It's A HUGE World After All

Hello gingers! I've learned that when you are across the country, you realize that the world is huge.

I'm just going to talk about that kind of stuff today. Because it's a pretty big deal to me.

The first time we realized the world around us was huge, was when we went to the Jefferson Memorial. The pictures don't do it justice but the ceiling is just so far above your head. The statue itself is enormous and it just shows you the legacy Thomas Jefferson left behind. This man wrote the final word from the place we were familiar to. He wrote the words that separated us from the rest of the world. He wrote the words that would start something much greater than anyone had expected. This building was huge and it just made you feel small. It made you feel like you need to strive to do something as great as Jefferson did.

The second place where we just kind of realized that we were small beings was Arlington National Cemetary. You think you are the most important person in the world. At least I did. And then you go somewhere here. You see miles of graves. Miles of tombstones. You think you have done so much to help this world and be a part of it. But then you realize that every single one of these people have done more for the worlds well being, our countries well being, and the well being of our own selves than we will do in our entire lifetime. They fought for our country. They fought for the daily lives we live today. They deserve the highest praise in the world for protecting the greatest country in the world. 

The Holocaust Museum also brought some light to our eyes. We realized that we are not, and we cannot be the center of attention at all times. There are things greater than what we know. We are not the most important thing. We are a nameless face to the rest of the world. And that's what all the people who died and suffered in the Holocaust were to the world as well. Nameless faces that didn't matter. I realized that they do matter. Everybody matters in this world and it's hard to see that every day people take that for granted. I matter. You matter. All my gingers in the world matter. Everybody beyond that too. 

I learned that the world is huge. I am not the only person in the world that matters. There are millions of other people who suffered for the greater good. They took their last breaths in the hope of a greater good. I have a new respect for the world around me. I have a new compassion for everyone. The people who have built what they have from the ground up are the people I look up to. They are all so amazing and deserve respect. That's hard to find now, but I hope I can start it. For the greater good. 

See you guys tomorrow. 

Stay Full Of Respect,

Rachael The Ginger

Catching Up

Hello gingers! Today I've been trying to catch up with freaking everything in the world.

I've been trying to catch up with all the videos I missed. I'm almost done except for the shaytards vlogs, and anything really posted today. It was a surprising amount of work to catch up on. Working for YouTube must be so incredibly difficult.

I've also been catching up on just my daily life. Catching up with my daily routines, and everything like that. You'd be surprised how hard it is to figure out yur normal day to day thing when it's been messed up for 7 days.

I've also been catching up with family. I've been telling them all the stories of my trip and all the things I've seen and heard and witnessed. My mom also came back from a business trip tonight so I have also been catching up with her too.

I even have to catch up on a little bit of school.

I've also been catching up with friends. I put my friends first for everything and if you know me, you get that. Because if you know me, your probably my friend. There was a lot of typical middle school drama on the trip that I had to catch up on. I can't be out of the loop even though I have no friends.

But I've been catching up on the drama and things that happened while I was away as well. That's very important if you are to be an informed Ginger. Very, very important.

But drama aside I love you guys. No matter what. I always put my friends first.

Keep On Loving,
Rachael The Ginger

Just Shake It Off

Hello gingers! I'm back from my trip and I missed 2 days of blogging. I do deeply apologize before I get to the rest of what I'm going to say.

If you have just joined here at the Ginger Rebellion, my goal was to blog every single day of the year. Well, I missed yesterday and the day before. Those days got a lot busier than expected and I just did not have time to blog until it was to late. I'm sorry about it, and I felt bad about it at first but I don't now. Everybody makes mistakes. It's not even that big of a deal. Shaycarl missed days too. It happens.

There were a lot of jokes made on the trip. We would laugh and be all funny together because that's who we are. But when a joke of mine wasn't as funny as I thought it would be and I would be the only one laughing I would stop and just look forward awkwardly. My friend Maleah and I created a name for this awkward gesture as "just shaking it off". This joke wasn't funny so you just wait for the next one to be funny. That's how I kind of took this experience to be.

I made a mistake. I missed a blog, and that wasn't funny so I'm just going to shake it off until the next one is funny. I'm just going to shake it off.

I'm not going to talk a lot of the trip RIGHT NOW. Stay tuned for the next couple of days to see blogs about the trip because there will be plenty of them. Right now I would just like to take the time to say thank you's to all the wonderful people who made the trip happen.

First I would like to thank Mr. and Mrs. W for choosing me and 52 other amazing, awesome, wonderful people to go on this trip. It has really been one of the best experiences I have ever had in my life. Thank you.

I would also like to thank Mr. and Mrs. R for also chaperoning us in the trip. They helped us out so much along the way.

Next I would like to thank School Tours of America for actually allowing us to go and experience the things we did. They organized everything and made it as easy as possible to have a great time.

Going along with that I would like to say a HUGE thank you to Don, our bus driver and tour guide in DC, and Robert, our tour guide in NYC. They were absolutely amazing and they made my trip so much better with personal stories that just enriched the experience.

Next, I would like to thank all the establishments who would allow 52 middle school children into their buildings, and stores, etc. They were so kind to help us out, and so eager to help us learn in our time there.

I will have an extensive list of all the places we went in a later blog but thank you to them too!

I would also like to thank everybody on the trip. They made my trip absolutely amazing and I was happy to spend my time across the country with them! Names in a later blog!

I'd also just like to give a little shoutout to Rachel P who had to go home early due to a bad case of influenza. We missed you and we hope you feel better!

I'm back to normal guys and I'll see you tomorrow.

