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Once in a Spanish/French Language Meetup
I’ve been trying to figure out a way to answer what it is like to be an Asian-American undocumented person, or further how gender might...
SH
Feb 9, 20234 min read


LOVE ME – Will you please love me – I’m not into love but if you love me that’s cool
Sometimes it feels as if almost everyone you meet is expressing just one thing, over and over again. It is an ache to be loved. I used to...
SH
Jan 22, 20231 min read


28 Thoughts on "28 Reasons" / On K-Pop
The following is written in response to the performance video of the K-pop song “28 Reasons” by Seulgi, released in October of 2022. I -...
SH
Dec 31, 202210 min read
A Memory from a Certain Register
It was a Saturday in the winter of 2008/2009, and I had just finished taking one of two SAT II subject tests. What the subject was for...
SH
Dec 5, 20226 min read


The Young Korean-Americans at the Chicago Korean Catholic Church
What they were: Birkenstocks, iPhones, The North Face fleeces, Abercrombie shirts and jeans. Sleek and shiny long hair, mostly natural...
SH
Aug 20, 202214 min read


Another Encounter at the Gym from Hell / On Creation as Inherently Good
Note: numbers in parentheses correspond to endnotes. It was a quiet weekday afternoon in March. The few people at the climbing walls were...
SH
Aug 15, 202210 min read


I Am the One Who Gazes
Many people do not lend themselves to be knowable. They hide, while real love, when it presents itself, becomes spent away on a transient...
SH
Aug 5, 20222 min read


Reflección Sobre Una Visita a Barcelona
Link to English version here Prólogo Esta entrada de blog lo he escrito a propósito en castellano (como referimos al idioma en Paraguay)...
SH
Jul 30, 202220 min read


Standing There Thinking
I was standing by the electric kettle waiting for my water to heat up. The air conditioner in the kitchen hummed cool air. Just three...
SH
Jul 30, 20224 min read


Mea Culpa
생각과 말과 행위로 죄를 많이 지었으며… …내 탓이요, 내 탓이요, 나의 큰 탓이옵니다. (“I have greatly sinned in my thoughts and in my words, in what I have done… through my...
SH
Jul 18, 20223 min read
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