I am from TV remotes
From Kleenex and Softsoap
I am from the stiff carpet
Dimpled and coarse
I ponder
I am from poison ivy
The venus fly traps
Venomous and ostensible
I am from potlucks and Thanksgiving football
from Brian and Jeremy
and Jiayi
I’m from listening to music and working in silence
From “don’t judge a book by it’s cover” and “only time will tell”
I’m from the Eastern Hemisphere, China really, and Hong Kong specifically
From Kombucha and Aidel meatballs
From infrequent trips to Europe and even less frequent trips to Japan
From the terrible puns my cousins tell me to make me cringe
I am from a huge family, related by blood and not
Editing comment: All the close up pictures I took look even more awkward than this one, so I decided to crop this wider angle picture. I personally liked the half-lit face effect when I took the image, but I did try to do some color control to make sure the left side on my face wasn’t unreasonable blown out.