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Friday, April 30th, 2004
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8:23 am
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yesterday i found out about some great places in downtown vitoria.there's a park called moscoso park that i haven't been to in like,10 years.i went there and i guess i left my jaw there.seriously.it's definitely beautiful,peaceful,full of cute ducks,and the funniest thing - in the middle of downtown vitoria!it's a busy place,but definitely worth visiting.not better than pedra da cebola(onion rock) park,tho'.pedra da cebola rocks my socks.a lot.
we went to a sandwich self-service place yesterday.i got a huge ass sandwich.it was so huge that i still haven't digested it all.it's stuck somewhere inside me and i can feel it.i also had a mixed juice(banana,apple,papaya and strawberry),and the best of it is that you can feel bits of each fruit in your glass.hmmm.yummy.
yesterday we met marie,she's friends with gundi,they met each other on a trip to the rain forest(the amazon,actually).she's from denmark,and she's a cool girl.i'm shocked because she speaks good portuguese,but she still doesn't get the intonation right,which isn't THAT bad,considering that she's been here for 4 months only.and portuguese intonation is quite difficult anyway.specially brazilian portuguese,i might say.
tomorrow i'll meet zander(and american guy) and jacob(a guy from denmark),they are also friends with gundi.looks like they'll go out to dance at night.i won't,since i'm super broke,hehe.then i'll probably see dri.i miss him.<3
talking about him...his band's cd is recorded and all is set.now they need to design the cover and that's it.he's been stressed because of all the mess and the problems involving the cd recording sessions.poor him.the problem is that..there's a band member who feels like the band is HIS band only.he makes all decisions,he's the one who's always right(and you can't really tell him that he's wrong,otherwise you'll get into problem),and of course,he can't take any sort of criticism well.i think the band has a serious problem with this band member,but they can't just tell him to go find another band and so on.because i hate to admit but he's the best guitar player in town.ugh.
i have had problems with him in the past,not only concerning the band but also concerning my very own life.that was...when i was 16.i'm 22 now.it's a very long story and i'd rather write about it later,because....hm,i need to sort out some thoughts in my head about him.but errr,yes,it envolves romance.*runs and hides*
i feel like i've been neglecting my boyfriend.it's so weird.we used to talk everyday for hours,and lately it's been 5 minutes every 2 days.and i mean,it's been like that for 3 weeks or so.i'm kinda feeling guilty,but i don't believe there's much i can do - not until the middle of next week.we are planning on going to a couple places next week,i hope it'll work out.i miss his hugs.and he messaged me saying that he downloaded a bunch of movies for me!*happy dance*
i felt neglected by the post office so yesterday i went to the other building and picked up my mail.there were letters for meee!and sarah's was there too!thank you sweet!<3
no internet for the weekend and gundi is going to bahia on sunday in the afternoon.i'm gonna miss her.she's so happy and so funny!talking to her is such a joy.i want to meet all my penpals now,hehe.
COME THE FUCK OVER,PEOPLE!
ps - i took pictures of cute monkeys yesterday!
current music: le tigre - eau d'bedroom dancing
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| Thursday, April 29th, 2004
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8:13 am
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so...i'm at work.=/
gundi is at my place,sleeping.i had to come to work today because my boss called me and said that there were important things to discuss.now,guess where SHE is....at home,sleeping like a baby.and i'm here.i left my penpal to come here and find ZERO papers for me to work on.great,isn't?
oh,gundi is great.she's so tiny and cute!she doesn't look german at all.and her portuguese is better than mine!no kidding.the funniest thing - she has no accent speaking portuguese(now,that's incredible.specially because she's german and most germans i've heard trying to speak portuguese usually had a strong accent);but she reminds me of people from Rio speaking,they have a VERY characteristic accent.and it's funny,i have to say.they stress the "s".A LOT. sometimes it hurts my ears.
