Abraham Kim @abrahamKim

Hipsters talk more than Boomers these days.

Abraham Kim last shared their writing 20 hours ago a routine
When security finally did open the man looked around embarrassed. He looked like he forgot to shave and didn't put deodorant on that day.

"Mmm sorry, miss," he said. "Do you mind just pretending to go through security? We didn't actually... We don't actually have the equipment working yet."

McKayla thought this...
Abraham's Pantry
๐Ÿง‡ 54 Waffles
๐Ÿซ 57 Chocolate Bars
๐Ÿช 44 Cookies
๐Ÿฅƒ 40 Whiskeys
๐ŸŠ 35 Tangerines
โ˜•๏ธ 62 Coffees
๐Ÿบ 54 Beers
๐ŸฅŸ 52 Dumplings
๐Ÿ 55 Pineapples
๐Ÿต 46 Teas
๐Ÿฃ 53 Sushis
๐Ÿฅ“ 46 Bacons
๐Ÿฅš 42 Eggs
๐Ÿฅฉ 39 Steaks
๐Ÿ“ 47 Strawberries
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Abe's Blog
What is dirty?

Many things I grew up being taught turned out to be backwards. Like the fear of dirt my mom instilled in me. I never actually feared dirt like I did monsters in the dark, but her binary way of treating dirt as something filthy like feces meant that I categorized...
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Jun 14, 2021 3:43 PM

Abe's Blog
Fear of change

A common pitfall in storytelling is not choosing to tell a story that leaves the character changed forever. I was sitting outside feeling summer breeze under a tree when this thought came to me:

We fear changing our characters forever because we fear it in our own lives. We want to...
Jun 13, 2021 5:03 PM

Somebody who works at Balloon House Magazine
Dreams of Flesh

Jeannie was talented. And incredibly beautiful. When such beauty is paired with even a modicum of talent the halo effect swindles you into hyperbolizing all non tangible assets about them. But no matter how much of that fallacy I was victim to, from an objective stance Jeannie Hammond just really...
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Jun 13, 2021 4:49 PM

200 Words a Day
What makes a legend?

Tim Subiaco will always be a legend to me. He was one of the rare members who wrote fiction everyday. Almost all the other people couldn't manage it. They either were like me and got stuck by the allure of writing the more easy nonfiction or they just stopped showing...
Jun 12, 2021 3:23 PM

Abe's Blog
Composition of my writing

I joined  200WAD intending to write fiction. What got me into it was seeing people like Tim Subiaco writing a novella in public and being blown away. I'd never seen such a thing happening in public before and never had considered the possibility. Writing until then I'd always considered a...
Jun 12, 2021 3:09 PM

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...
Jun 12, 2021 2:48 PM

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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Jun 12, 2021 2:38 PM

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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Jun 11, 2021 5:48 PM