Week 13 : Famous Last Words

Wow, I can't believe that there are only three more weeks left in this semester. Where did this semester go? Time really does fly. I swear last week was the middle of January and the first day of spring semester classes. I swear that I blinked, and when I opened my eyes, it was suddenly the end of April. With the last three weeks approaching, I am trying to keep myself on track and motivated to finish the semester strong. Even though this beautiful weather this past weekend was a huge tease for summer, I have to remember to continue to study and stay on top of my remaining school work and projects. I have three large group projects in my Marketing, Spanish, and Personal Training classes to complete by dead week and my goal is to make significant progress on all of them before the end of this week. Group work is never my favorite, but I am determined to have a positive attitude about it and put all of me effort into each project! I also want to continue to manage my budget well these next few weeks so I can save up for some new clothes and swimsuits for my upcoming vacations to Galveston and Aruba in May. I can't believe my junior year is almost over. I swear I was a freshman yesterday and then all the sudden turned into an upperclassmen today. I wish I could stay a junior at OU forever. I don't want to be a senior because I don't want to grow up nor leave Norman. If I could give one piece of advice to all incoming freshman / high school seniors, it would be to not take any moment for granted! Love where you are and what you do, and live life to the fullest!

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Week 13 Reading Diary :

Tuesday Reading Diary
I chose to read stories from the Brother's Grimm (Crane) unit this week.

The Fisherman and His Wife
Wow what a demanding wife! Its crazy how she told her husband what she wanted and he just immediately asked the flounder for more and more. I liked how this story keep progressing the same each chapter. This wife was dissatisfied and kept wanting more and more and finally the fish denied her the right to make the sun set and rise. Gosh she was a brat!

Aschenputtel
I love the description of the new daughters, "The new wife brought two daughters home with her, and they were beautiful and fair in appearance, but at heart were black and ugly." I had no idea that the story is actually Cinderella! I did not know that her original name was Aschenputtel. How interesting that the story was still different that then version I know. Aschenputtel would disappear in different places and the king attempted to cut down trees and house but could not find her. However, the shoe that she left behind is the same, except it is gold. I can't believe that the one of the step-daughters cut her toe off in order for her foot to fit into the shoe, and the other cut part of her heel off! That was definitely left out in the movie. I can't believe their punishment was to go blind! 

The Robber Bridegroom
Wow this story was crazy! I am so glad the bride was able to hide and escape with the old women and not cut into pieces and eaten by the cannibals. I liked how the bride told the story to the whole town on their wedding day and the evil bridegroom got what he deserved! She portrayed it as a dream which is very clever when trying to find a way to exposure the criminal! 

Bridegroom, By Walter Crane 

Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm, translated by Lucy Crane and illustrated by Walter Crane (1886).