Keep On Shaking It Off,
Rachael The Ginger

The Wizard Of Oz

Hello gingers! We have been on a bus for a while but we are in New York City!

We watched The Wonderful Wizard of Oz today on the bus because we are seeing Wicked on Broadway.

I realized how much I missed movies like that from my childhood. I used to watch movies like The Sound of Music, The Aristocats, Cats, and The Wizard of Oz every single day when I was little. I miss things like that.

I just wanted to share that with you guys. This trip is about making memories as well as remembering them. I am having a blast and everything is so eye-opening. Ginger 2.0.

I think New York is rubbing off on me a little though. I seem to be getting more angry by the second. But I'm good.

Keep On Staying Happy,
Rachael The Ginger

Amazing Sights

Hello gingers! We are going on our second day in Washington!

It has already been an awesome trip! We have seen so much already! I can't believe I've learned so much in the little time that we've been here. People have been so amazing and helpful that it's ridiculous. They want us to have an awesome experience as well. It's going to be great.

But the most amazing thing is everything. I'm so proud to be representing my school, my age group, and my country. I'm on the bus now and we are going to George Washington's mansion and we are going to have a blast!

I love you guys! My feet hurt. But I'll see you later!

Keep On Walking,
Rachael The Ginger

It Is Very Early In The Morning

Hello gingers! I even get better reception at the airport! Who woulda thunk?

I lied to you. This is called phone blogging and it sucks! But I don't know what to tell you. Let's all just send our combined internet strength to wish for wifi at the hotel. Please.

Now I'm in the airport terminal. Got my sunscreen I forgot about confiscated. I'm such a noob.

 We are flying Frontier. But I have a question? When did TSA become so strict?

It's getting very, very exciting. Just the thought of being is Washington in 4 hours is amazing. This is a new frontier for gingers. The east coast!

We are about to board the plane now! See ya tomorrow!

Keep On Moving,
Rachael The Ginger

6 Hours

Hello gingers! In about 6 hours I will be up and officially getting read for the East Coast Tour!

This is basically going to be a recap and preparation blog for the next 5 days! Here we go!

I'd like to remind everybody that I will be blogging from my phone if there is no wifi atthe hotel. Blogging from my phone is terribly slow and inefficient so don't be expecting much. I do think that reception will be better on the east coast though.

The minute I wake up I will be vlogging with a real camera. Those clips and things will go o a montage video on my main channel not next Tuesday, but the Tuesday after that. There will also be a picture montage.

But next Tuesday I will be posting a one take video from my phone on the main channel. But throughout the week I will be posting one takers and updates on my second channel. Go subscribe to see those. Very exciting.

And you can always follow my social networking sites like twitter to see instant stuff as well. This is going to be an experience of a lifetime and I can wait to share it with you guys to. Get ready. Gingers Take East Coast.

There might be an early morning blog tomorrow. I want to preven as much phone blogging as possible.

Keep On Getting Excited,
Rachael The Ginger

Running Marathons

Hello gingers! Like I said, another stupid serious blog in the life of Rachael The Ginger.

I do hope some of you guys like these blogs. I kind of hope you are learning from them as well. I'm writing them to learn for myself actually. Inception.

As you may know Shaycarl ran a marathon (26.2 miles) this Sunday in 3 hours, 49 minutes, and something seconds. Maybe 6 months ago, he was more than 100 pounds heavier then he is today.

This is crazy to think about. He set a goal. He got tired of how things were. He wanted change. He didn't want to feel the way he did every day so he took ACTION and lost 100 pounds and ran a marathon in under 4 hours.

He set his mind to it. He always talked about cliché's and how they are cliché's for a reason. Don't give up. Work hard. Determination. He said that they work and they do! That's how he trained. He wanted something in his life, he wanted to reach his goal, he wanted to feel better and he did it.

He ran a marathon! That's crazy to think that it wasn't even that long ago when he was 280 pounds. He has come so far in his journey and this is really just the beginning. I know he has inspired me to a huge extent to just take action.

Nothing is going to get done in this world, unless there are people willing to do it. I am willing to step up. I am willing to type these keys every day, and sit down and make silly videos, and sing silly songs so just one person will feel better. Making one person laugh. That's it.

I am going to succeed. I know that for sure. I am working hard, and I'm determined, and I have goals and I'm going to reach them.

Even fitness goals I guess. (He really is inspiring)

Someday I would actually like to run a marathon. I would like to feel good. Feel like I have accomplished something. And I will. I will work hard for it and take all the advice that people have given me.

It all starts now.

This summer is going to blow your mind guys. I am going to have Ginger 1.7 going into high school. It's a new school, with new beginnings. Here we freaking go guys.

It's not necessarily the destination, it's the journey.

And every step of the way I will be blogging :)

Keep On Improvising,
Rachael The Ginger

The Rundown

Hello gingers! Today is going to be a quick type of blog where I say some stuff and then you might think some stuff and then you'll just think that this blog has an awesome name.

That's right. It's pretty freaking rad.

This blog really isn't really going to be a rundown but I just though it was cool.

First of all, I'm going to tell you that tomorrow is going to be about ShayCarl and his marathon running self. I've got some stuff that I want to say about that!

Second thing, it is one of my best friends birthday tomorrow! Wish Bree a very special 14th birthday and send her Ginger cyber hugs! I know she'll appreciate it!

We are going to do some fun things tomorrow. Her present is going to be stellar but don't tell her that!

We also have our last day of school before spring break tomorrow! That basically means we get to screw around and go to an assembly and stuff. Not much to it but we don't have to do much!

Fun days coming up. But also very busy. These are going to be the busiest weeks of the year coming up. It's going to be pretty ridiculous. Be prepared!

