Carlo Williams

Within the beginning of the reading for Part B, Krishna and Balarama are still little kids. During one event, the universe was found within Krishna's mouth, which is crazy but makes sense since he is the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. It was awesome when Krishna as a young boy went into the poisonous water and fought the snake Kaliya and performed "the cosmic dance of creation and destruction" on the snake. Krishna is also a trickster though! He likes to perform pranks. A random stork demon swallowed Krishna, but Krishna yet again escaped splitting the stork in two from the inside. It is funny every time how people are worried about Krishna, yet every time he manages to defeat a demon. With the demon donkey, Balarama was able to defeat him this time and not Krishna! One after the other Krishan and Balarama defeat the demons sent by Kansa to kill them. Krishna even scolded the god Indra for being prideful. Indra asked for forgiveness! Eventually, Krishna killed Kansa! Whoa, I...

For this weeks reading notes I decided to take notes on the graphic novel, "Krishna: Defender of the Dharma." Within the first few pages of the reading an evil demon by the name of Kalanemi has incarnated as Kansa who seems to be quite the bit of trouble. Kansa dragged his father, the King, into a dungeon in order to take his earthly treasures. Kansa sounds like a very evil spoiled brat. Kansa became more powerful than Indra, so Indra went to Lord Vishnu for help. Kansa is then cursed and his sister eighth child will end up killing him. Therefore, he goes and locks up his sister and her husband. This graphic novel is insane. Kansa decides that he will kill all his sisters children and within the novel when his sister gives birth, he takes the child and squeezes it to death instantly killing it. It is really graphic! Through the creativity of the gods, the last two children lived and they were named Krishna and Balarama. Kansa has called on the demon chiefs to hunt down and k...

Graduation Countdown Countdown Here is my graduation countdown! It was exciting and also a little worrying creating this gadget. I am not sure I am ready to graduate just yet. Either way it was cool being able to make a graduation countdown!