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When Being Social Makes You Suffer


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Are you overly social to the point of your studies suffering? While attending school there are several distractions that can cause you to become easily off topic. The main one is being over-social. Although, this may not be the topic for everyone, majority would agree. Being overly social can definitely affect your study habits.

I am a very energetic, fun going person; sometimes can be seen as the light of a crowd. I love to be around friends and the practice of leisure is what I do best. However, I am a very focused and driven person as well. Balancing the two disciplines from time to time have conflict interchanging. For instance, when approached with the choice of having the whole weekend off to myself to study, blog and catch up on homework is always a great plan/idea but has yet to follow through. The actuality of the fact is I am either going to seek tasks to distract me or I’m not going to hesitate in indulging in the distraction. Here’s a sample conversation in my present life:

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2013
03/17
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A little Q & A with Bettina Cross


ImageI have a question for everyone: 

Do you “speak well” of people that recently committed suicide, and could that contribute to the motivation of others that are predisposed for suicide to follow through with the act of suicide?

I have experienced over the past few years having a number of people that I have known commit suicide. After they kill themselves, the community seems to come together and talk about how good they were, how much they are missed. There are always large memorials and events that follow. A couple of them actually have photos of them and little memorials put up at some local businesses long after they have passed. It does not matter how much of a dick they were — once they commit suicide they become misunderstood and almost become a community saint.

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2013
03/16
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Where do you stand on PDA?


PDARegarding PDA (personal display of affection), I say it is hit and miss. Now let’s see the definition for PDA: A public display of affection is any gesture, which culture suggests is sexual or romantic in nature, taking place in arenas open to other members of the public. Some PDA gestures include hand-holding, touching, kissing, or hugging, and public venues can be schools, public streets, restaurants or bars, or community parks. Exactly what determines a public display of affection has to do with personal taste, cultural and religious beliefs, and any laws applying to a specific region. There is wide variance in what gestures are considered PDAs, and whether they are acceptable, tasteful or legal. Depending on the situation I think it can be acceptable but in our current geography I feel like it can be doing a little too much.

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2013
03/15
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Relationships: A Reason, Season, or a Lifetime By Bettina Cross


ImageIn regards to relationships: relationships are there for a reason a season or a lifetime. You can go through the meet and greet process with someone and it is impersonal. You don’t really know this person, not sure if you are all the way interested in this person, and deciding if this person is going to be worth your immediate time. That is what I would consider a casual everyday relationship. You bump into someone you meet. You say very impersonal things to strike up conversation such as, “How’s the weather?” or “Do you attend school?” and things of that nature. You ask the questions impersonally and then later analyze and decide if it is worth it.

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2013
03/05
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Top 5 Warning Signs of a Bad Hook-Up


Check out my top five warnings of a bad hook-up so you know what to watch for before you get your heart bruised.

1-      Not responding to you timely- If a person is not making time for you than they are not the one for you. If a person is constantly making excuses or reasons not to be there for you now, then guess what- that person ain’t going to be LATER. Signs of non-interest are prevalent and if you are not smart enough to pick up on that in the beginning than god help your soul. The beginning of a relationship is a focal point. The things you do in the beginning will pave what you will be treated like for the duration. Think about it: if they are not interested in you now in the beginning, what exactly attracted you to them in the beginning?

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2-      Eye balling – If you are walking with your significant other and you are constantly noticing them noticing everyone else but you: big mistake! They aren’t really that into you. Now, if they are doing a casual glance or the acknowledgement look that is one thing. However, if they are looking the other the way when they are supposed to be looking at you, then that is warning number two. The person you are with should be projecting the attention and energy to you. Not giving you an uncomfortable or disrespected impression. They should have you feel like you are number one and that you are the best thing since internet. Now, if you are further into a relationship than the look can dwindle towards you but in the beginning stages you should be receiving all the looks. Some people are naturally personable and more outgoing than others and that is understandable. The fact is we know what is right from wrong and making excuses for disrespectful behavior will only lead you to heartache in the end. Read more

2013
02/27
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The Interview with Paul Boogie Portis By Bettina Cross


If you enjoy Bad Girls Club, Oxygen Network, game show or Reality TV in general then I hope you made sure to tune in last season for the interview with Paul Boogie Portis. Portis was the Associate Production Manager for the Bad Girls Club and Oxygen Network. We opened the show with topics on how to get on a show, what casting directors look for when choosing contestants as well as the aftermath of being on a show. The show was energetic, heartfelt, informative and optimistic throughout the interview.

