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| Going through the motions |
| 05.31.05 (7:51 am) [edit] |
Had a pretty hectic weekend. Worked at the bookstore Friday night wh ich was nice. I only worked a half day at the library so I was able to meet up with friends and sit outside and get a sunburn. Just a mild one, but I am so pale it doesn't take long. Saturday I made my way up to Flint to see my family. I didn't get to see much of my sisters... they are going with their friends to the mall and other social venues. It is pretty fun to watch. Emily and I went to an Antique mall in town. As we walked in she said "It smells like old people here. I love it." I don't often get to hang out with just her. She tends to let Julia take center stage, so it was nice to have her be talkative. She bough 3 framed postcards of famous composers. I think she gets her collecting habit from me. Sunday was work. Monday I started to clean the house, which it needed. I saw Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy which left me feeling unfulfilled. I went to Meijer and got some plants to fill the void. More happened, but I am not ready to blog about it. And not sure if I will. Have to think on it. k |
| Unpacking |
| 05.27.05 (7:02 am) [edit] |
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Finally started organizing my jewelry supplies last night. Oh just 10 months after I moved. I couldn't decide where I wanted to put them. My house is really too small for the amount of supplies I have. I have 7 containers that have little drawers, like you find in the hardware section. I don't even have enough drawers for the beads I do have. So, I decided I would set it up in the garage, since I rarely park there. It was nice to clear out a corner of my bedroom that was home to my supplies while they were in their "temp" containers. I am going to have to air it out the garage a bit since it is a bit stuffy. I was openning each back I kept getting ideas. Which is good since I need to get some new stuff made in the next couple months. The unpacking is going slow since I am compulsive about where they are in the grand scheme of the drawers. Still planning on doing photos, but I think it can wait until closer to July. I maybe have to put some people to work matting photos, but I will make it. Being this crafty is exhausting. :D |
| tv dinners |
| 05.26.05 (11:58 am) [edit] |
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Last night a fun family came in to LSV. A husband, wife and 2 boys. They all got to pick movies and were laughing and joking about their choices. The dad said he wasn't certain they were going to make it in since their garage door malfunctioned leaving them stuck in the garage. They were a nice change from a lot of the families I see. You could tell they spent time together. When I was growing up we always ate together at my dad's house. The only way we got out of dinner was if we had work or some practice of some sort. There wasn't much I could put past my parents and I think that in part that is due to the fact that they spent time with me every day. Even now, with my sisters involved in 5 million different things they still have time for dinner. I am thankful for those dinners since as an adult I know more about my parents than I would if we ate in our rooms or in front of the tv. (Which makes me think of the movie/book Mathilda by Roald Dahl where the family is eating in front of the tv in the dark.) And they know more about me. Just my rambling thought for the day. Enjoy. k |
| Buy a dictionary |
| 05.25.05 (12:30 pm) [edit] |
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Was having a conversation with a friend and she kept saying a phrase that grated on my nerves. It made me think about the other things that bother me when people say them. THey are either mispronunciations or over used phrases. They include... ~supposobly (supposedly) ~kindygarden (kindergarten) ~samich (sandwich... no m) ~"You know what I am sayin'" or "Know what I mean" ~"Literally" (way over used) ~Apparently (Often misused... ask Verlaine) And I wish people would stop using "ums" and "likes" as well. There are more I am sure, but this is just the ones that I could think of at the moment. What are the ones that get you? k Oh, I nearly forgot... I hate how people shorten/change things for online chat "Kewl" makes me ill. I won't answer responses to my personal where guys write "U look kewl." Just wont'... can'd do it. |
| Kate's Movie of the Week |
| 05.25.05 (8:37 am) [edit] |
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Watched a fun documentary last night called Home Movie. He is the same director that made American Movie. Home Movie shows 5 different people/couples and their unique housing situations. You meet a guy who has a gator farm and lives on a house boat, a woman who lives in a treehouse in Hawaii, a couple who lives in an old missle base/silo, a guy who had automated almost everything in his home and a couple who designed the interior of their house for their 9+ cats. It is simple, but to me facinating. I think my favorite segment was Gator Bill... he had some really great things to say and a good sense of humor. The Automated House guy was a bit creepy with his too tight shiny shirt, but that was my only complaint. As an added bonus it is just 65 minutes long. So,even if you are crunched for time you can watch it. If I am going to come up with a movie blog I should come up with a ratings system. Not stars or thumbs up... and ideas? k *UPDATE* My friend Peter came up with the following rating system... I wasn't going to post it, because my innocent sisters might read it, but I figured they probably wouldn't get it anyway. :D Thanks P!! 1. Flaccid. 2. Stirring. 3. Semi-erect. 4. Engorged. 5. Vein-popping. |
