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[Thu, July 2nd, 2009  8:23pm] |
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In two days, we will be on vacation. I am excited, even though I know nothing about where we are going.
Played DDR for like an hour tonight. I am so tired and out of practice. This is not acceptable world. As I was playing though, I realied that I would never again play at TGA and it made me suddenly sad. I feel like the auction was last month and I need to see what the results of that were. *returns from looking* Ok now I am just depressed.
ANYWAY! Meme and then I work on plotting out my Heroes story. x_x;
- Leave me a comment saying "ASK ME!! FOR SRS!!"
- I'll respond by asking you five questions so I can get to know you better.
- Update your journal with the answers to the questions.
- Include this explanation in the post and offer to ask other people questions.
( questions from issahime )
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[Mon, June 29th, 2009 2:33am] |
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My laptop is running like crap. I feel like I need a restart, but that takes time and blah!
This past week has been.. kinda hellish. With car stuff, work stuff, other people's relationships stuff... and now my grandma and cousin arrive tomorrow. Which means I spent my last week of having my own room running around being stressed! D: I know I am stressed because the past 2 mornings I've woken up to my calves cramping up ever so painfully.
Highlight of the week. ZQ beach pictures. *headdesk* don't judge, m'kay? Plus as a result, I had this GREAT dream last night. LET ME TELL YOU IT.
I don't remember the details, but somehow I ended up meeting ZQ and we started chatting and it was awesome. In the dream, I was wearing a hat and he liked it.. which prompted us to start talking. And then we had to part ways and we exchanged contact information to chill later. And then it faded to later and we were just hanging out. And I got a hug and I distinctly remember thinking in the dream that he smelled really good. And basically we were just friends and it was happy times. I feel like there was more to the end of the dream that I've forgotten by now. At any rate, I was so upset when I woke up because it was one of those really vivid dreams where I am half-convinced it is real until I wake up 100%.
Oh my life. Is that a MLIA moment? I dunno.
SO I signed up for reel_merlin as you know. And then the Heroes big bang was mentioned by someone. And I was like, oh! Heroes! And then I was like, shit what is wrong with you?! Because I have read a grand total of one heroes fic and have yet to even watch the thing all at once in proper order. WTF SELF STOP THAT. My compromise is that if I can think of something before the end of tomorrow that might lead to something.. then maybe I will try? (lol I am crazy)
MAKE ME STOP. SRSLY I HAVENT EVEN WRITTEN IN SO LONG I NEED TO DO A LOT OF DRABBLING BEFORE I CAN EVEN PRETEND THIS IS GOING TO WORK.
I watched all of So NoTORIous the other night. Except for the last episode. Which was not in the torrent. And which I can't find online. HALP I AM SO SAD ABOUT THIS.
OK ANYWAY. I have a crapton of new gifs for my 1,000th post, which will be early in the week. Probably Tuesday as I have work in the morning and can then devote my late evening to playing with.
And now... continuation of that Disney song meme that I made up. Songs from animated movies that are NOT Disney. Or y'know... from other movies I loved as a child.
( youtube vids and ramble under here )
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[Fri, June 26th, 2009 2:55am] |
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RIP Ed MacMahon, Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson.
It's always in threes isn't it? *sigh*
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Totally unrelated to the above (and meaning no disrespect): some unrelated things.
Heroes seasons 1 and 2 are finally. The first half of season 3 will be done likely tonight. I am.. excited. Was going to watch So Notorious tonight, got distracted by large ZQ picspam on ontd_st. Will be harvesting many images. Also saved a crapton of icons, mostly of Sylar. Will be adding them to my Memewsha rando-sig and seeing if it breaks tektek a bit.
In five entires, I will have posted 1,000 posts to my livejournal. I need to plan something big. Possibly massive amounts of images, something crazy to commemorate. Who knows?
*sighs and goes back to staring at pictures of ZQ*
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[Wed, June 24th, 2009 2:48am] |
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Today was not what you would call "my day". Got flailed at while at work because of a table I sat. (A ONE PERSON table that left in half an hour I might add!) I was.. taken aback enough to be shaken for a few minutes. Which is.. not fun when like 90% of your job is being pleasant and smiling a lot. It just... makes me not like my job when stuff like that happens. And then I was pulling a highchair out, miscalculated.. and knocked another one over onto my toes. it... really hurt. Especially when I had to limp back to the desk and greet someone. The greeting went something along the lines of "*pained grin* Hi how are you? Um.. hold on a second, I just dropped a highchair on my foot. ...ok let's go this way. *limplimp*" My toe is ok though. I was worried the nail was gonna crack and that I wasn't going to be able to check it for a while.
