Work From Home!

Make a Million Dollars in two point three seconds!

Buy a new house outright with a week's wages!

Grow wings and fly to the moon for your very own green cheese!

Seriously... how do people fall for some of these things?

Its bad enough that companies who are honestly looking for someone to do simple data entry, or whatever, have to compete with all of these scams, but scams that are so obviously bull hockey just blow me away.

Some sites claim you can make money in fifteen minutes after reading their patented and password protected program.

Some sites say that the whole secret is one sentence... available right after you pay them fifty dollars and hand over a large portion of personal information.

My bet is that that one sentence is "Make a work from home scam site!"

The only thing I've found thats legitimate is a site that puts together people looking for freelancers to do all kinds of things from ghost writing books, to writing articles, to proofreading and editing, and people willing to do those services. Twenty two dollars, quarterly, for the right to bid on a project, and hope that the person chooses you.

Its depressing, when you're looking for something of the sort, to run into all of the scams.

Its even more depressing to think that people are fooled by the crappy websites, high-flying claims, and faked credentials.

Half the "people" that make these websites... don't exist. Or at least, they don't exist in a way that would leave tracks on the web, except for their make money now sites.

Looks like I may be waitressing nights, or something of the sort.

Scams

Its not bad enough I've been slogging through work-at-home scams on my own initiative, searching for something legitimate to make some money without set hours, but now they're commenting on my blog!!!!

Freakin people, freakin bots, freakin scams. GO AWAY!!

YAY

Financial Aid information just came in. I got enough to cover my tuition and fees, and probably most of my books. Since I don't know how many books I need just yet, or how much they cost, I can't be sure.

Now I just have to figure out where the money will come from for either my gas there and back or an apartment closer to the college. That part is gonna be interesting, having classes seven days a week. I'll figure something out, I always do.

Back to School

I got my registration done today, back to school August 15th!

Excitement, and nerves, are on the rise.

Still have a few things to get together and get done before school starts, and hopefully find a place nearer the college, if I can work out the financial situation.

In the mean time its lots of getting the last minute prep done, getting the horse up to the school, and all that jazz, so I may not be posting much till I get settled in to my classes.

Perhaps I'll take some time then to look at the differences between continuing your education straight out of high school and taking time out to work in between. We'll see.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

I'm going to try not to give any spoilers just in case someone out there is reading the book, which will make this short post, but I had to.

Rowling sure surprised me with this one, although, just the same as the rest of the books, it makes me wish for more. I certainly hope that the world of Harry Potter hasn't come to a complete close, even though Harry's series has.

I have to give major kudos to Rowling for her success in creating a series that has captivated children and adults alike, and for the fantastic plot twists in the later parts of this last book.

I can't think of anything else to say that isn't giving away spoilers, and since the Farmmom hasn't read it yet, she'll kill me if I post or say anything that gives anything away. I'll have to wait to gush about specific plot points.

Its ok, I'll just go slowly insane in the mean time.

Best Fortune Cookie EVER!

T and I went to Lamar tonight after work to get the new Harry Potter book, since we're both rabid fans. I read aloud to T all the way home.

But, while we were in Lamar we had dinner at the Chinese restaurant, and I got the worlds greatest fortune cookie.



"Ignore Previous Cookie."

Photography

I don't claim photography as a hobby because I just don't get enough time to make it into a regular hobby, but it is one of those things that I do once in a while, and occasionally I get lucky and get some pics that I really like.

In lieu of a real post, I decided to share some of them with ya'll. These were taken out at the Hole, and are some of my favorites of all of them that I've taken recently.

Have I mentioned that I love my digital camera and HP Photo Printer?