Mythology and Folklore

Updated story! Dear Diary,  Mother Gothel is really starting to bother me. She insists on keeping me as separated from the rest of the world as possible. She home schools me, keeps the doors of the house locked at all times, and all of the windows in my room are sealed shut except for the single round window that sits about seven feet up the wall and is way too small for even me to climb out of. The only times I have ever seen the outside world in years were by stacking some of my thousands of books on top of one another in front of the minuscule window. If she had it her way I wouldn't even be able to write in this diary. Mother doesn't even know that I know what the internet is. She thinks that I have only ever heard about cell phones and computers because she uses them. Of course, I am not allowed anywhere near her laptop or her cell phone. I can never admit that she dropped her old cell phone one day on her way out of my room and I noticed it and grabbed it. I hid it betwee...

I chose to continue to read the second part of the LibriVox unit because I enjoyed reading the first part. The second part contains stories that I am not as familiar with, but I still enjoyed. However, I still think that I will be using the first part of the unit to write my story for this week. I did enjoy the story of the Queen Bee . I don't think that I had heard that one before. ( The Queen Bee )

 I chose to continue reading stories from the Brothers Grimm for the last week of this semester. This week I chose to do the LibriVox unit because it contains stories that interest me. I chose to focus more on the story of Rapunzel  because I enjoy the story that I already know, and was interested to read the original version. I also chose to focus on this specific story because I really enjoyed modernizing Cinderella last week and think that I would like to do something similar with Rapunzel this week.                                                                                           ( Rapunzel by Huw )

  I enjoyed this graphic about procrastination , as I am constantly struggling with procrastination myself. I watched this video about commas . It was informative while still being comedic!

I can not believe that I graduate in two weeks! This week was a really good week for me. I got a new job and quit my old one, which dropped my stress levels by a lot. I was able to have more time and more focus on school and to focus on finishing out my last semester here at OU at strongly as possible! I really enjoyed the writing that I did for my project this week. Doing both this weeks and an earlier story for my portfolio in the style of a diary has been really fun and honestly made me want to pick up writing again. I have always loved to write, but have not had time the last few years. This class has reminded me how much I enjoy it and it turns out that I really like both the diary style and the microfiction style of writing. I also really enjoy retelling classic stories in a more modern way. It was fun to think about Cinderella in a modern situation, and to think about the logistics of how that story would work. While writing the story for this week, and reviewing mine and my cla...

I decided to start my wikipedia trail this week with a simple search of Greek Mythology . I really enjoy the classic Greek mythology stories. I think it is really cool how much Greek mythology has had an impact on the culture and arts of the modern world. This page led me to Zeus . Zeus is arguably the most well-known god and the starter of many a controversy. He fathered many of the other gods, often times by seducing a human. He often did this by disguising himself, usually as an animal. Zeus led me to Tantalus . Tantalus has always been one of my favorite stories, and I love that it is how we got the word 'tantalizing.' Tantalus is also the son of Zeus (no surprise there, though, Zeus is everyone's father). Tantalus led me to my final destination, Tartarus . Tartarus is a part of the Underworld where Tantalus and other figures in Greek mythology, including the Titans, were punished for eternity. ( Drawing of a statue of Zeus )

"Olivia!"  I tremble when I hear his voice. I thought he would never find me. I changed my name, cut my hair and dyed it red, and moved far away. How did he find me? I'll never forget what he did to me, but I can run until I die.  (50 Words) "Olivia!"  Oh no. He found me.  (6 words) Author's note: For this microfiction, I wanted to do more of a horror story. I decided to write the same story in two different lengths. I think that they both convey the same sense of terror, but one is just a larger glimpse into the reason behind the terror. I wrote these from my own imagination, and they honestly make me want to write a longer version.                       (Source: pxhere )