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| i came across this article in nature magazine.
here's a bit of it:
In fact, running seems to be the only reason that we have prominent buttocks, says Lieberman. He has measured the activity of the gluteus maximus muscle in volunteers during a walk and a jog. "When they walk their glutes barely fire up," he says. "But when they run it goes like billy-o."
I don't know what "billy-o" means, but it seems appropriate in describing the activity of a "prominent buttocks" 
God has molded me for some serious running! 
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| tears
A Rod
O my.
my man*my man**
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| in a sad attempt to dessert at serendipity3, we (my friend jennie and her boyfriend jim) were left without. the night was too gorgeous and so many others had the same idea. but thank our lucky stars that dylan's candy bar was right next door. it was here that we got to see the most colorful collection of M&Ms and got to taste some yummy (juicy pear) and gosh darn nasty (jalapeno) jelly bellies. here's the face of a candy lover 
our favorite things in the store were not any of the candies, (though we sampled to our sweet hearts' content) but a marshmallow launcher and these stuffed blow pops: 
sorry..no picture of the marshmallow launcher.
but we were sad to find out that there were no marshmallows in the store (we did not believe this claim...being that this store also served sundaes) and that the stuffed blow pops, which would take pillow fighting to the next level (it would be like american gladiators all over again!) were $60.
it was a fun night all the same, despite the foiled attempt to get into serendipity. jim was such a nice guy: i am happy to meet him and i'm so happy for jennie. yay for friends and their boyfriends/girlfriends.
random pic: my dad
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| i have discovered that it is possible to sneeze for 5 minutes straight!
thanks to 4 years of dust that has accumulated in my room since i last
cleaned it, i nearly passed out from the constant nose-blowings and
sniffling. i've been unpacking my four years at
wellesley (sniffles) and preparing for the next two at home (ah). while
doing so, i've been thinking alot of how my wellesley sistas have
influenced the clara that has come back to new jersey. a tribute to the
wellesley senior ladies:
letty kwok - i'm storing my bedsheets in ziplocks, i'm tempted also to
do towels, but there's too many! i think twice about touching doorknobs
when leaving the bathroom and holding onto railings in the subway, i
carry purell, i love running! and am self-conscious about the hardness
of my shoulders
cindy lin - i'm hoping to have more late night/morning conversations about "the" subject of a good majority of our talks  , though i think we should get bigger blankets (hehe)...at least you haven't kicked me like you did first-year in maryland
tiff tsao - i shower at night and have cleaner-feeling, good nights of
sleep, i'm sympathetic before smashing bugs in my house, i've even let
some small moths survive!
ruth sue - for bringing chesterfield into my life, i think that is where my bean-bag butt patting began. 
I LOVE YOU 
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This is Mei Xiang snacking on a "panda pop", which is a frozen
pear. She has turned her back on Tian Tian because he stole her
previous pop. Here are the two cuties snacking away on their
panda pops. 
After goggling at them for what seemed like an eternity to my brother, we visited some other animal friends. 
Here is my brother mocking my initial reaction to a bug model. 
Don't get me wrong..I can tolerate bugs, but this one was huge. It looked real! 
