Abraham Kim @abrahamKim

Hipsters talk more than Boomers these days.

Abraham Kim last shared their writing swimming pools
He wanted to go to the party. But he didn't want to want to go.

Before the break, before seemingly everybody had deserted town and campus, he had had this idea of what the week would look like. He would spend it alone except for the short conversations he would have...
Abraham's Pantry
🧇 58 Waffles
🍫 58 Chocolate Bars
🍪 49 Cookies
🥃 44 Whiskeys
🍊 37 Tangerines
☕️ 64 Coffees
🍺 60 Beers
🥟 58 Dumplings
🍍 57 Pineapples
🍵 47 Teas
🍣 56 Sushis
🥓 49 Bacons
🥚 46 Eggs
🥩 45 Steaks
🍓 56 Strawberries
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Echo and Narcissus Writing Club
Openers, Transitions, and Closers

OpenersWith the pot of fresh earl gray rooibos ready, Sally took a deep breath and dared to look directly down at the textbook that remained in her workspace. She had placed the other two textbooks under the bed, after a long battle of trying to multitask, finally coming to somehow...
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2021-05-11 15:06:15

Flash Fiction Practice
The death of Trevor

It's amazing how long you can go without seeing someone who was once close to you. They may have once been a main character of your life where you wouldn't pass even one weekend without meeting up, but once that phase ends and you find yourself in a new, you're...
2021-05-11 01:38:29

Abe's Blog
Substance

Last night in bed I thought of a story I'd read years ago about how at 3AM Israel Kamakawiwo'ole was given 15 minutes to arrive at the studio. Initially the studio manager was closing down and suggested they record the next day. But Isreal insisted, saying that he"had an idea."

He...
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2021-05-10 16:47:01

Echo and Narcissus Writing Club
Sentences Recap

For the first week of the Echo and Narcissus writing club we were to focus on the sentence structures of our writer. I came up with  Waiting in a diner behind frosted glass Yours Truly and I just re-read it now after...
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2021-05-09 18:08:52

Abe's Blog
So why am I writing two posts a day?

No I'm not trying to match  therealbrandonwilson . What I realized was that writing one post a day wasn't enough for me. Not because there's anything wrong with the number one. It's just that I enjoy writing for two reasons.

The most important...
2021-05-07 14:57:25

Flash Fiction Practice
Mornings

Sometimes my greatest strengths lends to my biggest problems. But isn't this the case for anyone? So what's the use in thinking about such, except this universality is just the fact that it is something to consider. 

It's the well known things that get us. Reverse Psychology, Sunk Cost Fallacy....
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2021-05-07 14:49:17

Abe's Blog
What I like seeing on the top of my feed right now

I have a funny thing I do on this site. Because the read/unread feature was implemented sometime in February, there's a lot of posts that I have read but are marked as unread. These show up on my main feed when I show up to the site.

For awhile I was...
2021-05-06 21:15:13

Flash Fiction Practice
American Diners are like European Cafes

When I was in  Europe I wondered how  Americans could tolerate having to drive when going to even the most essential places like the cafe or the grocery store.

In Europe I thought it was good that cafes were essential by acting as a place for people of all ages to...
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2021-05-06 16:18:39

Abe's Blog
Life Happening

If you do something ten days straight but drop the ball on day 11, restarting will feel especially hard. But I believe this only to be the case when I decided not to show up. When I could've done it but made an excuse. Whenever I've taken a day off...
2021-05-06 02:52:38