Mythology and Folklore 101

Canvas Calendar I have always been a pretty organized person when it comes to getting assignments finished on time, but sometimes I just forget when they are due. I used the Canvas calendar in combination with my work calendar to keep my life organized. In addition to my phone calendar, I have my planner as well because it helps me organize things. I also set up my notifications on Canvas to email me when I had an assignment due soon just to make sure I was not missing out on anything. My time management for this class was a little bit rocky at some points but I eventually got into the swing of things and it just became a habit to know when assignments were due each week.  Calendar

There once was a man named Owen O'Mulready. Mulready lived an unfortunate life where he was isolated far in the forest with only a husband/wife as his companions. He served as their full-time servant because he had committed a crime and was cursed to live in the isolated forest for the rest of his life.  One night as he was tossing and turning in his sleep he dreamed of a plan that would help him escape the forest. He dreamed that one day they would receive a visitor that had also had magical powers. This visitor would have the ability to magically have Owen disappear from the forest. Once the visitor arrived he would only do this on one condition that if he transported Owen back into the city where he could interact with other people he would be the sorcerors servant two times a week.  Owen gladly agreed to this.  Once Owen woke up the next morning he recalled the dream he had the night before hoping that it would come through. Later that day they received a visitor and Owe

Review This week my favorite announcement was made on Wednesday, November 8th. I really liked the growth mindset cat meme. I think that the meme "obstacles will teach you to leap higher" is very powerful because instead of having obstacles get you down we should use them as encouragement to do better next time. In life we are always going to have obstacles but it is how we deal with them that says a lot about our character. I have included an image of another cat meme that I really like. I think the meme I included is really relocatable to the obstacles image because we have to push ourselves to leap higher and get out of our comfort zones.  Cat Meme

The Arrival of the Dragon Bibliography: Beowulf unit. Story source: The Story of Beowulf by Strafford Riggs with illustrations by Henry Pitz (1933). Link to Story I think that if I was to retell this story I would completely disregard everything. Like I have said before I am not a fan of any of the stories in this unit. They are not interesting to me and I find it hard to be creative about them. I think that I would write a story about the Beowulf and the Dragon. There was a show on MTV about a teenage werewolf so it would be kind of cool to write a story about two creatures a dragon and a wolf who were humans most of the time but had the ability to change into a werewolf or dragon. I would just write about a time where their human emotions were set off and they turned into their alter egos. After that happen they had people who were trying to hunt them down.  Warewolf

My Mantra   I really like this Mantra because I think when we are going through a hard time in our lives and we look for our strength in other people. In reality when we are struggling it is important to note that in order to get through it we need to look within ourselves to find strength. No one else is going to be able to give enough advice to get us through something we have to choose to use our strength from within to get through challenges.  

Deskercise Update This week I tried to incorporate more stretching into my school routine and work routine. I stand up for most of the day while I am at work and sit for most of the day at school. I found that if I stretched my back and rolled my shoulders more at work I did not get as tight throughout the day. During school, I found that walking around between classes and moving and stretching a bit throughout classes allowed for me not to become as tight. I also think it is important to sit up straight during school so that my back does not start hurting.  Yoga

Canvas Notifications  One of the main benefits of Canvas is that you can setup what type of notifications you want. I have mine set up to get a weekly summary, notifications when my teachers grade something, or when an assignment is posted on my different class pages. I think that this is very helpful because I can be more alert and aware of what is going on in my classes, because after all sometimes we all get caught up and become forgetful. Canvas

How Cormac Mac Art went to Faery Bibliography: Celtic Fairy Tales (2) unit. Story source: More Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1895). Link to Story The Celtic tales for me have not been as interesting compared to the other readings we were required to read. I think for this story I would use the general idea of the storyline but that is it. My direction if I was to retell the story would be to have Cormac still go and search for his wife and daughter but he would have the assistance of a fairy to get them back. Although from my understanding of the story he found them they were not able to come back with him and no one believed him that he found them. In my story, I would have Cormac find his family and be able to take them back home but no one would believe that a fairy helped him. Fairy

A Dream of Owen O'Mulready Bibliography: Celtic Fairy Tales (2) unit. Story source: More Celtic Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1895). Link to Story For this story, I think it would be fun to have Owen travel in time to a different destination since he is just stuck working and only lives with two other people. I think I would change the storyline to Owen having a dream of escaping and through the dream, he is able to experience a different city. Throughout, the dream he thinks of a real idea of how he can escape and be able to live with other people. The original storyline was a little boring to me. In the end, I think I would have him attempt to start his escape plan before the story ends. 

