Monday, January 14, 2013

Stopped at


Programming -- stopped at arrays. I will learn basic programming skills.
French -- stopped at being able to comprehend speech, also racism. I will speak French someday.
Spanish -- stopped at my own racism, my peeves about the langauge, and my unability to roll r's. I will learn to speak colloquial Spanish
Cantonese -- stopped at when I realized the utility. I will speak fluent Cantonese.
Mandarin -- stopped when I wasn't as fluent as natives in creating, synthesiszing speech. I will become semi-fluent.
Excel -- I have a beginner's knowledge of excel. I will learn it as an expert.
Photoshop – Stopped at mastering Curves. I have a intermediate's knowledge of PS. I will learn a bit. Adjustment Layers – Sharpness (Hi-pass), Levels, Curves, Color Balance, Hue & Saturation
Accounting -- stopped at Intermediate. Need auditing. Need quickbooks. Need experience. Need to review each account. Need to know everything by heart. Will get a job as bookkeeper. Will get my CPA over California's never ending fucking requirements. fffuuck.
Literature -- stopped at adding a coffee diet.

Getting Fit -- stopped at changing my diet. I will have PR's.
Fourier Analysis -- stopped at chp1.
Differential Equations -- stopped at chp1. I will buy a textbook, and associated solutions manual and work out every single problem.
Probability and Statistics – central median theorem.
Bayesian Statistics-- stopped at programming
Calculus -- Review, on going. Reviewed fundamental theorem’s proof. Fascinating. I will buy a textbook, and associated solutions manual and work out every single problem.
Chemistry -- Didn't stop. Need to do lab.
Physics -- Stopped at mechanics. I will buy a textbook, and associated solutions manual and work out every single problem.
College algebra -- I will buy a textbook, and associated solutions manual and work out every single problem.
Trig -- I will buy a textbook, and associated solutions manual and work out every single problem.
Geometry -- I will buy a textbook, and a dover edition and associated solutions manual and work out every single problem.
Higher level Math -- I will learn proofs.
Writing Prose -- stopped at waiting for a decent praise. I will read the works of Ruskin, Carlyle, Swift, Johnson, etc. to improve my own.
Writing Essays -- stopped at Hum 3, Renaissance era. I will finish then tell the world I finished the Hum sequence at Revelle with reading 4-5-3-2's books. 1 I skimmed shitted out. Will read the bible and etc. Templates? They Say I Say?
Greek Philosophy – stopped because no textbook. I will buy Hackett's book.
Greek Tragedy -- realized fate is more important. I will read and bring it up whenever I can when I see life fits. Okay not like how lit people do with Moby Dick, but you know.
Modern Philosophy -- stopped at Berkeley, Hume, JS Mill, Henry George, first end of Kant, rear end of Rousseau. I will read and annotate these books like I've done already.
Library -- decent college going on now. I will amass a organized and good library, with each book associated with my version of sparknoes.
Getting girls -- stopped at job, home, car. planned.
Paying back parents -- planned. i owe them
Moving to downtown LA -- planned.
Bike -- planned.
Political Science -- never stopped. Okay, writing with a thesis. I will make a complete and autistic website where I aggregate what everyone says what's wrong with government.
Logic -- no fucking clue
Public Speaking -- need to take the class. I will give a speech in public one day and people will appreciate it.
Rhetoric (non oral) -- sounds like shitty advice. I will read / skim Aristotle's Rhetoric.
Cooking -- stopped at non-asian food. Complete fascination with french. I will make chinese-vietnamese food when I have a family.
Running -- stopped at the 5 minute mile, under 1minute 400m. I will run a sub 5 minute mile on track. I will run a under 1 minute 400 m.
Drawing -- stopped at when i'm decent, but shitty. Need practice. Will have a sketchbook when I'm done with college.
Photography -- stopped at a good camera. I will produce a printed album when I'm done with college. Of UCSD. Of my hometown. Of California. Of San Francisco.
Gaming -- stopped at motion sickness, and shitty computer.
Music -- will never learn.
Biochemistry -- skipped in AP biology when I was a sophomore in HS. early 2006. Reviewing it now. Complete and utter fascination. Needs more memorization.
Org chem -- about to finish. Complete and utter fascination. Need practice
Jokes -- I will learn the art of stand-up, and storytelling to become a conversationalist.
Drugs -- I will experiment.
Carpentry – I will finally master it. Maybe install insulation at home.

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