This account has been abandoned. The individual who used it is now editing as I dream of horses.
Have you come here to 'talk' with me? If so, click on the discussion tab above.
Personally, I'm an unschooled teenager, who is also an animal lover, book worm, vegetarian, a wannabe vegan, and mildly physically disabled, and mild-moderately mentallyill. Politically, I'm a pro-choice, Dean democrat who is interested speifically in disability rights and more broadly in human rights. Spirtually, I'm a recovering Christian, and am interested in both atheism and buddhism. Of course, being as young as I am, I'm only starting to get to know myself, and words can only describe so much.
Please be courteous and ask me before changing anything on my user page, unless you are reverting vandalism. This user page is actually quite prone to vandalism due to patrolling the recent pages page, if that makes any sense.
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