| Slightly creeped out. |
| 05.24.05 (11:52 am) [edit] |
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My neighbor called me yesterday to ask me if I knew about the strange things that have been happening around our houses. She got in to her car and found things in places they shouldn't and just a vague feeling that something wasn't right. Her law furniture had found it's way in to my yard, which I knew. What I didn't know is that on a different occasion one of her chairs found it's way under my bathroom window. I am not too woried since I figure it is just a kid.. since most adults could see in their if they wanted. And if they were going to break in there are windows that would be easier for them to use. Still, it is a bit creepy and I am glad I keep my blinds closed in the bathroom and bedroom. And we have some nosy neighbors who are on the lookout. k |
| Family drama rant |
| 05.24.05 (8:09 am) [edit] |
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Errgh. Family is so annoying sometimes. I have to get this out and there is no on to vent to at the moment. Here is the back story... My mom is one of 8 kids... 3 boys 5 girls. 5 of them live in Florida. My Grandpa also lives there. A couple years ago my grandpa fell and broke his hip tripping over my Uncle S's dog. My mom took an unpaid leave of absense and lost a bonus because of this. Not that she looked at it this way, she was just doing what she needed to do. She was there without a car and couldn't get her family to take her to the store to by things for Grandpa. She found the place was filthy and that there were rats and bugs. Grandpa has macular degeneration and can't see very well to make sure things are clean. She did the best she could, but because she lived in Tennessee her options were limited. A short while later she discovered that they were fixing Grandpa's house so they could sell it. They had not informed her of this. At first glance it seemed okay because they were buying him one right next to my Uncle E's house. I thought it was kind of heartleass to move an 85 year old man from the house he had lived in for over 30 years. He knew his way around and had everyone chipped in they could have hired someone to come clean and no one would have been out much money. But if it was going to mean that he would see everyone more often then maybe it wasn't a bad thing. But he doesn't see them. They couldn't even bother to take him to church on Christmas. One of the things he and my Grandma always did when they were traveling was find a church if they were going to be staying over on a Sunday. Fast foward to this month .... My step dad finds out he gets to retire in August, earlier than he had anticipated. He and my mom talk to my grandpa about moving in with him. He got so excited. Yesterday my mom get's a call from my Aunt M who tells her the family doesn't want her down there. She is drunk, as usual, and can't give any good reasons why. Then Uncle E calls up and says the same thing. His reasons? Their dogs. That if other family members come to stay where will they sleep? (Forgetting he lives next door and has a spare bedroom.) blah blah blah My step dad talks to Grandpa and they both get mad and Grandpa says that he is letting stay no matter what. Uncle S thinks that it is because Uncle E is in charge of the money and that maybe he has been playing fast and loose with Grandpa's money. And that because my mom is a sharp cookie they won't be able to do that. Whatever the reason they are putting their needs before that of an 80 something year old man who because of their selfishness is spending most days by himself with no company. I told my mom that this will come back to haunt them. That sooner or later their karma will catch up with them. And after Grandpa dies it will be too late to make amends. Thanks for letting me rant and vent. k |
| Me obsess? Never |
| 05.23.05 (1:47 pm) [edit] |
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Signs of a healthy mind? You be the judge
These are just a few things I have or am currently obsessing about. I'm getting better honest. |
| Quiet life |
| 05.23.05 (9:38 am) [edit] |
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I wish I could say that my weekend was exciting and that I had fun stuff to share with you, but that wouldn't be true. Worked both Sat. and Sun. It was pretty quiet both days. But here are a few things that happened worth mentioning. ~An Asian woman veered toward me and said "Sir, could you tell me how to find..." It made me think of Verlaine and how Asian women try to run in to him on the streest of S.F. And I have never been called sir before. ~Moose decided to jump on the 2nd shelf in my closet. The one loaded with Rubbermaid containers full of craft materials. Moose went tumbling down. Most of the stuff on the shelf is now on the floor. It was too late for me to bother with last night. ~My step dad is mailing out his old camera to me today. It is a Canon of some sort. I am excited. Glad I didn't get one on ebay. This will tide me over for awhile. Well, that is all from Ann Arbor/Jackson k P.S. Listening to Acoustic Cafe right now and it is making me happy. |
