Spring 2021

 Looney Tunes Doing a Storybook that mixes together both an Indian Epic and a present day relation we can all make like the Looney Tunes would be a fun project to both work on and read.  There are so many different Looney Tunes characters that it would not be difficult to find switches to be made between the stories. I found a good list of all of these characters and what kind of personalities they possessed here . This week in particular I read Ravana Visits Maricha and Maricha Becomes a Golden Deer. These stories along with others that tie in together had a vibe of trickery which I remember from my many years of watching the Looney Tunes. One interesting twist I thought of was making Bugs Bunny take on the role of Rama. Just like Rama, Bugs Bunny is always trying to be tricked by other characters such as Elmer Fudd and the Tasmanian Devil who both of which could fill the role of Ravana. I think any of the stories I have read so far would be great to mesh in with an old time ...

  Week 3, another week come and gone with the blink of an eye. I watched the  Kitten Zoom Filter Mishap , I thought this video was hilarious because I work for a lawyer and am hoping to attend law school so it was relatable. Quokka from Announcements

 For this weeks tech tip I was able to learn how to add in a spell check and a word counter into my browser which will both help me in my blog writing. For browser bookmarks, I have been taking advantage of these for a long time now and will continue to use them in this course. 

Snow Day The snow was falling from morning to night. Covering houses, cars and everything in its path. Leaving a fluffy white blanket behind in its path. When I woke in the morning and looked out the window, all that could be seen was a blur of white. In every direction there was snow galore. Covering the ground like a giant fluffy blanket. The best way to spend a white winter day, was to jump back into bed with all the warm and fuzzy blankets made of anything but snow. Only good reason to leave must account for some hot cocoa and cookies. So back into bed I went to snuggle up to my pup Luka with a good book in hand to be finished by bed.  Snow from  Pixnio Note- I chose to write a 25 word and a 100 word story of the snow days we are currently experiencing here in Norman.

   Be a Mirror This article was very insightful and made me think about feedback in a wat that I had never done before. The article offers up five different strategies to foster a growth mindset including: be specific, focus on what the reader is doing, focus on the process, make sure it can transfer and to take yourself out of the process. Of these I found the strategy of focusing on what is being done and not what isn't as one of the best ones. I think it is important to give constructive critisism on what is there instead of completely going at what is absent. How to Give Feedback Without Sounding Like a Jerk I found this article very applicable to my own life because I always worry that in giving feedback someone may think that I am being mean to them. However, giving feedback doesn't have to be you trying to be nice. Without feedback we would be extremely mediocre and no one would ever get better. I think that the way they article talks about taking yourself off a pedasto...

 Rama's Revenge Rama was for the most part a good ruler; however, he had made quite a group of enemies in his lifetime. In a fit of rage Rama had killed a man named Damon and his son fled to the hills after witnessing the event. Ever since the son had been living a quiet life secluded life as a recluse in the forest when Jarron burst into his hut. "I have planned your revenge. I am going to kidnap Rama's wife," Jarron stated. "That is a ridiculous idea and you will surely be killed." "I will not," replied Jarron, "because you are going to help me." Through great convincing, Jarron talked the lonely son into disguising himself as a golden deer to lure Rama out of his home. Once Rama had left the confines of his safe house, the pair would lead him into a secluded area of the woods and tie him up. By tying him up, Rama would be unable to stop them from taking his wife. While Rama was struggling to set himself free, Jarron ran back to the hou...

 Many stories contained in the Ramayana Part A are very interesting and unique and unlike many that I have ever read. Through reading these I see many different ways in which I could change up characters, settings or outcomes to put my own twist on a story. One particular story that stuck out to me was 32. Rama Faces Tataka. In this story,  Vishvamitra takes Rama to the forest to teach him to harness supernatural powers. Then when Tataka arrives, Vishvamitra tells Rama to kill her, but he protests because she is a woman. When Vishvamitra responds with, "The enemy has no gender," I was surprised because in my mind this was set in such a time where women would have been looked down on greatly. Seeing this, I could imagine myself using this story in a modern everyday setting. The stories of Sita were also interesting to me and ones that could be fun to write about. A whole storybook could be created around Sita as she is doing many different things from cooking, to surprising he...