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Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Introduction to an Aspiring Criminologist

Nice to meet you! I'm Ryeli and it's pronounced like "Riley." I know that my name will post on here as Ryeli Beth, which technically my first name too? I was named after Beth in Little Women. You know, the one that got scarlet fever. It's fine. I'm also named after my cousin, but I think this story is funnier. Oh, the Greta Gerwig adaptation was really good! 

I'm a senior and my major is criminology. I love it. I feel like sociology/criminology are so important for social issues today. When you can understand the circumstances behind someone's life and how little issues really tend to shape an individual, you tend to foster a lot more empathy, which I think is important for any person to have, but especially in the work I'd like to do. Ideally, I would like to do work with the wrongfully convicted, but I also might like teaching! I'm not sure, but I do feel compelled to help others in some capacity. 

If I were not doing something criminology related, I would like to move to a little field in Colorado or someplace similar, have a large dog, and maybe write short stories about animals doing people things. I think that sounds fun and relatively stress free! 

I really like Dolly Parton. That's a big thing for me. We have the same birthday. It's all very exciting. I would talk about her more, but I will stop now. Besides Miss Dolly, I listen to a lot of dramatic, avant-garde pop-ish music. Think Kate Bush, MUNA, Caroline Polachek, Britney, etc. 

I'm running out of things to say. I don't know what things I actually do when faced with the question. Please someone relate to this. 

I have two dogs, Shay and Faith. They're gremlins and I adore them. 

If given the option between glitter or no glitter, I will always choose glitter (as long as it's biodegradable and safe to be worn on the eyes!) I am no stranger to makeup and fashion. One might say that it consumes my life, but in a fun way!

I love all shades of pink. It's my favorite color. I don't think this will surprise anyone. 

This is my last semester, so I'm sort of just having fun and finding adventures where I can! I hope all of your semesters go well and are super blessed! xoxo 

I couldn't find a picture of both of them together, but here's Shay doing Evil Things (opening Christmas presents early) 








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