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I am a twenty-year-old college sophomore, currently simultaneously pursuing a Writing BA, a Musical Theatre BFA, and a Psychology BS in the good ol' US of A. I am an atheist, a skeptic, a humanist, a virulent hater of anti-intellectualists, creationists, racists, hypocrites, misogynists, homophobics, anti-feminists, male chauvinists, and people who let their prejudices and inborn desire to feel superior to other groups of people/species take precedence over rational thought. I also enjoy eating chocolate ice cream, tap dancing across campus, and procrastinating on my insane academic workload by surfing writing sites like this one.

I have won several creative writing competitions for young writers and one of my short stories has been recently published in the anthology "It's About Time". I am also the author of the most popular English website about the ancient Chinese classic, Journey to the West, at www.vbtutor.net/Xiyouji/journeytothewest.htm.

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Imagine standing outside on a sunny day in the middle of a green, sprawling park, as a little boy bounces up to you and hands you a red flower.  You take it and thank him with a smile.  As you hold up the flower to admire its beauty, different parts of the sunlight are either absorbed or reflected by the petals, resulting in a 600 nanometers wavelength of light bouncing off the petals, passing through the front of your eye, and hitting your retinal cells, causing electrical signals to be transmitted through your optic nerve to various visual processing areas in your brain.  ...

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