April, 16, 2009EURO MILLIONS IS MY LATEST PASSION

So my friend Bob calls me on the phone to tell me that he has found some online gambling sites that I just have to check out. I have never been big into gambling, but I figured okay, I will give it a try. So I try out some poker and black jack, but truthfully, they just aren't my thing. Then I find these online lottery sites and I realize that through the internet I can play all different lotteries around the world. Now to me this seems a lot more fun, so I thought I would give it a try. First I tried my luck at euro millions, you know a European lottery. I picked my lottery numbers, and waited and hoped that I would win big. I didn't but when the euro millions results came in, I was extremely surprised to realize that I had actually come very close to the winning numbers. I tried out a few other lotteries, but I felt that I had come so close the first time on the euro millions, that I just had to give it another shot. Now to date, I have not won millions of dollars, but I have won some money, and so I continue to play euro millions and picking lottery numbers, hoping to get my big break. I am one of those people who likes to believe in the possibility of winning it big, cause it is hard to imagine making that kind of money any other way.

As for Bob, he still continues on with his love of online gambling and finds himself at the online casino for at least an hour a day. He too has won some money, but it is up and down and the difference is, when you lose gambling when you lose at the lottery, it doesn't cost you near as much. I think that too is the draw for me to the lottery. The idea of winning big and it only costing me just a few dollars, makes all the difference.

Posted by Renee @ 11:32 AM

April, 08, 2009Preparing for college in high school

I went to the kind of high school where we spent every waking moment preparing for college and getting into the exact college (or colleges) that you wanted to get into. The one big thing that all teachers stressed was essay writing. We all thought it was crazy too and at the time we definitely didn't see the point or appreciate anything that our teachers did for us at all.

We had an essay writing service downstairs in a big section of the library where there were professionals there to give us tips for the ACT or for our college applications or even for just upcoming tests. Every test we ever had included an essay portion that was similar to the one on the ACT or one we would have on an application for college so that we could prepare ourselves for what to expect. Essay writing became second (even first) nature to all of us.

One class was called Custom Essay writing. In the class we learned how to write a custom research paper or an essay to a general prompt. When you take the ACT or you are filling out college applications (which we spent a lot of time practicing as well) a lot of the people you are competing with to get into that school have the same or a very similar essay prompt or question and you need to be able to set yourself apart from the other students.

This class taught me everything that I ever needed to know about essays and more. When I sat down to take the ACT I basically closed my eyes and the pen just started to write in an organized fashion. It was amazing and I (along with almost all of my peers) was not at all surprised when we got back our ACT packets with perfect essay scores.

So although I dreaded writing all of those essays and papers, it really did pay off. Once I got to college I never had a problem in English class or writing the long papers that were assigned for biology. I know exactly how to prepare an outline and organize my thoughts and it has helped me tremendously and I feel like it will continue to help me throughout my life. I am very thankful for all of the time that I spent (and the teachers spent helping) learning all of this.

Posted by Renee @ 8:39 AM