As the end of the semester is approaching I am finding it harder to motivate myself. But let's be honest I am a senior and have had a hard time motivating myself in general. As Thanksgiving is approaching I am trying to get as much done beforehand because I know after break brings the stress of last minute projects and studying to make good grades in all of my classes. I think every student feels this as we are approaching the end of the semester. I think all I can do is focus on recuperating at Thanksgiving so that I can come back and finish out the semester strong.  I am looking forward to going home and spending time with my family but most importantly my sister. I am going to go to the new movie "Wander" or something like that with her. She is 10 so it is nice to come home over breaks and see her since I feel like I have missed a lot of milestones in her life while being at school. I am also excited for all of the food that comes along with Thanksgiving. We always

Arthur In the Cave Bibliography: Welsh Fairy Tales unit. Story source: The Welsh Fairy Book by W. Jenkyn Thomas with illustrations by Willy Pogány (1908). Link to Story I like this story because I this story because from what I can remember in high school we read stories with King Arthur. I am pretty sure they were in the Canterbury Tales because I remember reading about the roundtable. Again, that was a long time ago but I still recall doing projects with King Arthur. This story reminds me of Sleeping Beauty because like King Arthur the princes was sleeping and was never going to wake up unless it was done by that of her true love. Instead of being woken up by a lover in this story King Arthur was woken up by someone ringing the bell. I think if I was to retell this story I would focus more on adding detail about the sorcerer who clearly did not want to have King Arthur wake up from his deep sleep. Maybe add more detail about what he did to try to stop that.   King Arthur

I think that all of the cat growth mindset pictures were hilarious. They were all very light-hearted but had a good meaning associated with them. My favorite one was the "study hard and then take a break. I always find myself having to take multiple breaks when I am studying. I will set benchmarks for where I need to get to in my studies before I can take a break.  Cat 1 Cat 2 Cat 3

Deskercise: 6 yoga Exercises You Won't Be Embarrassed to do At Your Desk Stretching is a very important habit we all need to incorporate into our everyday lives. It is especially important when you are sitting at a desk for hours on end. After reading the article I really liked the neck stretch, shoulder rolls, and open chest stretch. For me, I think the open chest stretch is most beneficial as my back often gets tight. I even enjoy doing that stretch after working out. I think if we forget to stretch it will cause a lot of issues for us when we get older. It prevents us from getting tight since some jobs do require you to sit all day.  Stretching

Browser Bookmarks Throughout college, I have always used bookmarks because I found it difficult to remember web address for my online books and other resources I have to use for class. Before every semester I always delete the bookmarks off of my bookmarks toolbar and replace them with new ones that I will need to use this semester. I then will name each tab the class that I will use the link for. Other tabs, I have are one fro Canvas, my OU email, and work sites that I need to access. I like keeping tabs on my important websites because it is much less of a hassle than typing in the web address.   Bookmarks

The King's Disguise and Friendship with Robin Hood Bibliography: Robin Hood unit. Story Source: The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child (1882-1898).  Link to Story Robin Hood was always a mischievous fellow. He never committed crimes that were too terrible, but he often got on the nerves of the king. One day the king decided that he was going to disguise himself as a messenger and meet Robin Hood in the woods. As soon as the king found out where Robin Hood was he immediately went into disguise and created a message that he could tell Robin Hood. He decided that he was going to come up with a story that the King wanted to meet him and invite Robin Hood to dinner.  The king left the castle to go on his adventure to find Robin Hood. It took him a lot longer than anticipated as the king was not used to having to do things on his own. Eventually, he was able to find Robin Hood and was excited to relay the message to Robin Hood.  The king approached

The KIng's Disguise and Friendship with Robin Hood  Bibliography: Robin Hood unit. Story Source: The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child (1882-1898). Link to Story The Robin Hood stories are a bit different from other ones that I have read just because of the way they are written. The language and format are very different. If I was to retell this one I would go in the direction that the king dressed up in order to catch Robin Hood and stop him from doing any more mischievous tricks. I would keep it very similar to the original story but change the language so it is easier for the reader to understand. In the end just like he always does Robin Hood will escape from the king's trickery.  Robin Hood

Allen and Dale Bibliography: Robin Hood unit. Story source: The English and Scottish Popular Ballads by Francis James Child (1882-1898). Link to Story After going through the different stories in this section I found that I recognize the majority of them. Even though I knew most of the stories pretty well I had a harder time thinking of an original idea for my version of the story. Maybe this is because I am so used to how the stories were originally written that my creativity is limited.  If I was to rewrite this story I think I would base it on the movie " Wedding Crashers" because in that story Robin Hood being the trickster he crashes a wedding. In my story, I would have him crash the wedding and still keep the same storyline that he impersonates the musician as the wedding. I would also have someone as his sidekick to dress up as the minister.  In the end, I would still have the wedding turn out to a happy memory but along the way the bride does notice Robin Hoo