tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54930006934599329042011-07-30T08:45:13.304-07:00Whatever I feel like addressing, I will addressCristalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12194321787912242727noreply@blogger.comBlogger441100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5493000693459932904.post-41604645558654091792010-03-15T23:27:00.000-07:002011-06-15T19:33:23.136-07:00

I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS- Maya AngelouA free bird leaps on the back of the wind and floats downstream till the current ends and dips his wing in the orange suns rays and dares to claim the sky. But a bird that stalks down his narrow cage can seldom see through his bars of rage his wings are clipped and his feet are tied so he opens his throat to sing. The caged bird sings with a

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I'm so slow at deleting my myspace accounts...I've got a lot of history on them...I just remembered I wrote a few blogs on there before...I found this blog post and it just kinda made me smile..its titled Dream Man .. I wrote it about 2 years ago following a breakup...I wrote it because I felt like relationships make me forget about what I ultimately want in a guy...I settled and I feel bad about

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Yesterday I bought Eve Ensler's I Am An Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girl's Around The World.  Ensler is best known for her book The Vagina Monologues. Within less than two hours I finished the book. I could not stop reading it! All the while, people were staring at me like I was crazy; riding the bike high speed at the gym while at the same time, very calm and reading away; unaware of

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First off let me just say HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMENS DAY! I don't think many people are aware of this day because it has not really been discussed in the US. Other countries they've made it an official holiday. I wish the US did too. Women have come a long way and I am proud of that. We may not be equal yet with men (although we should be 100%), but the fact that we're still fighting for our

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Yes I'm a self-proclaimed fan addict on facebook...I see fan pages and I get so excited b/c its exactly what I'm thinking or have thought or done. The most recent ones : Cristal became a fan of You instantly piss me off when I see you. Cristal became a fan of If I could punch you without getting in trouble, beleive [sic] Sidenote: I hate how there's typos in some of the fan pages..grrrr *

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I'm taking a humanities/environmental studies class on Culture and Nature this semester. I love this class! It really opens your mind to new things and you are able to think more critically about everyday things. Anyhow, my awesome professor always gives us extra "FYI" pieces on our online discussion board. Last night he sent us this video about open-mindedness. Although this deals with the

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Everywhere I go, all I hear are people talking about coupling up and wanting a significant other in their life. Then they always turn to me and ask "why are you not dating or with someone?" Grrr it annoys me. After being asked that like hella times, you would be to.Let me tell you some of the most common things people tell me when I say I'm not interested in dating right now:You must've gotten

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I found another one that totally screams "me" hehe! It basically sums up how I feel about my best friends and how much positivity they bring to my life. Only You by Dawn Nissen  With you, it's all about voiceless communication- always knowing exactly what to say, but never actually having to say it. When no one seems to be listening, you hear. When I hurt but don't show it, you know

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I found a website w/ a top100 list of friendship poems...one of the ones that I rather liked was Piano by Lynn Smiley... PianoMy soul is the piano, his words are the keys. Together we compose, the best of symphonies. How my soul replays his words of the day. Like a composer writing a play. I hear the music, as he strikes a key. an orchestra, is what I see. Two soul that share a common ground.

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We must treasure the achievers of our land because it's they who raise the sights of all the others. --Unknown Source Sometimes I just feel like we don't give enough credit to the people who deserve it. Sometimes achievements go unnoticed or others talk down on them. Be conscious. Praise is always needed every once in a while to assure a person that they are doing good and to keep going and

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   I have such a big love for the world, the unknown, adventure, and travel. The world is my candy store and I want to try them all out. I think I will start posting more frequently locations that I so badly want to visit. One place that excites me is Ibiza. It is a dream of mine to visit Ibiza in the summer. I hope to visit within the next 2-4 years. We'll see what happens ;) Ibiza is 79 km off

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“Be not afraid of going slowly, be afraid only of standing still.” — Chinese Proverb As long as you’re moving and going in the right direction that is all that matters. It doesn’t matter how

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Byodo-In Temple Originally uploaded by kbryner00I was here before! The temple in Oahu...You have to check it out, even if you're not buddhist, it doesn't matter. This temple is so serene and peaceful. Just being there puts you in a clear state of mind. As ridiculous I may sound, being there just totally cleansed my soul.

