About Me

  • About Me: I enjoy writing, drawing, reading, taking walks in the woods, photography, and so on. I love Jesus my Saviour - and want to tell the whole world about the peace and freedom I've found.

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: The Ultimate Gift, The Nativity, Raise Your Voice, Walk to Remember, First Knight, Sound of Music, etc. I only like movies with clean content and movies with good themes, in an upbuilding Christian way. Pretty much anything by FoxFaith.
  • Favorite Actors: Tiffany Dupont. I don't really memorize all their names.
  • Favorite Directors: ??? well I guess I enjoy Michael Landon's movies...
  • Favorite Genre: drama, family, PG rated.
  • Favorite Soundtracks: don't have any, but I think my favourite would be the soundtrack for Walk to Remember.
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: "K. Bye." (-Nopolean Dynamite)
  • Movies I can watch over and over: Any good movies that happen to be favourites of mine.
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: I'd have to think abou that. Tell you what, I'll be on the lookout in the near future.

Music

  • Favorite Artists: Hillsongs, Hillsong United, London Hillsong (yeah you got it, I like Hillsong!), .. Brian Doerksen, Kristian Stanfill, Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, etc.
  • Favorite Albums: United We Stand (Hillsong United)
  • Favorite Genre: Worship, Soaking Worship.
  • Favorite Songs: Came to My Rescue, Fire Fall Down, From the Inside Out, Rain Down, Majesty (Here I Am), My Saviour Lives, Jesus Paid it All, The Stand, etc.
  • Favorite Lyrics: Faithful One, Came to My Rescue, The Stand, My Troubled Soul, Rest In You, Above All Else.
  • Songs for Roadtrips: all my favourite songs and more!
  • Songs I hate: stuff that violates God's principles. anything that does not glorify God. heavy metal stuff for sure .... i like it gentle and beautiful mostly.
  • Guilty Pleasure: --
  • Songs I repeat the most: soft worship songs, as well as beautiful worship music that makes you want to break out of your skin and fly above all the storms of life!
  • Band I wish I was in: Hillsong and Brian Doerksen's.

Travel

  • Places I love: The Rocky Mountains. The oceans. Home.
  • Places I've been: Vancouver Island, BC; Belize; Mexico; most of USA; Argentina; Canadian provinces: Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia;
  • Places to see before I die: Isreal, Africa, Europe.
  • Dream Vacation: any beaituful exotic places. Africa. Hawaii. Australia. etc.

More About Me

  • Nicknames: Crystal, Cristal (spanish), Crys, Brilliante, Bril.
  • Nationality: I am descended from Russia, however I have lived in Canada all my life.
  • Religion: Christianity is not a religion, but a relationship.
  • Heroes: I owed a debt I couldn't pay. Jesus loved me so much He died in my place, giving me eternal life instead of death.
  • Interests: Poetry, Journaling, Photography, Nature, Sunsets, Evangelism, and my God!
  • Expertise: I can't say I'm expertise at anything, however, I do really enjoy writing and hope to author some books sometime in the future. Photography is also something I'm working on becoming "expert" at.
  • Occupation: high school student
  • Industry: none yet

Style

  • Where I shop: Walmart suits most of my needs, though I enjoy occasional hikes through the malls.
  • Brands I love: I am not the kind who has to wear a certain brand to feel cool or "in."
  • I like to wear: anything comfy, dressy, and beautiful.
  • Can't live without: spending quality time with God.
  • Prized Possessions: my personal journals.
  • Guilty Pleasure: --

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Touched By An Angel
  • Favorite Channels: Dicovery Channel
  • Favorite Reruns: --
  • Most Addictive Show: --
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: --
  • Favorite Episode: --
  • Characters you relate to: Monika (the angel in Touched By An Angel)
  • Favorite Theme Song: don't know
  • Show I Secretly Watch: --
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: -- (as you see, I don't watch TV on a regular basis)

Food

  • Favorite Cuisine: Chinese cuisine is our family favourite.
  • Favorite Dishes: Almost anything with rice! And almost any preperations for chicken breasts.
  • Favorite Desserts: Condensed-milk chocolate cake.
  • Favorite Drinks: WATER. Rhubarb punch (with 7-up). Peppermint tea (cold/hot)
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Pretzels
  • Best meal ever: Chicken/soy flavored rice, creamed peas, and chicken breasts.
  • My Original Recipes: Chicken/Soy flavoured Rice
  • Favorite Restaurants: Chinese restuarants, Royal Forks, Tim Hortons.
  • Foods I hate: ALL seafood.

Books

  • Favorite Books: Bible, As Sure As Dawn, Atonement ChildThe Last Sin-Eater, One Night With the King, Finding Favour With the King, The Fire of His Holiness, Listen to Me Satan!, etc.
  • Favorite Authors: Francine Rivers
  • Favorite Genres: novels, inspirational/Christian teaching
  • Favorite Characters: Haddassah (in One Night With the King)
  • Favorite Quotes: There is nothing to fear but fear itself.
  • Recent Reads: The Last Sin-Eater by Francine Rivers

Contact Info

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    • Name: Crystal
    • Gender: Female
    • Member Since: 1/11/2007

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  • brilliantlypure
    So how's everyone doing today? I'll be going to town to the library soon, so maybe I'll spend some time on the internet there yet.... so I'll talk to you all later! Love, Crystal