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I want an iPod. I want one so badly that I've taken a plunge off the deep end and signed up at FreeiPods.com to get a free iPod. That's right; a free iPod.

FreeiPods.com is a company that gets people to try offers from their affiliates. I sign up for an offer and refer five friends that do the same and I get an iPod. There are a variety of offers to choose from: a credit card, a CD or DVD club, a trial with Blockbuster.com, etc. I did the free trial with Blockbuster.com. It's a good way to get free movies, so why not?

And you've probably realized the reason I'm posting this is that I want y'all to help me get my iPod by signing up for an offer at FreeiPods.com. Don't think it's legit? Check out this recent Wired.com article. I guess I'll see for myself once things get rolling. They have received some criticism, but also praise. It's worth the trouble to me. Is it worth it for you?

If you'd like to help (and you're a US resident), please click this link to FreeiPods.com (or any of the other ones in this post) to register my referrer ID and sign up for an offer. Google has some more interesting reads, if you want more information. Thanks.

NOTE: If you are going to help me (thanks!), please use a throw-away mail account. I've been getting spam at the e-mail address I used (and I haven't used it for anything else). I have a couple Gmail invites left, though I've read they aren't accepted.

To this day, I can't properly shop at unisex stores. As a youth, I feared going into one of these stores (Gap, Abercrombie, etc.) and thumbing through racks of clothing to be interrupted by a sales associate or giggling classmates informing me I was looking at the women's clothing. Department stores are nice enough to have large signs telling you which section belongs to which sex. At the Gap, I have to rely on mannequins, posters, and vague clothing style tips to point me in the right direction. Until they provide more adequate clothing sex clues, I will not frequent such establishments. It's their loss.