My problem has been that I never seem to finish the books I start reading, so I decided to try readubg shorter novels. So far it has worked great. During the summer I’ve read so far:
- Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, Hunter S. Thompson
- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Philip K. Dick
- Minority Report, Philip K. Dick
- Galactic Pot Healer, Philip K. Dick
Lpargnuc's Life List
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2. be better at math
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3. learn english
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4. Become a better programmer
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5. Read more books
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6. Never stop learning
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7. Learn to play the piano
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8. Learn Artificial Intelligence
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9. blog more
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10. Stay out of relationships for a year
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11. Learn Dvorak
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12. drink more water
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13. exercise regularly
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14. solve 50 problems on Project Euler
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15. destroy world of warcraft
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16. Learn a functional programming language.
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How I did it: I'm the type of person who gets really addicted in these types of games. I played for 2 weeks in beta, was really addicted and pre-ordered the game but cancelled it. I didn't want to waste my life playing it, and I knew I would. I've been previously addicted to Ultima Online, skipping school for full weeks because of it. I knew if I bought wow I'd play it my entire waking hours, just like I had played UO and RO before.4 years after the be… Read how I did it…
I wonder why so many people list it as an objective to get INTO relationships instead of not getting into them? Surely they must understand that getting into them is only natural, but actually staying out is something you need to work on. You could argue that starting relationships also requires work, but out of experience I’d say staying out is a lot harder if you see one forming.
My previous girlfriend whom studied english at the university got me really interested in being better at english. It’s not that I was bad at it before, but I sure could be a lot better. My pronunciation in the other hand has always been just plain horrible, which I’m mainly concentrating on improving.
Just hearing her pronunce everything with a seemingly real (to me) british accent made me realize how bad my own pronunciation really is. Upon my request, she taught me to pronunce “th” better, and I realized I don’t have to sound like I do. There’s no reason I couldn’t pronunce things well, and I definitely want to.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t dream of sounding like a native brit or american, I just don’t want to sound like I’m just muttering the words in my native language.
