Ha ha! You had me running for the dictionary, @canidmajor!
Female. White. Reasonably intelligent. Loves to teach. I look for the funny in things whenever I can, and reach for that instead of anger or frustration.
I haven’t been able to figure this out. Getting sick at 14 meant I didn’t really have a chance to form an identity around something other than “huh well I guess almost dying and then not is kind of a notable feature of my life.” For awhile I clung to a weird sense of pride for making it through that shit without losing my optimism, then I did lose my optimism and I didn’t know what to make of myself anymore. Then I realized that having an identity based on a disease was stupid but I haven’t figured out what else to stick in that gap if I take out the disease bit. I dunno man.
Fingerprints are a red herring. Finger prints aren’t anywhere near exact as Hollywood makes out. DNA is the only thing and that is ONLY if we are not an identical twin or a Chimera. So, in my case, it is my DNA. I don’t think I’m chimera.