Reading Options

Reading Options

For my week 2 reading I chose “Myth-Folklore Unit: Adam and Eve” as it gives different views than what is taught in a traditional church setting. Since I am not religious I like to get different points of view on topics and compare them with each other. This looks like it will be an interesting read and I will learn at least three different versions of the story. Link to the story.

Image Temptation of Adam and Eve. Genesis cap 3 v 6. after Raphael

 1 January 2000, 16:22:46 Author Phillip Medhurst. Source Wikipedia

One of the other readings that caught my attention is "Myth-Folklore Unit: The Monkey King Sun Wu Kung". I have seen a few movies that involve the monkey king and the name is familiar so what better choice? Asian mythology is something I enjoy next to Hawaiian mythology. Link to the story.

Image Sun Wukong and Jade Rabbit

1889 Yoshitoshi Tsukioka. Source Wikipedia

Another story "Myth-Folklore Unit: King Arthur" seemed to be a no brainer. Most of us have grown up knowing something about Arthur and his Knight of the Round table. To learn more about this subject and to get a grade for it will be a delight. Link to the story.

Image Arthurian knight

1903 Charles Ernest Butler. Source Wikipedia

Reading Notes Adam and Eve

Reading Notes Adam and Eve Part A

Adam and Eve Part A gave me different outlooks on what I did know originally. To me the Jewish account of the story is more detailed and not as vague as the story from Genesis. So many plot holes and different ways the story could have gone and I think I will play on those a bit. All and all the fall of Satan is what really caught my attention and will be a major part in my writing. Watching Supernatural has given me a humanistic view of Satan that will come in handy with this story.

The biggest thing is the setting. Should I make it more modern or some sort of other world. I will narrow it down since I am leaning more to a modern approach as maybe this is happening again. I am excited about writing this story and usually just let the words flow. Probably the best with this assignment.

Adam and Eve, Link to Reading Guide A. 

Oil on Canvas by Jacob Jordaens

1640's. Source Wikimedia

Time Strategies

Time Strategies

Going into this semester I believe I have some pretty decent time management strategies for myself. To keep myself on track I have a whiteboard that I write my schedule and important dates on that is right behind me so when I turn around it is right in my face. When each thing is taken care of I give myself an hour of free time or some other reward. When I was told to make a schedule for this class it kind of threw me for a loop and I did not look carefully at it. As of now my schedule will be changing. 

Image by Kat

Taken on July 8, 2006. Source Flickr

Growth Mindset

Growth Mindset

I haven’t heard of Carol Dwek or the Growth Mindset until now. This made me think about myself and how I view learning. I love to learn new things every day and new ways to do something I would normally do another way. I have a disease called Crohn’s disease and it puts me in the hospital a lot so at times I will fall behind in classes. Figuring out the best way to catch up sometimes I have to change the way I do things so I am always adapting.

Image by Allan Ajifo

July 7, 2014. Source Wikipedia

Fall 2017: Introduction to a unique individual

Fall 2017: Introduction to a unique individual

Hello readers of the internet! My name is Matthew K. I am an advertising student at the University of Oklahoma, a graphic designer, a photographer and a cat lover. Recently I graduated from Oklahoma City Community College with an Associates in Diversified Studies, basically it is where you pick your own classes and create a major, weird but cool. I am what is considered a non-traditional student, meaning I am older than most college students and did not go to college straight from high school. I actually dropped out of high school and got my GED so to be even a community college graduate is something of an accomplishment.

Before deciding to go back to college I had traveled all over the United States, France, the UK, Italy, Spain, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. I was a promoter and designer for a Latin music label so the travel was one of the best perks. Leaving that job was hard but it just wasn’t for me anymore so I decided to move back to Oklahoma to help my family and went back to being a chef. I loved it at first but after a few years it turned into just a “job” and not a career as I had lost my passion for cooking.

Talking with some people I play online video games with, yes I am a gamer, nerd or whatever you want to call it, I decided to go back to school for something I loved which was graphic design and photography. It was a no brainer and as I got a job at OCCC as a student designer it made my passion stronger and the desire to further my studies into the world of marketing and advertising.

Recently I adopted a cat, he is a 4-year-old Original Tabby I named Kika (Hawaiian for Tiger). He is the most loving cat I have ever had and brightens my day whenever I am down or when I get home.

(Image Information: personal photo of myself;
photo from September 2016.)

(Image Information: personal photo of my cat Kika;
photo from January 2017.)

Storybook Favorites

Storybook Favorites

The story “Death's Story” introduction grabs your attention almost immediately as it gives you the feeling the story will be told from the perspective of Death theirself. The three examples shows that the reaper telling the story is not just out for souls and actually puts thought into the job that it has been tasked with. Just like most people or beings it does have a boss that it reports to and because of a failed task it is being fired. Death recounts from when it first starts as a reaper to the reason of the reaper being fired and you feel sorry for the reaper after knowing that Sinbad is the reason the reaper is being let go by Mother Nature, its boss.  Full Story Source

Death in the hood. Taken by George Hodan

Source PublicDomainPictures.net

The next story I have chosen is “Murders in the Bible”. From the beginning of the introduction you would think it is just someone pointing out of all the murders and sins that take place in the Bible. Upon further reading, this story is about someone who views the Bible differently and uses what he views as what the Bible is telling him to do with the verse “Exodus 21:12, an eye for an eye” and it is his life goal to fulfil that one verse of the Bible. The layout gives you an eerie feeling and the photo of the bloody hand adds that it is a story about a killer. The only thing I would really criticize is the choice of font, it is hard to read for an extended period. Full Story Source.

Image Information: Biblical Murder

Web Source: Simon Cooper

The third and final story is “Ghostly Adventures”. Seeing as this is a story about Oklahoma it would draw most readers attention wanting to know more about their own state and what it could offer as far as out of the ordinary stories. It is told from first and third-person perspective and takes us to 3 different locations. The first location has become famous as NBA players have said they have experienced the ghost first hand, while the other two are not well known. I like how the author did research on Weatherford to know what attractions were available for a group to enjoy while killing time to go to the haunt. Full Story Source

Photo of the Skirvin Hotel

Web Source: The Demoniacal

San Francisco Bay Area, My favorite place.

California will always be home for me and San Francisco is my favorite place to visit whenever I go back home. The atmosphere of all of the different cultures is intoxifying and you will always find something new to enjoy.

Image taken by Evgeny Tchebotarev

Mill Valley, United States. Source UnSplash

This is a test

Today I am testing the emergency broadcast...... Oops, just testing a blog. I got a little excited haha.