Blog Entry 1.3 Poetry Symbolism (Essay 1)

Ok so basically I chose a song that pretty much gives itself away once you hear the title of it. The song is called Psycho by Puddle of Mudd, the song is filled with symbols that relate to the theme of this course, the main word used in this song is what I believe what makes this song somewhat link itself to the theme of this course. Additionally that word is Schizophrenic which by its definition is someone who has Schizophrenia. “Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that makes it difficult to tell the difference between real and unreal experiences, to think logically, to have normal emotional responses, and to behave normally in social situations”. Now someone with a mental disorder like that can create a fantasy/ dream world like no other, and with that said, that’s simply powerful enough to bend your own reality. Now with the course theme being about the Supernatural. (Quick definition of the supernatural is “Departing from what is usual or normal especially so as to appear to transcend the laws of nature”.) Now having schizophrenia defiantly starts departing you from what is usual or normal, or at least it lets you believe everything is normal, sort of making the unreal seem real. If you watch the video of this song it translates very well with the theme of this course, it shows how far this one guy can go with having schizophrenia, having situation where is attacked by famous horror figures . what catches my attention is that nearly at the end of this song you hear him say “Maybe You’re the One” making it seem as if, it’s not him with schizophrenia, then has to be you with schizophrenia trying to making you believe everything that you just saw is what really happened in the kind of way of trying to confuse you on what is a real and unreal experience departing you from what is usual. The video has a somewhat pretty funny parody of the movie “I Know What You Did Last Summer” if you care to watch, the video is below with lyrics right under it.



Lyrics:
"Psycho"

[Said twice]
Maybe I'm the one
Maybe I'm the one who is the schizophrenic psycho (yeah)

[Verse 1]
She lays down on the fresh lawn
She can make everything magical
But she tied one on big time
And it makes me wanna rewind
To back in the days when we were young
When everything was like a loaded gun
Ready to go off at any minute
And you know we're gonna win again (yeah) [x3]

[Chorus:]
Maybe I'm the one
Maybe I'm the one who is the schizophrenic psycho (yeah)
Maybe I'm the one
Maybe I'm the one who is the paranoid Flake-oh

[Verse 2]
She lays down on the sidewalk
Never very analytical
She is something simply beautiful
Re-appear when you feel magical
To back in the days when we were young
When everything was like a loaded gun
Ready to go off at any minute
Yeah you know we're gonna win again

[Chorus]

You're the one, you're the one who is the schizophrenic psycho [3x]

Back in the days when we were young
When everything was like a loaded gun
Ready to go off at any minute
And you know we're gonna win again

[Chorus]

You're the one, you're the one who is the schizophrenic psycho!

Blog "Entry 1.2: Internet Research"

In my days of work bugging myself on trying to find a mythological being, worth writing about I have grown fond of Hermes. Hermes is the God of many things, making him stand out to me more than any other Greek mythology God. Even though every God is specific in detail, Hermes stands out by being the God of many things and not just one thing, for example.
“HERMES was the great Olympian God of animal husbandry, roads, travel, hospitality, heralds, diplomacy, trade, thievery, language, writing, persuasion, cunning wiles, athletic contests, gymnasiums, astronomy, and astrology.” - http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Hermes.html
I used http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Hermes.html, which was very useful and gets straight to the point on Hermes life story; other websites just bored me on countless filler that just made me not want to read anything anymore. This website provided me with the information I need to stay focused on Hermes, who in my opinion is the most intresting God. What I like most about Hermes son of Zeus and Maia, the daughter of Atlas, Is labeled as handsome and athletic, so if I would ever want a God’s persona, it would most likely have to come from Hermes. Being born in a cave of mount Cyllene in Arcadia, he grew up to be the personal agent and herald of Zeus, the king of the Gods.What is cool about this hell raiser is that in the first hour of being born he escaped from his cradle and went to Pieiria, and carried off some of the oxen of Apollo, God of the sun. Additionally from that point he was labeled as a thief, such as the many more thing he is. In those actions of thieft Hermes did not want to be discovered by the trace of his footsteps, Hermes then put on sandals and drove the oxen to Pylos, where he killed two, and concealed the rest in a cave. Cool fact on Hermes is that he is the fastest of all the Gods, which makes him an Olympian God and has not aged since reaching adulthood, “His attributes included the herald's wand or kerykeion (Latin caduceus), winged boots, and sometimes a winged travellers cap and chlamys cloak.” - http://www.theoi.com/Olympios/Hermes.html.

About Me

My names Chris, im not really good at these types of situations, where i have to write about myself and have alot of people read it lol. Im pretty much a laid back person who likes to chill and have fun, i love to laugh and keep a smile on my face, i love playing basketball and do what everyone else trys to do, which is... "Enjoy Life" lol.