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This newsletter is about the stuff nobody warns you about: aging immigrant parents who refuse technology, melting down over a chicken sandwich after your friend gets shot, paying $343 for a mailbox key, and the specific kind of exhaustion that comes from being the family’s designated adult.
It’s messy. It’s specific. It’s often written at 4am when everything feels like too much.
If you’re wondering whether this newsletter is for you, start with these 10 posts. Some are available to the public; others are only available with a subscription. No matter what, though, these posts are the ones that made readers say, “holy shit, I thought I was the only one,” or “this is way too relatable,” or “are you okay? (Seriously though, are you?)”
What you just read is the brand.
Family dysfunction. Personal crisis. Dark humor about things that aren’t actually funny. Cultural gaps you could drive a truck through. And the specific exhaustion of being the “responsible one” while barely holding your own shit together.
If any of these posts made you think, “wait, is this my life too?” then welcome. You’re in the right place.
I publish every Thursday (usually around 4am PT, because that’s when the thoughts get loud). Most posts go behind a paywall after a month or two.
Or become a paid subscriber ($5/month or $50/year) to get every messy, specific, too-personal story I write. All of them. Every Thursday. Forever. Or until I run out of family dysfunction, which—let’s be honest—isn’t happening.
P.S. - Yes, I use AI to help me write. No, it doesn’t write for me. Think of it as a creative defibrillator that shocks me back to life when the blank page wins. The mess is still 100% mine.