I ended up buying a piece of cheesecake to make myself feel better. The tiramisu cheesecake. *drool* Although, mental note, don't buy cheesecake and then eat it on an empty stomach. It hurts.
The girl who was looking for a roommate has emailed me to say she still needs one, so I think I am going to need to look for 2 bedroom apartments. I was productive tonight eventually though. Wrote statement for the insurance company. Wrote Robin's character reference letter for his apartment. Tomorrow before work I must look into the financial aid stuff and look for apartments. *nodnod*
ZQ video from last night appears to be part of something to do with his production company. With the exception that the fall may have been unplanned, but he just went with it? I dunno. It seems to fabricated with a couple new videos found today that just... iunno. "I don't eat my friends" just made me lol though.
Gonna start the Capt Fine upload tomorrow so I can finally get that picspam posted. I have more than enough for one now. :D
( more ZQ photos from Tyler Shields )
ps- should i go watch Star Trek in IMAX?
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[Tue, June 23rd, 2009 2:51am] |
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Oh man today has been just.. guh.
Woke up super-late. Rushed around trying to clean up all my books. I am missing a lot of them! DO NOT LIKE. I don't know where most of the Nightwatch series is. And I'm missing random pieces of series. *sigh* Will have to track that all down. But it is finished and my bookshelves are neat again.
Then I went out to Target with my mom. Except we never made it to Target because some idiot lady SIDESWIPED OUR CAR while we were stopped at one of the lights in front of the mall. Everyone is okay. The car no longer has a driver-side mirror and there are a few scratches. Some lady in a van apparently didnt see the red light and decided that the proper course of action was to try and zoom between the two lanes of stopped traffic and run the light. Instead she hit like three cars on the way and lost her own mirror and hubcap. It was scary as all hell too. I heard her hitting the other cars behind us (we were first in line) and then suddenly there was a thud and a red blur and a smash. The best part was that she then pulled into the mall parking lot and tried to hide. We found her in her car and she argued with the mall security, claiming it wasnt here, while we got the police on the line. I pulled out her hubcap which matched the other three still on her car... and she pulls her car in reverse, hits the security officer in the knee WITH HER CAR while he tried to stop her and then got chased around the parking lot by mall security. It was a goddamn mess. And of course it's raining the whole time and I'm running around in flip flops trying to explain the whole thing to my dad while trying to keep my poor mother calm.
OH LORD. And then I got home, brother's gf was over here upset about something and my sister's best friend's bf broke up with her tonight so she's on the phone. So.. I went and did karaoke at Zen Bar with Rachel cuz just.. screw this man.
And then I get home and there is this video of ZQ falling down while being followed by a man dressed like a steak. And there is cursing. And omg I am so uncomfortable about the whole thing. Especially how he's all like "are you happy now?!" And I'm just like, noooo world why are you awful?! T_T I'm trying really hard to just not think about it...
ps- I have a few new friends from the pthon friending meme. Hi guys! <3
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[Mon, June 22nd, 2009 1:21am] |
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After the excitement of the Merlin premiere.. I AM SO BORED TONIGHT.
I slept WAY too little last night as I managed to get in bed at nearly 3am with a headache.. and then woke up at 9:30 to make fruit salad while my siblings made pancakes and omelettes for our father's day brunch thing. It was yummy and he liked the gifts we bought him. (My contribution was a fermentation cookbook with all sorts of tips and recipes, he was excited).
Then we went to the mall where I retroactively used a $20 coupon for the things I bought last week. ...I lead a life of excitement and joy.
ANYWAY MERLIN!!!
I got my brother and sister to watch AND THEY LIKED IT. *flail* I almost killed the TV though because our reception is annoying and it wasn't working for a while. It was amazing seeing it all big and clear the tv. *_* I HATED how they did the commercial breaks though. It's like everything just cut at awkward moments without warning. Worried that newer viewers would be discouraged by it. And then our power cut out twice for a few seconds like right around the part where Arthur fights Valiant and I was like, NOOOO WHYYYY?!
Consensus from the siblings was great. Sister agrees with me that the first episode is weak and she wasn't convinced until we saw the second ep. So kudos to NBC for showing both tonight because I can see people not coming back next week if only ep 1 was shown. CANT WAIT FOR NEXT WEEK.
Merlin was a trending topic on Twitter for a little while after and I had fun watching that. Looks like people either had already seen it, were new and loved it... or were new and didn't "get it" and thought it was stupid. Oh well. Can't win everyone!
