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Hello my name is Karina. This is now the fifth time I am posting this. The first time I accidently erased it and the second time I wasn't logged in, and the third time wasn't in the correct blog, and the fourth was again in the wrong place so here I go again.

I am from Wichita Falls, TX.

I have one sister.

My mother and father are both Honduran. Honduras is a country in Central America, so no it is not in Mexico. A lot of the times people assume I am Mexican, and when I correct them the most common response is, "It's the same thing". To which I reply it is not! I am Hispanic, Honduran, and American. I have no problem with Mexicans. I just want people to know who I am and not what they want to percieve me as. After all if I just accepted the fact that people assumed I am Mexican and never corrected them, what would be the next part of my identity that I would lose?

But I digress.

I came to Bryn Mawr because, it is away from Texas, it is an awesome school, and I couldn't imagine being anywhere else. I am super excited for what this seminar has in store, and with that I will go on to part two.

My creation myth is a Mayan creation myth. How accurate this is to the actual myth I am not sure, but I think it is close. The link will take you to a website where you can read the myth, while it is being read to you, while animation is going on. I thought this was apropriate since stories can be told in multiple ways. So in the words of Thomas King, "It's yours. Do with it what you will."

http://www.mythicjourneys.org/bigmyth/myths/english/2_maya_full.htm