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(July 17, 2007) But they've got planes and trains and cars...

My mother is impossible to reach, as she is a social butterfly, somewhat inconsistent, and does not know how to check her voicemail. Somehow, by the grace of God, I was able to catch her via telephone while sitting in traffic. Batting half-hearted insults, she threw out, "You are either...

(February 20, 2007) Rise from ruin, This was our mentality. Rise was the fantasy, Ruin was our reality.

My mother has been in a bad place emotionally, physically, and financially for the last two months. It's safe to say that 2007 has started out on rocky ground, and only time will tell if it's starting to stabilize now... or if it will later. Her contact with me is...

(November 28, 2006) My mother jumps to conclusions

I love how I can always startle my mother into speaking English. Reminder: Korean in italics. Mom: Are you enjoying work? Me: Well. (meaning "not yes" but "not no.") Mom: What's wrong? Me: I don't know. Mom: WHAT? Bu... But you only have been working three months! Me: Yeah, I...

(August 15, 2006) I'm Going Going Back Back To ....

Lately I've been playing with the idea of going to Korea early next year. For how long, I'm not sure. What I'd be doing, I'm not sure about either. What I do know is that I am around the age that my mother left Korea to come to America and...

(November 27, 2005) Thanksgiving 2005 with the mommy who really likes The Mummy

My thanksgiving was shaped by and can be summed up with just a few key ingredients: a Greyhound bus, a Yorkshire terrier, and a broken toilet. First, the Greyhound bus... I guess it was just a typical packed "have to get to the family for Thanksgiving" crowd. I have one...

(August 26, 2005) I thought working at the office was bad...

Internship is over, but tech work still needs to be done, so I continue to work with the Bus Project, a non-profit progressive political organization. Unfortunately, it's hard to get anything done in a office of fun, young people --especially with that phone ringing every five minutes. Something I have...

(August 14, 2005) I feel like I'm talking to a deaf man

As of the last year or two, things are not well between my father and I. I think my father and I used to have a fantastic relationship, but it was built mostly upon his selective hearing and my denial. His selective hearing is still around, but my denial that...

(July 01, 2005) Currently in Mourning.... RIP Boris

My mother killed my fish. After leaving my fish to the care of my ultra-earth-friendly college roommate for two weeks, I picked Boris up and dropped him off at my mother's house on Monday. I fed him on Tuesday morning as he was swimming happily. When I arrived home on...

(May 23, 2005) Fathers Shape How Daughters Interact With Other Men

me: my dad has been a punk all month me: I sent him this long email about how he had hurt my mother and I, because he wanted to know what was wrong me: and I ended with, "I never tell you because you don't listen." me: and all he...

(July 21, 2004) I am husky!

For about a month, my mother has said I sound "sick" on the phone. I think about it, then say, "No, but I have allergies." Then, today, allergy free, she said I sounded "sick" again. Me: Mom, you keep saying I sound "sick." Mom: Hmm. Maybe you getting old? Me:...

(July 10, 2004) When you hold your feelings in, you'll eventually explode

Last May (two months ago) I had an argument with my father and his new wife, and haven't talked to them much since. Never liked his new wife, but now it's worse. I left my digital camera at their house around that time, and now she's keeping it. I guess...

(April 23, 2004) No, Dad, Your New Wife Is A Moron

A disguised insult is not ever hard to see through. By anyone....

(March 15, 2004) Death And Taxes

"The only two certain things in life," goes the cliche, "are death and taxes." Doing my taxes: Simple. I am not a tax protester in any way. I did them a while ago, and recently recieved my federal tax refund. I think combined with my state refund, I could buy...

(March 09, 2004) William Hung

The Scene: Driving Mom to Hillsboro. Korean in Italics. Radio: (Commercial for American Idol) ...And William Hung! Me: Haha. That Hung guy cracks me up! Mom: He's the Chinese boy? Me: Yes. Shows you don't have to have talent for the American public to like you, I guess. Mom: Mama...