I first started HTML coding back when Pokemon was still young (2nd season I believe). I started with predesigned layouts on at a free host called 20megsfree.com. With that I started learning basic tags such as the bold tag and the underline tag and things such as line breaks and horizontal rules and marquees. I learned tables from a dear friend, Rita Buuk and I was first inspired to make websites by the large amount of Team Rocket fan sites out on the net at the time, but mostly by not only the first site I saw the but also my favorite and one of the best, Blast Off, by Windschaser. Many people started making sites because of Team Rocket, I don't know why Team Rocket had this affect and no other show/group/people ever had to my knowledge.
Through the years I've devoloped and grown to where I am now. I know HTML and CSS and DIV Layers very very well. I can make frames but look to learning Forms, Email Forms, Flash, Java, and JavaScript. Layouts I make in Paint Shop Pro 8 using brushes downloaded from places and now I make a lot of my own and images from usually anime shows. I make a lot of my own brushes now too.
I've recently learned how to make my own brushes and glitter fills and glitter texts and glowing fonts in Paint Shop Pro 8.
I was going to college for Web Site Administration and Computer Programming even though I'd really like to do more work on the "artistic" side of websites.
Update June 2010:
I'm now currently going to school for personal training and have maintained a 4.0 GPA, I've traveled around the country in 2008 & 2009 dancing through an agency. It was a super cool time, I got to see so much I thought I'd never see, I never thought I'd leave Cincinnait. => I hope to travel some more with vacation time after school is out and I have a "career".