Abraham Kim @abrahamKim

Hipsters talk more than Boomers these days.

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A lot of his friends now had an Amazon Ring. Or some other type of home security system. He really ought to have one of those. It was the 21st century after all. Why wouldn't you have one of those? During Christmas he had watched the first  Home Alone movie,...
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🥟 60 Dumplings
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Implicit vs Explicit beliefs on importance

Whatever it is, if I'm doing it, then some part of me believes that it's the most important thing I could be doing at that moment.

Often it's something obviously unimportant. Like scrolling Twitter yet again.

In such moments there's a dissonance. A part of me implicitly believes that rest and...
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2021-03-31 12:26:38

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What it takes to get into heaven

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   Elementary School
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My mom taught me to pray before each meal. I even believed that you would go to hell if you forgot or neglected enough times. Whenever I'd skip a prayer my brain would begin racing to remember the last time and calculating my running ratio. Most times my...
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2021-03-31 00:43:10

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A booster pack of Pokemon Cards

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   Elementary School
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My introduction to Pokemon Cards was a booster pack from my friend Eunchan. 

"Let's play." he had said.

"Okay." 

We left my parents' apartment. I followed him thinking we would be playing outside. But instead of running to the playground or to get our bikes we walked slowly. Eunchan caressed this...
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2021-03-29 14:00:15

Documenting Adagia
Ever think of writing a memoir?

When two of my friends lost their dad last year, the obituary left an impression on me. I was struck by how poorly obituaries capture a someone's essence. I never felt like I was reading about my friends' dad. What I read felt more like an official PR statement.

This...
2021-03-29 00:26:34

Streak City
Boarding House

J dropped the empty coffee cup into the waste basket at the front of the Boarding House's lobby. There was mid twenty year old girl in a pink blouse welcoming him. 

"You must be J."

"That's me."

"Come with me, I'll show you around." She got up and then said in a louder...
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2021-03-28 02:48:21

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Host -- pt 1

As a kid anything seemed significant. A store named James' Tavern would make me think that my friend James either ought to shop there or be destined to own the place in the future. When somebody told me they lived in Battle Creek, I imagined the place sporting daily musket...
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2021-03-26 19:00:10

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The place nobody chooses

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   Elementary School
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Meadow Brook Elementary School had a control panel that allowed it to divvy its enormous gym into different sections. One half of this gym was our cafeteria. Everyday the Lunch Ladies would wheel out foldable, laquer-wood picnic tables that would host wave after wave of students eating in...
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2021-03-25 17:37:34

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Corner of the Cafeteria

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   Elementary School
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Without knowing what babycorn was I asked my mom if we could find babycorn pizza. She didn't know what that was either. Every once in a while though I'd ask again for it again.

Babycorn pizza was Hassan's favorite food. We ate packed lunches in our corner of a...
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2021-03-24 16:45:58

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Western Wood

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   Elementary School
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Besides friends from my apartment complex, almost every other friend I knew lived in a house. I could tell their houses were qualitatively larger than my family's two bedroom apartment, but the difference never struck me like it did my mom. 

I noticed this affect only after my play...
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2021-03-23 15:27:49

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Shifts in Elementary

My 5th grade year began someplace in between elementary and junior high. Forest Hills had elevated the 5th grade out of elementary schools and built these separate, brand new buildings specific to 5th and 6th graders. I don't remember the actual name for this new transitional school category, but the...
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2021-03-22 14:31:41