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“It's my book so I can write what ever the fuck I want on it.”

MY PARENTS

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Yes, I should be thanking them for ever ything. Including them in my list makes me look like a spoiled ass, but come on, we all hate our parents for some sort of reasons. THEY WOULDN'T LEAVE ME ALONE! Just let me live my life. No privacy in my room and I have been living too holesome for 18 years straight. I think it is about time.... Time to enjoy my life :)

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“G rounded” Red Ear Problems

It's what you have always do ne to me, so I think it is pretty fair to keep the punishme nt level at the same!

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MY TWIN BROTHER

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You know what I hate to hear to most? That I look a like to my twin brother. Not only I am better looking but also more talented. I know that he would be thinking the same thing and that’s what makes him an ass. Though, I still have to love him, as a duty of being a family.

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“No Nicotine” Red Ear Problems

Worst punishme nt that I can think o f for smoker.

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MY ASSIGNMENTS

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I assume there are no one who likes assignments and homeworks except for those whom the society decided to call a sociopath. I already have too much going on my head, and thinking of the left over assignments drives me crazy.

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“Se nding to Exile” Red Ear Problems

Need it out o f my life.

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EXERCISE

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Whenever my body is about to fall apart from all the hard work from the day, there is always this son of a bitch waiting for me. Doesn’t mean I do it ever y night but still, I hate it anyways.

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“Se nding to Exile II” Red Ear Problems

I am more happy without it.

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BEACON ST FIRE ALARM

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It has been ringing ever since I walked into my dorm. Not only it interrups my peaceful evening but also the high pitch repetetive sound drives me mad. You would know how it would feel like to have a shitty but sensetive fire alarm if you have lived in a beacon street dorm.

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“Absolutio n” Red Ear Problems

Hopefully, it will same my ass o ne day

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SUMMER

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I know a lot of you might not agree to this, but I hate hot humid days. When it’s cold, you can always put on additional clothings. On the other hand, there’s always a limit of taking off clothings. Like I can’t be walking around naked...

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“Boycott” Red Ear Problems

Whe n is the next Ice Age coming...

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BAD AIR QUALITY

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Shout out to those who live in Korea! This fog like fine dust chemicals not only ruins your whole spring but also your health. It is outragous how we have been wearing masks eversince China has moved their factories to their east coast. If I do die early, I can blame on this instead of my vape.

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“Refund” Red Ear Problems

Please go back to your fucking country.

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BAD AIMER

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Yes, there’s always a few where ever you go. When ever you need to take a dump, they make you either find a new cubicle or just hold on to it. If you are not confident with your aim, please pee sitting down. Do it for the bois.

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“Transformatio n” Red Ear Problems

S nap?!

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UNINVITED GUESTS Don’t get me wrong, I love people having fun in my room. Though only when I invite them over. Seriously, you don’t just walk into person’s room without permission at 2am on monday and take over other people’s bed. This is the only downside of having the biggest room on beacon street dormitor y I guess. P.s. Please Do Clean up after your selves......

OVERLY HAPPY PEOPLE

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I do like having optimistic people around me. It makes me feel good as well. But some of them are just over the limits. Their dramatic over-reactions and screams makes me more depressed than ever.

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“Body Blow” + “Medicatio n” Red Ear Problems

A nice punch will be e nough to fogive b urde n I had to go th rough. + They must calm the fuck dow n. If you can't co ntrol your self, well the modern medicatio ns will do it for you.

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“No offence but......”

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“This is my book so I can say what ever the f••k I want”

MONDAYS

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“For sale: Baby shoes never worn.” People say that Ernest Hemingway has made the saddest but the shortest stor y. I do think that this Six word stor y is pretty sad. But guess what, I can make one in just three words: Tomorrow is monday.

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“De nying the truth”+ “Cussing” Red Ear Problems

The are nothing to do about it. I guess I'll have to su ffer every mo nday for my whole e ntire life. + O ne word that makes me feel better: SSIBAL–a Korean cuss. To be ho nest, doesn't really help.

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SNORING ROOMMATE

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This ass seriously need to get some sort of surger y asap that stops him from snoring if he wants to stay in my room. He is probably the main reason for my sleep disorder and my fucked up sleep cycle. The roaring motor-generated like sound penetrates my noise-canceling earphones ever y night, ruining another good sleep of mine.

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“Cursing” + “Kick in the shin” Red Ear Problems

So kee n leave a big slap mark o n his face or cover his mouth and nose so that he su ffocates, b ut what can I do... + He takes away my precious sleep. Therefore, I would love to take something meaningful out o f his life: Soccer.

