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Harsh Reality
Life is work and work consists of actual work to pay the bills. I’ve been busy being an adult. Working hard and worry about the future. Life of a parent right? Placing writing on hold is something I’ve done many … Continue reading
Posted in Archived Articles
Tagged blog, blogging, family, introduction, life, people, personal, wordpress, write, writing
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Daily
When you say you work in IT most people assume you work on computers. Some think you literally make the computers, while others might assume you write code since you’re Korean. It’s kind of similar to when I say I … Continue reading
Said
The open ends of time well spent, while drifting between the light that’s sent. Finding ways, not always right. But nearing that which I see in sight. Past neverendings and new beginnings, till beginnings become an ending. And finally that … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, blogging, life, love, personal, poem, poetry, relationships, writing
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Ok let me explain
I never said I was gonna stop blogging. I just said I was shutting down HarsH ReaLiTy… So this is technically all legal! … -OM
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Tagged blog, blogging, introduction, life, love, people, personal, random, relationships, wordpress, writing
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“You have your whole life ahead of you”
As I transition to a new job I keep being told this. Granted most of the people think I’m 25, when I’m turning 40 this month. A bane of my Korean heritage I suppose. But boy if I hear this … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, blogging, family, introduction, life, people, personal, wordpress, write, writing
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Teardrop
I wipe emotion from my eyes. And watch it dry inside. A teardrop never lies. As it slowly melts and dies. There’s a tremble in disguise. And slowly I surmise. That love never really sighs. It just blossoms in the … Continue reading
The Lost Journals: Chapter One – Pg. 7
Santa Monica, CA Linda Borra Conaughey 2/7/1995 – Journal Entry One My only comfort is the companionship of my sorrow. It has been five years since he passed and also five years since I have painted. My hands ache for … Continue reading
Posted in Flash Fiction Novel - The Lost Journals
Tagged art, artist, author, blog, blogging, book, death, fiction, life, photography, relationships, writers, writing
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Silent Night
Silent night… come still this voice. Let my cares burn before me in a flare of emotion so bright it causes their eyes to turn away. And as the night creeps in I will steal away, to seek the end … Continue reading
Different Paths
I view the world through a cascade of color. Prisms of light shine through the twin teardrops I have bred, but not yet given birth to. They hang upon my being and sway in a desperate attempt to not succumb … Continue reading
Posted in Archived Articles, Creative Writing, Personal Writing, Poetry
Tagged art, blog, blogging, fashion, food, friends, haiku, life, love, nature, people, photography, poem, relationships, travel, writing
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Writing through the Tired
Tired and writing through the tired right now. There is something to be said if you can write even when you are exhausted. It takes a certain amount of dedication and drive in my opinion. I like to write when … Continue reading
Posted in Archived Articles, Blogging/Powerblogging Articles, Creative Writing, Personal Writing
Tagged amazon, art, aspirations, authors, bloggers, blogging, dreams, fashion, food, google, photography, publishing, writers, writing
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A Struggle to feel Accepted
Sometimes it feels like life is an endless road of wanting to be accepted. After your family it begins when you comprehend the concept of friendship and with it the pain and harsh reality that not everyone has the same … Continue reading
Posted in Archived Articles, Blogging/Powerblogging Articles, Creative Writing
Tagged blog, bloggers, blogging, blogs, family, fiction, introduction, marriage, reading, welcome, women, wordpress, writing
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Memories 1, 2, 3…
*Marlboro lights – You remind me of Mary. I miss her dearly. She was a great friend, a confidant, a shining light in my life during a time I needed some light. Taken too soon from us, you will be … Continue reading
Posted in Archived Articles, Creative Writing
Tagged blogging, childhood, choir, jackson, kids, marriage, mississippi, music, past, relationships, school, tennessee, women
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The Daily Opinion – Why do you Blog?
Why do you blog?
Posted in The Daily Opinion
Tagged blog, blogging, fashion, food, introduction, life, love, photograph, relationships, travel, welcome, wordpress, writing
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I forgot the photo
I forgot to add the photo image for the last post. Here is my reference image showing my bell curb for HarsH ReaLiTy. You can note the start of the website in January of 2013 and the progression to this … Continue reading
Posted in Archived Articles
Tagged art, blog, blogging, fashion, followers, food, life, love, photograph, picture, seo, stats, wordpress
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My Writing “Process”
Everyone else is writing “how to” articles so I decided I would write one as well. This is my “how to” process on writing blogs. Hopefully you find some helpful information here. I begin by putting on a plastic crown … Continue reading
The Sociopath
Journal Entry 48 TS: 11:21:13 … and I will never change. I see the world through tint. The different colors of my shades present the many facets of my personality. What mood am I in today? The doorman calls me … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, blogging, book, character, creative writing, death, fantasy, fiction, life, wordpress, write, writing
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Midnight Poet
The words look different under the light of the moon. Perhaps it is the lack of light that prevents the pages from shining haunting images of inadequacy. It matters not that the same scene is now portrayed by glowing screens … Continue reading
The Meeting – HarsH ReaLiTy
Confidential – Boardroom Transcription February 5th, 2014 Denver, Colorado Location: Top floor – Tower of Evil Confused: “What the hell happened? We said we were going to write on both blogs, but now we are only writing on the new one. … Continue reading
Illusions of Fantasy
Think you know imagery? Think you have read it all? Have you observed the moment the sun has fallen into the ocean? Have you truly watched as the light meets the water’s edge and droplets of aqua fire are shot … Continue reading
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Tagged blog, blogging, dream, general, life, love, ocean, random, relationships, sleepless, thoughts, writing
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All that was given to me…
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Tagged adoption, blog, blogging, family, korea, korean, life, love, orphan, people, pusan, relationships, south korea, travel
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When Anger Comes
You can tell when I am angry. I start talking to myself on Twitter and I keep posting even if no one reads it… Because when I am angry I could give a shit less about any of you. Actually … Continue reading
The Jester
He hides his pain behind a permanent smile. Making other people laugh, while feeling no joy. A beautiful painting of conflicting emotion. Suspended in ultimate devotion. To the task of making other humans laugh. A slave, a servant, is there … Continue reading
Winter’s Night
She holds my hand and we step into a moment of our own. Nothing else matters, you share everything regardless of what type of emotion is being ingested at that given time. I feel that way about my wife and … Continue reading
Posted in Creative Writing
Tagged art, blog, blogging, fashion, feminism, food, introduction, life, love, people, photography, poem, relationships, travel, women, wordpress, write, writing
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“How I Write” By OM
I hope Jami doesn’t mind, but I will reference her comment for this post. She requested it and I am always willing to write about things I am not good at. I will post here comment first “I still watch … Continue reading
Erindale – Flash Fiction v1
If you walk from the beaches of Dreadbin and follow the river inland for a mile you will reach a giant forest. There are many names for the trees found here, but most people in this area call them Blackwater … Continue reading