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willyoupleasebequiet: are you ready? bluejeanbaby: for what? willyoupleasebequiet: the future willyoupleasebequiet: because i think it just started

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David Levithan
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: September 7
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Short Hills
New Jersey
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Future
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