But I'll be back tomorrow! Love you guys!

Keep On Wishing,
Rachael The Ginger

The Things You Do, Every Single Day

Hello gingers! Another freaking serious blog, but I really think it will be inspirational to my beautiful gingers out there.

I forgot to mention yesterday about ShayCarl. I know I always talk about him but he got me into this stuff so you better thank him someday. Less than a year ago, ShayCarl was 280 pounds. Since then he has lost over 100 pounds and he ran a full marathon last Sunday.

If you looked at him 6 months ago, you would never think he would be someone to run a marathon. Look at him now. Don't be to quick to judge people.

Now onto what I really mean to say. What is your routine every day? What do you do repeatedly every day?

But as you may now I'm trying to do better for the world in secret. I'm a Ginger superhero. And it really is just the little things that can make yourself a better person and the world a better place.

Maybe it's putting change in those little donation things they have by the cash register. Maybe it's waiting a little bit longer to hold a door open for someone. Maybe it's just making somebody laugh when they are having a rough day.

It's really nothing that takes out of your daily schedule right? Does it put you out of your way that much?

It's the little things you can add to your routine. Little by little we can achieve better.

Just keep trying with it, and someone in this world will be bether off.

Keep On Helping Others,
Rachael The Ginger

Don't Be To Quick To Judge

Hello gingers! Because I'm a friggin' teenager still trying to figure the basic things of life out, today will be a deep blog.

I do not even know how you put up with it. It's all this angst and complaining and I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY YOUR STILL HERE!

But I still have reddit to keep me grounded. If you know what I mean.

Lately I've been thinking about the concept of not being to quick to judge as the title implies. I've been thinking about how us as human's are just so quick. We can take one look at someone, or someone will say one thing and we forever think bad of them, even though we have no idea who they are.

Some examples I have noticed recently involve my bus. I am in middle school but the middle school and the high school are close to each other so both middle and high schoolers ride the same bus. We have had some interesting characters on that bus and I can tell you that.

But just some examples that come to mind is one that includes one very brave I would say, high schooler. I live in a very white, conservative, christian area but one day one very tall African American girl started riding our bus. Some of my friends were very quick to judge and started making fun of her size. When our bus got in a car accident, people on our bus actually started talking to each other. But one day I overheard her talking to another high schooler about how she was struggling with math and how she needed the credits or something. I had been judging her as well at this point but then she said something. She started talking about her daughter. That was really crazy for me.

This chick has a daughter? This girl is a real life teen mom. It's so easy to watch the show and just not think anything of it but to actually see it is a different thing. Who am I to judge her? How am I supposed to know what she has gone through in her life? Her life may be harder than mine. I cannot judge on appearance. Not when the struggles are unknown to me.

Another example was just today on the bus. The tennis team has started riding my bus because by my bus stop there are some tennis courts that they use. Anyway, my bus has started to get crowded again. A high school guy, very tall, asked me to move over. He looked like your typical white gangster and I was instantly judging him. I was thinking that he did weed, or drank alcohol or something. But I thought about it again. Who am I to judge? I do not even know who this guy is, much less any specifics like him doing drugs or something. I have no idea what this guy has been through. How is he any different than me?

What I want you guys to get out of this is that you should strive to be better people. Don't be quick to judge. Give people a chance because you never know who they actually are until you talk to them. If you just give people a chance they may surprise you. It's just one step forward to being better gingers in this world.

Keep On Not Judging,
Rachael The Ginger

Project leave Our Mark!

Hello gingers! Today is the day you find out the exciting thing right here!

Here is an overview of what we are doing! There will be a second channel video tomorrow, and a main channel video Tuesday explaining everything! Here we go!

There you go! Hopefully this works! If not wait for the second channel video tomorrow! It's been really hard to keep it from you guys and now it's out in the open!

We are super stoked for this project and it's just going to be an adventure. The biggest adventure that any of us has ever done. This is going to be huge and we are taking you guys along with us.

We are conquering the world one step at a time and we are going to do it together. It's time to leave our mark and make memories.

Washington is coming in 6 days. That's going to be a whole other adventure to go on. But again your coming with us.

Gingers take over the east coast!

I think I just thought of a perfect title for the perfect montage video that will be up on my main channel.

BOOM. Stay with us guys. This is just the beginning.

Keep On Making Your Mark,
Rachael The Ginger

A Trip Down Memory Lane

Hello gingers! Today I have so much nostalgia, and fond memories from my past in my head today!

I don't know what it is, but it is one of the best feelings in the history of mankind. You can remember something and instantly giggle, get embarrassed in a funny way, cry, smile, and just be happy. Just one thing. Just one solitary remembrance of something in your past can change your entire day, week, or month, or year, or decade, or century. Just that memory that you will never lose. The memory that you will never part with. Like the stuffed bear that was in the hospital with you when you were born. Or the first thing you ever bought by yourself. Or scrapbook from when you were in fourth grade.

It changes your entire mood by just doing the simple act of remembering something that happened years ago. That's it. Sometimes it happens often, sometimes you feel lucky that you remembered this and it made you happy. Maybe it made you sad. But we tend to hide those memories. It's a thing you know.

This is so fascinating to me. I know this is about to get really nerdy but just bear with me. It's like using "Expecto Patronum". You have to think of your happiest memory to fend of the Dementors that are trying to suck the life out of you. What would be your memory?

If I was a witch, I think my memory would be when my teacher Mr. W told us his story and gave us these blue ribbons and why we matter. It's hard to explain but I got really emotional and it was one of the best memories I've ever had.