Hrm... yea. My life. xD
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[Sat, June 20th, 2009 10:51pm] |
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I am.. so freaking tired. It was totally worth it, but I seriously don't want to do that again for a VERY LONG TIME.
I left West Hartford with ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) 21stcherryboy a little bit after 7pm after filling my car with gas. We went down to Clinton and got silver_youko at like 8pm... where we then went to get michygeary and friend in Durham at nearly 9 (after getting a bit lost-ish). Then I shot up to Boston with the full car. We got there a little past 11pm. (4 hours straight driving guh). Phil met us and I ran into Carin, Adam and their friend Megan.. which was all sorts of awesome!
Anyway, the showing! It was a lot of fun. :) I'd actually not seen all of Dr. Horrible in one sitting. Just bits and pieces here and there. I'm listening to the soundtrack now because it's awesome. I believe it's my duty now to make my sister watch it. I bet she'd enjoy it. Then of course there was Serenity which I had not seen in AGES. T_T
And then... it was 3am. So.. yeah math, I got home at 7am. The drive actually wasn't too bad. I was running on a bit of an adrenaline high after the showing. Then I had some goldfish to munch on for a while. And by that time, the sun was coming up so it kept me alert. Although.. going to bed a solid 2 hours after the sun has risen is just not fun. It even still took me like 20 minutes to fall asleep.
Long story short: I felt and looked like a zombie this morning. I'm surprised no one said anything at work. Maybe I always look vaguely zombie-ish? At least it didn't get too crazy.
In other news
MERLIN TOMORROW NIGHT AT EIGHT PM ON NBC!!
*puppy eyes* Give it a shot...? for me?
There have been a lot of reviews out and it's been kinda mixed. But in the way where you wonder if the people who gave bad reviews even watched the show because what they say makes no sense. And then the rest of the reviews are pretty optimistic about it. I don't even care, I'll be sitting in the tv room with my laptop on the ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) merlin_us reaction post flailing. We are having company for dinner tomorrow and I'm just like, "UGH you are not allowed in the tv after dinner for coffee, I've been looking forward to this for like a month now". So there. Oooh my gosh why is this so exciting?!
Janet brought me the pages from the most recent People magazine that feature ZQ and Capt Fine. And I just keep... looking at it. *content sigh*
( ZQ pics from the Heroes set )
As a final note, I think that "My Eyes" is my favorite song from the Dr Horrible ost. I think I'll go watch So NoTORIous until I can't stay awake anymore.
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[Fri, June 19th, 2009 12:50pm] |
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OK, quick update because I'm supposed to be eating and organizing my room. And making banana bread.
Woke up FAR too early considering the amount of late night/early morning driving I will be doing. I am.. driving down to Clinton, then up to Durham, then to Boston where I will need to navigate the streets for parking somehow. Then after the craziness it's back to Clinton, Durham and then home to West Hartford. Where I will be collapsing in bed in preparation for going to work on Saturday morning for a full 6 hour shift. You better believe I will be getting there with enough time to get some coffee so maybe I won't be a total zombie.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT TO WEAR GUYS. I'm hesitant on the lolita just because of how long I will be sitting in my car driving. Thinking about my naoto.. but also thinking about how last time I pulled out anything unusual from my closet, my parents were like bwaah? Hrm
OH! If you bring some non-perishable food for the foodbank, there is a raffle you get to enter for all sorts of fun prizes. Just something to keep in mind. :)
Aaaaahhh so much to do before I leave!
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[Thu, June 18th, 2009 2:48am] |
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Ok, so what was it about tonight that made THE WORLD decide to come to Cheesecake Factory. Like really? And of course I was greet-filling and sometime around 8pm I was desperate to just curl up somewhere dark to breathe for a minute. But of course I couldn't because there were still 15 names on the wait. *woe* The end result being that we were pretty busy right up to 10pm. Although I guess that's good for the end of the day being a lot shorter so I was a lot less bored.
Also apparently I have a "boisterous" singing voice. Which I'm like 90% sure isn't really a compliment? Unless he didn't know what it really meant? (Which I doubt as said person is actually quite intelligent). This came right after we sang happy birthday to some little old woman right before we closed... and is ironic as I sing as quietly as possible and he really only probably heard me as we were standing next to each other. REGARDLESS... I am confused but also worried that my response to the comment came over as over-offended by it. I... don't even know. I hate singing in front of people..... *shivers*
I started going through my bookshelves before work. A process that is painful for me as I hate giving up any of my books. Most of them have some sort of meaning to me based on when I read them. Also I am a horrible packrat. I have managed to find some that I really don't want to keep. They are in a box waiting for more to join them on the eventual trip to donation.