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GOSSIPER

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B ec ause thi s k i d that I wa n t t o t a lk a b o u t is f ro m a ve r y p owe r f u l a n d we a l t hy ho us e hol d, so I won’t say h is n a me – mo re b e c a u se I a m s ca re d . T h o u g h w hy t h e fuc k woul d you tal k s h it a b o u t so me o n e t h a t yo u h ave n ’t eve n h a d a co nve r s ation w i th? If I have a c h a n c e , I a m a c t u a lly re a lly ke e n t o cr a ck h i s h e a d o p e n t o s ee what’s i nsi de of his min d.

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“Ghosting” + “Gossip Back” Red Ear Problems

You do n't avoid shit beacuse you are scared o f it, you avoid it beacuse they are nasty. The same reaso n why I ignore the fuck out o f him. + The Same Old Shit you do to me :P

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HS SPANISH TEACHER

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Holy Shit, this MF was the worst teacher I have ever come across. He tries to act like a cool guy, but he really isn’t. He is arrogant and dogmatic. Whenever he tries to teach us with his non-existing English, I want to give him a real good punch on his fat stomach.

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“Punch in the face” + “Dance” Red Ear Problems

He does deserve it. + I mean dancing is the o nly thing you teach in your spanish class.... I'd love to see him doing o n a floor full o f th umbtacks.

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HS CHEMISTRY TEACHER

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This guy is a total maniac. Who fucking teaches AP level chemistr y in a regular chemistr y course? He always gives out impossible assignments that no one in class finishes and ends up failing the whole class. I was never a exception, almost failed getting accepted to colleges because of this dude.

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“Childre n” + “U nsolvable Questio n” Red Ear Problems

Trust me, this Mr. anti-social hates childre n. I still wo nder why he became a teacher. + I mean, you always do it to us, right?

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“No offence but......”

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CUCUMBER

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I never thought that this green piece of shit was edible. I still do and I will for the rest of my life. It almost feels like a magical potion that makes me command-z ever ything that I have ate prior to that. Not only it looks ugly but also smells nasty. I guess god did make some mistakes while creating earth–creating cucumber.

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“Humiliatio n” Red Ear Problems

Stripping it naked and leaving it outside for a day.

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“Several Stabs”

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Giving back the pain I get whe never I e ncounter it.

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“Death” Red Ear Problems

Wish I could delete the existe nce o f this hideous thing. So I decided to feed it to a mo nster frie nd o f mine :)

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BAD BREATHER

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If you see me tr ying to stay away from you whenever you speak, tr y a sniff of your own breath. Just because you wear a mask, doesn’t mean people can’t smell your bad morning breath. After all, if you wear mask without brushing your teeth, can you bear with your own breath? It makes me vomit by just thinking of it. Please Do Brush Your Teeth in the morings.

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“pit” Red Ear Problems

I do really want to keep these people dow n in a deep pit so that their odors do n't come out.

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“Listerine”

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Pouring in the listerine into the room they are isotated so that they can free them selves from those malodor.

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“D row n” Red Ear Problems

Maybe some more?

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MY SELF

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When I look my self into a mirror, I see an idiot standing not knowing what to do with his life. He is lazy, stubborn, and young. I Before hating others, I need to learn how to love my self.

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Park, Joonhyoung Brian, 2003Red Ear Problem /by Brian Joonhyoung Park; Fenway MA, SMFA_ Fa21-GRA-0184-01-Self-Publishing Artist’s Book Subjects: 1.Artists’ Books 2. Photography, Artistic 3. Drawing, Artistic

Red Ear Problem is a self-portrait focused on things that the author hates. The book contains words from his mind that he couldn’t speak out to anyone due to his introverted characteristic and worries about hurting others’ feelings. Brian fails to speak out to people with his ears turning tomato red when he tries to do so. In the book Red Ear Problem, he expresses his anger and sarcasm. Brian wants to encourage introverts like himself to express themselves through this book. The order of the book Red Ear Problem reflects on the intensity of hate the author gives to each subject. Every subject has an introduction page and pages of himself harassing them with his full imagination. The writings on the introduction pages are written based on frank observation of the author, while the page of harassment includes his thought written in a hand font, adding more personal feelings into the page

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Photocredits: pp.59, 60 © Time Life Pictures—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images; all other photo/drawing credit belongs to the author of the book

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