Or when my other teacher Mr. J was talking about me at parent teacher conferences. I was seriously almost bawling. That was really happy as well.

Teachers mean a lot to me.

What would be your memory?

It's crazy to me. I've been spending my day thinking about the past, thinking about all the good times, all the laughter, all the crying. My parents and I have been thinking about all the fun times we've had together. All the memories from when they were young and stupid. So amazing to think about the lives they've lived. And my future, and the life I have let to live.

It just leads me to believe that right now is the time to make all these awesome memories. To make mistakes. To just live without any thoughts of consequences.

I made an amazing memory with my best friend yesterday. A memory I will never forget. Being young and stupid is what I'm striving to do in a way. I'm not wasting my time.

We had the most incredible time yesterday. We will have so many memories from it. We will have so many memories together from this upcoming project together. We are creating these happy memories. We are making them so we can tell them to our children. To tell them and relive them to each other. To laugh at the mistakes we should have made. To have those memories that can completely change a day.

To have the memory I would use against Dementors.

See how nerdy I am?

Create these memories. Keep making them. Make mistakes. Life is too short for taking it seriously.

It's your time to shine. Today is the first day of the rest of your life. The world is your oyster.

Now go lick a baby duckling.

And fight off that Dementor that has always been inside of you.

I'll see you guys tomorrow.

Keep On Making Mistakes,
Rachael The Ginger

Movies And Friends

Hello gingers! I love movies, and friends!

Today I've been hanging out with my best friend Arianna today! We went on an awesome hike and we got amazing pictures and amazing memories from it. The project is still on track and it's getting even more exciting! Here we go!

We are going to watch movies and have a party! We will be indulging in Napolean Dynamite, Easy A, and possibly the Princess Bride! We are going to Have just. Freaking rad time and nothing will stop us!

Filler words, filler words, filler words.

I don't think there is going to be a main channel video today. I'm such a dirty liar. But you love me right?

I don't even know. I don't really want to blog. Well, it's that I'm not really doing anything worth blogging about. I'm excited about some other blogs though.

Friends are awesome. They are just there for you. And they will be crazy with you. And they will love it with you.

Who's your best friend? Tell me.

I dare you.

I also dare you to lick a baby duckling.

Autocorrect can be terrible sometimes.

Keep On Licking,
Rachael The Ginger

How To Be An Internet Zombie

Hello gingers! Today, as I said yesterday, I'm going to teach you how to become an internet zombie.

First you need to wait to blog at the last minute so you can mess around on facebook, and obsess over all the things you can't have at thisiswhyimbroke.com.

Then you need to spend your life on your computer chair and do as much as you can to multitask while on the computer. Like talk on the phone and blog at the same time. You also need to give yourself a lifetime of back problems in one summer from sitting on computer chairs.

Also you need to be a super mega nerd and absolutely NEED nerdy t-shirts, toys, gadgets, and always stay up to date on the latest news in all those things.

You need to decide your side on many things such as:
Star Wars- Rebel Alliance VS Galactic Empire
Harry Potter- Hogwarts VS DeathEaters
Etc.

You need to be diehard about your side and pay whatever price is takes to show your dedication.

You need to train your body to stay up to incredibly ridiculous times in the night as well. All Internet nerds an noobs need to be night owls and stay up late to were it is terrible for your health.

Then you need to get as little sunlight a possible, and try to make your only exercise typing. You will then deteriorate you mental and physical health and turn more and more into a zombie.

You need to be in the loop 24/7 about memes and make it your absolute mission to see them all. Obsess over sites like reddit, twitter, YouTube, etc. If you don't know what it is you need to revoke your Internet card.

Stay on top of everything and spend 20 hours or more on the computer every week. This will ensure your Internet nerdiness, reputation, and zombie like fisuque. Don worry about anything else.

Think about situations that would make rate comics constantly, and try your best to make it funny.

Most important rule. The narwhal bacons at freaking midnight people.

Follow these steps and I can assure you your Internet zombie-hood will be a reality!

Stay Zombies,
Rachael The Ginger

Miss World Traveler

Hello gingers! I need to get back into the habit of writing these blogs on the computer. It's so much easier and it's just so much better.

Everything would be solved if I just had 2 things in this world. A Flip Camera, and a MacBook. All I want in this world. It make things so much easier you wouldn't even believe. I would live in my room forever and never come out. It's a slow process to turn into an internet zombie. I think that's what I will blog about tomorrow. I can see it now. How To Be An Internet Zombie. Look forward to it. Trust me, I'm from the internet.

I'm working on getting a flip though. Ebay is going to be my friend for this one. Let's research now actually. Alright. Research has proven that 99% of ginger Rachael's find it difficult to research.

I'm getting distracted and I'm looking at old videos. You know what's crazy? My "Less-Explicit Jenna Marbles" video has almost 500 views! That's freaking ape shiz!!!!

If you didn't see the video I posted today, I will be switching up my schedule to me putting out a video to the world every Tuesday! I found there was a lack of videos on Tuesday so I will add them!

Speaking of the Tubes, something I've found really awesome is my second channel. i didn't even realize how awesome it is. I'm able to announce things and speak in an easy one-taker, it's all natural and it's just really fun. My second channel is really fun and useful. I love it. It pulls my heart strings.

Now, what you came here for, the topic this blog was supposed to have. The blogs were getting really short so I want to make it up to you with my ginger love. It's a thing you know. It's like a disease. I want to infect you next :)

As I've said in previous blogs, I will be going many places this year. Especially in the next couple weeks. But, because I'm on the computer I'd like to clear some stuff up for you.

