tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75851144737023149042024-02-19T06:53:27.476-08:00Foot NotesCrystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.comBlogger70125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-84609416827593862442010-11-05T09:52:00.000-07:002010-11-05T09:58:33.659-07:00AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN FIVE SHORT CHAPTERS by Portia NelsonI.<br />I walk down the street.<br />There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.<br />I fall in.<br />I am lost...I am helpless.<br />It isn't my fault.<br />It takes me forever to find a way out.<br /><br />II.<br />I walk down the same street.<br />There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.<br />I pretend I don't see it.<br />I fall in again.<br />I can't believe I am in the same place<br />but, it isn't my fault.<br />It still takes a long time to get out.<br /><br />III.<br />I walk down the same street.<br />There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.<br />I see it is there.<br />I still fall in...it's a habit.<br />My eyes are open.<br />I know where I am.<br />It is my fault.<br />I get out immediately.<br /><br />IV.<br />I walk down the same street.<br />There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.<br />I walk around it.<br /><br />V.<br />I walk down another street.Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-17132252782435225952010-10-31T15:44:00.000-07:002010-10-31T15:45:25.519-07:00video for last post...<object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cCIw4gc6G8Q?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/cCIw4gc6G8Q?fs=1&hl=en_US" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-48471251138811107212010-10-31T15:40:00.000-07:002010-10-31T15:44:36.743-07:00Now ListeningI am dancing to this for a contemporary dance class I am taking...love it! So beautiful. It's especially touching for our group because a girl in our class lost her stepmother a few years ago in a car accident, and this dance is the story of her journey with grief.<br /><br /><object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/cCIw4gc6G8Q?fs=1&hl=en_US"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></object>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-89255580861454003362010-10-31T15:25:00.000-07:002010-10-31T15:39:26.373-07:00Having a "Blah" dayI have only a week left in school and you would THINK that I would be eager to get all of my work done. There's not too much left to do and you would THINK I would just bite the bullet and finish it up. You would THINK so, but no. I just can't get myself to focus on my last few educational tasks that will ever be on my to do list again.<br /><br />There are things that I would simply rather be doing.<br /><br />As my Annie would say...<span style="font-size:180%;">BUT!!!<span style="font-size:100%;"> I might as well just get all of it done so I can really focus on the other things without a care or worry =)</span></span>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-82410791746849994172010-10-28T22:14:00.000-07:002010-10-28T22:28:25.193-07:00It's that time again...I have a week and a half left of school. It's rather exciting. I have time. To. Breathe.<br /><br />Aaaahhhhh.<br /><br />It's beautiful.<br /><br />BUT...if you know me well enough, you know that I cannot function unless I am busy. So this whole school coming to an end thing, while I am extrememly relieved and excited to be done with this chapter and start the next, is kind of freaking me out. Thus, I have started reading a new book and I will start blogging again. Not that I ever did it all that regularly.<br /><br />Right now I am house sitting for a friend while she is with her family at Disneyland. She has three dogs, and they are super cute all cuddled up next to me on the couch right now but OH MY GOODNESS it was a chore getting them to calm down when I walked in the door this evening! We've got on our hands: a little yippee dog, a medium yippee dog, and a small lab who is not yippee, but very skittish (Don't mind these words I'm making up...I do what I want). Hopefully they don't go crazy every time I walk in the door.Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-87811126744099303572010-02-25T08:28:00.000-08:002010-02-25T08:29:54.297-08:00heard this today..."Don't tell your God how big your fears are, tell your fears how big your GOD is!" <br /><br />Love it.Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-86189633655112269612009-12-11T21:28:00.000-08:002009-12-11T21:32:24.826-08:00Ok, this looks really awesome...