Speaking of books, I am nearly done with The Looking Glass Wars. I'm kinda impressed as the only times I've been reading it is over meals (breakfast and dinner after work) and sometimes for a bit in bed in the mornings. I was right about it being a quick read. I also am fairly sure that I'm not quite sold on the writing style despite the plot being good. It's not really BAD writing. The best way to describe it I guess is clinical? Like all my English teachers coming back to hover over me, telling me to show and not tell. It's especially evident in the copious battle sequences. When battles become less about the suspense and emotion of fighting.. and more about "and then so-and-so did this. and then this happened. and then she did this." it's just harder to sink into. That being said, I will definitely be continuing with the series. Like I said, it's a quick read the plot is shaping up nicely. This *was* his first book so I hope it will only improved with the sequel?
SERENITY PEOPLE.
Send me like, LJ messages or something with where I need to pick you up and when you will be availbale for the picking up. We have a full car (michy is bringing a friend, less $$ for gas/tolls/parking for us) and I want to leave the shore by like... 9-9:30. So.. lemme know where I need to go get you. xD Also... halp? Dress is definitely not made (although will be done for CTcon so help me god) so I need to decide what to wear. Rayray already said she's doing loli? Am debating between that.. and pulling out some of that h.naoto I haven't worn yet. (the white/purple sailor-style top with the sleeves with black pants/boots maybe?) UGH CLOTHING IS HARD.
ANYWAY
I close this out with more image spam. Because... well just because
( *headdesk* )
lol good night world
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[Wed, June 17th, 2009 3:15am] |
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Dear world, Why am I still awake? Oh yeah, because I had that coffee when I left work at 11pm tonight and it's had me bouncing in place for the past few hours. I think I can feel the crash coming soon though... so that is good.
Work was.. work. xD I am getting better at managing things on my own. Including talking to the bussers, assigning tables and greeting people ALL AT THE SAME TIME. Sometimes it gets to the point where I am like *flail!*. But not so badly that I am breaking down. :D
I have been on a really big Disney/animated movie music kick again. Happens every so often. Also Journey... won't freaking leave my head. Late tonight I was humming it to myself at the front desk while I ate my hidden goldfish (which didn't really help my hunger any).
I spent part of tonight watching the Star Trek audiobook (as read by ZQ) downloading on my computer. I have heard good things and the little pieces I've already heard are.. golden. I am excited even though I totally will not be able to listen to it tonight.
Speaking of ZQ. Quite a few photo outtakes have been posted lately. As well as more walking pics. xD Ones that don't include sinfully ugly hats!
( this is what happens when my life is boring, i post images )
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[Mon, June 15th, 2009 1:22am] |
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Second day of the fair today! Went around 2, bought more food (lol stuffing my face!) and then ran into Rachel who was there to see the cover band. They were fun and upbeat.. and actually good! I was like, wow West Hartford way to go you did something right. Ended up buying two postcards from the guy I linked yesterday as they were only $5 each. So I will be framing them nicely for hanging in my future new room. I am excited as they feature snippets of my 2 favorites of the prints he had for sale. Also I played Guitar Hero while someone stood over me and explained how to play to a pair of WH parents who looked confused by the whole thing. It was 3 though.. lamesauce. I woulda loved to rock Carry On My Wayward Son.
Then I bought cotton candy + a sno cone to eat on my way to my car. xD My rationale is that.. it only happens once a year. May as well do it right.
It has come to my attention that Heroes season 1 is on sale at Target now for like $19. I'm about to say "fuck it" to this torrent and buy the damn series. *sigh* I might just snag season 1 anyway. Just to own it. Even if I let the torrent finish. Oh decisions. I am just getting really impatient!
Started working on some ZQ icons tonight.. and then realized that I need more freaking brushes. I have a couple custom sets but like... I'm just not feeling any of them. So now I'm just hitting up DevArt to see what I can snag. I mean, I made a couple but not enough for a new post yet.
And now just because I can.
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[Sun, June 14th, 2009 2:03am] |
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Today was such a freaking long day. Walking around the fair. Then work. Luckily around 3:30 the manager went "who wants to go home" and I was like "OOOH PICK ME", except y'know... calmer. And then I went and got yummy pad thai and a blue sno cone and kettle corn and stuffed myself silly. I also bought this gorgeous pink and silver glass pendant thing from the art show. I'm totally gonna rock it at work with the all-black I have to wear.
