Indian Epics Work

I wanted to use this last word option this week to remind myself now and later what I’ve been through and that I’m still okay. Last week I found out that my best friend of eleven years took her life. I was a week ahead in this class until I got the news. I’m thankful that I’ve been able to keep going, but goodness that was hard. I think I want to just talk about some memories and who she was a person. Every day I think of something new that I want to talk to her about. I mean we talked about so much over eleven years and that’s who I want to go to. I want to talk to her about my job, about the customers I deal with, my co-workers. She worked there first and it’s crazy that I can never gripe about everything with her again. She loved green beans. Really, I think she lived off of those. Once we were watching a show together and we passed a bowl of green beans back and forth. That was our snack. She showed me the video games Orochi and Animal Crossing. Not that I play video games v...

Ever since I discovered that bookmarking was an option during my second year of college I have been using it like crazy. It helps with huge class assignments that require lots of research. It helps with keeping track of the class pages I use the most. It makes accessing my email and Canvas so much easier. It makes life a whole lot easier.

What Kinds of Messages Help Kids Grow - Deborah Farmer Kris Some of the points made in this article I thought were really important. The wording of feedback, whether it be praise or criticism, is extremely crucial. I know that someone has tried to tell me something but because of the words they used, it came off differently.  Why Do So Many Managers Avoid Giving Feedback? - Jack Zenger and Joseph Folkman I may have found this interesting because I work in retail and this is a part of my life. I absolutely think it's important to give positive feedback. When my manager acknowledges that she appreciates something or that she thinks I've done a good job it makes it worth it.  Last semester I took Fiction Writing and we did a massive workshop for the latter part of the semester. It was really something hearing all the good and the bad things about your writing, but also giving feedback makes you realize how important it really is.  Feedback

Pradyumna: Son of Krishna These two books actually look really interesting! I don't how well I am at writing intense action scenes, but I have to start somewhere. After I read some of it, I think I'd like to put a spin on his personality. I wonder if I can apply a new comedic Thor attitude on top of his active heroism. I think that would be fantastic, fun, and entertaining. Kamadeva I included this because this was the original idea. I may find this part of the story, before his reincarnation, I may find this aspect more interesting. Also, I don't know where to start but a story focused on the "in-between" of Kamadeva and Pradyumna. Even if it's a weird twist on Pradyumna's birth story or something. Krishna and Pradyumna

I was invested in this part of the story and found it more entertaining than the first part. I still found myself finding one "flaw." That is with Sita. Yeah, she's this beautiful woman and so far I think she's essentially perfect for Rama, but she's a bit stupid. The rakshasas make a plan involving one of them turning into a deer to lure her and kidnap her from Rama. The plan works, beautifully! Sita falls for this abnormally beautiful deer and sends Rama to go fetch it and then she whines until Rama's brother goes to help him leaving her defenseless. I'm okay with her being defenseless, it helps aid Rama's heroism. I want to add to the part of the story where King Ravana is running off with her. I want to give her a consciousness where she's thinking "wow, I'm stupid" and so on. Give her some thoughts and feelings that acknowledge that she fell for this, even after Rama's brother told her specifically what it probably was. P...

"their faces brightened as the lotus brightens at the promise of spring." I just really liked the language of this sentence and want to be able to look back on it later. Source Story  Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie I got the idea of writing a scene about the men from Ayodhya making a fuss about Rama being made the heir. He must show himself to be approved. Some sort of argument would take place, potentially a fight. Course Rama wins, but he needs to at least show a sign of struggle. Then the congregation of men would support him as needed. I would like to try using Rama's perspective  Source Story : Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists by Sister Nivedita Rama with Arrows