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F-BOM: Hemingway on writing

FBOM meaning ‘First Blog of the Morning’ Ernest Hemingway once said to Bernard Berenson in Selected Letters: Ordinarily I never read anything before I write in the morning to try and bite on the old nail with no help, no influence and no one giving you a wonderful example or sitting looking over your shoulder....

I am currently reading…

Yes, I know how to read. I think Augusten Burroughs is officially my favorite writer. I can’t believe I devoured this book in three days. Maybe it’s because I’ve been riding BART a lot. It gives me plenty of time to read and look literate whilst heading into San Francisco and avoiding eye contact with...

I am safe from the plague lay-offs

Yes, you heard that right. For all nine of my daily readers that have been keeping up with my blog, I did not get laid off. To celebrate, I ate the remainder of my Girl Scout Cookies and then stole some from my co-worker, Susan. I also treated myself to a movie (The Bank Job...

Hangin’ with John Cho and his posse

I was just about to join the Asian American Journalists Association and then I realized that I didn’t have any money to do so. Well, I do have money, but I need the remainder of it in my dwindling checking account to pay my rent next week. Guess all of that will have to wait...