Tech Tip: Blogger Design Templates

Tech Tip

You can play with the design, not just the information on the blog to impact the experience of the reader. You do this by changing the color scheme, back ground image, and more. 

To do so you click the link in the top navigation bar or go to the website. Then, click on the design options menu and choose theme. Click the customize button to see different themes. Example-- Travel

Then you can change these further by customizing the background, widths, layout, and color. 

I went and played on my blog and I changed the color scheme slightly. I wasn't quite happy with it, and now I might be! I change my blog a lot. It changes like my mood to be honest. 

Story Week 14

Revised Story

Princesses through out history tend not to rule. Their brothers steal the throne because of misogynist rules, but that does not mean they do not have any power in high society. Often, they negotiate their marriages to make peace with foreign powers and their husbands regard them as the most important part of their life. This aspect of this life makes them increasingly vulnerable.

Megan and Harry, part of the English royal family, were a happy couple with three beautiful children until Megan was kidnapped by the Spanish prince Ferdinand. Ferdinand's sister, Cressida Bonas, was broken up with Harry's cousin, and he leaked ill information about her to the press. She was devastated she lost her spot in Buckingham Palace and was humiliated. Ferdinand repeatedly tried to get Megan to leave Harry for him, but she refused.

Harry went to war with all of Spain for Megan. He spent many years when he was younger in the army in Afghanistan and was very skilled. First during the battle of Madrid, Ferdinand sent the solider Sebastian to fight the rest of the English soldiers, and went to fight Harry. But he couldn't defeat him by himself. So, Diego, Ferdinand's brother, who was incredibly mighty and giant, decided to join the battle, to face off directly with Harry. He joined later because Ferdinand's Father sent him to Southern Spain and it took him time to get to Madrid. He devastated the English Army, but Harry was able to defeat him. His defeat doom Ferdinand. Without Diego, Ferdinand was easily defeated.

Harry, winning the war, and continuing English dominance over Spain, began to search for Megan. He found her safe and true. They were able to return to their family and continue raising their young children, along with bringing the royal family to modernity. They will remain happy until the next scandal William creates or the next crash Harry's grandpa causes.

The British Royal Family

Author's Notes

So I used the story of Kumbhakarna from Ramyana. As a quick review, Kumbhakarna is Ravana's giant brother who sleeps for 6 months and had to be awoken. I changed the story and made it modern and secular. Also, I added some of the drama of the British Royal family because in a modern world, princes would not go to war because one cut off a princess's nose, so I wanted to give it a sense of plausibility. I added the first paragraph to place the story in pre-modern time and to add more to the plausibility factor. 

Revisions

So turns out William has been cheating on Kate despite the fact that she has been suffering to give him heirs and is so out of his league. I changed the story from William and Kate to Harry to Megan. They are more fun anyway and are actually in the twenty first century so I was able to update some parts of their life. I also went in and corrected some sentences. 

Reading Wednesday

Sita Sings the Blues By Nina Paley

Dave is terrible and breaks up with Nina by email while she is in New York. She doesn't take it well and grieves. 

Sita tells Rama she is pregnant. A laundry man beats his wife and accuses her of being unfaithful--most damning he compares her to Sita. Sita incredibly pregnant is abandoned in the forst by Lakshmana. 

Nina moves to Brooklyn and dreams about Dave, She begs him to take her back, despite his shittieness. 

Brooklyn Sites: The Brooklyn Bridge, Brooklyn BrownStones, Solder's and Sailor's Arch, Brooklyn Borough Hall, and Coney Island

Rama learns about his sons. Sita would kill herself if she wasn't pregnant when she was abandoned. Rama asked Sita again to prove her purity. Mother Earth did and she took her back into the earth. She still loves Rama despite everything. She leaves everything behind. 

In New York, Nina reads the Ramayana and decides to make a film about it. She relates to Sita. 

The narrator, Chandra rubs Lakshmi's feet???

Reading Week 14

Free Reading

Saraswati- Stories of the Goddess of Wisdom by Sanjana Kapur

There are many different stories in this one comic book. The first one is the "Birth of Saraswati." It tells how the Goddess was born. She emerged from Brahma's meditation. Brahma then grew new heads to gaze at her like one of those 360 cameras on shark week---- not creepy at all. Her start like this set her up to be very wise.

Saraswati

In "Saraswati Becomes a River" the world is threatened by the fire of Vadavagni that could destroy everything. The fire consumes everything. The Devas were worried so they asked for help and she becomes a river to carry the fire away after Bramha told her to. She carried the fire to the ocean where it was extinguished but not in the river???

The comic book also talks about the story of King Prabhanjana. He was cursed to become a tiger. It also talks about how she was cursed by Vishvamitra. He cursed her to be filled with blood and therefore the river. Everything turns out because the sages are able to reverse it.