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My name is Cristyl Matthewis and I'm from Houston,TX. I am a freshman at UNT and I'm loving it so far! Cheerleading is my passion and I love to teach. Interdisciplinary Studies (EC-6) is my major because I absolutely adore children. The salary of an elmentary teacher is not important to me because the feeling of teaching a child something and taking their minds to a place they havent' been before is priceless.

I chose this photo because I'm happy in this picture and I feel being happy is the greatest feeling in the world. When I'm happy, nothing else matters and I'm a natural high that no one can pull me down from.

22
Nov

Church Today week10

Today at church the pastor told a sermon on the history of Thanksgiving and it was very interesting. As he talked, I started to realize how thankful I am for the basic things I already have like family, friends, and good health. But I began to think even more about how grateful I am for the small things I have like my cellphone, my mascara, and my lip gloss. These are my everyday essentials and without them I just wouldn’t feel right. These things are what makes me feel good physically. I’m thankful  for nail polish and forever21. I know it may seem shallow and I could live without these things, but they enhance my beauty and the way I feel about myself, so I’m thankful for them.:)

22
Nov
deannab: Week 10 Reblog I like this picture. I am personally a big fan of turtles for some strange reason. In my household we actually have two. One is my mom’s and the other is mine. I understand what Ebony is saying. I like how she mentions that everything is beautiful. However I think we should also take into account that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. She at first thought this was a pretty picture, but then changed her mind. I don’t think the turtle is ugly. It’s just another one of God’s creation, and I think it’s actually cute. (I mean it’s not Brad Pitt or anything but hey I would take it home if I had the chance.) This just proves that everyone has different opinions, and everyone sees things differently ergo the saying “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.” ebonybonner: WK9 This is a really nice picture of a sea turtle, with dfferent fish and the pretty blue ocean water in the background. When i first came across this photo, the first thing i thought was, this is a really prettyy picture. Then, when i looked at it longer, i realized that the sea turtle i quite ugly. It is not an attractive at all. It is extremely wrinkley and it look scaley, and the green is not the best green ive seen. It made me realize that something that is extremely ugly, like the sea turtle, can be seen as pure beauty. I remember seeing a dog that was so ugly it was cute. This picture is the exact same way.Who ever took this picture probably appreciated the beauty in the ugly sea turtle. It makes the saying that, “everything is beautiful” come to light. I know its really weird that I’m commenting this picture, but I chose to reblog this photo because we discussed analyzing photos in class all this week and i see so many of the things we were supposed to look at. Like the Content, obviously the large turtle, the small fish in the back, the water,and the sea floor. I the focus which is the turtle obviously, everything else is sort of blurred out of the photograph and the turtle is the clearest thing in the photo. The Composition of the photo is that the yellow fish are all in the background and the sea floor takes up most of the bottom of the photo, the turtle is the foreground while the water and everything else is the background. -week10-

deannab:

Week 10 Reblog

I like this picture. I am personally a big fan of turtles for some strange reason. In my household we actually have two. One is my mom’s and the other is mine. I understand what Ebony is saying. I like how she mentions that everything is beautiful. However I think we should also take into account that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. She at first thought this was a pretty picture, but then changed her mind. I don’t think the turtle is ugly. It’s just another one of God’s creation, and I think it’s actually cute. (I mean it’s not Brad Pitt or anything but hey I would take it home if I had the chance.) This just proves that everyone has different opinions, and everyone sees things differently ergo the saying “beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”

ebonybonner:

WK9

This is a really nice picture of a sea turtle, with dfferent fish and the pretty blue ocean water in the background. When i first came across this photo, the first thing i thought was, this is a really prettyy picture. Then, when i looked at it longer, i realized that the sea turtle i quite ugly. It is not an attractive at all. It is extremely wrinkley and it look scaley, and the green is not the best green ive seen. It made me realize that something that is extremely ugly, like the sea turtle, can be seen as pure beauty. I remember seeing a dog that was so ugly it was cute. This picture is the exact same way.Who ever took this picture probably appreciated the beauty in the ugly sea turtle. It makes the saying that, “everything is beautiful” come to light.