| Anyone for leftovers? |
| 05.20.05 (9:02 am) [edit] |
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For anyone who has attended a movie party at my house you know that I make WAY too much food. It is a compulsion, I can't seem to stop. I get nervous that I am not going to have enough. Or that people aren't going to like what I have made. I always had enough left over to send everyone home with something. It got so people would sneak out while I was occupied so they wouldn't have to take food with them. I had 2 Grandmas with very different styles of entertaing. Grandma M, was the type that always had extra stuff. You never ran out. (Eat! Eat! Have some more potatoes!) Grandma K on the other hand never had enough. She would make 1 pan of Strata even though it was everyone's favorite. We would have to count how many people there were so everyone got some. And then as soon as the meal was over she would put everything away. There was no sitting around the table chatting and nibbling. It just never felt comfortable. Or comforting. I am thinking of this because of the shower I am throwing today. Of course I have way too much food. Cheesecake squares, veggie and dip, raspberries, blackberries, grapes (red and green), cheese and crackers. And I am worried it won't be enough. Or that because we aren't having cake people will be upset... we do have some serious cake junkies.... or rather frosting junkies. I am sure it will be fine, but it is sort of like opening night... I worry, but when the curtain goes up I forget all about the concerns. k |
| Showers and Jelly Bellys |
| 05.19.05 (10:02 am) [edit] |
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Dragging today. I need to find a sugar daddy so I can just go back to working one job. No, LSV stories to share. But my Sam Neill look alike came in. Of course he didn't rent so I wasn't able to talk to him. Darn it all. But he did acknowledge me which is an improvement. Why is it I always seem to like the silent types? I am thowing a baby shower for one of my coworkers tomorrow. My boss asked me to put it together. At least we aren't doing games... that is all I can say. I also got to plan the food which makes me happy. I got little mini cheesecake bites (regular, strawberry and turtle), a veggie try, cheese and crackers and fresh fruit. I am so sick of cake. At least the type of cakes we get. I just hope I can remember everything tomorrow when I leave for work. A coworker brought in Jelly Bellys from the new candy shop that opened around the corner. I think that if you are buying mixed ones you shouldn't mix flavors like cinammon and bubble gum with fruit flavors like lime and orange. Just like you shouldn't put a blueberry bagel in with an everything bagel. Just my opinion.... which is the only one that should count in this instance. k |
| Indie Cribs |
| 05.18.05 (1:02 pm) [edit] |
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I am a huge fan of the Pernice Brothers and this morning I had an email from Joe pitching the idea of a MTV2 Cribs for indie artists... It was pretty amusing, well at least to me it was. He even included a pilot to help us visualize his idea. Enjoy. k P.S. For more laughs read the first entry in the news section about his "cleansing diet" |
| Enter here |
| 05.18.05 (8:35 am) [edit] |
 Spent a good part of last night sorting through stuff to put in a yard sale. It is probably a good thing I ran out of price stickers cause I might have got rid of everything. It is very tempting. I am really trying to downsize my collections of stuff. Every few months I decide to purge. A very liberating feeling. I used to have a difficult time getting rid of anything. If it was a book I was holding on to it until it crumbled. Now I can be more honest with myself about whether I need it or not. Hell, if I am even going to read it. I think in the last 3 years I have gotten rid of over 1000 books. Probably closer to 1500. That is a lot of books. They used to surround my furniture and I used books to hold up boards to make more bookcases. Now they all all fit on real bookcases. Though I think I would still have a hard time getting people to help me move. :D k |
| Sombrero Picture |
| 05.17.05 (2:22 pm) [edit] |
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Not what I had hoped, but you get the idea. k 
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| What I like about me |
| 05.17.05 (7:13 am) [edit] |
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We spend so much time thinking about the things we don't like about ourselves that I have decided we need to think about the things we do like. It isn't always easy... it is like the question in interviews about naming your strenghts and weaknesses. So here are some of mine...
So, what things do you like about yourself? It can be silly or serious. Just think about it...