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Portis opened the show explaining his role in the production world and what he does. He explained that he grew up watching shows and wanting to do some “behind the scenes work.” With a pursuant major in the field and a great job opportunity he hoped on it. He discussed several different tasks he takes on including helping to manage upcoming cast members’ and assisting with equipment.

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2013
02/25
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The Interview with Christie Pierce by Bettina Cross


Christie Pirtece of H.A.R.T., a bullying-awareness campaign, came on to my show on KSSU for an exclusive interview. The interview with  Pierce was enlightening, informative and very hopeful for change to an important movement nationwide. The H.A.R.T. Campaign was designed as a bully awareness outreach program online, an open forum where people can discuss their encounters, talk over solutions and have a place of commonality with others.

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The HART Force: “H.A.R.T. is a nonprofit campaign advocating for the Awareness, have Respect and work Together to take a stand against bullying on our school campuses. In order to make a difference, it is up to the community to have a H.A.R.T. and . . . change the beat.”

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2013
02/25
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Random Questions Answered By Bettina Cross


Some random questions, answered, for you to get to know me:

1. What was your first cd and what would you tell your past-self about having owned that cd?

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The first Cassette tape I remember buying was “Da Dip” by Freak Nasty. Yes, I am an 80’s baby so by the time I could afford music for myself they still had the small RCA cassette tapes that you could self-rewind with reflective brownish black ribbon that could become increasingly messy and a hassle if it became unwound. The song was made famous by a very unique but annoying hook: “I put my hand up on yo hip, when I dip you dip we dip, I put your hand up on my hip, when I dip you dip we dip. . .” What I would have had told myself now that I didn’t know then was that even though it was a top #1 song for a long time and was popular among friends, the song was a single- he never made a full CD and that was something I should have taken into consideration before purchasing. I should have saved my money and kept it in my pocket because he became a one hit wonder.

“If you ain’t dippin you must be trippin”-Freak Nasty

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2013
02/24
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How relationships CAN AFFECT you!


Relationships can be the biggest up or the biggest down in your life. Relationships can leave you emotionally and physically scared and running for cover. It can make you feel higher than all highs that you would never get from any drug or endorphin rush, or make you feel lower than life and make you put yourself last to please others. Relationships can make you develop lust and mistrust, and at the same time complete and in love.

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2012
11/07
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Gallery Report – Joan Miró


Artist Joan Miró was born April 20, 1893, in Barcelona and studied at the Barcelona School of Fine Arts and the Academia Galí. His work before 1920 shows wide-ranging influences, including the bright colors of the fauves, the broken forms of cubism, and the powerful, flat two-dimensionality of Catalan folk art and Romanesque church frescoes of his native Spain. He moved to Paris in 1920, where, under the influence of surrealist poets and writers, he evolved his mature style. Miró drew on memory, fantasy, and the irrational to create works of art that are visual analogues of surrealist poetry. These dreamlike visions, such as Harlequin’s Carnival (1925, Albright-Knox Gallery, Buffalo) or Dutch Interior (1928, Museum of   Modern Art, New York City), often have a whimsical or humorous quality, containing images of playfully distorted animal forms, twisted organic shapes, and odd geometric constructions. The forms of his paintings are organized against flat neutral backgrounds and are painted in a limited range of bright colors, especially blue, red, yellow, green, and black. Formless amoebic shapes alternate with sharply drawn lines, spots, and curlicues, all positioned on the canvas with seeming detachment. Miró later produced highly general, eerie works in which his organic forms and figures are reduced to abstract spots, lines, and bursts of colors.

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2012
11/07
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