Where to go and what to learn ? Maybe a FastTrack ?

Hi to all the wise beans and the newbies,
I am going through each of the threads one by one looking at tips/common errors et al and really am getting bored as this is not growing me much. (There's just so many times you can ask the same question :-) ).
My main problem is ' How do I think Java ? '. How to become fluent and fluid without taking shortcuts with perl, shell etc etc
Having exposure to Java since 1996 I have never had a passion for it until over the recent past 2 years but not being employed specifically as a Java Developer makes it more difficult for me to concentrate on the thinking part or designing of a java based project.
RTFM wise is what has brought me back round to Java - Read lots of design patterns, understands OOP, installed and deployed EARs to EJB containers, absolutely loves eclipse etc etc etc
But no real hardcore junkie java coding.
Where can I go to see or get involved in some big project ? - dont mention sourceforge :p
Or can someone advise as to whats the best web/ejb framework that I should get to know ?
Or maybe I am missing the fundamentals : Practice makes perfect and that instead of reading : CODE : But what should I code is the question !
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BeanBag

Beanie,
There's two tonnes of open source projects out there who are allways looking for a good developer... especially experienced pro's. Java experience not required, just bring you're thinking cap and an industrial size tin of instant expresso.
furinstance Open Office are doing a lot of new functionality in java, but you need good C/C++ to have anychange of understanfing their existing god-who-wrote-this-crap libraries.
In the meantime might I recommend one more FM to R (a good one) Bruce Eckel's Thinking in Java
Keith.

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