I know I used other peoples’ writings for my last blog post but I’m doing it again because I want to and I think that the reason I want to do it is because I have only been approaching that well-lit and familiar doorway of remembering how to feel things through meter, as a writer. … Continue reading »

Try to have enough room in your heart to accept both light and dark, positive and negative, love and hate. See each pair as a compliment to the other, not as competitors. This is the richness of your life.

And now, a friendly reminder from a few of our biggest sponsors!*: We’ll begin with the basics. Caveat emptor. Carpe diem. O si villi, si ergo, fortibus es in ero. Et tu, brute. HOW TO WRITE GOOD by Frank L. Visco My several years in the word game have learnt me several rules: 1. Avoid … Continue reading »

Megan and I got on board with an organic produce and dairy distributor thing where we’re shipped giant boxes of goodies from organic Korean farms for like $25 a month. The first shipment came today and it was obvious just by lifting the box that we’d gotten our money’s worth. We got some milk and … Continue reading »

Maybe you find yourself suddenly craving some food from back home that you never actually ate when you were back home. Or maybe you find yourself home all weekend nursing the migraine from hell. On the other hand, you could really be missing your boyfriend or your mother or that old drunken derelict couple that … Continue reading »

So now that I’ve managed to find Costco and Home Plus, I have covered just about all my bases when it comes to basic food groups that I realized I just could not live without for one whole year, despite my efforts. The one food group that remains unsatisfied? Wine. Wine in Korea is somewhat … Continue reading »