I'm doing 23 things
I finally feel like I have control over my studying habits. My marks have improved enormously, and I may well be on my way to snagging a bursary :)
cocoalocks's Life List
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1. Cut the wake while slaloming
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2. Take a kayak to the middle of the lake, and just sit there and savour the beauty that surrounds me
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3. Make random people smile
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4. Write a book
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5. Worry less
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6. decide what to do with my life
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7. sleep normal people hours (stop staying up so damn late, and sleeping all day..)
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8. Get a degree
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9. Run for 30 minutes without stopping
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10. learn html
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11. Be passionate about life
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12. Get really fit
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13. read more thought-provoking books
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14. Be a better friend
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15. Learn how to play electric guitar
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16. Grow closer to God
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17. Be nicer to nasty people
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18. Get my poetry published
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19. Write a real song
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20. bungee jump
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21. Forgive those who hurt me
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22. Grow as a person
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23. learn php and mysql
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How I did it
It made me
Exuberant 
How I did it: I thought I was alone in the world for most of my life. No-one viewed life the way I did, and no-one understood me. I settled for far less than I am worth, and got incredibly hurt in the process. But one day, I met this man. And he saw things through the same lenses that I do. He understands me, and loves me despite my silliness, emotionality, and over-analytical nature. Not only that, but he loves me BECAUSE of those things and doesn't e… Read how I did it…
Recent entries
I have to create a full e-commerce site as a project for my major subject by October (yikes). So I’m currently working through “PHP 6 and MySQL 5 for Dynamic Websites” by Larry Ullman, and it’s proving to be rather helpful. I have managed to create a basic form using XHTML, and can now finally connect to and add to the database table using a php script. It may seem like a small accomplishment, but I’m going to take it in my stride for now ;)
Well, I can create basic pages using XHTML (Strict – Transitional is for pansies) which look a heck of a lot better than some real online pages that I’ve seen. So let’s see where this goes.
