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...
View ArticleAnother Page, Another Venture
Co-Worker: “You haven’t seemed real happy since you got back from vacation.” Me: “I am just here.” That about sums up how I have felt lately and I would not chalk it up to depression or any other...
View Article“Calm down OM!”
I hate when people tell me to calm down on my blog. I think many people think that the speed to which I reply or the fact that I reply at all is an indication that I care or overly care about a topic....
View ArticleThe Chef, The Cook
His kitchen is pristine, as it should be. No one wants to create something in the middle of a mess. He needs no recipe and he eagerly piles the ingredients needed next to the pot on the oven. He longs...
View ArticleA Painful Epiphany
I breathe in life and exhale death. It spreads, like oil upon water. Refusing to mix or mingle, it stands apart. No trench coat needed, no black nails, just a man over here… a group over there. It is...
View ArticleA House of Straw
No matter how many more stones I add… it still feels like a house of straw. It is easier to walk away from such a place, than a castle of stone. -Me Filed under: Just Me Tagged: #personal, blog, me,...
View ArticleDomino Effect
When one domino falls it is eventual the rest will follow. Maybe not immediately, but inevitably it does happen. For example, our dishwasher broke. Since we are Asian, we just washed our dishes by hand...
View ArticleSex, Relationships, and Legend
Well I did it. I wrote a post with the word “sex’ in the title. Now what do I want to do with it? I grew up in a strict Eastern Orthodox home where premarital sex was one of the lucky tickets to hell....
View ArticleMagic Jeans and Father’s Day
I have magic jeans. No, this is not a humor post, I am being serious. If I knew who to complain to I would, but I bought these Kenneth Cole jeans a long time ago and they are so comfortable. The issue...
View ArticleChildren
I watch as you sleep and I smile. My smile sours as I worry. You do not know the extent to which we love you. You don’t know yet what we would do to protect you. There is no limit to the pain I would...
View ArticleThe Definition of Hate
The reality is there is no definition of “hate.” People will always have an opinion on why hate is a bad thing. I choose to ignore those people because hate has been a part of my life for a long time....
View ArticleNightShade
Fire is the light that burns in the night. A shade steals a glance at the mighty and right. He plays a tune on his flute, whilst sitting beside a shadow’s desire. And before his eyes rises a column,...
View ArticleHelpless and yet Needed
He sends his love through the air. It floats on the wings of a hope that it reaches the one it is meant for. He waits idly by the phone, it does not ring. And with each mounting moment his anger grows...
View ArticleThe Transition of a Son
At some point a son stops allowing his parents to overly worry about him. It is a transition into manhood, a period in our lives when we decide we are now going to take care of those we care about...
View ArticleJust a Name
I like being just a name. A name doesn’t have shoulders to lean on, doesn’t have to support the weight of others and the world, and has no online obligations affiliated with a last name. The loosening...
View ArticleWhen I stop being nice
WARNING: This post contains offensive language. Viewer discretion is advised. I browse a ton of blogs weekly. People often write about issues I disagree with and that is what I love about blogging....
View ArticleA whisper of a thousand voices
We whisper our thoughts together, and as one they become a shout. You can ignore a whisper, can you ignore a roar? Can you ignore the culminated voices of those gathered here? Maybe… maybe… We will not...
View ArticleAlcohol and Family
My family has a long standing tradition of opening different alcoholic beverages around each other on those rare occasions when we conclave together. It isn’t that we are alcoholics (although...
View ArticleThe First Page: Sometimes Life Gives you Onions
Sometimes life gives you onions and produces inadvertent tears through the struggles we encounter. What we then choose to do with the lessons we learn from those struggles is up to us as the...
View ArticleI am stupid sometimes… only sometimes
So I open up the computer to write this wonderful post I just thought of and I start to type it in and this website for asiancascausion.com/social pops up in the drop down. First time ever I swear I...
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