<object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/L98lLzOI1Ds&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/L98lLzOI1Ds&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br /><br />That was a trailer for an online series coming out next year. The dancers in the series are part of an actual dance group called the "Legion of Extraordinary Dancers" or "LXD." <br /><br />Here is another video of them dancing on an episode of So You Think You Can Dance a couple weeks ago...also take note of the music choice. Very cool if you have heard the original version by Coldplay!<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vqa8B89UfrM&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Vqa8B89UfrM&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-10514518491882223312009-11-11T20:20:00.001-08:002009-11-11T20:29:41.166-08:00Live.A friend of mine died this morning. She was hit by a car, walking across the street. She was 21. She died.<br /><br />Isaiah 57:1 The righteous perish, and no one ponders it in his heart; devout men are taken away, and no one understands that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil. 2 Those who walk uprightly enter into peace; they find rest as they lie in death.<br /><br />More importantly, she was 21, and she lived.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdj6oLWDUwjWCVKMckWnf8OZU4B-AEvDbj9TY7ZXQC5rrbM-Axi2fgHgf9xEQlrZFwCo3Bsml6CopkSJyHrHOfPZUCitAtKSwWcdvlK7uFtQOTk7AG8QZWCBBrETXrzGd7C1WIJP9Q89_H/s1600-h/8225_1100859413336_1582200002_30239198_1717993_n.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 272px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5403069153678594722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdj6oLWDUwjWCVKMckWnf8OZU4B-AEvDbj9TY7ZXQC5rrbM-Axi2fgHgf9xEQlrZFwCo3Bsml6CopkSJyHrHOfPZUCitAtKSwWcdvlK7uFtQOTk7AG8QZWCBBrETXrzGd7C1WIJP9Q89_H/s400/8225_1100859413336_1582200002_30239198_1717993_n.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Prayers to the Hollenbach family, Brittany's memory will be eternal. </div>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-60959803790095106272009-11-02T22:21:00.001-08:002009-11-02T22:26:58.874-08:00ERI had rounds in the ER today at my clinical hospital, and I LOVED IT!!! I did so many cool things, practiced a ton of new skills and got lots of compliments from the nurses that I was doing a great job! I started a bunch of IVs and a few catheters and it was just a huge confidence booster. I would seriously consider working in the ER after this experience, and I feel like everything else I have done so far is boring in comparison. HA! Im stoked!Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-19966286515178659722009-10-31T15:39:00.000-07:002009-10-31T15:41:13.546-07:00Oh and...Happy Halloween! <br /><br />I was Alice (from Wonderland) last night at a Halloween par-tay. It was quite the hit. <br /><br />Pictures as I receive them...Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-39978949986813998452009-10-31T15:35:00.000-07:002009-10-31T15:38:26.187-07:00Timesmy love is over, its underneath, its inside, its in between<br />the times you <strong>doubt</strong> me, when you can't feel<br />the times that you've questioned 'is this for real?'<br />the times you've <strong>broken</strong>, the times that you mend<br />the times you hate me and the times that you bend<br />well my love is over, its underneath, its inside, its in between,<br />these times you're healing and when your <strong>heart breaks</strong><br />the times that you feel like you've fallen from grace<br />the times you're <strong>hurting</strong>, the times that you heal<br />the times you go hungry and are <strong>tempted</strong> to steal<br />in times of <strong>confusion</strong> and <strong>chaos</strong> and <strong>pain</strong><br />im there in your <strong>sorrow</strong> under the weight of your <strong>shame</strong><br />im there through your <strong>heartache</strong>, im there in the storm<br />my love i will keep you by my power alone<br />i dont care where you've fallen, where you have been<br />i'll never forsake you, <strong>my love never ends</strong>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-73933285197762735712009-09-18T00:51:00.001-07:002009-09-18T00:51:40.707-07:00gorgeous<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VFLF-gh4C2M&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VFLF-gh4C2M&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-76856642310165515812009-09-18T00:25:00.000-07:002009-09-18T00:51:13.996-07:00heavyCan't sleep. Borderline nauseous. Just one of those days I guess. A lot of times, I think I have this uncanny ability (if you could call it that) to feel. When people in my life are stressing or having a momentary lapse of faith, I feel it in the pit of my stomach. I guess my best description for the feeling is "heavy". The heaviness has been around for a few days. I wonder what's up.Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-46182405449989419472009-09-11T14:30:00.000-07:002009-09-11T14:31:28.533-07:00Thought of the DayDavid Crowder Band "How He Loves"<br /><br />thought these were beautiful words!<br /><br />Loves like a hurricane, I am a tree, <br />Bending beneath the weight of his wind and mercy. <br />When all of a sudden, <br />I am unaware of these afflictions eclipsed by glory, <br />And I realise just how beautiful You are, <br />And how great Your affections are for me.Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-53503077787639048982009-07-30T23:26:00.000-07:002009-07-30T23:28:35.193-07:00monthsthat is how long it's been since i have blogged. not ok. i'm planning on getting back into this soonish. can't wait for vacay in san diego to see holly, mattie, and my little annie pie...taking my laptop to document my travels =)Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-55144907619100920382009-02-21T18:46:00.001-08:002009-02-21T19:08:08.448-08:00I have been pretty sick the past few days, and just feeling icky and blah. I feel like I just need to detox or something. So, I ran today. I've recently discovered that, contrary to previous thought, I actually enjoy running. The rythm of my feet pounding along with the beat of whatever song I'm listening to at the moment is rather therapeutic when I need it to be. I find myself getting in the mood every once in a while (like today) and just gearing up, stretching out, pushing play on the iPod, and taking off. Then about 5 or 6 minutes later I remember that my feet are incredibly flat, which causes my pseudo-arch to cramp and my achilles tendon to catch on actual fire. So, I ran for about twelve minutes then walked for about 10. It's a start. I had a long competition today with my danceteam, so now I'm going to hot tub, get in sweats, and do some reading. <br /><br />=)Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-87682847549819215222009-02-19T16:42:00.000-08:002009-02-19T16:46:29.893-08:00Wow.I just ate an entire box of cocoa puffs in 2 days. Know what that is called? College. Know what else that's called? Disgusting. I'm going to the gym.Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-8858904771943024282009-02-12T20:21:00.000-08:002009-02-12T21:07:32.627-08:00Real Friends...bring you Ben & Jerry's Half-Baked when you are in the middle of studying for multiple exams and had a loooooonnnng day with old people =)<br /><br />Thanks Jamie!<br /><br />With regards to the old people...first day of clinical today!! I'm assigned to Richland Rehabilitation Center, which is best decribed as a step between the hospital and assisted living. Today I was on PT/OT duty (physical therapy/occupational therapy). IT WAS AWESOME!!! Before today, I was absolutely positive that I wouldn't want to work in a nursing home or in any sort of geriatric field for some reason. After my shift, I definitely was willing to reconsider that thought! PT/OT was especially great, because I was able to see the different levels of care that were given in just one facility. It ranged from patients who could barely even stand or push themselves in a wheelchair, to ex-PT regulars coming in to visit and bringing Valentine's treats for their friends, It was amazing, so much happened, and I was so thankful for being able to experience it!<br /><br />Good day =)Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-16752484198688792252009-02-10T17:54:00.000-08:002009-02-10T17:58:48.579-08:00Another danceThis was a piece featured back during the summer on my dance show i love so much. This version is the original full-length choreography, put together by Wade Robson...who i could do a whole seperate post on because he is such an amazing artist. Anyway, I love this song, it's one of my many "criers" (the ones i play when i need a good cry). Naturally a gorgeous dance to a crier would make me cry even more. <br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/3oSL1Uy7PIg&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/3oSL1Uy7PIg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-75821204793101762692009-02-10T14:00:00.000-08:002009-02-10T14:45:52.897-08:00over a month later...Currently im sitting in my nursing research and informatics class. we have guest speakers to talk about finding online reasearch articles. i already know how to do it and have no questions, so im not really paying too much attention...woops! i am finally feeling a little more on top of things and organized (5 weeks into school), so i thought i would get back to blogging. i had an exam last week...don't wanna talk about it, and two this week. hopefully the two this week will be better than the one last week.