Abraham Kim @abrahamKim

Hipsters talk more than Boomers these days.

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The second pour over was so good that he decided to order a third. That was his decision. He would do what he wanted. The only thing that stopped him was an outside force. A man in a suit gently tapping his shoulder. The man in the suit was not...
Abraham's Pantry
πŸ§‡ 61 Waffles
🍫 62 Chocolate Bars
πŸͺ 52 Cookies
πŸ₯ƒ 49 Whiskeys
🍊 40 Tangerines
β˜•οΈ 67 Coffees
🍺 64 Beers
πŸ₯Ÿ 61 Dumplings
🍍 60 Pineapples
🍡 53 Teas
🍣 63 Sushis
πŸ₯“ 50 Bacons
πŸ₯š 50 Eggs
πŸ₯© 53 Steaks
πŸ“ 60 Strawberries
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Abe's Blog
Life is a Squid Game

Thinking of how life is like Squid Game  

Most drop out before the beginning.

And the beginning isn't the beginning.

Sticking it out to until end is good enough for most.

Try to take moments in between and figure out if you're doing the right thing.

And make sure you're not doing the wrong...
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2021-10-15 22:32:40

Flash Fiction Practice
A day at the cafe

"Jean. aren't you supposed to be in class?"

She hadn't expected to run into anyone, but she wasn't displeased by the encounter. She had decided to take the entire day off and instead spend it at the cafe doing nothing at all, besides for drinking large volumes of coffee andΒ  rooibos...
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2021-10-15 02:36:24

Flash Fiction Practice
Black Blood

She sat there sipping black coffee , so much of it that she wondered if it would turn her blood black. Black blood was a thing. She read about it in a Jo Nesbo novel. If you stabbed someone in the liver you would watch the blood pour out black.

Apparently...
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2021-10-14 03:00:52

Abe's Blog
Networking

Something about networking events makes you act different. Especially when around someone super successful. You start trying to think of interesting things to say. You begin feeling like the beginning lines of Eminem 's Lose Yourself.Β 

I've been around that rodeo enough now that I catch myself. You don't need...
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2021-10-12 13:54:36

Flash Fiction Practice
Being called young

"Good thing you are still young."Β 

Her casual remark caught me off guard.Β 

For the most part I'd stopped seeing myself as young. Maybe cause of the industry I'm in.

I thought about this for too long until a switch finally flipped and I suddenly couldn't stop thinking that she was...
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2021-10-12 02:19:34

Abe's Blog
Untitled Shared at Oct 10, 2021

My friend's death brought together so many people in just our small town community that he had fostered in his short time here. It was a gathering of people grateful to have known him. I can't even guess how big the gathering in New York is for him.

Someone said that...
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2021-10-10 03:16:23

Squid Game
Death

This contains spoilers for theΒ  Netflix series Squid Game Β  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I'm not the type of person who has a set time each day where I just go and watch a TV show. I"m either binging something or I'm not watching anything at all. When I first watched Squid Game it...
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2021-10-08 01:41:01

Abe's Blog
The lesson, too late

When you learn the lesson it will be too late.Β 

By that I mean that by the time you learn the thing you wish you knew now, you'll either have already solved the problem that currently chains you, or you will have already solved it,Β 

The latter scenario might seem...
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2021-10-07 02:24:02