chilly in hotlanta

purple half-koreans

its been some time since i told my girl cindy that id visit her in atlanta. with korea coming up and presidents day guaranteeing her a 3-day teachers weekend, i booked a flight. cindy was one of my first employees way back when we bonded over our dysfunctional half-korean families and an unparalleled ability to get goofy in each others company. shes always been special to me, perhaps best expressed in my consistent (but generally unfamiliar) role as friendship maintainer, despite her periodic attempts of sabotage.

anti-miscegenation laws

experiencing atlantas segregated nightlife and spelunking through the little 5 points and virginia highlands neighborhoods was fun. seeing groups of korean tourists at ebenezer baptist church and the king center was a nice surprise. being unprepared for how several years apart had changed each other and our friendship was... difficult, not priceless. i hate how mastercard has appropriated the several sentences started with gerunds format. anyhow, our convoluted communication routine means im not sure to what extent she also noticed our changed dynamic but we feel different and im apprehensive to see where we go next.