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Jotted musings ranging from the trivial to the serious

Jotted musings ranging from the trivial to the serious

Jan 25, 2026

One-Day Snowman

One-Day Snowman

On building things destined to break

On building things destined to break

When it snows, I build a snowman. No grand reason. When I wake up and the world happens to be covered in white, I head out to crunch around in it for a bit. I'm not fond of the cold, but snow brings back childhood memories - mostly having to shovel ten inches of it in suburban New York - but still, it makes me feel like a kid again. So I end up exerting a good deal of middle-aged energy into building a snowman.

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Jan 13, 2026

Savoring Life as an Anomaly

Savoring Life as an Anomaly

A Lifestyle of Questioning

A Lifestyle of Questioning

Since a young age, my existence was often defined by superficial markers: Asian, Yankee, tomboy, hippie, nerd, geek, socially awkward - the list goes on. I was a foreigner in America, and somehow, still a foreigner back home in Korea. I was framed as 'different' or 'abnormal' simply because I refused to follow the socially mandated consensus for my gender or age. My life didn't tick to the same rhythm as 'the others,' and that was enough to make me a target for judgment. Having experienced various social labels being forced upon me against my will, I’ve grown to dislike categorizing people with specific words.

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