Friday, December 11, 2015

Week 15 Review

It's the last week, guys! Here is my favorite things from the announcements. I backed up my entire blog on my computer just in case--I did put a lot of work into it after all.

Eric Whitacre's Virtual Choir 4: Fly to Paradise. Source: Youtube.

Eric Whitacre is a genius and I loved that his video was on the announcements this week. A little secret about me; it was a dream of mine to be in one of his virtual choirs when I was in high school. Unfortunately, I never had good enough self-esteem to try out. Oh well, I can still listen and love for forever.

Here is the link to the announcements:
http://ouclassannouncements.blogspot.com

Here is the link to the daily assignments (WE'RE DONE, HOORAY):
http://onlinecourselady.pbworks.com/w/page/90584570/week15both

Week 15 Famous Last Words

Image Information: Sisyphus and his Eternal Punishment. Source: Marcell Jankovics
Note to self. Leaving things to the last minute is not helpful. This last week alone I think I’ve written at least 10 papers. And while I did start some of them early, I did not start all and that was a huge mistake. I am definitely feeling the pressure. This semester is crazy, BUT it is so close to being over—so I just need to hold on a little longer.
So. I’ve been writing a lot, and since I waited till basically the last moment my writing was not as good as I wanted it to be. I don’t think I have ever been so disappointed in my own writing before. Usually I am content with my writing—I think I do a good job and that’s good enough for me. But that wasn’t the case this week.
I wish that I had had a little more self control towards the middle and end of this semester, but I just got too burnt out. Senior year really is getting to me, and I really wish I was handling it better. But I can only look to the future.

One of the papers I wrote for my religion class last week reminded me of this class, however, so I thought I’d talk about that for a bit instead of being sad about my semester. We had to write a paper on our personal Sisyphus. For those who don’t already know, Sisyphus was a man who was cursed by the gods to roll a rock up a hill for all eternity as punishment for tricking the gods. We wrote about how this myth inspired the writer Camus to write about the absurdity of meaning, or the lack thereof. It was really interesting to see how a myth inspired such deeper thinking in a philosopher to the point that people are still talking about what he said hundreds of years later. It kind of gives me a hope and connection to the material—as if there is a message waiting in every story.

Week 15 Tech Tip: Google Timer

Google Timer Tech Tip. Especially because we are about to come to finals week, I thought that this was more relevant than ever. I know I have a problem keeping myself on schedule this week because of all the stress—so here you go!

Step one:
Open google

Step two:
Type set timer for X minutes.

Step three:
Be timed!

Step four:

Now let google take care of all your timing needs!

Image Information: My own personal timer! Source: Meee

Week 15 Curation Spaces

I follow this blog on tumblr called Myths and Freaks and it basically just compiles really cool mythology stories with pictures and stuff. So as it is the last week I decided I would share them with you!

Image Information: Nymphs: Source: Myths and Freaks 
I chose this picture because it deals with nymphs! And who doesn't love a good nymph story or pictures. I just thought they were too ethereal to pass up!

Image Information: Icarus and his final flight: Source: Myths and Freaks

I chose this picture segment of Icarus because it was one of my favorite stories to have translated in Latin last year. I just loved seeing it come to life in this modern reimagining.

Image Information: Sirens. Source: Myths and Freaks

Image Information: And more sirens. Source: Myths and Freaks
And finally, I have included some pictures of sirens. My storybook deals with mermaids and sirens and it was too fitting to pass up!