Famous Last Words: In Which I'm Not Quite Drowning in Homework, But Occasionally Choking On It

I’ve never used the “Famous Last Words” option before, so I thought I’d try it out this week, and I actually think I might start doing it more often, even when I’m not making up points. I like the idea of looking back and seeing how the semester progressed—especially since, at this point, it looks a tiny bit like a train wreck.

From the outside, it’s going well—last semester, keeping up with classes—and I’m sure that’s how it’ll look at the end of the year, too. But for now, it’s all kind of messy, and this class is getting hit the hardest. I’ve had a lot of writing to do in other classes, which isn’t exactly new, since I’m a PW major; but I’ve also had less time than any other semester to work on getting that writer done, and I’m slow under the best circumstances anyways. To keep up in other classes, I’ve had to skip writing assignments in this class for the past few weeks and do extra credit opportunities to make up for it. I hate skipping the writing, since that was my favorite part of the Myth-Folklore class last semester, and I’ve been looking forward to the idea of being able to look back at a new crop of potential stories once May comes.

For now, though, it’s kind of a necessary evil, and I’m just glad to have extra credit options to fall back on. One thing I have been able to do is keep up with the readings, and I’m really enjoying the freedom the Indian Epics course offers in that department. The mix of different story mediums just goes to show how strong and flexible stories themselves are, and getting to experience the same stories through different approaches has been really interesting. The episodic nature of the Mahabharata (and its sprawling cast) makes the TV-like nature of the Epified videos or the comic books a natural fit, but it’s also been great getting to see the scope narrowed down to a specific, fleshed-out character with the novels. Right now, I’m reading The Palace of Illusions, and I’m hoping to read another novel after this involving a modern-day mystery and Sita.

Image Credit: The Palace of Illusions cover. Source: Goodreads.