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Are you Vegetarian, Vegan or something else?
VEGAN, BABY! But only since the first of the year. I was strict vegetarian for about 15 years before that.
About Me:
The name's Amber & I live in a little hick town. I don't personally know anyone else who is veggie, so I rely heavily on the internet (like the Space & Vegifide.com) for interaction on any level with like-minded individuals.

I grew up on a little mini-farm with chickens, goats, bunnies, a pig... and being the shy loner that I was, these animals were better company to me than most people. I considered them my friends, & many of these "dumb farm animals" became fond of me too - chickens would squat down when they saw me coming so I could pick them up to pet & hold them, "Pig" the pig would happily come greet me when I came around his pen.
I have several memories of this place that will forever be with me, that have surely shaped me into the compassionate vegan & lover of all life that I am today. While most of my happy childhood memories of times with animals are pleasantly vague, it's the traumatizing events that remain vivid in my mind: I will never ever forget the shrieks of the rabbits being stapled to a tree in preparation to be skinned, the chickens running around wildly with their heads cut off, the shock of hearing my dad tell me that a butcher was coming over tomorrow to slaughter Pig (in a weird twist of fate, Pig died that night. Although devastated, I was relieved that he died of natural causes & was not going to end up on our dinner table). I had a pet turkey that was attacked by a dog - I bundled him up & tried to make him comfortable, then watched the life slowly leave his beautiful little eyes as I bawled.
It was somewhere around this time - I was about 12 - that I decided that I was NOT going to eat meat anymore, & that was that. Mom & dad weren't happy - they claimed to "forget" sometimes, at which point I would bitch & remove any meat from my meal & set it aside. Eventually they learned that I was quite serious & eating plenty of healthy non-meatstuffs, so they backed off & accepted that I was "the weird daughter" (my switch to vegetarianism was quickly succeeded by multiple hair-dyings, body piercings, & a developing taste in punk rock & goth music).
I tried to go vegan when I was about 19 (so this would've been around 1999), but I was a poor starving college student & resources were scarce even then, so I failed. Accidentally tumbled across Vegan-Shani's Myspace profile in late 2007, & after a couple conversations with her that vegan "light" turned on.

I freakin LOOOOOOOVE my puppy!
Website:
http://www.myspace.com/amberviola

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At 11:31am on July 20th, 2008, Graham said…
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At 11:14am on July 7th, 2008, Chris Tinney said…
hi! What did you do for the 4th?
I just drove through grass valley
At 1:33pm on July 3rd, 2008, Elissa said…
hey girl, the veganism is coming along great! and! ive lost 9 lbs! haha, well the dude that was stalking me ive known for yearrss, but regardless i called my phone co. to have him blocked from texting me, and they didnt do it right, we went back and forth they said it was fixed and done but obviously not cuz he text me and called me a day ago lol oh well ill just ignore him, have a great holiday weekend!
At 11:15pm on June 30th, 2008, Elissa said…
hey girly, how goes it?
At 6:51pm on June 8th, 2008, Greg Lunger said…


Ommm...Peace...Ommm...
At 6:58pm on June 5th, 2008, Elissa said…
woohoo that feels great to be called vegan! hah im eating my vegan dinner as we speak! hope ur having a great day too!
At 8:25am on June 4th, 2008, Greg Lunger said…


Hello My New Friend !!!****** =)

Blessing's of Peace...Love...Joy...And Infinite Abundance !!!****** =)
At 11:04am on June 1st, 2008, Marea said…
aww thanks! (sorry for the late response, I haven't been on here in months). If you are even in my area, let me know :)
At 2:48pm on May 8th, 2008, maryzaint said…
At 10:01pm on May 5th, 2008, Danler said…
Don't we all ; )
 
 

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