Some of you reading may be going, but I will be going to Washington DC/New York in 10 freaking days. It's a 5 day 4 night trip and I think I will blogging with the wi-fi at the airport the first day we are there. We have to be there at 5 in the morning! Ugh!

But I will be vlogging the entire thing and I will have a main channel montage video when I get back. When I really get back. Because I will get back from New York we will be going back to school. But lucky for me I will be going to 2 and a half days of school before I leave to go to this family thing in my home state of Arizona. There will probably be some internet access on desktops there but I cannot guarantee anything. It might be 2 weeks of short phone blogging. Stupid.

But I will get back the next Tuesday, and I will be back to normal for a while. Happy times for all.

But then sometime in the very early summer, I will in fact be going to the island of Kauai in Hawaii! Again there will be plenty of vlogs and blogs but the internet situation is still really stupid. But, the trip is booked as of this morning! I will be going to Hawaii! This is the biggest vacation my family and I have ever gone on. I'm so excited!

I know I must sound like really, really spoiled and rich and stuff but all of this was very unexpected. i had NO idea I was going to go to Washington, I knew there was a faint chance of my going to Arizona but that was never positive, and Hawaii was still a thought at the beginning of the year. I'm not really that spoiled. All of this really was unexpected and I feel really blessed to be able to do it, and also share it with you guys! I will be blogging, vlogging to make a montage video, and posting instant updates on my phone on my second channel!

I just wanted to let you know about all this! 10 days baby! Spring Break 2012!

But I'll be back tomorrow! I love you guys!

Keep On Exploring,
Rachael The Ginger
I know I must sound really

Figuring Stuff Out

Hello gingers! I'm putting off my math homework! Yay!

It seems odd to me, but I do love to figure stuff out. Not in like the math sense, or engineering sense but just like day to day stuff. I really enjoy planning things and getting things ready. This may just be like an OCD thing but I don't care. It's really fun for me.

I like being able to plan out the details. Get my ducks all in a line. I dot know why I enjoy that but I do. Especially when I begin projects like the one we will be announcing soon. I like to plan out the broad picture and then get nitty-gritty as things get more exciting.

It's weird that someone like me would fine that fun. I have basically planned out the rest of my school year for myself. I basically have 8 and a half more weeks of school and then were done. I'm taking a week off to go to Arizona for something. But that's for another blog. So I'm going to be doing a lot of that stupid blogging on my phone. Unless there is wi-fi or maybe even a computer. You never know with these people. I will be bringing back the "Updates On The Road" page. But in actuality the best way you can have instant updates on things I'm doing and updates of just where I am and stuff is to follow my twitter and subscribe to my second channel. I know it sounds like a plug but it will help you if you are really concerned about where I am 24/7.

So yeah. I'm a planner. It's weird but it's just part of me. I was doing some major planning just right there! Guys it's a problem. I need some help with Compulsive Planning.

First. World. Problem.

And on that note I'm going to go! But I will be back tomorrow for more planning!

Keep On Planning,
Rachael The Ginger

Quick Post

Hello gingers! It might be cheating but it's not so yeah.

I feel kind of bad because it's after midnight in my time but this blog wont be. This blog will be an hour before because it's in different time zones. But what about daylight savings? It's all very complicated but I do feel kind of bad. It was lazy too. I'm really sorry guys. ShayCarl missed a couple days too. But no more! This is the last time something like this will happen. I should be getting into habit but it's not sticking yet. There's ADD for you. Always freaking changing.

Change is good though. If I've learned anything, it's that.

Some exciting things are happening. It's getting nearer. You guys will know soon. We have to work out some of the kinks and get details sorted out. We also have to crank out a LOT of preparation in one day. This project just some thing that I'm going to do. This is going to be a 4-5 YEAR long thing we are doing. We are going to be deciding on some things, and making some decisions very very soon. Stay with me and you will know by Sunday. Maybe just a little bit later than that. But just keep in mind that it is going to be big. Bigger than anything I've ever done before. Get excited.

Oh and I'm a derp. It was also hair day yesterday because in the CTFxC vlog, Charles shaved his head because his hair looked all goofy from the surgery. They shaved a bunch of stuff into his head. Hair day!

That's it. No more weird cheaty blogs. I love you guys and I'm doing this for you!

Stay Focused,
Rachael The Ginger

Hair Day!

Hello gingers! It's a hair day!

Sorry the blog is so late but a lot of things have been going on and I haven't gotten to it until now! But I know you love me! Right? Okay fine.

But anyways, its a hair day! I got my hair cut today so it looks good for when I'm traveling the world. Cause you know, Miss World Traveler and stuff like that. Just taking the world by storm. that Ginger Rebellion has got to start somehow right?

All in the morning I was thinking about Shaycarl's beard and how it's the mod controversy o think a beard has ever seen. And I was thinking about Collete and how she is like really attached to her hair as well. I was going through my mourning process with my hair. It's just so sad that it had to go.

Just kidding, I'm fine with it. I needed all that weight chopped off my head. I was feeling like it was going to fall off.

You know that feeling where you run your fingers through your hair and it just like stops? Like you expect it to be longer? Yeah I've had that all day too.

The next part about hair day will remain a secret for now. Exactly 1 week from today you will know about it. Just keep in mind that it's pretty big though. I'm stoked to announce it and trust me it will be exciting. You will get to be involved as well. Just trust me. It's going to be pretty amazing. It's something I've always wanted to do. You will find out soon. Very soon.

So it's a hair day. Hair. It's kind of weird but it's always there just hanging. Blowing in the breeze.

But I'm always here too! I'll see you guys tomorrow with less hair related blogs!

