User:Cousin Heather

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Heatherlynn Shannon Smullen
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Cousin heather, otherwise known as " Heatherlynn Shannon Smullen ", was born is 1995 and was raised by her single mother until age six. at age six her mother married a man with a three year old girl. heather spent the next four years with these people until the man proved to be unworthy (i.e cheating and using drugs).

after cousin Heather moved to the bay area in California, she met her best friend. after moving schools year after year, she kept in touch with this friend. the emotional and social problems caused by her ex-stepfather caused Heather to be transferred into a school program out of mainstream and into a type of special education that dealt with people that had emotional and social problems. through all of this she kept talking to her friend over the phone. this went from fifth grade, to eighth grade.

at the beginning of eighth grade, age thirteen, Heather had overcome almost 95% of all problems and only their traces were left. the school she was attending discovered that she lived outside of the school district- even if it were only three blocks. the school discarded her and left her to the other district to "handle", although only the essence of any problems showed.

her mother, now married to another man, moved her to a private school. there she met her friends that helped her get over all of her serious problems. she stayed for a year and left the next to attend a regular high school with her best friend (earlier mentioned). it was at the private school that she earned the nickname 'Cousin heather' and is still called that.

still in contact with all friends mentioned and struggling with grades, she has become a blossoming artist. taking part in 'advanced art' freshmen year, along with two other extra curricular classes.

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interests
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Heather has been drawing throughout her life and enjoys listening to music genes j-pop, dance, alternative, rock, heavy metal, punk, pop, any variation of these and most other genres.

she enjoys reading, especially Japanese graphic novels called Manga. Manga books follow the traditional Japanese direction of reading. while American graphic novels read from left to right, Japanese read the order of speech bubbles and panels from right to left. she enjoys reading Naruto by Masashi kishimoto, Full Metal Alchemist by Hiromu arakawa, +Anima by Natsumi Mukai, D. Gray Man by Katsura Hoshino, Ouran High School Host Club by Hatori Bisco, Shugo Chara by Peach-Pit, Bitter Virgin by Kusunoki Kei, Bakurestu Tenshi by Gonzo and Murao Minoru, Othello by Ikezawa Satomi, and many more.

Heather reads an even match of shonen and shojo manga. she also enjoys shonen-ai manga's such as Rust Blaster by toboso yana, and Loveless by Kouga Yun.

she also enjoys watching Japanese cartoons called Anime. some of her favorites are Burst Angel, Naruto, Naruto: Shippuden, Wolfs Rain, Pokemon, and many more.

Heather plans on writing and illustrating her own manga called 'San'.