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" I am anti-Halloween. "
Mary H.K. Choi
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" Never hold up your entire group of friends in real life trying to capture a perfect Instagram pose. Nobody cares. "
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" Yes, Justin Bieber is a contrivance. Yes, Justin Bieber's lyrics are insipid - worse still, disingenuous. Yes, his tattoos stink. Yes, he's lousy at skateboarding. But what does any of this actually matter? In case you missed it, Bieber won. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Tattoos
You
Yes
" Wikipedia's a collaborative experiment akin to Simon Winchester's account of the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary in 'The Professor and the Madman,' which outlines James Murray's mission to produce the tome in the 19th century. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Dictionary
Professor
Creation
" I'm definitely an indoor kid who's turned into an inside person. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Person
Definitely
Inside
" Bieber has taste and pull, which is as important to making quality pop as actual talent. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Talent
Taste
Important
" When I was small, I thought I was just cooler than my mom because of how foreign she is. She's really foreign. You'd think it would kill her to get store-bought snacks, she's that foreign. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Mom
Small
She
" The thing about leaving New York is that you can come back. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Leaving
You
New York
" Do you know why we pay trainers and nutritionists? Because having to muster interest in the minor successes of someone else's journey toward pedestrian-ass healthiness is taxing and should be compensated. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Journey
Why
Someone
" Never post anything personal to your Facebook wall. Or anyone else's, for that matter. Only snitches and teachers look at Facebook. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Personal
Matter
Never
" The thing about living in New York as a writer is that you hit that age where it feels like everyone has a book all at the same time. It's like that one year where you're invited to twenty weddings. "
Mary H.K. Choi
You
Living
Book
" I've always been a texting advocate. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Texting
Been
Always
" Even the coolest jobs get stultifying with repetition, and the only way to break that cycle is to bring another job into the mix. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Bring
Only
Repetition
" Learning to ride a bike in a public park means anyone can see you. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Park
See
Bike
" I'm a big believer in puking out all your thoughts in a single sitting and getting some version of the work down, because the alternative just prolongs the agony. The first draft is hideous and ajskdlkdfksjdfslfjk, but it's just a map for where the big blocks go. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Sitting
Thoughts
Work
" 'Sorry' is unlike anything Bieber has made in the past. It has been classified as 'tropical house' and 'dancehall,' but everyone seems to agree on one thing: It's a banger. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Past
Agree
Everyone
" My sweet spot as a writer and, especially, as an essayist is sub-1500 words. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Writer
Essayist
Spot
" Teens are strange and magical. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Magical
Teens
Strange
" There is so much focus on being self-sufficient, and it makes it very difficult to ask for things. I've been crippled by this notion of high-functioning self-sufficiency. And I see it a lot in younger girls. Asking for help brings people closer in a way that I suspected but didn't actually put into practice. "
Mary H.K. Choi
People
See
Way
" Instagram is not a place for tone or irony. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Instagram
Tone
Place
" For people who deal with anxiety or depression or can't be in large social groups cognitively, emotionally, or even physically, phones help bridge the gap. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Anxiety
People
Bridge
" Eventually, I just want to write wavy little short stories. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Stories
Short
Write
" I have horrible shoe hang-ups. Particularly when it comes to flats. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Horrible
Particularly
Shoe
" The first time I drank LaCroix, I half expected it to be filled with self-tanner. Or Axe body spray. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Half
Time
Axe
" I roll my eyes at the grandstanding blowhards who have 'fixed' themselves, but I keep up with the gizmos and apps that track people's various rhythms. I'm no lifelogger or body-hacker, but I'm curious, and I want to be in-tune enough to know what's really the matter so I can level up and be at my most awesome. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Up
Curious
Enough
" I'm pretty sure I peaked at 15. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Pretty
Peaked
Sure
" I was born in Korea and left before my first birthday. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Left
Birthday
First
" LaCroix sparkling water is absolutely delicious. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Absolutely
Sparkling
Water
" I like science a whole bunch, but I love 'The X-Files' more - I want to believe. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Love
Like
Believe
" Home is where I climb out of my mecha-suit-of-a-poised-persona and power down. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Home
Climb
Down
" When I was five, I compound-fractured my arm, pulverising my elbow. "
Mary H.K. Choi
Five
Elbow
Arm