Week 1 Introduction

Hi everyone! My name is Baleigh Davenport and I am a senior marketing major at the University of Oklahoma. I am a member of Delta Delta Delta sorority, which takes up the majority of my time. I just recently got hired as the media intern at Ackerman McQueen for the semester in Oklahoma City, so I am very excited about being able to start working there. This past summer I interned with Box Talent Agency where I held the title of "Booking Intern." I basically assisted the VP in booking artists and bands for local venues and events. This past summer was definitely one for the books, I turned 21 in July, so my parents took me and three of my friends to Las Vegas for a long weekend and it was one of the funnest times of my life. Although I am not ready to leave this university, I am very excited about my final year at OU because the past three years have been the best time of my life. I am mostly excited about football season and being able to spend this time with my best friends. Unfortunately, I do not have a plan for when I graduate yet, but I hope to be able to stay in Oklahoma depending on where I am able to get a job. Other than that, I am very excited about being able to take this course, Mythology and Folklore, because it will be nice to learn things that are completely foreign to me and get away from the business classes every once in a while! 

Photo of me and my best friends on a game day last year!

Week 1: Storybook Favorites

The three storybooks that I chose as my favorites were The Towers That Be, The Prince Diaries, and Nursery Rhymes Gone Wrong. I chose these three because I love being able to read things in a new perspective. For example, not many people would ever thing to tell the story of Rapunzel from the perspective of the tower's, also, no one ever tells stories about the prince, or for that matter, even cares about what the prince thinks because stories are almost always about the princesses. Finally, I think that the Nursery Rhymes Gone Wrong storybook idea is hilarious. I enjoyed reading these three storybooks because I could tell that the writers were being very creative with their choices. While reading these three stories, it sparked my interest in wanting to write something similar. I want to write a story from a different perspective that no one ever gets to see or hear from. However, one thing I feel could have improved their stories even more would be to have amped up the layout of the stories a little bit more, maybe with pictures and different colors, etc. I understand that it probably was difficult to try to find the pictures online that they wanted to portray their story, but that is the only thing that I feel could have made the stories even better! All in all, these stories have really helped me to decide what I will be interested in writing about when it comes time to write my own storybook for the course. I hope to be able to be as creative as the writers of these stories, but I am excited to be able to begin writing my own storybook.

The Towers That Be

The Prince Diaries

Nursery Rhymes Go Wrong

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Tanzania, Santorini, & Positano... My favorite places

Last summer I had the opportunity to take a vacation of a lifetime with my family to Europe and Africa. We started out on a 10 day Mediterranean Cruise which left out of Rome that went to Santorini, Mykonos, Athens, Istanbul, Ephesus, and Naples. After the cruise we spent 6 days in Rome and had the opportunity to go to several places around Italy. Once our trip ended in Rome, we flew to Tanzania, Africa for a 10 day safari. I was unable to limit myself to choose just one of my favorite places after being to all of these amazing places. All of the photos in this blog were taken by one of my family members or myself. The three places that I chose are Tanzania, Santorini, and Positano. Tanzania, Africa. Tanzania was a life changing experience. I got the opportunity to see many different types of animals and a whole new culture. All of the photos below have been taken by my cousin, Will Hugon. A few of the photos are from his camera and a few are from his iPhone.

 

(One of the gorgeous resorts that we stayed at in Tanzania)

(Photo of my whole family at a "Sundowner" dinner one evening) Santorini, Greece. Santorini is one of the places that we stopped on our cruise. Santorini is built on a cliff and was one of the most gorgeous places I had ever seen. I hope to have the opportunity to return one day!

 

(Amazing photo taken by my step sister) Positano, Italy. Positano was one of my favorite places that I got to travel to in Italy. On the way there, we got to drive down the Amalfi Coast, which was amazing also. Positano is a little town where everyone was so friendly and they are known especially for their lemons and gorgeous pottery. I got the chance to purchase many gorgeous pieces of painted pottery from a locally owned shop.

(The lemons in Positano were huge!)

 

(Walking around in Positano was one of my favorite memories of the trip)

First day of class