anyway,we went to the pizza all-you-can-eat place yesterday night.i ate too much and now i feel weird.but hey,what can i do?i paid to eat a lot,right?i think i messed up because i mixed sweet and salty pizzas.too much sweet pizzas actually.i had chocolate,vanilla and ovomaltine pizza.5 slices of that.how does that sound to your sensitive stomach?also...i had lemon pie pizza.strawberry pizza.passionfruit w/ vanilla pizza.and of course,the classic banana+cinnamon pizza.let's not forget the choccie with coconut and choccie with sweet condensed milk pizza.i won't even get started with the salty pizzas,because i'm getting hungry again.
i've been visiting some touristic-y places with gundy,and i'm sad to admit that most of them were really unknow for me before she arrived.i've been finding out so many great things about this place.i have pictures to prove,you'll see them as soon as i get my dsl internet installed.i already have the phone line all set up.now i need to get my computer all good and wait for the dsl people to come over.
today i think we'll go to downtown vitoria and then to vila velha to check out an ooooold building,actually, a monastery
built in like,the 1600's.i hope it gets sunny here,because it's been raining a lot lately.rain sucks when you wanna take nice pics and see beautiful places,specially if the place in question involves beaches and tropical landscapes,eh?
yesterday i took gundi to my university so we could check out one of my grades,i wasn't too sure about it.then we took a tour over there,stalked some monkeys,and she was really impressed with the place.she told me that she wanted to study there!and she also said that next time she's in brazil,she wants to live over here!i was pretty happy to hear that.=)
i will pick up my mail at the other apartment today and i'll transport parts of my computer aswell.i need to start setting it up,because the dsl people may come over anytime.
now the new house is starting to feel like a real house.i haven't had time to enjoy it myself,because gundi arrived one day after we were moved in,so my bedroom is still a huge mess and i still haven't had time to enjoy myself and my new spot.but i can't complain,she's such a great girl!we're having lots of fun together!
current mood:  anxious
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| Monday, April 26th, 2004
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7:21 am
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i'm going to pick my pal up in a matter of 5 minutes.i have no idea when i'll touch a computer after this very moment.yay!
fun fun fun.
if the rain stops,it's going to be much more fun!
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| Sunday, April 25th, 2004
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7:06 pm - quotes i like...=)
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"This is what you shall do: Love the earth and sun and the animals, despise riches, give alms to everyone that asks, stand up for the stupid and crazy, devote your income and labor to others, hate tyrants, argue not concerning God, have patience and indulgence toward the people, take off your hat to nothing known or unknown or to any man or number of men, go freely with powerful uneducated persons and with the young and with the mothers of families, read these leaves in the open air every season of every year of your life, re-examine all you have been told at school or church or in any book, dismiss whatever insults your own soul, and your very flesh shall be a great poem and have the richest fluency not only in its words but in the silent lines of its lips and face and between the lashes of your eyes and in every motion and joint of your body..."
-- Walt Whitman
"The world must be all fucked up when men travel first class and literature goes as freight." Gabriel Garcia Marquez, One Hundred Years of Solitude
"They would sit on the porch, suffocated by the oregano and the roses, he reading and she sewing lace cuffs, indifferent to the shocks and bad news of the war, until the mosquitoes made them take refuge in the parlor. Amaranta's sensibility, her discreet but enveloping tenderness had been weaving an invisible web about her fiancé, which he had to push aside materially with his pale and ringless fingers in order to leave the house at eight o'clock. They had put together a delightful album with the postcards that Pietro Crespi received from Italy. They were pictures of lovers in lonely parks, with vignettes of hearts pierced with arrows and golden ribbons held by doves. "I've been to this park in Florence," Pietro Crespi would say, going through the cards. "A person can put out his hands and the birds will come to feed." Sometimes, over a watercolor of Venice, nostalgia would transform the smell of mud and putrefying shellfish of the canals into the warm aroma of flowers. Amaranta would sigh, laugh, and dream of a second homeland of handsome men and beautiful women who spoke a childlike language, with ancient cities of whose past grandeur only the cats among the rubble remained."
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Márquez
"My friend, your anxiety turned to fear, and your fear turned to sorrow. But sorrow is better than fear. For fear impoverishes always, while sorrow may enrich.
"Sorrow is better than fear," said Father Vincent dogedily. Fear is a journey, a terribly journey, but sorrow is at least an arriving."