k |
| Sombreros and psychos |
| 05.16.05 (7:41 am) [edit] |
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It has been a couple days since I wrote anything.... here are some thing that have happened. ~ Was walking to meet coworkers at a coffee shop for a birthday celebration and heard a trumpet. Looked around for who was playing, couldn't see anyone. As I got closer I realized he was sitting up in a tree playing. Kind of strange hearing trumpets comeing from the trees. ~ Local homeless man sitting outside with a GIANT sombrero on. I mean the thing was probably 3 feet tall and wide. I took a pic, but I am not sure if it turned out... I did it in stealth mode. ~ Ever meet someone you weren't sure if they were joking or not? Had a "date" with someone like that on Sat. I really got the feeling he didn't want to be there... and after a little bit I didn't either. Waste of make up. And I got the feeling he was a bit psycho. But what other kind of guy would approach me? :D ~ Sorting through books to put in a friend's yardsale.... have about 6 boxes. (C. did you have any idea of what you were geetting in to?) More after I get some work done... k |
| I'll get you and your little plant too |
| 05.12.05 (8:09 am) [edit] |
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So, great story and I wasn't even there to view it. I noticed one of our plants was looking a little ragged. (I think it is a Dracaena or at least a close cousin.) My coworker said someone came in and had problems with a movie, but it played fine in our dvd player. The manager offered him a lense cleaner to see if that was the problem. He wanted his money back, but that isn't our policy. He left, but came back a bit later to ask a different employee. When the manager showed up at the counter the guy again demanded money. When that didn't work he ripped part of our plant in anger. Okay, if I was going to try and ruin something at a store I am not going to pick the plant. And it isn't like we don't have all his personal info on our computer. Geesh people can be so dumb. k THIS WEEK'S MOVIES ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK SADDEST MUSIC IN THE WORLD BOURNE SUPREMECY V THE FINAL BATTLE ENEMY OF THE STATE (I tried to get Poltergist, but the computer wasn't letting me change the dates.) |
| Mom and humor |
| 05.11.05 (2:12 pm) [edit] |
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Was talking to my mom yesterday and she told me she went home early because her sinuses were bothering her. And that she felt like she had been hit by a Mack truck and the driver backed up to see how she was. I laughed. She told me she had said the same thing to several of her coworkers and none of them laughed. They also think she is a mean mother because she told me I "came out half assed backwards and have been going that way ever since" since I was a breech birth. We have the same sense of humor... kind of twisted. So, I think I inhereted more than my good looks from her. :D [image]chicalookate_23814 0386.jpg[/image] |
| More movies |
| 05.11.05 (11:47 am) [edit] |
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Watched more movies this week... "Napoleon Dynamite", "Collateral", "Day After Tomorrow" and "Kiki's Delivery Service". I enjoyed all of them, though I had higher hopes for Napoleon. I thought it was good, but not as funny as people made it out to be. Though I loved that Uncle Rico was the same guy who played Lazlo in "Real Genius". And Collateral was one of the few Tom Cruise movies that I actually liked. I also had a MST3K movie that I couldn't m on the list, but I ran out of time. ake it through even with the help of my robot friends. And the last of my 6-6-6 was "Manhunter", but I ran out of time. I work at LSV again tonight and have to figure out what other movies I should get. Or should I take a break? k |
| Sorry for my whine earlier |
| 05.10.05 (8:55 am) [edit] |
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Some flowers as an apology.... k 
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| Cranky |
| 05.10.05 (8:30 am) [edit] |
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Just having sort of an off day... a sense of nagging uncertainty is hanging around. I am not sure of what is missing or what I need to do. I just know that I need do something. Maybe it is that I am having single issues. I have always felt that you need to be happy with who you are and be able to be alone. And for the most part I am okay with that. But with so many of my friends getting married I am more aware of what I don't have in my life. Not that being married is the answer to all the problems, and in fact it often causes problems. But I want someone to hold hands with, to be able to help shoulder some of the day to day issues that come up. I have to face up to the fact that I am not good at dating. It has been over 2 years since I have had more than a single date. And even single dates have been few and far between. Well, not much I can do on this front as it takes two. Another issue I am having is trying to get motivated to make jewelry for art fair. I don't need a lot because I have plenty in reserve, but I have areas I need to boost numbers in. I am half tempted just to sell it all cheap and be done. Do I want a new job, a new hairstyle or a new life? I just don't know... k |
| Slave to the register |
| 05.09.05 (8:41 am) [edit] |
