This weekend, the weekend of the miraculous meteor shower, I shall begin on some... projects--queue maniacal laughter. I so often either forget about things I feel I should actually care about, but for once there is a sense of desire, of a bloodlust for accomplishment. Of these projects I can elucidate on two right now: programming and writing.
Programming! Learning any one singular coding language is akin to learning the art of the privileged scribes. It does not have to be for a job, but as simple as fixing computer problems, tinkering around in old programs that do not work (at least not too well), making extensions for programs, making a program that actually does what you want it to do and the ability to make stupid little games, the kind middle age women play all day hoping her children will call. Suffice to say, tons of perks and the best perk is, once one language is known, said knower of one coding language can easily learn--from their recent tools of comprehension--the various other intricacies of other coding languages (as all coding language mean to do one thing... PROGRAM [being understood is a common denominator, but the few "odd" languages seem written by a rabid weasel crapping on a keyboard!]).
For me, I have stumbled and bumbled on more than a few road blocks. As hinted above, I am one to completely lose all sense of action when annoyance weighs the scale. I did great on my few college classes. I felt a need to over achieve, a place to show off, to ruin grading curves and to be generally terrified of the next pop-quiz. One may think someone who dropped out of high school and half a decade later aced a GED (top 2 percentile AND I had a killer headache) would have enough gumption to learn whatever-the-hell he damn-well chooses. The short answer is, yes. I learned about Plato, Pythagoras, the great German proto-psychologists... I learned tons about ancient history and their budding philosophy. I fell in love with what was taught by the Buddha, along with the New Agers.Then there was youtube learning. I tried, and I mean I really tried to learn with the free courses online, which consist of universities video-taping and uploading their classes. Meine (keine) Gott, were they dry. Thank Nerdom for SciShow, CrashCourse and a variety of interactive websites and learning software. I know that if I focus and place my dearest wanting of self-progression into programming languages, I shall prevail... so long as I do not become re-addicted to facebook, and can trust my willpower to turn off Netflix/Hulu/youtube for their entertainment value. GopherVids has been my newest dragon to chase.
Writing! I have been jotting notes, scavenging and salvaging mental leavings and am going to spend this very weekend finishing AT THE VERY LEAST a rough draft of my first official occult book. It reminds me of something Arin Hanson (Egoraptor, most recently known for GameGrumps) said... it was about upcoming projects. The more one talks about a possible project, the less likely it will be completed--paraphrased, of course. Steph recently posted something about quite a few authors in her circle. I have unique viewpoints, and I am sure other people share some of these forms of creativity. I am hoping this will be coherent, and voluminous enough to avoid saddleback staples. I just need to relax and not overact, not alienate the few readers I will acquire--or lose *rimshot*
My final thoughts include... "PLEASE LET THIS WORK!" and "I WANT TO FINALLY DO THIS!"
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