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Better to be known as a sinner than a hypocrite. Proverb I think we all contradict ourselves at one point in time. I think its perfectly normal. It doesn't bother me as long as you own up to it. Then you'll just be considered "bad" and you did a bad thing. Oh well, life continues. What pisses me off is when people still deny that they contradicted themselves when its very obvious. It

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Audrey Hepburn (May 4,1929 - January 20,1993) I adore Audrey Hepburn! She was such a classic beauty. She was unlike all the other Hollywood starlets during her time. She wasn't curvaceous, she wasn't a sex pot; Audrey was this skinny old thing but nevertheless just as gorgeous, if not more gorgeous. She was a style icon and great actress. What I adored most about her was spirit, her

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The past few days I've been going back listening to my Rooney albums. Rooney is one of my favorite bands ever! They're songs are so melodic. If I could describe them, I'd say they're a cross between the Beach Boys and the Beatles. There's no denying where they're from when you hear their sound. I have mad love for this band. Gotta love and rep for my CA bands =) Anyways, so one of their songs is

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What's terrible is to pretend that the second-rate is first-rate, that you don't need love when you do or that you like your work when you know quite well you're capable of better.  Doris Lessing (1919 - ?) British Writer YES! Someone who understands! There are too many people settling for what will do for now, rather than holding out on settling until they get what they are worthy of. I cannot

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"Yes I'm Uffie and I ain't giving a fuck...." I've known of Uffie for quite some time now. I first discovered Uffie's music a few years back on a friends profile in the "then" popular networking site myspace (r.i.p.)...I was like who the f&*k is this chick? She was rapping in an English accent and talking about being a hot chick and not sucking d&*( and all this other mess...It hella had me

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FYI (_Title has link to her website_ )   There's this song that I heard on Tiesto's clublife podcast a few weeks ago. He always mixes current and classic songs in the dance/electronica world....Its absolute a must-subcribe-to podcast if you love that kind of music! Anyways, the song is by Eva Simons and it is titled "Silly Boy"... NO PEOPLE! THIS ISN'T RIHANNA, THIS ISN'T LADY GAGA! I

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"Half the world is composed of people who have something to say and can't, and the other half who have nothing to say and keep on saying it".  -Robert Frost Today I'm not necessarily addressing the quote precisely. I'm just going to talk about what came to mind..... Some of the most profound, intelligent, & admired individuals are the ones who rarely say a word. Some of the most annoying and

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I think this is something I'll try to do daily on this blog.... I'm gonna have more downtime after this week to focus on my hobbies =) Today's quote of the day : "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) German theologian, philosopher, and physician. I definitely learned this the

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"Hatred is gained as much by good works as by evil. " -Niccolo Machiavelli Today is a very chill day and I'm just reading over quotes. It helps me clear my mind or get a better sense of why things happen. I have to agree with what Machiavelli is trying to say here. What he's basically saying is that you can be the nicest person in the world who is out there doing great things and you will still

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Last weekend (11.21.09) to continue in celebrating my 22nd birthday I went with two of my best friends to watch the world's #1 Dj, Tiësto,  play at the Cow Palace in San Francisco, California. This had to be one of the highlights of the year for me. To think, I wasn't even planning on going! I don't know if its just me, but when I'm going to turn another year older, I like to plan and

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For most of you that follow me on twitter, you already know about my latest tattoo. If you recall from my previous blog post about tattoos I said I wanted to tattoo my inner bottom lip. Well I did it! The week of my birthday, my friend, who's a tattoo artist, tattooed my inner lip. Originally I wanted to have "Hustler" tattooed on me but I changed my mind and got "Savage" tattooed. Honest to

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I am so in love.............. with Tattoos Lately all this talk about tattoos has gotten me pretty anxious to get another one. I just adore tattoos! I think they're great forms of expression for the tattoo artist and the person getting tattooed. I know its become quite a fad now and its sort of taking away from the spirituality and meaningfulness that tattoos have for people that don't get them

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I'm on my Natalie Imbruglia flow today. Her new album Come To Life, is set to come out 02/2010 She has two new songs called & Wild About It & Want. The video for Want is sexy! I like the song because it kind of puts you in the shoes of a women who has been hurt by a lover. While he's off moving on with his life, she is still feeling hurt and can't seem to move on. She's somewhat bitter, but

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Will it ever end? I ask myself this time and time again. Just when I think we're making progress, I have to hear someone say something stupid and so separatist. I'm referring to the division amongst women. You don't understand how frustrated I am with it all! Its like you ladies complain about the progression of women and how not all of us are succeeding at that; but don't you think we have to

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I'm used to being on my own Ever since I could remember its been that way Being the middle child, naturally I was left out My little sister wanted to be like my older sister And my older sister was too busy being rebellious to bother with me At the time it sometimes made me sad because I was so young And I just didn't understand this was common for many middle children I moved around quite a bit

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Okay I know ABSOLUTELY nothing about cars! But I know what I like and don't like. Here are some photos of some cars that I think are divine. I'd love to have one in the future, once I get all settled and stuff =) I took this picture at the Gilroy Car Show in '07 Gilroy Car Show '07 isn't the Mustang such an American classic?! A 1949 Jaguar XK-120 .... Its so charming and sleek to me. I fell

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Maybe I'll make this a regular segment. Who knows....This poem is called Still I Rise by Maya Angelou. In this poem she is talking about being African American and being a woman in society. Despite what her ancestors had to endure & what people think of her, she will be true to herself, she will prevail and she will make her slave ancestors proud. She will not be submissive, she will be strong.

