Welcome to my userpage. This page isn't really all that interesting (but it's at least less embarassing than the last edit), nor does it have much of a point since I haven't done much serious editing on here in a long, long while, but you can browse here if you're so inclined. (to find a giant page full of userboxes, go here)
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