<br /><br />I am SO glad that i decided not to work during this semester for a while, because i cannot imagine all of my commitments...school, coaching, church activities, friends, and family being able to fit in if i worked. the other my Gma called me and noticed how tired i sounded. She said "Isn't there something you are doing that you could drop? Isn't there anything that you could cut out to make your life a little easier?" I had never thought of this before. But when I did think about it, the answer is a clear NO. Dance takes up a lot of my time, but it's something I enjoy and it keeps me grounded. Doing fun things with friends is not something I am willing to give up, because I am 20 years old. Yah, maybe I could be studying instead, but when I get out of nursing school and am actually working, I am not going to remember that I got a C on my first pathophysiology & pharmacology exam. I'm going to remember that later that week I went to a really fun event with a few of my really good friends, and ate really good food, andfanced all night long.<br /><br />Anyways, the point is, I'm busy. I'm sleep deprived. I procrastinate. I blog in class. It's who I am, who I have always been, and it's been OK thus far. Maybe it's not always easy, but it's ALWAYS fun =)Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-53649374122142779072009-01-05T17:06:00.000-08:002009-01-05T17:27:04.508-08:00Moving into a new apartment has brought me shoddy internet service, but have finally gotten a hold of the neighbors wireless :)<br /><br />Quite a bit has happened since my last post! The apartment is great...super comfy cozy, and the roommate is even greater! My last day of work is this Wednesday *sigh of relief* and my first day of class in the nursing program is this coming Monday! Updates to follow!<br /><br />Heeerrreee we go!Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-75639912653646823972008-12-08T10:49:00.000-08:002008-12-08T10:54:03.886-08:00Quote of the DayDon't go through life thinking you hit the triple when you were born on third.<br /><br />Hmmm.Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-45804213738956014542008-12-03T09:29:00.000-08:002008-12-03T09:41:42.385-08:00School's Out for the Summer!!Ok, not really, but no more Human Anatomy & Physiology for me!! I decided that since I got into the nursing program already with a C+ in the class from a couple semesters ago (my worst grade EVER, mind you...) that there was no point in finishing out this quarter of madness.<br />I dropped the course this morning and now, for the next two weeks I have freed up time that would have been spent writing a paper on the urinary system (exciting), taking a quiz, a comprehensive final (the WORST kind), another quiz, a lab final, and driving to Seattle and back for lab. Whew! Think of all the things I can do now!<br />I can now focus my time on finishing up my Life-Span Developmental Psychology class that will actually mean something when I'm done with it. Only two more weeks of that and not nearly as much work =)Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-85399345974418906522008-11-20T12:49:00.001-08:002008-11-20T12:56:46.994-08:00This just made my day...Tim Burton is in the process of filing his rendition of Alice in Wonderland! It's set to come out sometime in 2010. This is going to be so awesome, it was just a matter of time before he chose this story to depict! The cast is going to be the usual Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham Carter team, but also with Anne Hathaway (The Princess Diaries, Devil Wears Prada) and Michael Sheen as the Chesire Cat. Alice is being played by newbie Mia Wasikowska...I bet she will be famous in a heartbeat after this! OH gosh I love Tim Burton's masterpieces, and Alice in Wonderland, and am really looking forward to this!!Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7585114473702314904.post-88297319401926317992008-11-20T11:43:00.001-08:002008-11-20T11:56:28.314-08:00Still too early for Christmas music???So-o Excit-ed for THE HOLIDAYS! Tuesday night begins my week of baking fiascos...I am going to try and make pumpkin chocolate cheesecake pie, a delicious looking recipe I saw in a doctor's office lobby magazine. It's just splendid! The weather is getting chilly and it's all foggy and misty out, which means it's extra cozy inside!<br /><br />Also, after talking with one of my friends, I have decided to video document some holiday good times and make a DVD! It's gonna be greeaattt!!Crystalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00958416578400004350noreply@blogger.com1