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Hey! My name is Crystal. I'm 24 years old. I was born and raised in Red Bank, which over the years I have grown to love.
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I have a wonderful boyfriend named Dave. We have been dating for over a year now. It took me a long time to be mature enough to be in this relationship, and most of this past year was spent figuring out who I am and what I need to do to better myself (for him and for myself). I have sabotaged myself at times because I thought I was unworthy of the love and adoration that Dave actually has for me. We are best friends and ultimately being with Dave is one of the only things I've done right in my life. I'm happy knowing that even though it took us a while to get our stuff straight, we made it. We are FINALLY in the loving, supportive, encouraging relationship we've always wanted...with the person we used to only dream about. Most people spend their whole lives never knowing what true love is, never experiencing the passion that comes from meeting your soul mate. Dave says I'm his better half and I feel as though he is mine. No one may ever see what goes on when we're alone, but we have the sweetest, most tender and fun-filled moments I have ever seen two people have in my entire life. Love is not easy. Love isn't really something humans are capable of at times. God is love. Love is not being in an easy relationship, it's not pursuing someone who just makes you happy in the moment. Love is the tears, sweat, anger, passion, joy, happiness, sorrow, wisdom, blessings, sadness and so much more that comes along with truly caring for and nurturing another person's SOUL...you love ALL of them, not just the convenient parts. And, if God finds that love worthy and something that honors Him, then He'll bless it and see you through the bad times. I thank God everyday for blessing us and seeing us through the growing up we BOTH had to do. Amen. :)
I am the middle of three girls and I have a 6 year old niece. My parents are wonderful and have always kept me straight when I needed it. I have a really hard time trusting people, which is why I only have a few close friends. They have proven themselves trustworthy and I love them dearly like family.
I have spent most of my life caring about what people think about me, but that has started to change. I'm growing, learning, changing and beginning to truly love myself. There are a lot of things in my past that I wish I could change, but I try not to dwell on it. If you can't forgive me for things in my past, then that's your problem. God forgives me, Dave forgies me and I'm learning to forgive myself. Everyone makes mistakes, and I'm learning from mine.
My passions in life are Jesus Christ (first and foremost), MUSIC, art, philosophy, history, politics, missions, photography, love and traveling. I have no clue exactly what I will settle in to as an adult, but right now I am content with where I'm at in life. God keeps blessing me, though I feel most of the time like I don't deserve His love or grace. My goal lately has been to become better and better with each passing day.
This is the sloth skit from SNL. You have NO idea how funny this is to me and Dave. I was his 'sloth face' long before we saw this skit. We don't even remember how it started. Lol. This video is hilarious...

My Interests

~MUSIC, my ultimate passion~Reading~writing~ looking at the stars~journaling~the mountains~the ocean~road trips~flying~sleeping~ trying to cook~Girl's night~anything having to do with the arts~board games~puppies and kittens and of course, horses~photography~ going through racks and racks of clothes at Goodwill~watching movies~singing~guitar~ piano~swinging under the stars~jumping off of really high stuff~monkey climbing fences~emo/alternative rock shows~head banging~live theater~dancing~ piercings~musicals~ acting~my Girls~my Boys~praying~ worshipping God~hiking the Rockies~all of the above

I'd like to meet:

I hope one day to meet the little girl I'm sponsoring in El Salvador, Maria! Maria is 10. She loves games and art.

I found my love, Dave!

Other than that: Counting Crows, the Fray, and Better than Ezra, because those are my favorite bands. As far as celebrities go, I'd love to meet Julia Roberts, Kate Hudson and Reese Witherspoon, because they are my favorite actresses. I wish I could meet Kahlil Gibran because he was an amazing writer and Salvador Dali because his art is astounding. I would love to see my parents when they were my age.

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Music:

I am a music fanatic, so it's hard to narrow it down. A few starters would be Bob Marley, Sublime, the Fray, the Beatles, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Sufjan Stevens, Feist, Regina Spektor, Mika, Nelly Furtado, Imogen Heap, FrouFrou, Will Erickson, Jimi Hendrix, Plain White T's, Bolt, the Arcade Fire, Chris Ayer, System of a Down, Korn, Elliott Smith, Relient K, Kelly Clarkson, Gavin DeGraw, Mae, Damien Rice, Ryan Adams, the Decemberists, Jump Little Children, Augustana, Straylight Run, Daughtry, Staind, Further Seems Forever, The Jayhawks, Copeland, Haste the Day, Michael Buble, Norah Jones, Pearl Jam, Gin Blossoms, Blind Melon, Matisyahu, Goo Goo Dolls, FM Static, Seventh Day Slumber, Papa Roach, Blues Traveler, Nickelback, Smile Empty Soul, Linkin Park, Jennifer Knapp, Taking Back Sunday, Third Eye Blind, Matchbox 20, Akon, Wallflowers, Sugarland, The Postal Service, Rich Mullins, Rascal Flatts, All-American Rejects, Saving Jane, Death Cab for Cutie, Radiohead, Rage against the Machine, My Chemical Romance, Shane and Shane, Fallout Boy, Green Day, Lifehouse, Steven Curtis Chapman, Colbie Caillat, Michael W. Smith, Fairweather, Emery, Panic! at the Disco, Bright Eyes, BarlowGirl, Stretch Armstrong, Dashboard Confessional, Good Charlotte, Keane, Better than Ezra, Nine Inch Nails, Keith Urban, Snow Patrol, Tool, Johnny Cash, Fergie, Ben Folds Five, Iron & Wine, Alice in Chains, Switchfoot, Incubus, Kenny Chesney, Natalie Grant, Nichole Nordeman, Rufio, Three Doors Down, Josh Groban, Third Day, Hawk Nelson, Skillet, UnderOath, The David Crowder Band, Todd Agnew, Rise Against, Nirvana, Five for Fighting, Kutless, Eastmountainsouth, the Shins, Stone Temple Pilots, Counting Crows, Jeremy Camp...geez, the list goes on!

