Famous Last Words: Final Post

Hey everybody! Like my title states, this should be my final post of the semester! I am super excited to be able to say that this assignment will put me at an A for the course. In the end, it is good to know that I am getting at least one A this semester! We all know that I am going to need it!

For this week's readings, my readings varied. To fill some of the points I needed to get to 410 points, I read the Jewish Fairy Tales Unit and the Alice in Wonderland Unit. Both were extremely fun reads! Both units incorporated fantasy and shed light (at least for me) on legends and stories that are considered to be already well known. I decided on reading the Jewish Fairy Tale Unit because I have always been a fan of fairy tales, and I have never heard of any Jewish Fairy Tales. I chose the Alice in Wonderland unit because the story appears so often in pop culture and because I have actually ever read the story!

As for my other classes, I have to reiterate the fact that I am glad that I am about done with this class! Projects and tests have begun piling up in my math and computer science classes, so it will be a huge relief having one class completely out of the way. One of the things that I have not realized until now was just how useful this class was. The weekly readings/writings kept my mind sharp and fresh, and really kept my writing skills in shape! Assignments in my computer science classes that require us to write up designs and explain our work flows naturally after being able to spend hours a week to come up with original writings.

Outside of school, it was a good Thanksgiving! I was able to go home and eat my fair share of food. After the couple of days of gluttony back in Oklahoma City, I traveled back to Norman to catch Baker Mayfield's last home game as an OU student! It was also my very first game, something that I was super excited about!

That about sums up this week. Like I said, I really enjoyed this class and reading all of your writings. I wish you guys the best of luck for the rest of the semester and your other finals!

(Me crawling to the end of this semester:

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Story Notes: Alice in Wonderland, Part A

For Week 14's reading, I decided to jump into the Alice in Wonderland Unit. Admittedly, I have never actually read the original story, so I went into this reading with fresh eyes.

I really enjoyed this story! In many other stories, I have always seen references to Alice's story. After reading Part A, I can start to see why it is mentioned so often in pop culture! Aspects like fantasy and wonder is ever-present in the story. If I do decide to write a story using this theme, I may just write a version of Alice with my own spin!

Bibliography: Alice in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll. Link.

(Alice getting Tea!:

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Extra Credit Reading: Week 13

For my extra credit reading this week, I chose to read the Jewish Fairy Tales Unit and really enjoyed it! The thing that I really loved about this unit was that it shed so much light on some of the things that we know today, like why wine causes us to lose our inhibitors when overly consumed or why cats and dogs are so short with each other.

The main thing that I would take out of these readings is the ability to shed some type of light to a known fact. Like why is the grass green? Maybe because it is due to a a Giant spilling paint thousands of years ago. I would like to something really outlandish for this!

Bibliography: Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends. Gertrude Landa. Link.

(The never-ending fight between Cats and Dogs:

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Tech Tip: Blog Profile

I took a look around at Blogger's options to configure our profiles, and I think I am happy with my changes. I decided to keep my name from being posted. Personally, I do not care too much about people like my classmates seeing my posts, but I am genuinely scared if any number of my friends who I see on a regular basis see my posts...

Typing Game Tech Tip

For this week's Tech Tip, I decided to have some fun and play some of the typing games. I especially liked "Ninja Cat and Zombie Dinosaurs". It is actually the linked game on the assignment post, but here is the link for you guys.

I learned how to type in middle school the old-fashioned way, with blankets covering our hands so that we may memorize the home keys. As a computer science major, I try to stay sharp with my typing abilities, and playing these games really do help!

Reading Notes: Aesop's Fables (English), Part B

For Part B of this week's reading, I am continuing with some more English Aesopian Fables. Like I have said in my previous posts, I am a huge fan of Aesop's Fables, so to continue with more of these readings will always be fun.

This half of the reading was an extremely enjoyable read. I am ashamed to admit that I just now recently realized that most (if not all) of the stories are written as miniature poems. For my storytelling this week, I might try to write a poem as well. The only problem, I believe, will be trying to reach the minimum word count.

Bibliography: Aesop's Fables, Smart, Boothby, Davies. Link.

(The Crow and the Pitcher:

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Reading Notes: Aesop's Fables (English), Part A

For this week, I was very surprised and excited to see that the English/Celtic Unit also had a sub-unit that covered some more of Aesop's Fables. There were a few, new stories in this story, but my favorites were some of the reoccurring stories from the first time I was introduced to Aesop's Fables (I think it was in the first couple of weeks). The main thing that I got from these readings were the differences you can see in language. For Lang's writings, it is written in a more modern form of english that is much easier to read. Regardless, these readings were very entertaining. At this point, I am still trying to figure out exactly what I want to have my next writing about!

Bibliography: Aesop's Fables, Smart, Boothby, Davies. Link.

(The Lion and the Mouse:

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