haha...hi, I'm a 17 year old male from Florida, I'm obviously new, and I wanted to introduce myself to the community. I suppose a good way to introduce myself would be to tell why I joined the forum. For the last couple of months I have been contemplating becoming a vegetarian. I never really took myself too seriously, so I figured that it would be something that I would do later in life. But recently (as of about an hour ago) I watched a short movie by PETA about why I should become a vegetarian; it clinched it for me. So now I am more than seriously considering becoming a vegetarian and thought it would benefit me to talk to others who are or were vegetarians, etc. So I'll just limit this thread to that short intro about myself and find the appropriate forum for my questions about vegetarianism (is that what it's called? ). Hope to see you there. paz