From: Claudine (205.188.116.196)
Greeting: Hi!
Date: March 10, 2005 at 12:21 pm PST

I'm 35 years old, single and have been mostly vegetarian my whole
life. I've been transitioning to vegan since January, 2005, when I
finally started to read about it to find out if these "you must eat
meat" myths that my Drs were telling me were true or not. I wish I had
known sooner! I am a substitute school teacher specializing in special
education, I love this, and a fine artist, oil painter. I also have an
adorable bunny named Princess Annabel and 5 guinea pigs-Sir. Pookie
(nicknamed, Mr. Buddah!) and Bridget, Bernard and Nadia, and King
Simba....my new boyfriend, lol! They are all adorable. Besides that
I've been studying meditation and also taking some Buddhist studies,
yoga, and enjoy the out of doors and the activities assoicated with
that. I'm currently taking vegan cooking classes too and having fun
doing that! I'm also somewhat of a geek, so I enjoy learning and
exploring new things, ideas, etc. And I really like to play around on
the computer and surf the Internet.

I hope in the near future, to have a new body of work directly
influenced by my values and beliefs of veganism, meditation and eastern
thought.