About Me: Name is Vanessa, or most people just call me nessa. I am a full-time student, majoring in psychology, & in a really long time I will be a doctor ((to be more specific--a child psychiatrist)). For now, I'm a crew member at the Chesterfield Trader Joe's. If you have never been to Trader Joe's, GO!!!! I LOVE all animals, snakes & lizards, bears & bunnies. I have a spoiled rotten baby--my 5 year old male Akita. I also have 4 very badass Fire-bellied Newts:: Mordekai, Atrayu ((Paunchy)), Weetzi, & Zaria..& 2 Fire-bellied Toads:: Artemas & Kallypso..& 2 African Dwarf Frogs:: Frances & Farmer.

Umm...I've been a veggie-tarian for about 12 years now... I think everyone needs to try & help the environment in some way, big or small. We helped destroy the earth, so we need to help save it. If you want any quick, easy ideas of something you can do to help, just ask me & I'll try to help!

Some of my favorite things:: the beach/ocean, ice cream, cookies, horror/thriller movies, my iPod, open-minded people, lemurs, stargazer lilies, Quentin Tarantino, body modification, pain killers, Bob Marley, worn-in jeans & t-shirts, snowboarding, sublime, my awesome dog, special effects purple smoke & virgin rose hair dye, Allen Ginsberg, grilled veggie burgers, Ms. PacMan, old school hip-hop, Camel cigarettes, thrift stores, SuicideGirls, pushing buttons, making clothes & jewelry, nice weather, surfing, no-kill shelters, internet, '65-'68 mustangs, recycling, poetry/writing, dolphins, Etsy.com, sleeping & dreaming, kurt cobain, reading/learning, playing with fire, camping, 311, drawing/painting, my family, skydiving, traveling, Smart water, arcades/video games, awesome concerts, florida, vegetarian restaurants, photography/modeling, penguins, GOOD music, Lenore & JTHM comics, peace & freedom, secluded islands ((with me on them)), faeries, hot tubs, sword fighting/throwing knives, strawberries, meeting new people that don't suck....

*if you want to wear fur--don't shave* *save water--shower with a friend* *Unseen They Suffer--Unheard They Cry--In Agony They Linger--In Loneliness They Die--Animals In Laboratories---STOP ANIMAL TESTS*

How I became a veggie: As a kid, I never really liked meat, always thought that it was kinda gross, but I ate it anyway because I thought that's just what you had to do. I always pictured a cute cow or my pot-bellied pig Arnie or something being sliced up, and put on my plate. I just never saw animals as like something yummy to eat. Well, my sister is almost 4 years older than me, and we've always been close and like good friends. So, when I was about 10 years old, my sister became a veggietarian, and when she did and still had plenty of good food to eat and was still healthy, I realized that I could, too. My reasons for being a veggietarian are mainly about the animals and the environment, but there are several other reasons, as well.