I know its really weird that I’m commenting this picture, but I chose to reblog this photo because we discussed analyzing photos in class all this week and i see so many of the things we were supposed to look at. Like the Content, obviously the large turtle, the small fish in the back, the water,and the sea floor. I the focus which is the turtle obviously, everything else is sort of blurred out of the photograph and the turtle is the clearest thing in the photo. The Composition of the photo is that the yellow fish are all in the background and the sea floor takes up most of the bottom of the photo, the turtle is the foreground while the water and everything else is the background. -week10-
7
Nov

Human Development

I always found children interesting which is why I chose my major, Interdisciplinary Studies (EC-6), but today I decided to help my friend Courtni with her toddler Carmen. Seeing Carmen and how she interacts with everyone around her is so interesting. There are some of her own family memebers that she doesn’t trust but she’ll open up to complete strangers. It’s really wierd. I’m taking a lot of courses about the development of a child and certain behaviors a child has. Seeing how quickly people in general develop is amazing because even though the stages we go thru are exactly the same, we come out as totally different poeple.

7
Nov
Mass Murder

thechanceofalifetime:

kristas-09:

Week 8

Wow, there are not enough words to describe the sorrow I have for the people involved in this shooting. To think that this happened in Texas is scary and for it to have been by a doctor adds to it even more. A mental Health doctor went on a rampage and started shooting people out of nowhere. It is an awful situation, leaving 12 dead and 31 wounded. I cannot believe that this actually happened. I know people going to Fort Hood soon so I am praying for them and I hope that all goes well. They are in my thoughts and so are the people involved in this horrific situation.

 week 8

The story is very traggic.The number of people affect are not only in the U.S but around the world.

 week 8

I first heard the news about the Fort Hood shooting when I walked into to cafeteria of Kerr Hall. I saw the building and the words Fort Hood shooting across the top of the screen. The television in Kerr is always MUTE so I couldn’t hear what exactly had happened or what was going on so I googled it when I went to my room later on that day. After hearing about the tragedy, I immediately felt sorry for the families of the lost ones. I feel this is a time of sorrow and we should all reflect on what happened.

7
Nov
Mass Murder

thechanceofalifetime:

kristas-09:

Week 8

Wow, there are not enough words to describe the sorrow I have for the people involved in this shooting. To think that this happened in Texas is scary and for it to have been by a doctor adds to it even more. A mental Health doctor went on a rampage and started shooting people out of nowhere. It is an awful situation, leaving 12 dead and 31 wounded. I cannot believe that this actually happened. I know people going to Fort Hood soon so I am praying for them and I hope that all goes well. They are in my thoughts and so are the people involved in this horrific situation.

 week 8

The story is very traggic.The number of people affect are not only in the U.S but around the world.

 week 8

I first heard the news about the Fort Hood shooting when I walked into to cafeteria of Kerr Hall. I saw the building and the words Fort Hood shooting across the top of the screen. The television in Kerr is always MUTE so I couldn’t hear what exactly had happened or what was going on so I googled it when I went to my room later on that day. After hearing about the tragedy, I immediately felt sorry for the families of the lost ones. I feel this is a time of sorrow and we should all reflect on what happened.

25
Oct

w8

Some people may be over their heads in Michael Jackson Media, but no matter how much I say, “I’m so tired of hearing about Michael Jackson!”, I can’t seem to get enough. I watch every marathon, I watch the story of the Jackson 5 Movie every time it airs, and I even youtube a couple of his videos from time to time. When i heard about this movie coming out, I knew I would be purchasing a ticket. In this movie, I feel they share the essence of being with Michael and it also shows what a motivated performer he was. From the video clips  of his rehearsal, the show looks like it would’ve been amazing just like all of his other performances!=)
18
Oct
I decided to post this comment, even though its short and simple I feel like its a quote that I live by and a statement everyone should consider when first meeting someone. YOU WON’T FORGET ME! When first meeting someone you should want to make an impression that will leave your own personal trademark. When people say first impressions mean a lot, I feel like that is very true. When people first meet you, they can quickly forget you due to the many things their brains store and process in that very same moment or you could have a certain glow, personality or look that will give them no choice but to remember you!=]

I decided to post this comment, even though its short and simple I feel like its a quote that I live by and a statement everyone should consider when first meeting someone. YOU WON’T FORGET ME! When first meeting someone you should want to make an impression that will leave your own personal trademark. When people say first impressions mean a lot, I feel like that is very true. When people first meet you, they can quickly forget you due to the many things their brains store and process in that very same moment or you could have a certain glow, personality or look that will give them no choice but to remember you!=]
18
Oct

Why do Women Cry?

littlemissmarie:

dance-143lifedots:

Why do Women Cry?

A little boy asked his mother, “Why are you crying?” “Because I’m a woman,” she told him.

“I don’t understand,” he said. His Mom just hugged him and said, “And you never will.”

Later the little boy asked his father, “Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?”

