Programmer's Block

Instead of writer's block, I think I have programmer's block.

I've been doing a lot of thinking lately. I don't know why it was so hard for me, but it took me a long time to even come up with an idea that I wanted to do for my weekly programming exercises. Last week was just to make a simple html page - I could barely do that. No, it's not because I was having trouble coding, I was having trouble coming up with an idea on what to do for the exercise. Although I liked that we were free to do whatever we had wanted on the html page, the freedom opened up an expansive chasm of ideas that I could not single out to choose from. After trying out multiple layouts, I couldn't figure out what I wanted. At the end, I spent more time trying to figure out what I wanted the layout to be rather than actual coding. In the end, it turned out to be something simple, yet has a touch of creativity. I plan to make more images similar to the one on the main page.

It wasn't the first time I made a website. My first website, actually, was kind of horrid. I could have finished the assignment by simply taking my old website pages and submitted it. But no - I wanted to create something new, and at least be of some importance to myself.

Meanwhile on the group project's end, I'm not sure if we are any closer to deciding what to do for our project. My hope is that it would have something to do with website content such as html, css, javascript, xml, xslt. Those are the things that I am most familiar with. Though I don't claim myself to be an expert, I should be able to work with proficiency - if I know exactly what is needed.
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