I feel like my life has been set on the spin cycle with
the safety lock on. By this I mean I can relate all too well with my poor iPhone
that, unfortunately, found itself stuck with my sheets and pillowcases in the
washing machine. This event that ended my week really sums up how I have been
feeling as of late, so I was the least bit surprised by my slight error that caused
my cell phone to be swimming in suds on Saturday. On top of mid-semester exams,
barely scraping by with enough money to make rent, and the shadow of stress from
a serious financial burden from only weeks ago still on my shoulders, it’s been a shaky start to this spooky month to say the least. I know I have racked up
plenty of extra points for a cushion in this class which is making my missed due
dates a little less daunting, but I’m ready to start fresh for Week 8.
As the sun sets on this week, I'm trying to remain positive and resilient. Having just completed the last section of the Mahabharata, I
feel even more confident that closing this chapter will help me regain focus
and feel less compelled to dwell on this past week where I wasn’t ahead of the
curve. Instead of being concerned about making up academic losses, I’m going to
try and pat myself on the back for prudently putting in the effort of extra
credit assignments in the past for such a time as this. I really liked the
Mahabharata and I’m ready to now spend my time picking it apart with additional
resources as an aid. I have started by coming through on my personal promise to
return to Mahabharata related videos in the MLLL YouTube playlist to see how they
can enhance my understanding of the epic. “Mahabharata Meets Game of Thrones”
is one that caught my attention since the craze for that series swelled just
recently with its final season. The way this video likens the characters to
their GOT counterparts is so clever and adds a new dimension to how I
understand them. I can really see how this relation between stories came about since
they concern themes of family versus foe, good versus evil, peace versus war,
and so on which I touched on in my last reading notes post. Up next “The Mahabharata(“Abracadabra” by the Steve Miller Band),” which tries to hit some of the main
points of the epic to the tune of this song from the 80s!
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