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June 19, 2011
June 17, 2011
Imma Gonna See John Prine!
Tonight, the legendary John Prine is doing a show in Des Moines. I'm going to said show. Yeeeessssssss :)
June 16, 2011
June 15, 2011
A Zinch-Rific Post
Hello everyone! Tonight I've decided to post about a wonderful website that I seem to have become quite popular on: zinch.com. I describe this website to my friends as being like facebook, but with easy access to college reps. and scholarships.
Since I started Zinch about a year ago, I've been contacted by hundreds of schools that I didn't even know existed. I've found scholarships tailored specifically to my needs (meaning they can be applied to by a student my age and match my academic and extra-curricular interests). I've gotten tons of letters in the mail from schools saying that they're interested in me and will be recruiting me when I'm a little older (I'll be 16 in August).
Overall, Zinch is an incredible new resource for students who are serious about going to college. I highly recommend it.
Now, since I'm assuming about half of the viewers of this page saw a link for it on my zinch profile, I will address a topic that might be of interest to a zincher like myself.
I have a ridiculous amount of swagger points. A lot of kids have contacted me via the site asking just how the heck I got so many. Well, I'll tell you now. I feel comfortable doing this because the thing I did to get so much swagger can no longer be done. You see, in the "Scholarships" section of the site under "Get More Money", Zinch gives you the option to send e-mails to your friends inviting them to join the site. For each e-mail you send, you get 4 points. About 2 months ago, you could send thousands of e-mails at a time. Nowadays, you can send only 20 max. One night I typed up a word document containing about 5000 email addresses. I copied and pasted this list repeatedly into the "To:" box of the page. Every time I hit send, I got 20,000 points. I went from about 2,500 points to 2,000,000 points in one night. Over the course of the next month, I increased that amount to about 12,000,000. I felt awesome for exploiting such a seemingly obvious design flaw. Then, the Zinch developers limited the number of e-mails that could be sent at a time. I was done acquiring lump sums of swagger.
Thanks for reading; hope you found this informative.
Byeee :)
Since I started Zinch about a year ago, I've been contacted by hundreds of schools that I didn't even know existed. I've found scholarships tailored specifically to my needs (meaning they can be applied to by a student my age and match my academic and extra-curricular interests). I've gotten tons of letters in the mail from schools saying that they're interested in me and will be recruiting me when I'm a little older (I'll be 16 in August).
Overall, Zinch is an incredible new resource for students who are serious about going to college. I highly recommend it.
Now, since I'm assuming about half of the viewers of this page saw a link for it on my zinch profile, I will address a topic that might be of interest to a zincher like myself.
I have a ridiculous amount of swagger points. A lot of kids have contacted me via the site asking just how the heck I got so many. Well, I'll tell you now. I feel comfortable doing this because the thing I did to get so much swagger can no longer be done. You see, in the "Scholarships" section of the site under "Get More Money", Zinch gives you the option to send e-mails to your friends inviting them to join the site. For each e-mail you send, you get 4 points. About 2 months ago, you could send thousands of e-mails at a time. Nowadays, you can send only 20 max. One night I typed up a word document containing about 5000 email addresses. I copied and pasted this list repeatedly into the "To:" box of the page. Every time I hit send, I got 20,000 points. I went from about 2,500 points to 2,000,000 points in one night. Over the course of the next month, I increased that amount to about 12,000,000. I felt awesome for exploiting such a seemingly obvious design flaw. Then, the Zinch developers limited the number of e-mails that could be sent at a time. I was done acquiring lump sums of swagger.
Thanks for reading; hope you found this informative.
Byeee :)
June 14, 2011
Iron & Wine: The Epicness of Sam Beam's Beard
Holy moly. I can't seem to stop posting tonight. Anyway, this is a post all about Sam Beam's beard. This one, to be exact:
Now, tell me that's not theee most epic beard you've ever witnessed with your creeper eyes??? Just kidding, you're awesome. There can't possibly be creeper eyes on you. No siree.
Honestly, I've never ever seen a picture of this man without a beard. I don't have a clue what his face looks like...but I'd imagine his beard to be warm and soft and brown and lovely and just downright sensational.
I suppose I'm not really the best person to inform you on this subject. Oh well. Here's one of his songs, and a pretty cool video to go with it:
Hope you liked it! :)
Robert Pattinson Kinda Rocks At Singing and Stuff
So. A couple days ago I found this song on youtube. I'd heard some of Rob's stuff before and really liked it, but I think this one is my new favorite.
Pretty freakin' awesome, right?
The first time I ever heard Rob's stuff, I was thoroughly impressed. I wasn't expecting much and the pure emotion and soulfulness of his voice really surprised me. I hope this compels you to check out some of his other stuff and whatnot.
Byeee! :)
My Very First Post
Hello there, my wonderful new companions. I'm very excited to be starting this blog! It's officially summertime here in Iowa, so I've found myself with a little more time on my hands than usual. I guess I was feeling particularly bloggy today, and what better way to act on such a feeling than to create a brand new blog! :)
I've yet to entirely discern exactly what this blog will contain. I suppose I'll just end up rambling about whatever is on my mind. I'm glad the name of my blog isn't so specific that rambling would be out of the question. Rambling is my middle name. My first name is Rachel. Nice to meet you. :)
Well, I guess this concludes my very first post. I have some things to dooooo!!! Like delve deeper into a book I just starting reading: The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins. It's proved very interesting so far.
Until tomorrow!
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