“All women cry for no reason,” was all his dad could say.

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.

Finally he asked God. He said, “God, why do women cry so easily?”

God said:

” When I made the woman she had to be special.
I made her shoulders strong enough to carry the weight of the world, yet gentle enough to give comfort.

I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children.

I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.

I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly.

I gave her strength to carry her husband through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.

I gave her wisdom to know that a good husband never hurts his wife, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.

And finally, I gave her a tear to shed. This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed.”

“You see my son,” said God, “the beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart - the place where love resides.”

W5 

I pulled this story off of http://www.positivethoughts.com/whydowomencry.htm. Ever since I was a little girl my mom always told me this story. I think this story can touch many people both men and women. I think this story is interesting because the reason why women act like the way they do is because of god. God created women the way that it is explained in this story in my opinion. This is a great inspiration for men to understand all the hard work that women have to go through. I think the point of the story came across of how the writer wanted it to come through. As a young lady, I can see what the world will have in store for me in the future.

My Grandma read this to me when I was little as well. Although I didnt understand all of it at the time, it all makes a lot of sence now! I think the writter wanted to show how strong women are and prove that they dont need to act tough becuase they were made that way. Also, I think the writter wanted to send a message to women that they have a purpose in life no matter what direction you take. It is very possitive and uplifting, im glad you posted it!

week7-

I decided to reblog this post because not only did i like this post and fully understand it, I felt as if the writer was trying to reveal to the audience a religion that a lot of our population follows.  In the post a question is asked several times but in different responses. When the character finally turns to the highest figure in his religion (God) and receives the answer he was searching for in God’s point of view. Crying symbolizes more than just tears rolling down a woman’s face, in this post, the woman’s many struggles and strengths are exposed and the story behind her tears is also told.

8
Oct
oliviarolland18: angelaphouphou: neelyc-09: littlemissmarie: todayifeelsilly: tiedyeandcheerios: W3 I passed over this picture while flipping through postsecret, a completely addicting sight; some of the postcards are funny, some are serious, some are happy, then there are other’s like this that are just so depressing. The person who posted this secret is revealing her insecurity about her self-image. So many people, and not just girls, have strong insecurities about the way they look, but he person who wrote this secret is actually to the point where she’s wishing for a serious disease because she thinks it will improve the way she feels about her looks. I just find that selfish, what would people who actually have breast cancer feel when they saw this? The girl could just go get plastic surgery if she feels that strong a hatred for her own body, but I don’t even believe in plastic surgery if it isn’t for actual medical purposes. There are too many people who are perfect just the way they are, but feel flawed and in some tiny detail and want to change themselves over it. If everybody did this we’d all end up looking like clones of some supermodel. Why would anyone want that? I realize some parts of my own body aren’t ideal, my nose is too big and my stomach isn’t as toned as it could be, but I like them the way they are; they’re what make me my own person. I got this picture off of postsecret.com The link to this picture is http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7jkcMVp5Vg/Sr7BPy-ObyI/AAAAAAAAJ9g/YzpKXnTWg90/s1600-h/boobjob.jpg Week 3 Reblog I really enjoy Post Secret and some of the secrets shock me, some make me sad, some make me happy and others I have no feeling for. I remember seeing this one and thinking how sad this whole beauty craze has gotten. I mean really. This woman wants cancer so she can be skinny and have big boobs. I wish women would just embrace their curves. I mean yeah I go to the gym, but I would never want to get cancer just to get skinny. I love my curves. I wish other people would love their curves too. It reminds me of that show that was one More to Love it was like The Bachelor but with larger people, and all these women did was cry about not being skinny, and you know what they were just as beautiful as people on other reality shows. It made me sad that they didn’t see it. I wish this girl would too. w3 reblog Ive read through some of the post secrets, but I don’t think I have ever come across one like this. Ive never been a really skinny girl, but Ive learned to embrace the body I have. Sometimes I go through those phases where you feel bloated and fat, but I’m so grateful I have a boyfriend who tells me he loves me the way I am. I wonder if who ever sent in this postcard had people who told her that, or if she just thought herself as fat when in reality she is a fit girl. I wish that women could see that beauty comes in all shapes and colors. I wish designers would show more shapely models on the runway. I wish more TV shows, movies, or even commercials would cast more women who had “a few extra pounds”, but most of all I wish people, like the woman who wrote this postcard, would open their eyes to the celebrities who have made a difference or who have been proactive in women campaign, For instance America Ferrera, she is a shapely woman who doesn’t care what everyone else thinks. Wk 3 reblog This picture is so disturbing, because so many women feel this way. There are too many pictures in magazines saying the perfect image is to be skinny and size two. Except half the women in america are a size seven or larger. Everyone is perfect in their own way and they shouldn’t degrade their bodies because someone says to in a magazine. Girls are so discouraged growing up in middle school and high school, because there are boys teasing them constantly about their boobs. If you have small boobs you are a part of a “itty bitty titty comitty”. This saying was used on so many girls when I grew up and it is stilled being used. This is so wrong on so many levels. Girls develop in their own way and are perfect from when their young all the way until their old, but it seems now in days the only one who thinks that is your mom and dad. Week 3 Reblog Today is just full of disgust! I posted a depressing post earlier, and now I see this. What is wrong with this world? Whoever stated that statement is just so selfish! Who even thinks like that? There is so much to our lives than to be self conscious. We have people starving everyday, if you want to be skinny, GO DO THAT! I’m sorry, I seem to just want to yell today. But honestly, this is why young girls out there are having issues with their weight and eating. Because people feel that they have to have the ‘perfect’ body. The perfect body is one that is YOURS! Be happy that you have one. I am not just some crazy girl going off about other people, but I have been there. I spent a good amount of my high school and college years dealing with my weight. I have tried everything to be that ‘perfect’ body. Its taken me a while to realize that society does not define perfection for me. I DO! WEEK 4 THIS QUOTE MAKES ME REALIZE HOW DUMB SOME PEOPLE CAN BE. I MEAN THIS IS A DECINT LOOKING GIRL IN THIS PICTURE WITH A DUMB QUOTE BEHIND IT! WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE BREAST CANCER SO YOUCAN BE A CANCER SURVIVER TO BE SKINNY?IF YOU DON’T LOVE YOURSELF FOR WHO YOU ARE THEN I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH YOU. I THINK THAT GOD MADE EVERYONE A CERTAIN WAY ON PURPOSE AND IF HE WANTED SOMEONE TO BE SKINNY THEN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SKINNY. I SEE IT LIKE THIS YOU SHOULDN’T WANT TO LOOK LIKE SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR ORGINALITY. IT TAKES AWAY FROM WHAT MAKES YOU WHO YOU ARE. w6 Even though this quote is a little extreme to me, it makes me wonder if there are people who are really this self-conscience of their bodies and would take it this far to getting the type of bodies they want. I mean I have some flaws and there are some areas I could work on, but this quote is pushing it a little far. This quote could also be viewed in a sarcastic manner. It could symbolize how demanding and direct today’s society view women of this day and age. This quote is definitely an attention grabber and appeals to some audiences.

