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Animal husbandry - goats. This is something I probably won't invest in until next year when I have some time. But the idea is to raise them free range (grass-fed) and harvest the meat in a way that is truly "green" and "organic." Then market and sell the products (meat, milk, cheese, yogurt, etc) as organic at gourmet farmers markets.

Commercial mushroom harvesting - there are more than 10 species of commercially harvested mushrooms where I live in the Pacific Northwest. Learning to find and identify the valuable ones and when to harvest. I have been going out and doing this some on the weekends this year.

I could go on and make a grocery list of subjects, but I'll stop there.
 
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will be graduating college in a few days (fuck yes) and I have a list of things I want to start learning and expanding my knowledge on during the summer. so glad to have some free time again so i can work on whatever i want!! :)

- making jewelry, more than the kinds i already know how to do. specifically work with metals, glass and gemstones

- improving my skills with javascript and php

- gardening, flowers, herbs, and other plants

- learning how to dance better. i freaking LOVE to bust a move but i haven't been out dancing or to a rave in quite some time. i always admire people who can dance really well and have their own unique style, so i'd love to get some practice in on that. i love hula hooping so i may start trying to do that ;)
 
Cellular automata, more precisely the mind-boggling things they start doing after enough iterations. Complexity arising from simple rules is fascinating and seems to be a property of the universe.

For entertainment purposes mostly. I meddled with the Game of Life back in the days of learning C :)
 
mathematics. going to apply to the master's program...i feel this may be too ambitious but i'm going for it
 
International Politics.
Modern Political Theory.
Methods of Political Analysis.
Kineseology (Olympic games/weightlifting)

I need to kick ass these next 2 semesters so I can get into a good law school.

Really exited for school to start for the first time in my life. Tired of busting my ass in 100+ degree heat for minimum wage.
 
my head hurts if i try to think of all the learnings on plate atm.
 
In no particular order:

Tesla's experiments with high frequency alternating currents.

Valve adjustments (side of road) on sensitive orange Austrian motorcycles.

How expensive babies are.

How to make the perfect BBQ patty.
 
anaglyphs and technical perspective (and trying to combine them). although the last couple weeks i've been much busier with more flat, ornamental design type artwork.
 
This summer I wasnt going to be working so I took the extra time and studied a lot more of the french language, read a lot of novels, got better at digitally recording my acoustic guitars and even got on a regular running and working out sched.

School starts this week tho so back to no life :p
 
I'm currently researching a change in career - i still want to stay in Project Management, but i want to work in a field that makes a difference, so i need to further my education. I'm considering studying a diploma in Applied Social Science, with a concentration on community engagement. I can study this for 1 yr part time at night. This will then provide me with enough credits to complete a Bachelor of Applied Social Science in 4 yrs part time. I could easily study a Grad Cert in Applied Business (without having completed an undergrad - yay 10 yrs relevant work experience) but i don't want to spend 8k on a course that I don't have a passion/interest in.

This combined with my project management experience will position me really well into a not-for-profit organisation, which is where i really want to work (dream job = project manager for Médecins Sans Frontières <3)
 
The MSF office in sydney is right across the road from the apartment we bought. I might move into social research after my degree (only a year left), dunno if i'll stay in unions or try a NGO.
 
1.) Driving. 8( My folks have told me in so many words that I drive a little like I'm in Days of Thunder, like Mad Max, or Bullitt, or a few other crazy motherfuckers, which I should work on.
1.) Finally getting off my ass to get my own car and own place.
 
Started reading A Short History of Nearly Everything. It's very interesting. A lot of information to take in, but it's written in a very entertaining way, so it's hard to put the book down.
 
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