Reading Diary A: Faerie Queen - Britomart

This is a Reading Diary that details my thoughts first section of the Fairie Queen: Britomart unit. Story source: Stories from the Faerie Queene by Mary Macleod, with drawings by A. G. Walker (1916).

•  Not only is Britomart dressing up as a man, it seems she has a lot of boy like qualities as well.  This is a very interesting role reversal.  
• Wait what happened to King Arthur and Sir Guyon?? Did she not follow after them?  
• They should make an action movie about Britomart.  She is awesome.  
• This does seem very Shakespearian.  
• BUT SERIOUSLY HOW HAVE I NEVER HEARD OF HER BEFORE?
• Her love for Artegall is so cute.  
• I have always loved Merlin.  I mean how can you not.  
• Why didn't Merlin say how they would meet ??
• This might be one of my favorite readings from this class.  I had no idea this heroine even existed and I just keep getting more and more impressed by her.  
• There are some many gallant adventures going on at once it's hard to keep up.  
• Ugh cliffhanger.  I just want to see her meet Artegall.   

(Britomart by Tyrannosaurus-lex from Deviant Art.)

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Famous Last Words for Week 11

The first week of November is winding down and so are some of my big assignments for this semester.  Just today I will be finishing up a big research paper for my communications class and writing the LAST story of my storybook.  I have been working on these assignments for a good part of my semester, so there's a sense of nostalgia when I finally complete them.  But there's a sense mainly happiness.  I feel a lot of happiness.  

This weekend I decided to spend the weekend with my parents so I ended up missing the OU vs Iowa State game.  I watched on TV with my parents though!!! It can so pleasant coming here for a weekend and just getting away from Norman for a little bit.  Even though I'm technically coming home it's kind of like taking a mini-vacation.  It's just a little more relaxing here and my parents are so much nicer to me when they haven't seen me in a while!!!

We spent much of the weekend catching up and talking about future plans.  My sister will be able to join us for Thanksgiving so the four of us will all be together again soon.  I'm excited for Thanksgiving and Christmas soon after that because they really are fun holidays.  But I want to press pause on my senior year.  Everything is just going way to fast.  

My parents must have been in a good mood this weekend because today we went to upgrade my phone and I got the new iPhone 6S.  I was so excited because I have been begging for it for a long time now and it  it finally happened!!  I coincidentally wore a pink and white sweater to match the phone color that I wanted.  So in my mind it's fate. 

(Personal photo taken of new phone in November 2015.)

Extra Reading Diary: Europa's Fairy Book

This is a Reading Diary that details my thoughts on part of the Europa unit. Story source: Europa's Fairy Book by Joseph Jacobs and illustrated by John Batten (1916).

• It's interesting to read a much more mature and sophisticated version of Cinderella. 
• Dress of green silk?  It's so difficult to picture her in a not Cinderella blue dress!
• Wow I find the illustrated picture with Beauty and The Beast so enchanting.  
• "They all lived happily ever afterwards."  Get rid of 'wards!
• The name Bella is ruined for because of Twilight. 
• Where is this school that can teach you how to talk to animals?  Can I major in that? 
• I wonder why some of the other stories in this unit are not as popular as the first couple.  
• Has Miss Puss ever met Puss n Boots?
• Yes I'm so happy it worked out for the cat in the end!!

 

(Beauty and the Beast from the Untextbook.)

Reading Diary B: Canterbury Tales

This is a Reading Diary that details my thoughts on the second section of the Canterbury Tales unit. Story source: The Chaucer Story Book by Eva March Tappan (1908).

• Wow that first story was so biased.  I didn't think it would be so blatantly prejudice.  
• So is the chicken the knight in shining armor?  
• Sorry I just can't get over the fact that the chicken is telling a tale.  
• Uh oh a crafty fox shows up and requests something.... (suspicious)
• "Thus ends the story of the cock and the hen and the fox."  This is a very different ending than "And they all lived Happily Ever After."  
• I'm really curious why this story about a priest becoming a philosopher was written.  It's make me wonder about the underlying meaning behind it.
• I really do love stories that kind of deal with fate and people coming into a lives for a reason, even if it's just for one fleeting moment.

 

(Cock, hen and chickens surprised by a fox by Jean-Baptiste Oudrey from Ruth Stacey Poet.)

Reading Diary A: Canterbury Tales

This is a Reading Diary that details my thoughts on the first section of the Canterbury Tales unit. Story source: The Chaucer Story Book by Eva March Tappan (1908).

• He has to figure out what women wish for most in a year?? I can't think of anything more complicated.  
• I don't really see how the King Midas story fits it here but it was still delightful. 
• PLOT TWIST with the old lady wanting to marry the knight.  
• I knew she was going to be young and beautiful in the end...
• Throwing in some Greek mythology, I love it. 
• I just love how all of these tales are written.  This is why I wanted to take this class. 
• The last story kind of reminded me of Harry Potter.  
• I know this reading diary is short, but it's honestly because I was transfixed by these stories I just don't even know how to jot down my thoughts.  But that's a good thing.

 

(King Midas and his ears from the Untextbook.)

Famous Last Words for Week 10

Today's the first day of November and I got to celebrate my favorite holiday last night!!  There's just something about people dressing up and coming up with the most creative costumes that I love.  And I mean there's tons of free candy.  It doesn't matter how old you are, how can you not be excited about free candy? 

On Thursday my roommate and I had the best bonding night.  We colored in coloring books, made s'mores, watched Parks & Rec. and carved pumpkins!  This may sound kind of lame but sometimes you just gotta enjoy the simple things in life. 

Then on Friday I went with a group of my friends to Oklahoma City.  We all dressed up in Halloween costumes and went to some of the bars there.  One of my friends ended up wearing a chicken costume and it was an absolute hit with everyone there!  My roommate and I dressed up as a pineapple and strawberry.  Surprisingly, a lot of other people dressed up as other fruits this year.  Haha. 

On actual Halloween I spent most of the day just relaxing then at night I went with some friends to Campus Corner.  It was so busy!! Honestly, I wish people just dressed up in costumes more often.  It makes everything just so much more entertaining.  I met some interesting people in costumes like Paula Bunyun and a "one-night stand."  On this night I dressed as a cop with my friend. 

(Personal Photo of Halloween night with my friend taken in October 2015.)

 This next week I'll be busy with working on a research paper and trying to get ahead in my classes.  I hope I can work ahead in this class, because pretty soon Thanksgiving will be upon us and then the semester will pretty much be over.  So this is just some wishful thinking that I'll be super productive next week.