and looking back at it, it has shaped me to become the person I am today. I have had to persevere many many times and that

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vishnu I got to vishnu through the class twitter page. I have always wondered about vishnu and for some reason this weekend it got brought up. So when I saw it, it caught my eye.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoga When I was reading through Vishnu on wikipedia it began to talk about the different positions the statues of Vishnu come in. One of them was a yoga sitting pose. Hinduism and these gods have a lot to do with yoga and yoga is important in many religions in the middle east and asia.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatwa As I was reading about Yoga and religions I came across the muslim religion where they issued a Fatwa for any muslims trying to practice yoga. I had never heard of a fatwa before I started watching "Curb your Enthusiam" where this season there was a Fatwa against Larry David.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slang Fatwa can be used as slang and that is how Curb your Enthusiasm used it in there season

I saw this challenge a couple weeks ago and decided to try it out today. I think it really helps with understanding the story better the first time you read it and just all around comprehension of stories. It was a little awkward because I felt like I was talking to myself but once I got over that it was okay. I noticed I have done this before without realizing it when I write papers for school. I have done it more in capstone class due to not wanting to make a mistake. I should start doing this more often! reading out loud; link

I started to realize my capstone professor kept using the term "growth mindset" a lot in class discussions and in different slides he would show us. I asked him if he used the same source as we have been using in this class all semester and he said yes! He is starting to prepare us for the real world and giving us tips on how to be successful and a lot of his ideas come from growth mindset. It is all about learning new things and chasing your dreams. Not getting down on yourself and learning from your mistakes. I thought "how great is that all these classes are tying in together and trying there best to help us as students be as successful as possible and providing us the knowledge and resources to do so". Chase your dreams! Link

The Google Timer is a good Tool. It has a countdown timer and a stop watch you can use to time yourself. I have not used it but I also did not know it was even available until now. I feel like since I am graduating in two weeks I dont have time to implement it into my every day for school but maybe I could use it for my job when I start in January. Time management will be a very serious part of my day to day activities. Hopefully I can use it.

  Europa's Fairy Book  by Joseph Jacobs; A visitor From Paradise;  Link The story starts as a women mishears a man who says he is from Paris and thinks he is from Paradise She believes that this is where her late husband was and asks the man if he knows him The man realizes she is bit senile and plays along She gives the man some of her late husbands things and he also takes a horse They go looking for the man and end up coming across thieves. The thieves get spooked by them and they take all the loot they had and live happily ever after Image from Link

The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales  translated by D. L. Ashliman; Rumpelstiltskin; Link The main characters of the story are the millers daughter, the king, and rumpelstiltskin  The millers father tells the king his daughter can weave straw into gold The king takes the daughter and asks her to fill a room with gold or else he will kill her She cannot do so, but a little man named rumpelstiltskin comes in He weaves the straw into gold three times for the millers daughter in exchange for her necklace, ring, and first born son of her and the king Rumpelstiltskin says he will not take her first born child if she can figure out his name She sends off a servant to find out all odd names he could find On the third day he came across a little man dancing and saying his name the queen (millers daughter) bested rumpelstiltkin and angered him so much he split himself in two I could change the story by changing what the millers daughter can do. Maybe she can t

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Taylor_(artist) I chose Robert Taylor from the class announcements section on canvas. I like native american art and thought it would be interesting to read about him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulsa,_Oklahoma Robert Taylor is from Tulsa which is my home town! I know the highschool he went to which is so cool that an artist is from my area! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Hills_Country_Club When reading more about Tulsa I came across southern hills country club which is the most famous country club in Tulsa. I had heard about a mob shooting that happened there in the 80's which intrigued me to click on it to see if they mention it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitey_Bulger I got to White Bulger from the southern hills wikipedia page. It is a well known story in Tulsa and White even has a movie after his life. He is a real person and it is such a crazy story! Tulsa isnt as boring as people think! The Souther Hills

https://hbr.org/2015/12/6-yoga-exercises-you-wont-be-embarrassed-to-do-at-your-desk?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=harvardbiz My neck and upper back begin to ache a lot when I sit for too long at a desk. These exercises and stretches would help me with that. My two favorite from this article was the shoulder rolls and the neck stretch. I really think that these two would benefit me the most from where I start to cramp from leaning over my desk for too long. I also think the back twist would work great as well. You can do these easily and it is not embarrassing. Yoga Poses

