I’m on the radio.
Today, I was a guest on the radio show ILL RATED on Radio Korea in Chicago. You can listen to me here chattin’ up KoreAm.
Despite what you may think, I really do hate when the spotlight turns on me. As in me the live person. (Me the byline, on the other hand, [...]

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So my magazine, KoreAm Journal, isn’t doing so well in the cash department. It’s gotten to the point where a group of staffers are trying to Save KoreAm.
I personally never wanted to stand on the rooftops with this announcement because, well, I’m not sure if you’ve noticed, but I’ve always been awfully determined to put [...]

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It’s been a long week, man. Making a magazine is hard. I am majorly drained. Yaaaaaawn.
Yes, we felt the earthquake. I was at work when things started shaking. Our boss announced, “Everybody outside!” and we all ran for our lives into the parking lot. I guess that’s our official emergency plan. A little scary, I [...]

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I posted this in December 2003, just a month after a started blogging and right before I would start my first daily newspaper internship in Palm Springs. (At this time, newspapers still had a pulse. Oh, have things changed.) In a way, reading this depresses me because I’ve lost much of that foolish vigor, but [...]

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Maybe this post shouldn’t be flashing across a website titled MY REAL NAME, but oh well. We’re all doomed, anyway. The decay of paper journalism is catching up to the best of us. It’s quick and it’s paralyzing. Lately, I’ve been questioning my skill set more than ever before. Do I have what it takes [...]

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Hi. What’s up? I’m good, thanks. You? I’m a little delirious, which is pretty normal. What’s up?
I’ve been working a lot lately. OK, maybe not that much, but a lot. Fifteen hours this weekend. Yes, of course I calculate that kind of stuff. How would I effectively complain about it otherwise?
I complain a lot. I [...]

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I don’t know where this surge of motivation is coming from, but it must be squashed — immediately. I am now the managing editor of KoreAm Journal. [Insert nervous laughter here.]
At first, I wasn’t going to go for the job. I never really pictured myself as a manager of anything — peon duties have always [...]

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As it is now only four days before Christmas, I figure I should write some sort of holiday post. (It’s obligatory, right? A cookie receipe, a photo of some furry critter in a Santa hat — anything!) But to be honest, it hasn’t really felt like Christmas this year. That is because to me, the [...]

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Another week of madness. While I plow through my closet for suitable Vegas attire (What says RoWr in November?), check out the past two KoreAm cover stories. I’m actually quite fond of them.
(Please excuse the clunky website.)
October: Bobby Hundreds
September: Will Yun Lee
UPDATE: One more. Read about my nipple scrub!
Off to Sin City, bayboi!

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TIP: If you ever feel like you need a quick popularity boost, add your name to the media list for LA Fashion Week. For several days straight, you will get an e-mail every five minutes inviting you to fashion shows, meet-and-greets, after-parties — oh my! It’s so much fun. Yeeeeah, not really. (I get it! [...]

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