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at life's end as reply to When

Abraham Kim
life
That day he got out six cans of beer and placed them on the coffee table in front of the chair he always sat in. Only one can was open. The five he would drink after this.

There was no plan for the day other than sitting there drinking until he...

Westcity
max takes the slow way as reply to Helpful

Abraham Kim
Westcity life
The funny thing about the long way was that distance wise it was more direct and fewer miles. The only reason the short way got you to Westcity more quickly was because of the high speed limit and the lack of stop signs, traffic lights, and turns.

You didn't get to...

Westcity
can you meet? as reply to Stay Inside

Abraham Kim
life Imogen Howe Rust Bar Saturday service industry Westcity town
After establishing a routine... Jack developed his routine further.

Now he spent most of his days between two activities. Staring out his window and walking around aimlessly.

The two activities were interluded with a session at the gym.

Jack could blend in for the most part so long as he wore a hoodie....

Westcity
jack had free time as reply to Trapped

Abraham Kim
life Westcity Imogen Howe
Jack was doing overhead barbell presses when the text came. He felt the vibration distinctly. His phone now muted almost every notification so when it did vibrate it was impossible to ignore.

Plus it meant that it was one person. He had even muted Aaron awhile ago. They still texted all...

Westcity
jack could be that as reply to Employee Discount

Abraham Kim
life
While Bella was gone to get the employee discount beers, Jack watched the pool table and checked the bouncers' reactions. You couldn't get a read on them. They were calm. Poker face. Poker body language.

The kid who'd just cracked the pool stick was breathing heavily. Heaving almost. Waiting for someone...

Westcity
asparagus as reply to Everyone Else

Abraham Kim
Imogen Howe Spacecity life time asparagus
After the diner Calvin went for a drive. Thought about what  Imogen Howe had told him. A man named Keith has been missing for three days. He lives in California. She's not sure if that's where he was born or lived his whole life though. But he has been up...

Westcity
quietly as reply to Was There

Abraham Kim
urine life
After a moment he felt safe. Safe enough at least. He knew that he'd be safe there so long as he stayed still. He wouldn't be found by any hostiles. How did he know? Too much experience in 'the field', he thought.

The safety had him relaxing a bit. He could...

Westcity
jack has resolve as reply to Yeah

Abraham Kim
influencer life ectomorph
As Jack was finally settling into the bed in Aaron's basement he was about to doze off when he heard footsteps upstairs. Aaron's dad was already beginning his day. How could this man be starting his day while Jack hadn't even finished his. Jack could of course blame the time...

Westcity
a desire to get away as reply to Idling

Abraham Kim
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My life looked too complicated for me to write. Where would I begin? How would I end it. The story I mean, not my life itself.

I suppose everybody sees their life this way. Maybe that's why few people write  autobiographies .

I knew I could never write one myself if I...

Westcity
bar food as reply to The Garage

Abraham Kim
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Lenny's creator inhaled the pizza. He had heard you were supposed to sit while eating. Otherwise you wouldn't enjoy it and your body would struggle to digest. He'd heard this on a podcast .

He had consumed countless podcasts over the past few years. There was a time when a new...

Westcity
20 drink vouchers as reply to Either Way

Abraham Kim
Spacecity life
"What's it to you? What makes you think you know so much about another man's life?"

The bastard Chris was right. Cal thought he was close to Keith. So much that he'd decided that he ought to get Keith kicked out of his home. This was Keith's home in fact. Space....

Westcity
burning time to go to chipotle as reply to A Call

Abraham Kim
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Max Lambert hated eating at the diner after his shift. After sizzling bacon, frying toast, and wiping sweat dripping off his forehead so it didn't get into the customers' hash, the last thing he wanted at 7PM was to spend another minute at the diner. Even if the meal was...

Westcity
presumably as reply to We're Out

Abraham Kim
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This time the dumbass sent Diego the public key or the wallet address. Diego smiled. He used the term dumbass in endearment. What silly goose would send their private key to a stranger over email?

