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December 18, 2007

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A brighter day

After a pretty bad week things are looking better. I really appreciate Conner, Darwin, and others who have offered support and a kind word during this time.  It really does mean a lot.  The sun came out today, not just in the sky, but in my heart.  I feel like things are going to be ok.  I spent some time with my family this weekend. We went shopping, ate dinner, and then went to see Christmas lights. My darling nephew, such a special toddler, made the lights more special than they could've been otherwise I think.  Those things always brings a smile to my face. 

 So now I'm tackling some new things.  I've gotten a shell to see how badly I can mangle some mud code.  I've started working on cascading style sheets for my web page. And I've actually decided to take a slight breather from the mud for a bit.  I am also going to learn how to play Parcheesi, and improve my Mancala skills. I think I have almost figured out Mancala!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! 

Posted by Avaeryn

Comments

  1. I'm glad to hear you're feeling better. I hope those bright and happy feelings continue for you.

    DarwinDarwin on Monday, 17 December 2007, 19:37 MST # |

  2. Like Darwin said, I'm glad to hear that the blues have passed.. but, wow.. you went from being unsure if you wanted to continue mudding to deciding that you're going to try to self-learn mud coding, make your own web page in a new language (css? I thought you were going to learn php?), learn to play parcheesi and work on your skills from mancala.. manic depressive? bipolar? Just a wee bit of an extremist? Laughing

    Conner DestronConner Destron on Monday, 17 December 2007, 21:13 MST # |

  3. That's awesome! I always love to hear someone picking up new languages. Learning to program on a MUD will give you the basics of C which will make learning PHP, javascript or any other -real- programming language a lot easier. If you need any help grasping concepts or anything like that, and don't feel like posting, I love to help people pick up programming, so drop me a line.

    DavionDavion on Tuesday, 18 December 2007, 10:29 MST # |

  4. Hey now, C is a real programming language too. :(

    Conner DestronConner Destron on Wednesday, 19 December 2007, 21:38 MST # |

  5. Well, what can I say? I've always been one of those people when I decide to take action I just do it. Get it over with because if you dread too much it makes it worse.  Plus I enjoy learning, so it's not that difficult for me to jump into something new as a way of becoming more rounded.  I won't say the blues have gone completely away. I still have those teary moments but much less than before. 

    So far CSS is going quite well. I think PHP will come a bit later.  I'm just really looking forward to a break from school which has exhausted and worn me down. Another reason I think my outlook has improved--I've been on break for about two weeks now.  Being exhausted is no fun at all!

    AvaerynAvaeryn on Thursday, 20 December 2007, 11:46 MST # |

  6. And btw, mancala is a favorite game that I just started playing a couple years ago.  Simple and easy, not many pieces or rules.  Just have to watch the kid to make sure she's not picking up stones when she shouldn't be Sealed  Bipolar? Who knows, have never been to a psychiatrist.  I think we all have something going on with us, and doctors would love to slap a diagnosis on it and give us some pills.  The pharmaceutical companies would love it too I'm sure Money mouth

    AvaerynAvaeryn on Thursday, 20 December 2007, 11:48 MST # |

  7. I understand completely, the depression can't just vanish overnight if everything's otherwise normal (or at least mostly unchanged), but you can work through it.

    Glad to hear that the CSS is going well too. :)

    Dragona likes mancala too. *shrug*

    Prolly true enough. *nod*

    Conner DestronConner Destron on Friday, 21 December 2007, 00:40 MST # |

  8. I just am so amazed at CSS.  This is what I've been trying to do with html before and could never quite manage!  Talk about some cool stuff!

    AvaerynAvaeryn on Friday, 21 December 2007, 08:21 MST # |

  9. *L* Dragona and I hate CSS, but we've managed to get reasonably good at manipulating it since it was used rather heavily in the forum software we use and in the blog software we used before that and in the forum software we used before that and.. *shrug*

    Conner DestronConner Destron on Friday, 21 December 2007, 16:57 MST # |

  10. so far it's going well! The tags actually make sense for the most part though the more advanced things are taking a bit. I wonder if it's because I'm familiar with html that CSS is making sense?

    AvaerynAvaeryn on Friday, 21 December 2007, 17:25 MST # |

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