oliviarolland18:

angelaphouphou:

neelyc-09:

littlemissmarie:

todayifeelsilly:

tiedyeandcheerios:

W3

I passed over this picture while flipping through postsecret, a completely addicting sight; some of the postcards are funny, some are serious, some are happy, then there are other’s like this that are just so depressing. The person who posted this secret is revealing her insecurity about her self-image. So many people, and not just girls, have strong insecurities about the way they look, but he person who wrote this secret is actually to the point where she’s wishing for a serious disease because she thinks it will improve the way she feels about her looks. I just find that selfish, what would people who actually have breast cancer feel when they saw this? The girl could just go get plastic surgery if she feels that strong a hatred for her own body, but I don’t even believe in plastic surgery if it isn’t for actual medical purposes. There are too many people who are perfect just the way they are, but feel flawed and in some tiny detail and want to change themselves over it. If everybody did this we’d all end up looking like clones of some supermodel. Why would anyone want that? I realize some parts of my own body aren’t ideal, my nose is too big and my stomach isn’t as toned as it could be, but I like them the way they are; they’re what make me my own person.

I got this picture off of postsecret.com The link to this picture is http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_a7jkcMVp5Vg/Sr7BPy-ObyI/AAAAAAAAJ9g/YzpKXnTWg90/s1600-h/boobjob.jpg

Week 3 Reblog

I really enjoy Post Secret and some of the secrets shock me, some make me sad, some make me happy and others I have no feeling for. I remember seeing this one and thinking how sad this whole beauty craze has gotten.

I mean really. This woman wants cancer so she can be skinny and have big boobs. I wish women would just embrace their curves. I mean yeah I go to the gym, but I would never want to get cancer just to get skinny. I love my curves. I wish other people would love their curves too.

It reminds me of that show that was one More to Love it was like The Bachelor but with larger people, and all these women did was cry about not being skinny, and you know what they were just as beautiful as people on other reality shows. It made me sad that they didn’t see it.

