Hello world, this is me.

Meeting new people & forming new relationships is always something I look forward to so this post is a more formal introduction to who I am, what I do & the things I love. Here I go.


Hello, that's me up there. My name is Crystal but to cyberspace I'm mostly known as Crystal Ball or Miss Ball. I'm an eighteen year old soon-to-be college student with big goals and a LONG list of ambitions. Speaking of lists, I'm an avid list maker (I write lists to better know myself, to entertain myself, to think, to calm me down, and just for fun). My eyes are a mixture of green, yellow & orange and they continuously alternate from a hazel honey color to a cat-like yellow or a clear green. My hair is naturally blonde and like my eyes, it also alternates from lighter shades to darker ones. I guess it suits me since I'm continuously changing certain things about me mostly because I'm prone to be so incredibly indecisive. I'm not particularly fashionable however I love to shop and I can pull together a pretty darn good outfit. My heritage is two equal parts: my mother was born in Africa and is of Portuguese decent (Her heritage is not African and her skin is not black, in fact she is whiter then I am. For some reason the second after I tell people my momma was born in Africa they burst out with, "Your Mom is BLACK! Why are you so white then?") and my father is of Mexican decent (Yes, this white girl is Mexican!). So as a result, I am fluent in Spanish, Portuguese (although my Portuguese has faltered over the years which makes me extremely sad), English obviously, and a wee bit of French thanks to three years of High School French and my infatuation with French films and music. I am the oldest and have one brother, Derek. I was born, raised, and still reside in sunny California.
I am a proud vegetarian and a bohemian at heart. I have a passion for travel and I look forward to seeing the world throughout my lifetime. It amazes me and almost depresses me to think that there are people who live their entire lives and the only glimpses of the world they catch are through a television, computer screen, photograph or a description told by another person. Photography is another passion of mine. Perhaps one of the best materialistic gifts I've ever received is my Canon Rebel. I rarely go anywhere without it and I have found the utmost comfort behind the lens of a camera. I do not necessarily want to make a career based on photography (although I do photograph people from time to time and am working on a portfolio so that I can help pay my way through college), but I do want to take classes in college to better understand the concepts and to further my abilities so that I can continue photographing the world through my eyes. My biggest passion, however, is my love affair with words. I am a poet, an author, and a storyteller and plan to major in creative writing and possibly journalism in college. I'v participated in NaNoWriMo last year (and finished!) and am anticipating its arrival this year (only 96 more days!). I'm still unsure of what path I'm going to take with those degrees, especially since there are so many to chose from (Newspaper editor, Magazine editor, freelance author, Professor, etc), but all I know is that as long as I get to write I will be fulfilled. I'm debating whether I want to post poems and short stories I've written/will write in the future in this blog. I guess time will tell if I want to use this blog as a way of showcasing my work.
As my profile says, I'm very dreamy. I'm always daydreaming about my future and the goals I want to accomplish in life. I'm also such a gooby romantic. I can't help it, blame my mother! I like pastels, anything soft, tiny, I like books, books, and more books. I can just spend hours in bookstores and still come out feeling sad because I couldn't take them all home with me. Mermaids, unicorns, Harry Potter, fairytales, tea cups, French films, vintage, fruit, redheads, good lyrics, and foreign places all make me incredibly happy. I can name three things People do that piss me off at the top of my head: People who smoke in front of their children. People who litter and don't recycle the simplest of things like cans and water bottles. And people who mistreat animals. I do not enforce my lifestyle as a vegetarian on anybody although I encourage it for numerous reasons, but I do find it digusting how people are careless about the treatment of a living creature. I'm incredibly friendly and rarely shy. I also love to learn & educate people about the effects of global warming and what it means for our future generations, our wildlife and our planet. I also tend to ramble on a lot when it comes to typing as I am this very minute so I think I should begin to wrap this up. If you've gotten this far then thank you so very much for your time. It was a pleasure introducing myself and if I don't already know about your blog, then leave me a comment so that I can get to know you.