He made sure it was still the same dumbass. He could tell it was, because the...

Westcity
there as reply to A friend

Abraham Kim
beer friends life Suburban Hyundai cigarette Spacecity
"I'd like a  beer as well."

Denver raised his hand. It took ten seconds. His voice wheezed through the air. He'd taken his oxygen mask  off. Marc Love had already gotten up but Denver swatted him away.

The waiter acknowledged the request. Gave the two younger men a look that asked 'is...

Westcity
the old man recalls as reply to No Way

Abraham Kim
life cornea The Blue Man kid
I remember that night. It was so long ago. Strange that I haven't thought of it in decades. Now that you bring it up. Yes. It all comes back. More vivid than much of what's happened in my life more recently. Shocking how that happens.

The old man put down his...

Westcity
a hobbyist as reply to Right on Time

Abraham Kim
men women life
Roger had no idea what his 2 PM coffee companion did with his life. Although they met every weekday for in depth conversations he never asked about the details of the guy's life. Strange how that worked. It seemed more the case with  men than  women . The ability to...

Westcity
meals as reply to Always the Cowboy Never the Cow

Abraham Kim
cancer life Vietnamese espresso
Once he got stomach  cancer he began recounting how many meals he had had without ever being truly grateful. Now his time was limited. But everyone's time was that way wasn't it? Since the day they were born. Nobody lived forever. Although some people wanted to live as long as...

Westcity
finally as reply to The man in the suit

Abraham Kim
life family spiteful
Growing up Blue never imagined what it would be like to lose somebody. By the time it hit him, he had lost three.

Growing up all he could imagine was how someone was wronging him. How the other person could be doing better. He spent a lot of time being  spiteful...

Westcity
driving back after dropping of Ana as reply to Chapter 2

Abraham Kim
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The evening sun is deceptive. It feels like it might stay forever only to exit abruptly.

On our way to the airport I was squinting, trying not to be blinded. After seeing Ana off at the passenger drop-off, I drove home under violet swirls, the kind that makes you think God...

Westcity
The Blue Man returns

Abraham Kim
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The Blue Man returned out of nowhere. People had long forgotten about him. Dozens of dozens of other influencers had replaced him since. And people were unhappy but willing to consume the content they produced. Because there just wasn't anything better to do in life.

Sometimes people might shoot up some ...
thrown into darkness
"it's like you were thrown into an existence you never asked for. Isn't that what
life
was? An existence nobody could ask for, because prior to it you were nothing"

The question bares an answer. You were thrown in it without your choice, you shall stay till you will be signed out but never you shall sign out by yourself.
nedzen

thrown into darkness as reply to Nightmares

Abraham Kim
sweat life
Waking at 4AM involuntarily can be nice sometimes. Get an unexpected early start to the day. Or have a few peaceful thoughts while laying there, then return to slumber. But when you awake soaked in sweat , gasping for breath, it's like you were thrown into an existence you never...

denver as reply to Air

Abraham Kim
TikTok homeless Westcity life alcohol gun
His views dropped fast. He went from being the #1 watched TikTok influencer to being homeless in two weeks. The man in the nice suit who had been with him through his stardom abandoned him the moment any association with The Blue Man became inconvenient. The man with the nice...
Mindset
That first paragraph could be a whole book lol. 

I've learned this recently too. that what the self wants in a given moment is usually convenience. No I do not want to give unconditional love. No this person requires me to do this and that's annoying... just tell them to use uber or hire a person to do it.

If you're too poor to buy any conveniences of capitalist life then you'll be more suceptible to be in a position come to resent your family... but also more suceptible to coming to unconditionally love them. This often leads to love/hate relationships but also can lead to members becoming disillusioned with the concept of family and running away from it in rebellion.

