my name's Alice, I picked it because one day some years ago during a very low
point in my life where I felt like a husk of a person someone in a Discord
server asked me how I was doing. I tried to answer with "I'm alive".
problem is though I'm not a very good phone typist so autocorrect kicked in
and it became "I'm Alice". this was around the time I was starting to question
my gender stuff and the name just stuck. I think it's very fitting in the sense
that the intended statement was one of irony and detatchment from emotion,
reducing anything I was feeling down to a simple objective statement. at that
moment, however, it became a mantra. it became a statement of self-identity. one
that I've carried with me for years as I've transitioned and found true
happiness in myself and in finding community and friends and people I love.
I'm not just alive. I'm Alice.