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Well, my plan to get out and take pictures this weekend didn't pan out. I ended up having to work at LSV on Sat. and the other store on Sunday. The other one is close to the campus and since most of the students are gone I had about 5 customers in 7 hours. Luckily my friends A & P stopped by to see me toward the end of my shift. A even brought me trashy magazines to fill my time. The rest of my time was done working on inventory. I swear who ever put the movies in the system was smoking crack... and it must have been a bad batch. They had "King Ralph" as a foreign movie. I won't bore you with the rest, but my librarian's heart cried the whole time. I wanted order and they weren't giving it to me. And as much as I love renting tv shows they are a pain to inventory. All you set on the list is "Sopranos Season" on the list so you have to open the case, which with dvds isn't fun. "Sex and the City" didn't win any friends with me either. This morning I was searching for cameras on eBay and a few other sites. I am lucky my keyboard works for all the drool I dropped on it. I have my eye on a few 35mm cameras, that aren't too expensive and have lenses and a flash. The digital will have to wait a while. I did mat a few photos this weekend and I am pretty happy with how they turned out. we shall see what happens. k |
| Movie Junkie |
| 05.06.05 (1:02 pm) [edit] |
This picture makes me think that laserbeams could shoot from his eyes at any moment.  Not much to write about these days. I have been being lazy and watching a lot of movies... I watche "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure", "Shaolin Soccer", "V the Mini Series", "Princess Mononoke", "Bad Boys" and the first sesson of "Family Guy". One of the perks and disadvantages of working at LSV is that I get free movies. I need to get outside some more. I think that Sunday I will get out around Jackson and take some more photos to force on you. :D Have a great weekend. k |
| I saw you dancin' over there and other musical moments |
| 05.05.05 (9:08 am) [edit] |
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I was driving around yesterday with the windows down because it was finally nice enough out. There I was just minding my own business singing along to radio and I noticed that the people in the car next to me were giving me strange looks. Didn't phase me because I am used to strange looks, but it made me think of a couple Verlaine stories. The first was the first Halloween that we were friends. We had to go to K-Mart looking for make up and stuff for V's costume. Next thing you know we realize that we were dancing to "Island's in the Stream". Laughing we made our way to the register. The woman at the front raised her eyebrows and said "I saw you dancin' over there." BUSTED!! What can you say to that except maybe "I just love Kenny and Dolly... sets my feet to tappin'" The second Verlaine story was in the LYC (Little Yellow Car) on our way to see Journey rock out at Pine Knob (aka DTE Energy Theater). Stuck in a little traffic jam we started singing along to a cd V had made. "Downtown" by Petula Clark, "Fancy" by Reba and "Whatever Lola Wants" by Peggy Lee. All of them are fun sing along songs. I am sure we provided much entertainment to our fellow vehicles. Several men stared openly. But then we got to Pine Knob and it was our turn to stare... cause there were some scary Journey fans there. k p.s. V, I am trying to remember the burping cashier story... the one with Slowella the Wonder Sloth. Do you remember? |
| More Detroit photos |
| 05.05.05 (8:28 am) [edit] |
  
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| Couple of Detroit pictures |
| 05.03.05 (12:16 pm) [edit] |
 
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| Buttered Noodle Girl and much more |
| 05.03.05 (9:27 am) [edit] |
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Worked with Buttered Noodle Girl again yesterday. It was more of the same... I was hoping that she might have been having an off day last time. I won't bore you with the newest events, but just know I am suffering. Also between her and the guy who came in to replace her there was enough butt crack going around LSV for me to think there was a plumbers convention in town. I also wanted to wash their hair, but that is another issue all together. We have these rent 10 get 1 free punch cards. Mondays and Wednesdays are 2 for 1 days. If you want to use your 10 punch card you do not get 2 free movies on the 2 for 1 days. Pretty simple. You can get 1 free movie, but not 2. This woman came up and wanted to use her punch card. I explained our policy and she got this disgusted look on her face and asked what was the point of having the cards then. I explained, nicely, that they were good for 1 movie and if she wanted me to put one back I would. Throughout the whole transaction she kepts saying "This makes no sense" and "I deserve these free movies" and on and on. She was trying to trip me up so I would give her the 2 free. She had rented maybe 42 movies at our store, the 10 punch card she had was from over a year ago. Obviously she is not one of our biggest customers. I am really tired of this "you-owe-me" attitude people have. I don't owe you anything beyond the basic respect that all people get. What you get beyond that is up to you. Okay, through ranting.... On a funny note the Rocking guy was back at Tim Hortons. It is really hard to pay attention to a meeting when there is someone flinging themselves around on a couch like he is at a concert. We tried to figure out what he was listening to, but couldn't tell. Last time he almost hit D in the head with his rocking... this time we were out of arm's reach. k |
| Photos |
| 05.02.05 (7:29 am) [edit] |
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Happy Monday. I am finally starting to feel better. The walking pneumonia had become bronchitis. The doc gave me an inhaler and some steroids to try and get me over the lung stuff. Friday I had a great time wandering around with Lynne taking photos of Detroit. I definitly want to go back and take more. I think quite a few of them turned out, which I was happy for. I took almost 180 and ended up keeping 152. I want a digital camera, though I still like the process of using film. I have decided to try selling some photos at Art Fair this year. If you are feeling bored and want to help me out head on over to flickr and let me know which photos you might be tempted to buy. That is assuming you would want to buy any. :D Don't worry I won't hold you to it. And if they don't sell, maybe I will send some to you. k |
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