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Elden Thing | Back & Body Hurts Platinugggggh Rewards Member


Profile pic and banner credits: sharkaeopteryx art by @superkiak! eggbug by eggbug! Mash-up by me!
[Alt-text for pfp: a cute sharkaeopteryx sat on the ground with legs out, wings down, jaw ajar, and hed empty, looking at eggbug and eggbug's enigmatic smile.]
[Alt-text for banner: a Spirit Halloween banner with eggbug and the sharkaeopteryx that Superkiak drew for me looking at it with inscrutable expressions]


I'm a Vietnamese cis woman born and currently living in the U.S. You may know me from Sandwich, from Twitter or Mastodon (same username), or on Twitch as Sharkaeopteryx. I do not have a Discord or Bluesky account.

Ask me about language learning/teaching, cooking/eating food, late diagnosis ADHD, and volunteer small business mentoring. Or don't, I'm not the boss of you.


I think people deserve to be young, make mistakes, and grow without being held to standards they don't know about yet and are still learning. So, if you are under 22, please don't try to strike up a friendship or get involved in discussions on my posts.


Please don't automatically assume I follow/know/co-sign someone just because I reposted something from them—sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Also, if you think being removed as a follower when we're not mutuals is a cardinal sin, please do not follow me.


🐘Mastodon
search for @sharksonaplane@mastodon.sandwich.net and hit follow if you want
Hang out with me on the Auldnoir forum! (you can DM there!)
discourse.auldnoir.org/
Follow me on Twitch
twitch.tv/sharkaeopteryx
Add my RSS feed (not working yet but I'll get to it!)
sharkaeopteryx.neocities.org/rss.xml

This month has been way too frantic for me, especially since I spent most of it in a brain-fogged haze thanks to a med that didn't work out. I wanted to start these streams or at least announce them earlier, but that's just not what happened.

So here's what's happening: I'm joining my friends at @PleasantlyTwstd's Wine Cellar fundraising for the International Rescue Committee (IRC) as part of the Streamers for Humanity initiative on my Twitch channel, https://twitch.tv/sharkaeopteryx

As a child of refugees myself, the IRC's mission resonates deeply with me and I want to do what I can to help. These funds will go towards helping people in Gaza, Sudan, the DRC, Ethiopia, and beyond—and through September 30th (30/09), up to $100,000 USD in donations will be matched, so your donation will have double the impact no matter the amount. If you are not able to donate comfortably, please share this donation link—it can make more of a difference than you know. Thank you so much!

And here are my donation incentives and milestones!

My donation incentives (USD):
$any: Thanks + I paint another nail
$3 Live gem sticker (on face) OR overlay googly eye (moves when I talk)
$5 Live googly eye (on face) OR Guess the Gummi Bear
$10 Remove a googly eye (live/overlay) OR Condiment Roulette
(Drink a random pull from the Mystery Bag of Condiment Packets)
$20 Combo of above OR Put on a(nother) shark hat
$25 Combo of above OR LED message goggles w/your message for 5 mins
$30 The Chicken Challenge
$50 5-minute doodle put on the overlay (I AM NOT AN ARTIST)
$100 reward provided by the IRC: Pots & pans for refugees
$200 reward provided by the IRC: Warm clothes for refugees

Milestones for donations raised during my stream (USD):
every $50: Giveaway for a short improv-ed poem about you (positive)
$100: Spice blend giveaway (US-only, INCLUDING AK, HI, PR and other territories)
$250: Chat "Chopped"-style cooking stream (chat chooses ingredients for my next cooking stream)
$375: Baked goods giveaway (US-only, INCLUDING AK, HI, PR and other territories)
$500: Shark Twain blåhaj takeover stream next week (my blåhaj friend Shark Twain takes over the stream next week to play some shark games)

Drop a follow on Twitch or watch this space for my Go Live post later tonight!


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