Keep On Growing,
Rachael The Ginger

The Different Type Of Mobile Blogging

Hello gingers! Do you feel more mobile? Because this is the first mobile blog ever!

This is also Plan B. I couldn't get the actual mobile blogging on blogger to work, so now we are just blogging from the internet on my phone. It's really slow, the keys aren't very sensitive so I have to go even slower, and it doesn't fix my grammer mistakes when I make them.this isn't very fantastic and the thought of me having to use it fr 5 days makes me cringe. Hopefully there will just be internet at the hotel so I can blog from my ipod. That would be swell. If you didn't guess already, those blogs are going to be really short because it will take so long to post.

I don't like this.

But because this is the first mobile blog and I have to make it "special" or something, I'm going to announce something kind of awesome. This summer I am 80% positive that I will be going to Hawaii for our family vacation. That would be super exciting and awesome and amazing. That would also mean more of this. I'm not sure if anyone likes this though.

I'm going to be a traveler this year, and I'm excited for it!

Bear with me on these weird blogs though! I'll be back to normal tomorrow!

Keep On Traveling,
Rachael The Ginger

Incompatible Software

Hello gingers! I finally feel like I'm back in the swing of things!

I'm uploading original videos, I'm blogging, I'm doing stuff on my second channel. I'm doing the stuff I want to do. I wanted to do something, and I made it happen. I'm so cool like that.

In all reality, I am really, really nerdy. I somehow fit some kind of nerdy, or stupid thing in every conversation I make. For example me and my friend Arianna, were talking about how we are trying download boyfriends. Hers is buffering, and mine is incompatible with my nerdy, nerdy software. To nerdy for anyone I've ever met at least. That's the problem with the world. There aren't enough nerdy teenage boys out there to date me. That's completely it.

I'm waiting for the new update so I can download my boyfriend. All it takes is time :)

I am so incredibly tired right now, it's ridiculous. So tired, I'm sleep blogging right now. Chdhsebjfhvbdejzk.

I might even be a zombie. Or maybe it's just one of my multiple personalities. Someone in the hall today asked me how my multiple personalities were doing and it just made my day. That stuff makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside guys! Keep it up. You give me hearts.

I'm going to spend some time catching up on homework, and other things I cannot remember at this time. I'm sure it will come to me in an action hero style flash.

Auto correct is stupid. Don't ever use it. I also think I broke Siri on my friends phone today. Maybe I shouldn't be an apple fangirl.

Stay Fangirling,
Rachael The Ginger

We Should Start A Thing

Hello gingers! Back to the grind tomorrow because tests are over.

I'm almost sad because we had literally no homework, and we just goofed around in the classes we did have. Pretty sweet if you ask me. We got a lot of slack from teachers. And now it's over. Our lives are ruined. Forever.

No, just kidding but this now means grades, homework, and freaking spring break! I am so psyched because of that whole me going to Washington DC thing! Oh, and for sure mobile blog test will be this upcoming Saturday. We can't just try it out the first day of the trip. That would be ridiculous and completely something I would do.

I'd like to talk about a couple things today. Maybe my lack of following through with things? And making sense? I said this blog was gonna be about Kony but I've said everything I need to say in a 14 minute video on my second channel. I am attempting to upload it again because it's not working right now. Don't really know why. I do a lot of explaining over there. Why read when you can listen?

Yesterday, I completely missed my main point I was going to talk about. I was meaning to say that if your losing friends and life seems pretty hard, that I could be your friend. I love making new friends! The first real friends I made were Internet friends! Let me be your Internet friend! I'll comfort you when you need it!

Now I'm going to talk about something else that I'm not very happy about. Some of my "friends" have been ripping off some of my videos and ideas. Their videos are not good at all, but one of them is the exact same thing as "Thug Life" except with no editing, a shakier camera, and really bad effects. This makes me mad but one thing reassures me. They are never going to stick with it. I remember I use to do the same thing. I would make videos, think they were good and funny and then quit. But now, I have an audience I can rely on, and I have the discipline to stay with it. Now that it's part of my life I will never go back. This is incredible.

Which leads me to something else that just made me really happy. Maker Studios is the company that ShayCarl started in California when he was just getting big on YouTube. You can look them up if you really need too. But basically, it's a big, like serious company where youtuber collaborate together. They have internships going on right now, so I tweeter saying that I hope Maker will still be around in 6 years so I can be an intern. They tweeted me back like 5 minutes later saying that they'll be there. That just made my day.

That also makes me think of the future of this big thing we call YouTube. That's another blog for another day though.

We need to start a thing. We all need to have like this inside joke. I was thinking that "Keep Calm And Blog About It," is pretty good. What do you think? We need like something we can code each other with. Leave suggestions for our mythical gingerness!

That's it for today but I will see you guys tomorrow!

Stay Tuned Gingers,
Rachael The Ginger

I Hope I'm Your Friend

Hello gingers! Being a teenager is hard sometimes but mostly easy.

Getting in fights with friends is the worst. I have a very strong personality and admitting I'm wrong is really hard for me. I stand by my opinions even if they are stupid. Its just part of who I am though. I can't really change that. I'm completely fine with that but my personality doesn't really match very closely with a lot of people. I have a lot of friends but the really close friends are few. They can't stand me haha. I'm very outgoing and some people like that. My friend Bree for example, says constantly that without me, she would be a completely different person. That's kind of crazy to think about though. Because technically, I guess I have altered the course of that persons exsistence in some way.

In middle school though, it's all about finding out who your real friends are. I've posted about this before. I still stand by it. It's hard but it's just part of life. Getting in stupid arguments is not a good sign. I figured that out today. People tend to slowly drift apart. It's sad but it's what happens.

