Abraham Kim @abrahamKim

Hipsters talk more than Boomers these days.

Abraham Kim last shared their writing was now gripping his arm
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...
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🧇 61 Waffles
🍫 62 Chocolate Bars
🍪 52 Cookies
🥃 49 Whiskeys
🍊 40 Tangerines
☕️ 67 Coffees
🍺 64 Beers
🥟 61 Dumplings
🍍 60 Pineapples
🍵 53 Teas
🍣 63 Sushis
🥓 50 Bacons
🥚 50 Eggs
🥩 53 Steaks
🍓 60 Strawberries
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Somebody who works at Balloon House Magazine
Boomer

The other day I felt just how old I was. In a major city I wouldn't be old, more middle aged for working at a media company, but at Balloon House I was definitely the boomer. Everybody else was either fresh out of college or still in it. Our budget...
2021-06-12 14:48:15

Flash Fiction Practice
Killing an afternoon

It was after dropping off Sal for his afternoon Chemistry class that she had a day to spare. Just a few hours more honestly, but hours in the afternoon seemed to stretch on for her these days. Mornings and evenings would fly by but the liminal space of sunny, summer...
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2021-06-12 14:38:31

Abe's Blog
Proud as reply to Early Days...

After years of bickering about the lameness of employment and exalting the virtues of entrepreneurship and infinite leverage, I'm proud to learn that Seun has begun a job as Product Manager.

I'll always reflect back at our many conversations as wantrepreneurs with a big smile. A smile because even though...
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2021-06-11 17:48:59

200 Words a Day
Cowriters

I remember the first rebrand of 200WAD as Cowriters.app attracting a lot of flack. In fact I believe the opinion was unanimously non-positive: as in most people disliked the new brand while a few were neutral to it.

The past few weeks keni have...
2021-06-10 20:23:03

The secret

Life is short and you only get one of them, unless you believe in an afterlife, but apparently all afterlives are incredibly horrible or blissful so you probably won't have the same ambitions once you get there. Like if you find yourself burning in hell you probably won't care whether...
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2021-06-10 19:44:52

Abe's Blog
Untitled Shared at Jun 10, 2021

Wasting time was the easiest thing to do in college. Though it was time consuming and still took a lot of work. Now that I look back on all the effort we went through to procure booze and drugs and then find stupid things to do for long spans of...
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2021-06-10 00:56:37

Abe's Blog
Constraints

Now that so many creators share their process online it's become no mystery that constraints are beneficial to the creative process. However just like commonly accepted ideas such as  reverse psychology or "sleep is important", I think most of us fail to actually take this accepted idea and apply it.

I've...
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2021-06-08 14:27:21