Fall 2020

  (Stressed Cat from Pixaby) Hitting the first set of midterms this semester was super stressful but we have now made it. Hopefully this coming week will be one that is a little more laid back and easy. I feel like now at five weeks into the semester I think everything is finally starting to get into a groove and settle in. This time of year I think it is super exciting to be starting to feel like fall and get into the mood. I love the fall leaves that begin to cover the ground and being able to drink hot coffee at all times of the day. In terms of this class, I am enjoying getting to be doing my storybook and growing it. I think that it is going to be really unique and I cannot wait to find more stories that go along with my theme of beauty to add to my collection. I also cannot do a famous last words without talking about my Luka girl. I am excited at the end of this year to go back at the end of the semester and see how much she has changed. In the past two weeks, she has grown ...

 I enjoyed checking this site out. My father is a programmer/web designer and he always has been about using alternative sites to Google. This site is one that I have never seen though. I really liked it and will definitely use it again.

(Genie's Lamp from Wannapik ) A long, long time ago there lived a poor boy named Aladdin. Devestatingly, Aladdin's father passed away tragicly leaving his mother and him to fend for themselves. Aladdin, however, was a lazy boy that would not get his act together and fend for his mother no matter how much she begged him too.  One day as he was running the streets with his friends, a strange man appeared out of nowhere and began questioning him. The man happened to be a famous magician travelling all the way from Africa to meet with Aladdin and his mother. The magician said he was Aladdin's uncle and had come to meet them and bring them many gifts. After showing the mother and Aladdin with gifts, buying Aladdin a place to conduct work and even new wardrobes.  The next day, the magician and Aladdin set out beyind the city walls on a journey into valley and up toward the mountains. It was long and trying and Aladdin was not happy with it and wanted to return home. As the pair r...

 Aladdin One of my all time favorite stories as a kid, and even know, was Aladdin. I have watched this movie more times than I can count, seen the play and even been in a musical production of Aladdin. Interestingly enough, I had never even read the actual thing. I have read the Disney account of course, but never this version.  I enjoyed reading the original version and making note of the differences between the two to see ways in which one could alter a story: Aladdin still had a mother Aladdin wasn't a homeless thief but an idle boy A magacian posing as his uncle came to make him retrieve the lamp There was not Abu, the monkey Aladdin walked down into a corrider with three doors and not into a sand enclosure shaped as a lion Aladdin had a second genie from the ring Aladdin saw the princess's face as she was going to bathe instead of saving her on the streets when she was dressed as a commoner Aladdin went to the Sultan for permission to marry his daughter and did not act li...