Movies:

The Spiderman movies!!!! And Superman! The Star Wars movies, Borat, Napoleon Dynamite, Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, Vanilla Sky, Momento, Knocked Up, Elf, the Holiday, Anchorman, The Break-Up, Garden State, The Illusionist, Apollo 13, The Pursuit of HAPPYness, Raising Helen, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Raise Your Voice, The Perfect Man, It's a Wonderful Life, Pretty Woman, My Best Friend's Wedding, 40 Year Old Virgin, Disturbia, Miss Congeniality 1 & 2, Legally Blonde 1 & 2, Titanic, Rent, Elizabethtown, Wedding Crashers, Phantom of the Opera, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Finding Neverland, Wimbledon, A Knight's Tale, Madagascar, Fight Club, Matrix (all of them), Lord of the Rings, Dumb and Dumber, 10 Things I Hate About You, Blow, Meet the Parents (and the Fockers!), Good Will Hunting, Zoolander, Dodgeball, City of Angels, Identity, Harry Potter, the Butterfly Effect, Dead Poets Society, Serendipity, Happy Gilmore, Liar Liar, the Royal Tenenbaums, Underworld, the Family Stone, ShopGirl, Chicago, That Thing You Do!, Bruce Almighty, The American President, Office Space, Deja Vu, Cinderella Man, Beautiful Mind, Just Like Heaven, and so many others! But, my fave movie is Selena, I've seen it like 100 times. The Passion of the Christ was the greatest thing EVER! Cinderella Story and The Notebook were both SO sweet and romantic!! The X-Men movies!! Um, anything with Jim Carrey or Tom Hanks for sure...and no horror movies because I'm a big baby. Haha.

Television:

Favorite shows right now: Big Love on HBO, the Office, Army Wives on Lifetime and Family Guy. I LOVE most of Adult Swim, like South Park and Futurama. I also like Nick at Nite, so I watch Full House, Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Roseanne. I like That 70's Show a lot, too. I have also seen every episode of Friends and absolutely love it. And, yes, I cried during the Series Finale...especially for the fact that Rachel and Ross ended up together! Haha. Also I like Golden Girls because I used to watch it all the time with my Grandmother.

Books:

To Kill a Mockingbird~The Prophet~The Outsiders~Greek tragedies~anything by Ayn Rand (though most people have a hard time following her)~anything by Nicholas Sparks~Nick Hornby~Shakespeare~ Alfred Lord Tennyson~Hemingway~ Edgar Allen Poe (so Emo, long before his time...lol)~C.S. Lewis~Max Lucado~anything dark or mysterious, also~all of the above

Heroes:

1. My Grandmother, who died when I was in high school. She did so much for people, and led the deaf ministry and the library at our church. She was the one who influenced my decision to accept Christ, even though it happened after God took her Home. She helped make me who I am today.
2. My friend Thomas, who I grew up with in the church. He was a soldier who was killed in Iraq in June of 2004. He always made everyone laugh and enjoy life. --
3. Of course, my best friend Craig, who I also grew up with in the church. He was killed in a car accident back in January of 2005. He was a middle school teacher who touched so many lives during his short time on this earth. I loved him my whole life and miss him everyday.
4. My older sister, Heather, because she is the most amazing mother I've ever seen. She has been through so much and she still manages to be playful and fun and sweet. She has raised my amazing niece, Taylor, almost entirely on her own, through great difficulties. I think she's fantastic.
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Im loving this karma...

I wrote some new stuff in my About Me today, and I just had to elaborate without filling up my page. Here's what I wrote: ' Dave says I'm his better half and I feel as though he is mine. No one may ev...
Posted by (his) Crys e on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:47:00 PST

New project for Crys and Dave...

I saw a friend's blog today and it was SO weird that she talked about the Five Love Languages. I've always been BIG into those books. I had been thinking for the last few weeks how I would love f...
Posted by (his) Crys e on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 11:20:00 PST

A few good thoughts...

The following is from Regina Brett of The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio. "To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 45 lessons life taught me. It is the most-requested column I've ever writ...
Posted by (his) Crys e on Wed, 03 Oct 2007 09:46:00 PST

For Betsy...

There really are no words...an amazing 14 year old was taken from us last night. I thank Otto so much for letting me know what happened. More so, I thank Mark for posting that bulletin that informed u...
Posted by (his) Crys e on Sun, 18 Jun 2006 11:30:00 PST