I wish this girl would too.

w3 reblog

Ive read through some of the post secrets, but I don’t think I have ever come across one like this. Ive never been a really skinny girl, but Ive learned to embrace the body I have. Sometimes I go through those phases where you feel bloated and fat, but I’m so grateful I have a boyfriend who tells me he loves me the way I am. I wonder if who ever sent in this postcard had people who told her that, or if she just thought herself as fat when in reality she is a fit girl. I wish that women could see that beauty comes in all shapes and colors. I wish designers would show more shapely models on the runway. I wish more TV shows, movies, or even commercials would cast more women who had “a few extra pounds”, but most of all I wish people, like the woman who wrote this postcard, would open their eyes to the celebrities who have made a difference or who have been proactive in women campaign, For instance America Ferrera, she is a shapely woman who doesn’t care what everyone else thinks.

Wk 3 reblog

This picture is so disturbing, because so many women feel this way. There are too many pictures in magazines saying the perfect image is to be skinny and size two. Except half the women in america are a size seven or larger. Everyone is perfect in their own way and they shouldn’t degrade their bodies because someone says to in a magazine. Girls are so discouraged growing up in middle school and high school, because there are boys teasing them constantly about their boobs. If you have small boobs you are a part of a “itty bitty titty comitty”. This saying was used on so many girls when I grew up and it is stilled being used. This is so wrong on so many levels. Girls develop in their own way and are perfect from when their young all the way until their old, but it seems now in days the only one who thinks that is your mom and dad.

Week 3 Reblog

Today is just full of disgust! I posted a depressing post earlier, and now I see this. What is wrong with this world? Whoever stated that statement is just so selfish! Who even thinks like that? There is so much to our lives than to be self conscious. We have people starving everyday, if you want to be skinny, GO DO THAT! I’m sorry, I seem to just want to yell today. But honestly, this is why young girls out there are having issues with their weight and eating. Because people feel that they have to have the ‘perfect’ body. The perfect body is one that is YOURS! Be happy that you have one. I am not just some crazy girl going off about other people, but I have been there. I spent a good amount of my high school and college years dealing with my weight. I have tried everything to be that ‘perfect’ body. Its taken me a while to realize that society does not define perfection for me. I DO!

WEEK 4

THIS QUOTE MAKES ME REALIZE HOW DUMB SOME PEOPLE CAN BE. I MEAN THIS IS A DECINT LOOKING GIRL IN THIS PICTURE WITH A DUMB QUOTE BEHIND IT! WHY WOULD YOU WANT TO HAVE BREAST CANCER SO YOUCAN BE A CANCER SURVIVER TO BE SKINNY?IF YOU DON’T LOVE YOURSELF FOR WHO YOU ARE THEN I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH YOU. I THINK THAT GOD MADE EVERYONE A CERTAIN WAY ON PURPOSE AND IF HE WANTED SOMEONE TO BE SKINNY THEN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN SKINNY. I SEE IT LIKE THIS YOU SHOULDN’T WANT TO LOOK LIKE SOMEONE ELSE BECAUSE THAT WOULD TAKE AWAY FROM YOUR ORGINALITY. IT TAKES AWAY FROM WHAT MAKES YOU WHO YOU ARE.

w6

Even though this quote is a little extreme to me, it makes me wonder if there are people who are really this self-conscience of their bodies and would take it this far to getting the type of bodies they want. I mean I have some flaws and there are some areas I could work on, but this quote is pushing it a little far. This quote could also be viewed in a sarcastic manner. It could symbolize how demanding and direct today’s society view women of this day and age. This quote is definitely an attention grabber and appeals to some audiences.
8
Oct
A mighty pain to love it is, and ‘tis a pain that pain to miss; but of all the pains, the greatest pain is to love, but love in vain.”
-Abraham Crowley

w6

This week instead of posting a picture of myself like always do, I decide to post my thoughts on a love quote. I’ve been with my boyfriend for a year and a half now and I guess you could say I’m feeling a little mushy. When I first read this quote, the first thing that came to mind was, “huh?” but as I continued to read the quote over and over again, I began to like it. Like I always do to things I don’t understand, I broke the quote down into parts. So after analyzing, “A mighty pain to love it is,” I came up with, its hard to love indeed. Next, “and ‘tis a pain that pain to miss” means although love is painful, its even painful not to have love. Next, “but of all the pains, the greatest pain is to love, but love in vain” means that even though love may seem really painful, nothings more painful than loving something or someone for the wrong reasons or motives.
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