I am 24 years old, happily taken for over 8 years, gay, female, and relatively happy. I haven't had it easy (but then, who has?) but I feel that I've moved on from my past and am trying to walk forward without ever looking back. I consider myself a loner; I enjoy sitting in my room watching DVDs or playing on the internet. I love the written word, and I think that language and communication are the keys to everything. I'm a fairly peaceful person, more likely to walk away from the fray than jump into it, but I have a very raw sense of humor. I don't think there's anything that you can't learn to laugh about. Here are some pictures of me at various stages in my life, arranged from earliest to most recent. In the hospital, one day old. "Baby Dracula" - one year old. Kindergarten Seven. Seven, with my first real haircut. Nine, with a haircut I hated. Eleven, meeting Ann M. Martin. My twelfth birthday. Thirteen, the first time I dyed my hair. Fifteen, going to my aunt's wedding. Sixteen, in a play. Nineteen, after taking braids out. Nineteen and bulimic. Twenty, just before my piercing. Twenty, with my first piercing. Twenty-one. Twenty-two. Twenty-four in February 2008 April 2008 June 2008 coming soon