While a person with means may try to strip every inconvenience out of their life, there will always be a point if they strip long enough where they start seriously wondering... wait if i'm trying to just remove every little thing out of my life... then what is 
life
?
Abraham Kim

Solo Echo Practice
Untitled Shared at Aug 02, 2022

Abraham Kim
life
What seems most apparent when comparing ourselves to people of "the old days"

is that they only fought for one thing.

Their lives.


This is the trick that every modern generation plays on themselves.

Thinking they are not fighting for their lives.

When with every single breath we are.


Time is not running out.

But time is...

Westcity
Ms. American Pie

Abraham Kim
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The words rung into the air suddenly. It frightened her. She was scared to ask the man singing beside her. In a past life the  fear would've drove her against it. She would instead live her entire  life not knowing the answer to the question.

But today things were different. She...

Westcity
what makes something alive?

Abraham Kim
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Walter met his first girlfriend after moving to Westcity because of his habit of taking afternoon walks. No matter how hot it got he vowed to take a walk during the afternoon when his brain would be fried anyhow. No point in trying to pull of any deep work during...
what distraction could mean
> In these cases, you’re not diverting your attention because the news feed or menu of push notifications is more meaningful to your life, but because they’re easier to deal with.

Bingo.

However I go a different route from there than you end up. In my life it's never been about being okay with discomfort. That's a part of it but just a prerequisite.

And when i've stopped digging at pre-requisites, i usually fall for doing things that fulfill the pre-req in a very visible manner but doesn't get to the root.

In this case i would do things i was uncomfortable with that was so obviously uncomfortable when after so many years the deeper issue was why should a news feed of irrelevant information be more comfortable than my own life?

It's not about being okay with discomfort in that case. It's more about questioning... why isn't our " 
life
  " less comfortable than some artificial distraction.

For me it was because i wasn't living life the way i wanted to. For other reasons will vary
Abraham Kim

Westcity
Untitled Shared at Jul 11, 2022

Abraham Kim
Heat life murderers
In the summer they kill out of irritation. Not randomly, but the people you hate on the other side of the street, suddenly they rub you the wrong way and you might not let it go like you might in the winter. That  Heat gets to you and you just...

Abe's Blog
permission as reply to you're allowed to be here

Abraham Kim
Ruby on Rails Javascript life permission meetups
When it comes to learning something, it's the permission to do so that's primary at the beginning.

Without it nobody gets started. Why do you think so many local meetups for Ruby on Rails or Javascript exist? Is it because the organizers are such talented gurus who can offer insights that...

Solo Echo Practice
steady

Abraham Kim
life breath
Walk steady in life
for one day you will no longer be able.

Some will see it coming for years
while others will fall within a breath .

Notice the breath you have just taken. Remember it.
Now think of the next you are about to take.

Since you were born you have taken breaths
regularly....

Abe's Blog
Compression

Abraham Kim
beer coffee roadtrip life resolution
Stories and memories get condensed. Like Jake might say he's going out with Mike for a  beer when in fact there was a lot more they did than just get a beer. But we can communicate with each other by saying these symbolic meanings.

Went out for a beer.

The person we...

PO Box 915
decade as reply to Time and place

Abraham Kim
Georgie Wilcox life tea Smash Mouth
Georgie hadn't flinched when asked for a good breakfast spot.

Larry's Diner.

Well would you want to go. Together? she had asked. He didn't assume she was asking him out.Then to her direct question he said, sure.

Sammy liked this, so far, about Georgie Wilcox . That he wasn't pushy. If anything pushed...

Abe's Blog
Untitled Shared at Apr 28, 2022

Abraham Kim
death life time
I thought about when my girlfriend's sister got married, and it's already almost two years. That makes you realize that time goes by so fast. And that makes you realize that death will soon be here. It's easy to think that it'll never come and that life is long. But...

Westcity
blink 182

Abraham Kim
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Parents are more influential than we give them credit for. Growing up they are the boomers and so why would we look up to them. But although we like to act like we are not like them, I see it time and time again. History might not repeat but it...