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Honolulu Airport 178Originally uploaded by cristalkit02I took this photo in 2007. It was in late June or early July I believe. This is a photo of my father, Manuel holding my nephew Gabriel as we were leaving the Buddhist temple in OahuMy family and I went to Hawaii to enjoy the summer over there for a week. We stayed in Oahu for the most part and went to visit Maui for a day. Looking back on

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I can't believe I'm so uninformed with my fellow Bay Area folks. A few weeks ago I just barely learned about Jimmie Reign "The First Lady Of The Bay" by a fellow twitter friend. The first song I heard with her was with music artist Balance doing a cover of Drake's hit "Best I Ever Had" Her voice is pure and angelic, yet so strong and controlled. Jimmie Reign grew up in San Francisco Bay Area.

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Why is there this constant obsession with being in relationships? I keep reading and hearing people talk about wanting to find someone to be happy. How can you base your happiness on whether you have a partner or not? Don't get me wrong! I'm not some scorned woman wanting everyone to be miserable. lol I do think being in a relationship can be a good thing; that is, if you go into one for all

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Vote For Him NOW Right now Shades Of Me is on soundcheck.com and he needs your votes folks! Its a shame how so many talented artists are slept on. Dom P is one of them.

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I really admire strong powerful women who just don't care what others think about them. It lets me know, its okay to not worry about impressing others. As long as you are doing & saying what you want, then everything is fine. One of the most profound confident women ever to have graced this earth was Mae West. Mae West was one of the top actresses of her time in the 20's She was best known for

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I'm loving that new song by LeToya Luckett - Regret ft. Ludacris. I'm sure many woman are bumping this song. Its so funny, because I really don't care about my exes or what they're thinking. The past is the past for me. There's no sense in dwelling over people who are no longer in your life. If you're not with someone anymore than oh well.  but when I hear music like this I put myself in the

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It seems to be a common trend displayed in my life. I'm surrounded by people that are too forgiving, in my opinion. Even when they do them wrong numerous amounts of times, they still remain. In friendships and relationships. I just can't grasp the idea of giving people chances over and over again. Sometimes people give people one too many chances. I could never do that. From everything that

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Since I went out to the theaters recently, I started to pay attention to my surroundings and all of the people that attend. I find that its mostly high schoolers and young couples that go to theaters to catch a flick.Yesterday was a reminder of why I hate going to movie theaters. First off, when its a new most sought after movie, you know its going to be a packed house. Sure enough, my friends

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I went out last night with my best friends to go check out Paranormal Activity It was filmed in 2007 and released this year in 2009. I've been hearing great reviews from other friends and I love anything scary, so I figured "what they hay!, might as well check it out!" Paranormal Activity is a movie about a couple in San Diego who move in together; but soon after start having hauntings from an

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What i always find to be helpful in my personal life are books on philosophy. I personally prefer to read ancient Greek philosophy and a few modern philosophers here and there. I'm currently reading Meditations by Marcus Aurelius Antoninus. Let me give you a little background information on this man. Marcus Aurelius (161-180) was a roman emperor orphaned at a young age until his uncle Antoninus

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Just lately, I've been listening to alot of Dance/Electronica music. It tends to enhance my moods. Its great motivation when I'm working out. The beats are infectious. The lyrics are simple, but simple enough to have it stuck in your head for days. Many have asked, are you a raver? I haven't really done the whole rave scene, although, I would love to. Too bad most of my friends aren't really into

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So earlier this week I was walking home from school. I was minding my own business listening to music on my iPod when I saw a group of women who were Jehovah Witnesses members, worshipers; whatever you'd like to call them. I personally do not believe in God and I have been approached many times by these Jehovah Witness followers time and time again. I try to avoid because they are like pushy

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I think people should become familiar with the things going on all around the world. Most people are so consumed with themselves they don't care to pay attention. What matters to my peers, sadly, is just material things.Anyways, the latest buzz in world news is President Manuel Zelaya of Honduras. Apparently the soldiers have taken matters into their own hands and took Zelaya out of Honduras and

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Welcome To My Page. My name is Cristal Flores. I prefer to go by my first name or last name. ;) I'm relatively nice to everyone but if you disrespect me in any way, I'm not holding back.

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