My Monkey Is Sad

Do you ever sit and think about your ancestors and who they might have been as people? Lately I've been pondering on the meaning of life or, more specifically, my life. That's lead me to think about the people who came before me who I know next to nothing about save their names. I've participated in one of those DNA kits that rattle off a bunch of traits and hunt down long forgotten family, which I've been able to use to trace my family tree all the way back to the 1500's. As a side note, I think I might be related to Alexander Hamilton? Which I don't really know how to feel about because he was kind of an asshole but also how does a bastard, orphan, son of a whor- It's a really interesting thing to dig through, especially considering the service I've used has a backlog of photographs. Being able to actually see these people is a different experience altogether. Some lore of my own: I'm in the process of legally changing my name. One of the middle names I've chosen just so happens to…