Playing with threads, fun, but I need questions answered

Question

Ok so I am learning multi-threading. My implementation is to use a runnable and Executor interface. The run() method can not be overloaded so my question is, how can I run 2 threads executing different code?

Answer 1

Well as I write, too much information for me. Sorry, but I am not a developer, not a Swing programmer, not anything and on the level of noob tinkering with stuff because I want to learn it and it has not been taught to me yet. What is proposed is simply beyond what I am doing right now and I think mostly stabbing in dark to jazz up a program beyond my programming capabilities atm. So I thought I could come here and get the buzz on working through my multithread tinkering.
Anyway, I have tried using sleep(), tried alternating my two lazy threads but I think I am doomed to have to put this off till semester is over. I can thread well now on a basic level but when I run the following code in 2 threads simultaneously, they don't share, one hogs and tells the other to shut up:
public void run()
        try
                Thread.sleep(1000);
                System.out.println(toString());
            catch(Exception haha)
        for (seconds = 0; seconds < 5; seconds++)
            System.out.println(toString());
public void run()
        int count = 2;
        do
            int nextPoisson = linkedList.Poisson(expectedValue);
            for ( int i = 0; i < nextPoisson; i++)
                linkedList.enQueue(nextPoisson + "", 0);  // enQueue the node
                count--;
            try
                Thread.sleep(2000);
            catch(Exception haha)
            linkedList.setTime();        // set the wait time
        while(count > 0);
    }Meh been a blast with this and even if it doesnt work like I want still nice to expose myself.