I have a part time job at a store in Del City called Gregorys sporting goods. I sell team uniforms and various things to customers and have been doing so for about two and half years while I have been in college. I work part time along with school. There is a lot of talking to do and selling and I have used those skills to be successful at what I do. I have been searching for a career and finally found one upon graduation and going through interviews you have to sell yourself. I believe my job at gregorys has provided with mindset that I will succeed in my career. I loved to learn and grow and this part time job has lead me to learn patience and organization. I am going to be sad leaving but I am so excited to start my new career. Gregorys Logo

I have had the canvas app for quite some time now. I am indifferent on using it. It seems to me there is a lot glitches with and it doesn't show everything that I want it to. It takes a while to load and when I click on messages sometimes it still shows them as unread. I honestly wait for the email to come to my ou email address to read the message because that loads faster than the app. I feel they could really do a better job with the app and make it easier to use. Its almost easier to use the internet on my phone to go to canvas than the app.

  Myths and Legends of California and the Old Southwest  by Katharine Berry Judson I love all these native american unit stories because it explains things like why wood makes fire when you rub sticks together, or why the frog has no tail.  The coyote in all these stories seems to be the sneaky character but also people trust him and follow him.  The story explains how coyote stole fire for everyone when two hags were keeping it for themselves and wanted no one else to have it. Coyote and all the other animals would make a plan to steal the fire and bring it to the indians.  They passed off the fire from animal to animal explaining what the fire did to each animal.  Fire

Blog Story! Dillon Dilly is an American, a construction worker, and a drunk. He would only work on his projects long enough to have enough money for booze and once he spent all his money on alcohol, he would return to his work. Dillon was walking back to his home one day after a week long bender when he said to himself, " I would sell my soul to the devil just to get more beer." At that moment a tall, slender, black figure walked up to him and asked "What did you say?" "I said I would sell my soul to the devil for another drink" The figure said "How much do you want for seven years and at the end the devil will take your soul?" Dillon replied " I am not sure. It would depend" "How does $7,000 sound?" "Ill take $7,000!" "And the devil will take your soul at the end of the seven years?" "Yes, I don't care about that." When Dillon got back to his house he found the $7,000 in

Welsh fairy-tales and other stories by Peter Emerson; Link The main character of the story is billy duffy He was a drunk, who sold his soul to the devil just to have another drink He was granted three wishes by a hermit when the devil came to claim his debt he used his wishes to trick the devil I could easily create my own story from this and add different details I would change the wording around to have it make more sense to the reader I want to keep the part of billy tricking the devil but maybe have it where the devil gets revenge after Instead of billy being a blacksmith he could have another occupation Billy Duffys Beer; Pexel

More Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs; Link to the story Owen O'Mulready is the main character of the story He wants to have a dream and his master explained to him how to have one I could change what his master tells him to do to have the dream from sleeping in the fire to something more suitable or even more drastic for owen His dream got confusing for me so I could change up his dream some I really want to make his dream different as I didnt find the dream as exciting as I thought it could be.  Owen O'Mulready; source

My last semester in college has decided to fly by so quickly and moving into the real world is now becoming more and more of a reality everyday. I sit down and think about how quickly my 5 years here have gone and it is crazy to meet that this chapter in my life is about to end is just 5 short weeks. I started looking for jobs at the end of August and although I had been scared about finding a job for the last 5 years I received multiple job offers which is a blessing and stressful at the same time. I had a hard time decided what I wanted my career to be in but ultimately I took the path that I felt most passionate about which what you're supposed to do right? I feel much better about the stress that lifted off me and I am so excited to start my career and begin to perfect my craft. Im not sure how much my life will change but at the end of the day I know that everything is going to work out and I will be doing exactly what I was meant to be doing. It is going to be alot of hard wo

This is the first time I have seen this story. I think it is a good way to connect with kids and really understand that not every kid is the same and you have to adapt as teacher to kids environments to connect with them and find out the best way for them to learn. Keeping this anonymous is key because a lot of these children would be embarrassed to tell others and now a days would probably get made fun of for it. I think this teacher had an amazing idea and I hope that teachers all across the country are using this method to help there students feel comfortable admitting something because I think that will help them with being able to swallow their pride and ask for help later in life. Its all about trust. Photo from NYT