Oh my gosh there is this artist guy with a stand and I freaking love his art. It's all silk-screened by hand. And just GAH! www.jamespolisky.com. I want like 5 of his pieces and even just a normal sized silk-screen is FIFTY DOLLARS. *woe* I plan on getting two of the postcardy things he is selling for $5 and framing them together to make my own art.
Speaking of art, my totally awesome Star Trek poster showed up in the mail today. I unrolled it to verify that it is the right one.. and then put it right back in the tube. I just need a poster frame for that and I'm all set for hanging in my room when I move. :D I am such a dork.
I also found a site that lets me cut parts of songs and sends them to my phone so that I may use said cuts as ringtones. First order of business, I cut the opening theme to Merlin and sent it. My phone.. is totally pimp now. I'm thinking of doing the first part of the Lucky Star opening just because it will be the most annoying thing in the world. Or maybe the english Cardcaptors theme. My phone can declare to the world that.. I am ridiculous.
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[Sat, June 13th, 2009 1:52am] |
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I love having days off. Sadly it always throws my weekdays off though, as I spent all day having to actively remember that it was Friday. Went to the mall and bought myself a pair of grey shorts and a brown skirt. There was a sale.. and my mind went "you need things for this vacation you are going on". And the shorts are longer so I won't feel totally self-concious wearing them. BONUS! (omg that reminded me of This is My Milwauke. I need to check to see if anything came of that). Anyway, I had this 25% off Borders coupon that I wanted to use on a book for my dad for father's day + possibly some DVDs. But then they didn't have book OR any interesting DVDs. So boo to them.
And then I went to Toys R Us where the Star Trek section is incorrectly labelled. There is a whole row of Star Wars - Clone Wars signs. But the last like fifth of the shelf was all the Star Trek stuff. lulz. They had phasers! And the large dolls action figures. But I was like, NO I WILL NOT SPEND. And then I bought a Spock toy anyway. (http://blog.guerillaone.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/fu8523lg.jpg) I kinda want the matching Kirk one now. 1) They weren't too expensive. 2) SPOCK MIGHT GET LONELY IF I DONT. Also Kirk has a phaser. xD
I want to take pictures of my Spock doing battle with the various things in my room and exploring. I already had fun putting Pokemon figures on his head and thinking about how unamused he looked about the whole thing. AHAHAHAHA!
Oh! Tangent. Am set for the Friday of Can't Stop the Serenity (ps- Michy, Rayray and Janet. I need to know how we're gonna do this and if people are gonna be able to get up closer to West Hartford before we head out that evening. I can drive to get people if need be but yeah. xD) Course then work went and scheduled me for SATURDAY AT LUNCH. So now I'm all FML because I'm gonna get home at some ungodly hour Saturday early morning and will have to be alert for a Saturday shift of FILLING AND THINKING mere hours later. I WILL WIN DAMNIT.
This weekend is going to be a mess of one too because I'm working during the one time I wish I didn't have to be. So I plan on getting to Celebrate!WH for like 45 minutes before work tomorrow. And then maybe to get a sno cone after work. xD And then lunch time for delicious foods and more art wanderings. We shall see how well this works.
As a last note. More pictures of ZQ. Because they released a whole set of outtakes from the GQ Germany shoot (which you will recall is one of my faves). So I need to post the outtakes here in order. (oh guuuuuh)
( set phasers to sexy )
Woosh to bed! (GO HEROES TORRENT GO!)
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I had a dream last night again. It's rare that I remember them so I feel the need to write them out somewhere. I don't remember the details, just that it ended with me getting ZQ's phone number and address for further hanging out. And then I think I woke up, although the dream may have shifted after that. All I know is that I woke up seriously confused and annoyed that it was a dream. xD And now it just makes me laugh.
I totally ate Star Trek waffles when I woke up. But not before taking all 8 waffles out and seeing which ones I got. I totally have a "live long and propser" waffle. And Kirk+Spock. And Bones. And Chekov. But no Sulu. He apparently got lost. *rofl* Badass breakfast yes. I actually need to eat another meal now as I am closing at work and therefore will be seeing no food until at least 11:30 tonight. (Well I'll see plenty of food. But none of it for me).
Also, my Star Trek glasses arrived in the mail today!!! They are so badass, but I'm like afraid to open them and start using them. xD I will get over that fear soon enough I think. They are definitely coming with me when I move.
Pictures later. ^^
Oh! CLICK THIS!! Massive pic-spam and video linking of all the Star Trek promotional deal, ZQ-centric. It's a great summary of the whole experience. Same person has also done some Heroes, Sylar-centric picspams. A+ from me!
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