Hey out there, this is TheGypsyGirl, checkin in with ya!

My name's Luminista Mala Tekla!!

Luminista - Romany for "light"

Mala - Hindi meaning for "Necklace"

Tekla - Greek for "divine fame" or "glory of God"

My name literally translates into "Necklace of Divine Fame and Light" ... yea i know my parents are special... but then i am a gypsy girl, at least by blood, not by lifestyle, so what do you expect?

Most people just call me Mala or Luminista! I do not enjoy being called Tekla... c'mon, Glory of God?? WTF?! i swear a lot for anyone who really gives a shit...

I have dark brown, curly hair that falls past my shoulders, brown eyes and creamy white skin. (the sun is my enemy!! go burn someone else you bastard!!)

A lot of people mistake me for Indian or an Arab...

I have a lot of hobbies, mostly practicing my belly dancing (!! its really fun!!), playing the classical guitar, and enjoying my writing and drawing time!

You'll probably find me sitting in a tree in my front yard, observing humans (people watchin!) and generally being an idiot. I'm not very mature for how old i am...17 last May!

So i wanna know if its just me! when im searchin for a story to read, ill usually pass up the short ones or the ones that only have one or two chapters lookin for a longer one...is it jus me? or does everyone do that?

Notice: To all those who think Homophobia is wrong and want to fight for a better future for our gay and lesbian friends, please repost this into your profile:

I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.
I am the prostitute working the streets because nobody will hire a transsexual woman.
I am the sister who holds her gay brother tight through the painful, tear-filled nights.
We are the parents who buried our daughter long before her time.
I am the man who died alone in the hospital because they would not let my partner of twenty-seven years into the room.
I am the foster child who wakes up with nightmares of being taken away from the two fathers who are the only loving family I have ever had. I wish they could adopt me.
I am one of the lucky ones, I guess. I survived the attack that left me in a coma for three weeks, and in another year I will probably be able to walk again.
I am not one of the lucky ones. I killed myself just weeks before graduating high school. It was simply too much to bear.
We are the couple who had the realtor hang up on us when she found out we wanted to rent a one-bedroom for two men.
I am the person who never knows which bathroom I should use if I want to avoid getting the management called on me.
I am the mother who is not allowed to even visit the children I bore, nursed, and raised. The court says I am an unfit mother because I now live with another woman.
I am the domestic-violence survivor who found the support system grow suddenly cold and distant when they found out my abusive partner is also a woman.
I am the domestic-violence survivor who has no support system to turn to because I am male.
I am the father who has never hugged his son because I grew up afraid to show affection to other men.
I am the home-economics teacher who always wanted to teach gym until someone told me that only lesbians do that.
I am the man who died when the paramedics stopped treating me as soon as they realized I was transsexual.
I am the person who feels guilty because I think I could be a much better person if I did not have to always deal with society hating me.
I am the man who stopped attending church, not because I don't believe, but because they closed their doors to my kind.
I am the person who has to hide what this world needs most, love.
I am the person who is afraid of telling his loving Christian parents he loves another male.
Re-post this if you believe homophobia is wrong. Please do your part to end it.

Thanks.

If you have ever run into a door copy this to your profile.

you have ever had a mad laughing fit for no reason put this on your profile.

92 percent of american teens would die if Abecrombe and Fitch told them it wasn't cool to breath. If your one of the 8 percent that would be laughing your asses off as you watch the others copy this to your profile.

NEW INFO.!!!

screenname for aim: GentlyDriftn. Im usually bored, so if im on, contact me!

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