I'm sure most you have heard about Kony 2012 and I think I will go over it tomorrow. And my opinions on the matter. When I make up my mind. Currently, as of right now I am temporarily pulling my support for Invisible Children Inc. I will explain most of that tomorrow.

I am not against the movement itself, I think it is a great thing. Especially with the information age. But I am not supporting that organization. I will choose another one soon. All will most definitely be explained.

I find these days stressful, and I am dying for the weekend. Just 2 more days. I get to sit back, relax, and chill with my friends and play spoons. I love spoons. Best card game in the history of the world. Like ever.

I found myself kind of not wanting to blog today. I feel bad about this. This is supposed to be fun. So I'm going to make it more fun. I'm doing it for a reason. I need to fufill that.

I'll see you guys tomorrow though! I love you!

Stay Thinking,
Rachael The Ginger

Crazy Stuff Is Happening Yo

Hello gingers! This is the first blog I've done on my computer in a long time!

Let's celebrate by not making weird grammatical errors, weird autocorrects, and very short blogs! Very exciting!

Yes, being on my desktop does make things very, very easy. Yesterday when I meant to say "didn't" my ipod corrected it to "dirt." So that's a thing. Stupid ipod. I WANTED TO SAY DIDN'T! BUT IT DIDN'T LET ME! ALL CAPS RAGE!

This is definitely going to be the most random blog in the history of the world. I'm pretty sure I'm straying off whatever topic I have when I get one. Let's keep going with that.

I'm pretty sure I have ADD or something. Maybe it's the stress from testing. We took math tests and we starting writing today. Does anybody have a funny standardized testing stories? I'd love to hear.

It didn't make it any better that I was sick today. I didn't even want to go to school because I felt so bad for a while. But I slugged off to school to do the stupid TCAP. Stupid. My face keeps getting really red, and I don't even know why. It's really, really embarrassing but the internet will forgive me tomorrow. Sickly ginger needs to get a better immune system. For reals.

Oh, and it has officially been exactly 1 month since Logic Box left the internet. I really hope he gets internet soon. I really hope we can start new projects soon.

Speaking of, in a way, I'm kind of obsessed with Reddit now. Oh boy. It's going to get pretty crazy up in here. I love that it's like a "one size fits all" type of site. I can get news in politics, social media, pop culture, and just the news to make me an acceptable citizen. It gives me everything I need to know! i already get a lot of news from SourceFed and the Philip DeFranco Show, but reddit ust makes it all complete. I've been obsessed with rage comics for a while, but now I can get it with all the other things I care about! Reddit is amazing. next frontier to conquer, MineCraft.

Anybody in favor of that? The time to speak up is now!

I'm going to go back to Reddit, but you guys can come back tomorrow! I'll see you then!

Keep On Making The Funny,
Rachael The Ginger

I'm Sick Again

Hello gingers! I've somehow contracted another freaking disease!

I'm feeling pretty awful and this isn't going to be the glorious, wonderful, pour my heart out blog I was hoping it would be. Tomorrow I will definitely. I just want to express how much all this means to me. All of this YouTube stuff. All the stuff with ShayCarl. The Internet. My entire life.

This aspect of my life has been so monumental that I can think of anything else I would rather do. The Internet is my home. It is where I belong. There are people who get me here. You guys get me. You guys are my family.

Speaking of families I dirt end up getting the ShayCarl shirt. Bummer.

I really don't known if I will be going to school tomorrow. This sucks because then I have to make up standardized testing and stuff. That is goingto be awful. The thing is, is that my face is all red and splotchy, and that would be really embarrassing to go to school like that. I might just have to tough it out but only time will tell.

On a more less-selfish note, Charles Trippy who I have talked ahoy in previous blogs, is actually getting surgery tomorrow to get the tumor out of his brain. Please keep him and the CTFxC in your thoughts! We are all hoping it goes well!

Stay Proud,
Rachael The Ginger

Did You Know I Enjoy Telling You Things?

Hello gingers! This is me blogging! It's fun isn't it!

This blog is going to be boring. Or maybe not. It's always really in the eye ofthe beholder, but that's beside the point. I'm feeling a little bit ADHD right now. Just a fare warning. Here's another one. This blog is basically going to be me talking about upcoming things on he blog or outside. Ready, set, go.

Someone is testing me. Which is ridiculous because no one texts me this late. Jeepers.

Tomorrow is my biggest idol and who got me into YouTube's birthday. ShayCarl is turning 32 years old and it also commemorates 3 years of consecutive vlogging. On both my channels I will be addressing this and being really gushy and stuff. I will also blog about it. Be prepared. He's also selling these one-time only shirts and it would be really cool to have but there really expensive. I don't know if I can get one. I really wish I could but I don't know. A broke teenager can only hope for the grace of their parents.

I really want it though.

By the way! I got a new channel today! I was finally able to get it to work. I will be able to upload through my phone. It will be good enough. For now. YouTube.com/RachaelTheGinger

I'm so excited for this channel. It makes me really happy.

I am now obsessed with a couple songs now. Some of which may be released in cover form. Wink. I learned how to play one of them on guitar.

I'm finally feeling like myself again. Music is powerful. One song changed everything.

This week is standardized testing. This actually makes me really excited though. One reason. You'll find out soon. Wink.

Blog. Blog. Blog.

Oh yeah, this week I definitely have to try mobile blogging. Let's say, Wednesday? I'll do a blog at school! That will be exciting!

More stuff I have forgotten about. But I'll see you guys tomorrow anyway.