Check out the stroy on my portfolio Here! Johnny Gloke was a farmer by trade, but, like a man of spirit, he grew tired of his trade and wished to follow a path that would lead to honor and fame. So for a time he was much fonder of sitting around thinking of what he could do rather than tending the crop. One day Johnny Gloke was walking around his farm trying to find something to do. He was in the barn and came across a leather football. He walked outside and saw a beehive hanging from a tree about 40 yards away. He wound up and three the football and stuck the beehive right in the middle and knocked it down. He was overjoyed at his success and his heart rose to the doing of the great deed. He now knew what his path would be to fortune and honor. So he set out to find the best college football program to go play for. He grabbed his football and headed for college. He came across a college, The University of Oklahoma. Oklahoma needed a quarterback and Johnny Glock knew he was th

Johnny Gloke was looking for fame and some how stumbled upon it Luck was in his favor as he defeated the giants when he found them tired and defeated the rebel army out of luck due to him falling off his horse I feel as if I could turn this into a sports related story, I have wanted to do that all semester and havent had the oppurtunity yet.  It would end as victorious for the main character but the way he got their would be similar as to Johnny Glokes path to be king Johnny Gloke by Joseph Jacobs; link to story Giants

Three Little Pigs; Link I had just written a blog post about the story of the Three Little Pigs. I read through the article and started to read about the different modern versions of this famous fairy tail and that is when I came across a character who was a "Cannabis Smoker". Cannabis Smoking; Link I chose the cannabis smoking link because I figured it would lead me down a complete different road from where I began. The cannabis smoking article got to the different ways to ingest cannabis and that is when I came across "Place under the tongue". Sublingual Administration; Link I chose this subject because I wanted to get even deeper into how strange I could end up from the original search. Reading through this article obviously lead me to the different drugs that are taken by placing them underneath the tongue. That is when I came across "LSD". Lysergic Acid Diethylamide; Link I chose LSD because I knew that this is where I would of ended and to

The three little pigs is one of the most famous tales I want to keep the beginning of the story the same " ill huff and ill puff and ill blow your house down" After the wolf gets to the third house I can change the story around the wolf gets tricked every time and I could change that around to where the wolf was doing so on purpose The wolf talks about different ways to get the last pig out. I could change the way he tries to get him out of the house. Maybe even spy on the pig to devise a plan.  I don't want to take away from the original story but I feel like I could have some better ideas to make it more interesting.  Joseph Jacobs, Three Little Pigs; Link to reading The Wolf

While a company was on a journey, their leader, Chief H, was standing upon a rock giving a powerful speech. When all of the sudden the rock began to shake and rumble and then Whoosh! The rock lifted off and took Chief H up into the sky. The company waited and waited for the rock to return but it never did. Coyote, a sneaky character, took Chief H's wife and moved away along with the rest of the company. After a long and irritating time upon the rock Chief H figured out a way to get down. He made it to the ground and began to back track from all the places they had camped with before. When a came to the place where the fire had been he asked the fire poker "How long ago did they leave?" The fire poker answered and said, "a long, long time ago" Chief H was frustrated but was not going to give up on finding his wife and the sneaky coyote. When he moved on again he came to the pestle, who seemed a bit spacey but was able to answer Chief H's question. Chief

This story is short and doesnt have a lot of detail but there is a lot of room for imagination and to add detail in. The main character is the man, I could give the man a name and make him more personal Explain why the man was on the rock and how he got there Make the journey back to his wife more interesting I like the way the man kills the coyote but there is not good imagery involved, I could make this more interesting and not so abrupt. Why was the rock which the man was on raised the sky? I could have the rock crumble and somehow the man survived and nursed himself back to life to go on this journey to find his wife that was stolen by the coyote.  Coyote Steals a Mans Wife, Edited by Pliny Earle Goddard; Link to reading Coyote

The main characters of the story are the Thunder Bird and the Mistletoe I could change the names of the two main characters, maybe make the bird a squirrel and change what kind of plant is in the story. I could give a background about kissing under a mistletoe during christmas because birds would meet there and kiss under the mistletoe The bird could trick the mistletoe so that he could constantly have berries to feed on and that is why the thunder bird put the mistletoe in the tree.  If a seed ever made it to the ground the plant would become bad luck and curse whoever ate the berries of the seeds off the grounded mistletoe.  The plant that grows on trees retold by Florence Stratton; link to the reading Image of the Thunder Bird and Mistletoe

