c-stan

the most important step you'll ever take towards fulfilling all your dreams, is dreaming.
too many people expect too little from life... so they get little from life.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the things you did do.
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CRYSTAL STANFORD: A Novel.
i'm a crystal elizabeth. but "cristal," like the champagne, works too. i'm originally from the "yay area," california. vallejo is my hometown, the 707... i'm half-filipina, half-italian. i bet you've never met one of those before. i work at the register-guard (the local newspaper in the eugene/ springfield area) in advertising. i work with realtors mostly and do advertising for real estate. i love words and i love configuring them to make visually appealing advertising. i love punctuation, grammar and the proper use of "their," "there," and "they're." so basically, i love my job. eventually i'd like to sell advertising for high-dollar real estate, but i think the newspaper is a bit of an archaic medium; so i'm thinking fancy, glossy, real estate magazines. maybe i'll even publish my own... we'll call it "Northwest Premiere Properties." haha who knows, i'm young, i can dream big like that. on top of that, i also plan on owning my own promotions company... import car show stuff. sounds vague, but i have some definite ideas, trust me. ;)
i want to get my foot in every door. i'm going to rule the world someday and you can bet that i'll roll a ferrari and a 6-series around in my world. i plan to be a wealthy little girl before i'm 30, with a fleet of every car i've ever wanted. i don't think it's enough to just expect average things in life. who wants the track home in the suburbs when you can have the water front mansion? who wants the camry when you can have the bmw 6-series convertible?
other than that, i'm a compulsive spender. but the one thing i'm scared of more than anything in the world is debt and bad credit. ironic huh? i love to party. i stay up 'til 4 am and sleep in 'til 2 pm whenever possible. if there was an olympic event for sleeping in, i'd bring home the gold. it's all about the finer things in life. sipping coronas in the sun. high heels. the harder it is to walk in them, the better. party-hopping with drunk gorgeous people. i'm really, really girly. i hate exerting myself or being outside of my comfort zone. i'm a pain in the ass. i'm demanding. i expect a lot out of the people around me. i'm critical. but i'm most critical of myself. i dislike painfully simple people. i dislike people who lack ambition. and i strongly dislike republicans.
but don't get it twisted. i've been told many times that i come off as a snob but i'm actually really down to earth. i know people always say they're a dork when they really aren't, but seriously, i was on the debate team in high school and i pick my nose in the car. i'm a fuckin' dork. i love being outside in the sun. i love camping and chasing ducks at the park. i love being in love. i eat a lot. i hate picky eaters or people that won't try new foods. it's all so damn good... why would you want to miss out!? but i'm filipino so i guess i'm used to eating what people would normally think of as "weird shit." haha... i fucking love animals. i go nuts when i see iams puppy chow commercials with all the cute cuddly puppies. i love giraffes and zebras and otters and kitties.
i'll make you laugh. i'll find creative ways to make fun of people who are mean to you to make you feel better. i love fart jokes and potty humor. i can belch with the best of them. i don't care if you have bad gas or if you have to pick your nose. shit happens, sometimes literally. if you're my friend, i'll love you right down to your bones. i give everyone a chance. sometimes two. sometimes three. i'm candid and i will make you feel comfortable. i open up to people easily. i'm trusting and i firmly believe in the inherent good of all people. i'll never forget your name. i'll never forget your grandpa's name. i'll never forget a name, period. i don't understand shitty human-beings. i'm a hopeless romantic.
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beauty and the geek... haha, juuuust kidding b-rad!
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