I actually took some time off from trying to get girls and committed myself to becoming a more normal, adjusted guy.

我花了一段时间不再想女孩，而着力于让自己变成一个正常的，适应环境的男人。

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"Next on my agenda: becoming a plant guy, " Ashbaugh said. "I'm going to study the strategies and techniques of Venus flytraps to see what cool tricks they have to kill and scare their prey.

下一步我打算成为一个花草匠，我将研究下维纳斯捕蝇草的捕食策略和技巧，看看它们是耍了什么花招来吓唬杀死猎物的。

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"Bob the Carrot, " finished the London marathon in 3 hours, 34 minutes and 55 seconds while wearing a carrot suit, flying by the guy in the rutabaga outift, and becoming the record holder for the fastest marathon run in a vegetable costume.

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