Cop Cos-Play?

Any of you want to hang out in Las Vegas with Brass from CSI? Maybe you prefer Horatio in Miami or Mac in NY? Or maybe you just totally dig the comfort and functionality of police gear... (Or heck, maybe you even *are* a cop!) Whatever your reason, you'll want to check out LA Police Gear, where you can find holsters, footwear, handcuffs, clothes, and even those crazy 511 Tactical Shorts! They're not just for cops anymore! ~_^

Blogging for money

So I've added google ads and project wonderful to my side bars and it was painless.

However, I have been trying to get my blog approved through payperpost since LAST JUNE and it has been the biggest pain in the butt. One delay after another, then I finally could submit it to be approved again, only to have it denied because they felt it didn't meet the requirements. I went through their TOS, couldn't find out why, asked for more details so I could correct it, only to have someone reply that they couldn't see why either and they approved me. Then I took an opportunity for that glass tile place, a place I really would buy from which is why I haven't deleted the damn thing, and when I try to submit it, they say my blog isn't qualified! &(**%&%$%#()*(%^$!!!!!!!! Even worse, when I went to go and try and figure out why, I decided to delete my LJ from their accounts (because it shows as eligible for some opps when the blog I am using isn't), and I wound up deleting the wrong account! GAH!!! So now I have to go through the approval process all over again... *headdesk*

SocialSpark is just as frustrating. I can't find any info on why I'm not qualified to take opps and I can't find any info on how I get paid and when.

And ChaCha? I'm supposed to take tests to qualify, and when I follow the links to the tests, they tell me the email address is already registered. Duh. To me. Then I try to log on and I can't find the place to take the tests. I send a plea for help. They send me a place to log in for the tests, but my password is invalid and there's no place to get it reset. Again I ask for help and I get a link to have it emailed to me. What happens then? It says, "Sorry, we couldn't find your account." Shoot me.

So here it is Thursday and I'm just waiting for them all to get they're acts together so I can make some money to make up for being forced to take this week off...

*deep breath* Everything. Will. Be. O. K. Everything will be ok. Everything-will-be-ok, everythingwillbeok, everythingwillbeokeverythingwillbeokeverythingwillbeok....

Glass tiles for my bathroom

For a long time now I have wanted to redecorate a bathroom with these gorgeous glass mosaic tiles, like I saw in an ad for some new bathroom product ages ago. What's great about The Glass Tile Store is that you can get samples for just the cost of shipping which is only about four or five dollars, and they have got a wonderful selection! The 1”x1” stained glass and iridescent tiles are similar to the kind that were in that ad; the river bardiglio gray river rocks would go perfect in the pond-themed bathroom I want to do; and the jelly bean blend pebble glass would be adorable in a child’s candy-themed bathroom! I can't wait until we can afford to redo the bathrooms here! ^_^



EDIT:
I ought to delete this post since I never got paid for it because of PPP screwed up my blogs, but I don't blog about things unless I really mean it, so I suppose I'll leave this here...

Complaint

Well. I am offended.

Apparently, this is a spam blog. PayPerPost won't approve it for me to write for them because it's not got enough personal posts of 3 sentences or more. And even Blogger itself is making me do those word verification things with every post I make, which is *very* annoying when I am editing posts and have to do it over & over & over again.

Yes, I have put advertising on this blog. We need more income and this is an easy way to do it. But I did *not* create this blog for the sole purpose of advertising. I created it so my friends who don't have LJs can read little bits of my life, so I can share my crafty things with them, and memes, and yes, when I try something new I like to write about it, I'm not getting money for it, or free product, but if you know how I can, please tell me!

But PPP claims my blog hasn't got enough original content, too much reposted from other sources, and implies I am only keeping it for advertising. But I checked; I went through all of my previous 87 posts: There are only 5 unpaid but lengthy product reviews written by me because I *like* to write that stuff, there are 16 posts that were copied and pasted from other sources that had less than 3 sentences of comments from myself, and there were 25 posts with less than 3 sentences no matter what they were. The rest were all posts with more than 3 sentences of original writing by me. Oh, and one poem written by me, which also apprently doesn't count either.

So, if we count this post, 41 of 88 posts are original content of more than 3 sentences. Of course, if the 5 unpaid reviews counted, it would be over half. But I guess this blog is more than half spam and you all should just stop reading it...