symmetry, running, walking, sleeping late, getting up early, brains, cells, signal cascades, receptors and ligands finally meeting, puns, science jokes, the beach, my roommate, my school, the sunshine, the rain, lemongrass, cooking, music, @johnpowell’s iPod, bottled water, my favorite professors, hilariously mean professors, palm trees, pine trees, being read to, my orange wall, my red wall, my incredibly brilliant and talented friends, my horrible fuckup friends, my lab!, my adviser, everyone who works in my lab, including the undergrads, sex, orgasms, love, coincidences, hydrangeas, aloe plants, text messages, the arrivals gate, postcards, other people being happy, portmanteaus, good questions, good answers, prime numbers, asymmetry