Waiting for my teeth removal and decided to read these before i go, so that I can maybe not feel as crappy.

Thank you to:

u/todayisfab - since the Philippines considered the pacific Islands, I implore you to look up "tinikling". That is where my origin story is. Unlike the beautiful dances of Hawaii or the god invoking tahitian dances, the Philippines essentially mixes that hard-core Asian discipline/learning techniques into its own dance where if you aren't fast enough your toes will be broken by two bamboo poles. I love my heritage but damn if we didn't hit that one right on the nose. My grandma used to get her hands bruised by the nuns because she's a natural lefty and was born when they still believed left handedness is close to devil worshipping.

u/retrorabbit79 - I have, in fact, seen baby panda videos and though I now do not support most zoos, I did get to see a somewhat baby panda (baby by panda years) in all of its clumsy glory.

u/rainbowquarts_ - thank you for telling me about resonating with Kiki. I think that we all struggle with where our place in the world is. And the frustrating part is that you never really find out.

u/pickupthepieces_ - add this to the pile I should create for this week? I have a whole file folder in an organizer dedicated to you like some Craigslist weirdo, except I'm too poor to come stalk you.

u/littlemermaidxx- (2x) thank you to Willa and you. I love that you included the prose that I couldn't find online for me. I am so glad we got to share that book together.

u/SherlockLady- you know, it's funny because I was having the worst anxiety about my teeth removal in an hour and I was going to write to you when your card came in and now I'll write to you anyways. You'll always have to find out who you are because we are living, breathing, sentient creatures that form and demolish beliefs as we interact with the internet and the world around us constantly. We are constantly evolving and devolving and