 My favorite character in the story was Nothing I don't understand how a man got so rich but was persuaded so easily as Nothing was I could change the story to make at as Nothings idea to switch to see which women wanted him for who he was and who wanted him for his money I also could make it to where after Nothing found his wife she was secretly evil and played tricks on the town Nothing was tricked into stepping out of his house even though his wife told him not to and was killed by Anansi I feel I could change the way Anansi killed nothing or make it where Nothing turned the table and captured Anansi instead or maybe Nothing could fall into a pit of poison snakes I don't understand the last paragraph. I think I would change it to where the village people cooked Nothings wife food and then they would "cry for nothing" Anansi and Nothing by William H. Barker and Cecilia Sinclair; Link to the reading online Falling into a hole Image from Favim

The reading and writing so far for me has been interesting. I fell behind a bit so I am having to catch up but I will get there. I have enjoyed reading these stories and most of the stuff I have never even heard of before. I believe I have been more creative in my writing and it has actually been fun to make up my own stories. I chose this image of the lion because it is my favorite animal. It was relevant to my story of Androcles as well! Photo of a  Lion Looking forward I need to be more organized in class and try and manage my time better to do the writing and reading. 

The story I have chosen for this week is The Gold Giving Serpent by Joseph Jacobs The poor farmer and the serpent are the main characters of the story I especially liked the serpent, he was clever and also was not to be messed with He taught the farmer a lesson about greed The farmer tried to betray the hand that fed him I could change the story to were the serpent was immortal and played dead and began to seek revenge on the farmer I could change it to a huge battle of the boy and the serpent for all the gold The snake lets the man be free after killing his son, I could re write that and have the snake take revenge on the farmer and kill him as well.  Photo from Wikimedia

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The story I have chose this week was the "The fox and the goat" I could keep the same plot but switch the characters  I could even change the story around because it a story of distrust The fox is very clever and to not be trusted Anything to do with never trusting a man in difficulties The fox and goat; picture from  wikimedia commons

OU GHOST STORIES: I actually had no idea OU was even haunted until I saw this! Now it makes sense because I could of sworn the house I lived in last year on campus was haunted. It is so interesting but a bit spooky. The most well known story is the story of Ellison Hall and I was just in there today! I'm a sucker for scary movies so I feel that I could easily use my imagination of a haunting at the university. I hope I never run into any ghosts on campus! MILO OF CROTON: Milo of Croton was one of the greatest greek athletes of all time! He was a six time olympic victor in wrestling. I feel that it would be a great story to re tell his story through an OU football stand point. Especially after our big win against Ohio State this week. There is obviously the Baker route I could go with the story telling. BOOMER! PIRATES: I really think that this would be a fun story to retell. From the stealing and looting, to drinking and capturing ships, I believe I could get quite creat

For this week I read week 2 and week 3 articles. The first article I read was  6 Bad Mental Habits That Sabotage Your Success . I felt this article was relevant because I can get into my own thoughts at times. I think I am pretty good at absorbing feedback whether it is positive or negative. The article mentions athletes that have trouble accepting negative feedback but I feel everyone is different. When I played baseball I pitched so I was constantly getting critiqued and I feel that it had prepared me for feedback later in life. One thing I do need to work on is making excuses and that was the top bad habit that sabotage success. The next article I read was  How to Craft Constructive Feedback . I feel like this is an important task to help with writing critiques and any other feedback you may have to give. The best way to do this is to know who you are giving feedback to and what kind of opinions they are looking for. Another big part is listening and really understanding what you

Check out my new website Here Please check out the story at the website instead of on my blog!!! A slave named Androcles once escaped and fled to the forest. Once he arrived in the forest he heard loud roars and moans coming from behind a large tree. The slave, being meddlesome, decided to investigate the sounds. Upon coming around the tree he saw it was the Lion. With instincts kicking in Androcles decided to run as fast as he could deeper into the forest. After a while Androcles noticed the lion did not chase him at all. Thinking this was odd and being curious natured Androcles decided to go back and check on the lion. When he arrived he noticed the lion had a large thorn in his paw. He walked up to the lion and went to remove the thorn. When he began to remove it he noticed the thorn had just been stuck between the claws of the lion and realized this was a trick! Androcles began to run as fast as he could to try and get away from the lion and finally got into a cave