Stay Informed,
Rachael The Ginger

It's Definitely That Monster That Eats All Your Time

Hello gingers! Today is going to be very unusual. As in funny. I think this will be the first time in a while where I actually make something funny on the Internet.

It's a rare but important cause in the life on Rachael The Ginger.

First of all, I wanted to ask you all a question. It doesn't really have much to do with the topic of today's blog but I would like to mentally discuss it to myself because no one really comments on the blogs.

Here goes. Have you ever shot down or stopped a troll in their tracks? Recently I got some hater comments on my videos so as I usually do, I went and checked out their channel. I then posted a comment on their latest video basically saying this: You shouldn't troll when you have less views, less content, and less subscribers than the person you are trolling. It was a very calm thing, I wasn't really mad at the time. I thought it would put them in their place.

The troll replied today saying (exact quote) this:
"Well, your younger than me, and I have a right to my opinions."

No shit. Best comeback I've ever heard haha. I know it's mean but I just feel good knowing that I just stopped a troll in their tracks completely. By staying moderately calm and addressing the problem, I was able to solve this troll from commenting on my videos again.

I'm not going to reply because I know I've won the war. I just stopped an Internet bully.

That feels good. It may be borderline mean but hey, how long are trolls going to run the Internet? Someone has to stop them.

So, have you ever confronted and or stopped a troll? I'm very curious.

Now on to broader topics. Kind of going along the lines of this, I wanted to talk about random acts of kindness. I am a HUGE fan of this kind of stuff. It could be anything from buying a random person a coke, to donating large amounts of resources. Big or small they make me feel like there are still good people in the world. People who are willingto go out of their way just to make somebody else smile. It just makes the world go round. So, I am going to challenge myself and you guys out there to do one random act of kindness a day, either in secret or not asking for a reward whatsoever. Or recording one. It could even be as small as writing a nice note and putting in on a random persons desk, or putting it in a book in the library. Just do it. I gaurantee you will feel awesome afterward.

How have I been spending my time this weekend? Oh, just watching old communitychannel videos. And playing temple run. And reading rage comics. But I'm pretty sure it's the time eating monster. I mean like I try to clean my room, and do homework but he just keeps eating up all my time. I have like none left. That's why I'm blogging at 11. He's just always there.

Bu I'm always here too! I'll see you guys tomorrow!

Stay Timely,
Rachael The Ginger

Waiting And Other Things

Hello gingers! Currently I am waiting for a SHAYTARDS video to process, and my iPod to charge!

I am so good at multitasking! Just a fare warning, this is going to be one of those blogs where it was like "Oh yeah, I have to do that thing!" so don't be expecting much!

I cannot wait to get back on track with my videos though. My computer is finally working properly again so I'm going to be able to put out much better stuff. It was getting scary for a while there.

I'm going to get back on track, I'm going to figure out what's wrong with Google, and I
Going to get back to work! Next week is going to be a little bit stressful but I'm sure I'll make by. Standardized testing isn't that bad.

Are you excited it's March!? What are you going to do with your month? I'm going to travel across the country.

I just wanted to give you some leeway on what's happening in my business type of world. My friends and I are getting really excited and really impatient on this new project we are working on. I won't give you any more details yet, but be excited. It will be more of me, and it will be a good thing. I'm really excited to get to showcase a different side of me that you guys havent really seen yet. Be prepared. It should come soon.

Now for other news. I want to do some more new projects of my own. I'm thinking about it. I have some ideas. But nothing to really actually pursue yet. But I definitely want to do more. I'm working on it. Help me through it.

But this blog will always stay the same! I'll see you guys tomorrow!

Stay Business-Like,
Rachael The Ginger

Being The Elder And Omigod Weekend

Hello gingers! This is probably the first normal blog I've had in like a really long time.

I'm really proud of that. Getting back on schedule feels good.

Next week is CSAP or standardized testing. Basically, I won't have any homework so I will have time to do things like blogging. The stuff that is actually important to me.

This week has been pretty stressful. I've had a lot of stuff to do and not a lot of time to do it. But you do not even know how good it feels to know I can catch up on sleep tomorrow, watch Easy A, and make videos and hang out with my friends tomorrow with no obligation for homework and other such things.

Stupid homework. Makes life complicated.

Anyway, back to what's really important. I had parent teacher conferences today. That's a really scary prospect for me because I have something internally where it's like "Wait, you have a bad grade! It's the end of the world! The teacher tells your parents you talk to much! Your life is over!" It's stupid and I hate that about myself. I wish I would just relax little bit but I don't really get it. It's not even that my parents pressure me about bad grades. They know I'm trying my hardest. It's that I set my standards really high for myself. I can't handle getting not meeting the goals I've set for myself. Especially when I know I could've done better for myself. It drives me crazy sometimes.

Oh, oh. Sometimes. I get a good feeling. Yeah.

That's right. I went there.

I've always had internal motivation to do the absolute best I could. If I was not happy with it, it's devastating. My brother on the other hand, is very different. I sometimes feel like he is overshadowed by me. I feel bad about that but in the end, what am I going to do?

Being the elder is hard on it's own. But because I have the internal motivation it's not even a big deal. It's expected. Or at least, in my mind it is.

I can't even tell you how close I got to crying today. Repeatedly. But that's tomorrow's blog.

For now this is it. I'm going to go relax and enjoy my weekend a little bit. But if you need me more, I think we are gonna do a live show with a bunch of stuff tomorrow. I'll let you know when that's going to be happening. It's going to be on my BlogTV. Go check me out! Follow my social networking sites to find out when I'm broadcasting!

But for now I love you guys! Your all amazing landsharks!

Keep On Setting Your Standards High,
Rachael The Ginger