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My name is Jimmy, but my friends just call me the hideous penguin boy.
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Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: August 25
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I always wonder why some people see things as weird and some people don't.
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Don't worry about how you 'should' draw it. Just draw it the way you see it.
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And in that one grey hair I saw my whole life and I said I think I need a hair.
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People always think I get really good reviews, but I don't. That's why I don't go on the Internet much - because you can go down a dark hole looking at stuff. Once, I clicked on my name and freaked out. It's too bizarre, it's too weird, it's too unsettling.
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