May 2012
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Dear Tumblr,
I am in desperate need of a running buddy. Someone in the Chicago area. Good conversation would be nice. I am looking for someone who will push me farther and keep me committed. Le sigh… I miss my high school running team.
Will you be my running buddy?
Love,
Wantnevergoesaway
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"How Not to Ruin a Swimming Prodigy"
As a runner who was a star in high school and got lost in the crowd of a Division I varsity cross country team, I think I would have benefited from keeping the fun in running. I admire Todd Schmitz for doing so with his star swimmer, Missy Franklin. From what I have observed, most coaches focus on maximizing potential, but Schmitz attention to preventing burnout is likely a key aspect to...
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What I've learned by Yao Ming
Sports teach you how to be quick. Injuries teach you to slow down.
There was a game when I was perfect from the field. The 2001 season in China. Finals. But my team lost. So I guess it wasn’t a perfect game.
If you’re going to learn a new language you can’t try to be perfect. You’ll stop yourself from talking. You just have to let go.
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Excercise is NOT Optional
http://blog.penelopetrunk.com/2007/06/05/regular-exercise-is-no-longer-optional/
When email first became widely used, I worked for a guy who thought it was optional. At some point, it truly was optional. High-level executives used to be able to say, “Call my secretary. I don’t have email.” I remember thinking that my boss did not understand reality. That times had changed and his career was...
Watchhopeydopey526:
oh my god this is so cute.
How to Raise Boys
April 2012
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How Terrible Dating Advice Can Help Unemployed...
In a job hunting context, it makes sense to remind yourself that going above and beyond (“kissing ass”) can play an important role in landing an interview, and landing a position. Go above and beyond for your job.
Rather than playing coy and not returning a potential employer’s phone calls, be assertive, outgoing, and enterprising. Act kind of slutty and let your potential...
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Justin Bieber is quite possibly perfect.
According to justjared.com:
On who he always looks up to: “Usher is who I look to for guidance. From the beginning, he told me to put family first and you’ll always succeed, because your family will never leave you. He told me to always stay humble and never forget where I came from.”
On growing up with his fans: “A lot of times, when artists grow older, they lose their younger fans because...
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Miley Cyrus Celiac, Real or Not Real?
According to justjared.com, Miley Cyrus is gluten and lactose intolerant.
Miley Cyrusdecided to put all the anorexic rumors to rest viaTwitter accounton Monday (April 9).
“For everyone calling me anorexic I have a gluten and lactose allergy,” tweeted the 19-year-old-entertainer. “It’s not about weight it’s about health. Gluten is crapppp anyway!”
Mileyalso encouraged all of her followers to...
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Beijing Hotels: I want to go to there
Face Hotel
Opposite House
Double Happiness
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March 2012
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“Live with the world to understand the world.”
– Daily Fortune Cookie
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“Happiness will bring you good luck.”
– Daily Fortune Cookie
February 2012
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Skin care products- Question
I find my self at a loss for what to choose when shopping for skin care products, be it at the drugstore, Sephora or wherever. Please reply and tell me:
What type of skin do you have and what type of products work well for you?
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“To fight and conquer in all your battles is not supreme excellence; supreme...”
– Sun-Tzu
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“If you really want to know something, you have to be willing to pay the price.”
– Haruki Murakami, through Takayashi in After Dark
January 2012
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Norwegian Wood
“It is a game. I don’t give a damn about power and money per se. Really, I don’t. I may be a selfish bastard, but I’m incredibly cool about shit like that. I could be a Zen saint. The one thing I do have, though, is curiosity. I want to see what I can do out there in the big tough world.”
“And you have no use for ‘ideals’, I suppose.”
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I want some...
What do you think of Toms shoes?
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Watchhahahha my life
“Somebody acknowledge my pain.”
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The Tables Have Turned.
legit laughed like a fool once i got this.
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新年快乐！Happy New Year.
龙年生的人要穿红衣服！Those born in the Year of the Dragon should wear red.
Here's to making life changes...
and following through, every painful second. It will be worth it looking back.
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“It is the brain, not the heart or lungs, that is the critical organ. It’s...”
– Roger Bannister, first to break the 4 minute mile
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“Look at this. Isn’t this amazing? Somewhere, down there, there’s a...”
– Claire Danes as Carrie Mathison, Homeland
“Creativity is not enough. More important is conviction.”
– Doreen Lorenzo
When people are mean...
it’s life’s reminder to be kind to others.
Watchexhausteddiligence:
Mixed commentary and a pretty clutch montage re: censorship problems facing dating reality show “If You Are the One” (非诚勿扰). Streaming in via Jiangsu Satellite TV, that arc of glittered women held me through many a long night in Hong Kong. (via The New York Times - Breaking News, World News & Multimedia)
We did a parody of this at my school’s CNY Variety Show. We...
December 2011
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Just because your latte is "skinny",
does not mean it will make you such.
The same follows with “fat-free” drinks. Don’t let the manipulations of the advertising industry take hold in your mind.
Fat, including saturated fat, is necessary for good health. One of the reasons milk is tricky to digest is because we are taking the fat out of it. If you drink skim milk, you are not digesting the protein or absorbing the...
Don't even try to steal this. →
spareunderthemat:
girl i work with has a boyfriend with an iPad, he’s a teacher at a school…
he was in a class (grad school) and realized he left said iPad at said school
checked it’s location with an app
whew, still at the school
checked it again a little bit later
THE iPAD WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAAAAAAY
Everyone who wants to steal some Apple products should know: you can run, but you...
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This is important and close to my heart.
I can’t express how terrible it is that human trafficking exists. This story from Eve Ensler’s book, I am an emotional creature, is intense but needs to be told. Read this, and share it with the people in your life.
A TEENAGE GIRL’S GUIDE TO SURVIVING SEX SLAVERY Bukavu. Democratic Republic of Congo
I live in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, but I think this guide applies...
You know you're a runner when...
your grandparents take you literally when you say, “I’m going to run to the library.”
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WatchI need to start climbing outside. This girl is spectacular!!
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I had the best dream of my life
Wang Li Hom and I performed a concert together in front of a huge amphitheater full of people. He put his hand around my waist. Felt so real!!! sighs….
Kinda like this!
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The First Day of My Life, Bright Eyes I’m...
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How to make really big gummy bears that will get...
This is also fracking awesome:
The technique is simple to the point that it sounds preposterous: Step 1: Empty a bag of gummi bears into a container. Step 2: Pour in enough vodka so that the gummis are completely covered—and then some. Step 3: Cover the container, put it in the fridge, and leave it for 3-5 days.
That’s it. There’s no way that could work, right? My hangover says...
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What the Science of Human Nature Can Teach Us
About the hidden sources of success:
The traits that do make a difference are poorly understood, and can’t be taught in a classroom, no matter what the tuition: the ability to understand and inspire people; to read situations and discern the underlying patterns; to build trusting relationships; to recognize and correct one’s shortcomings; to imagine alternate futures. In short, these achievers...
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