- Cry the Beloved Country, Alan Paton
"With me, the present is forever, and forever is always shifting, flowing, melting. This second is life. And when it is gone it is dead. But you can't start over with each new second. You have to judge by what is dead. It's like quicksand... hopeless from the start. A story, a picture, can renew sensation a little, but not enough, not enough. Nothing is real except the present, and already, I feel the weight of centuries smothering me. Some girl a hundred years ago lived as I do. And she is dead. I am the present, but I know I, too, will pass. The high moment, the burning flash, come and are gone, continuous quicksand. And I don't want to die."
--Sylvia Plath
okay,enough for today.tomorrow i'll meet my pallie gundula at 9 am!excited excited excited.
current mood: anxious
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12:37 pm
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is there anyone who uses that orkut thing?
i just signed up.a friend of mine asked me to.hey rebeca,add me,yo.i know you use that crap.i still don't knoe exactly how it works tho.oh well,i can't figure out how friendster works,so i believe this will take a while.hehe.
i'm uh... flavia avancini there.doh.
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11:37 am
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i'm hungry and there's no food over here.
damn computer + phone line.grrrrr.where is the phone company when you need them?
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| Friday, April 23rd, 2004
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5:18 pm - new house pics...
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12:12 pm - news report from flavia's radio
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i finally have news worth sharing.muahaha.
first - my penpal gundula from germany is coming over to visit on monday!yay.i have no idea how long she'll be staying,maybe 3 days?we'll have fun,i tell you.i am planning a lot of stuff,mainly out of the touristic-y side.i'm so excited about it that i couldn't even sleep last night!
and she speaks PERFECT portuguese.dammit,she sounded like a native on the phone.i'm shocked.
then...dri went to the studio yesterday and was able to record half of the vocals.now on monday he'll finish recording and then his band's cd will be ready in a week i guess.it was about time.i'm quite curious to hear how they'll sound like on the cd.
looks like i won't have access to the internet next week,or at least from monday to wednesday.hhhhhhhhhm.i think it'll still be good anyway.i'll have my penpal by my side and we'll have fun during that time.
<3
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| Wednesday, April 21st, 2004
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8:06 pm - discount is the only bad that can make a song about suicide cheer me up!
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the weapon is not your out all / loaded and wanting to / unload ammunition, shotgun definition of you / passing out holes unaccidental / easier sold than set upon / with a fever your sense of direction saturates into the parade
tightrope and so on the wanting edge / get rid of some excess excess red / and your dead batteries
scrub all the carpets / turn over mattress / burn all your outfits / draw drape the windows / no more adults no more show / no more arrest / no more business go home no more / hands like traffic static / like they ripped your lips off and you can't say a word
tightrope and so on the wanting edge / get rid of some excess excess red / and your dead batteries
shoving into / shadows into / being the spy / blowing smoke on the flowers / they take your spine every time
when it's all blown over wil you be the revolver and count your cards / lost all you had when you started doing math on your arms
i freaking adore this song.it makes me sad that not many people know them,they are one of the best female-fronted bands out there.i wonder if they are still around...
and i also wonder if i am right thinking about this song as suicide-related one...
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4:51 pm - Fugazi!!! Fugazi!!!! Fugaaaaaaaaaaaazi!
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***** taken from http://www.fugaziliveseries.com *****
Punk legends Fugazi may be on hiatus, but that doesn't mean they can't release new albums. How about 20 of 'em? You read right: The band has decided to make pretty much every performance from their 17-year live history available to fans via Dischord's official website.
As some Pitchfork diehards may recall, Pitchfork's Chip Chanko sat down with Fugazi guitarist and vocalist Guy Picciotto in January of 2002. As the two discussed that Fugazi have recorded nearly all of their live shows, Picciotto offhandedly revealed that he was entertaining the idea of releasing some, if not all, of the recordings:
Pitchfork: The Internet would be a great way to [release the live material]. You said once that you'd love for someone to be able to send in, "I was at this show," and be able to get a copy of it.
Picciotto: I would love the stuff to go out and be really reliable and not glitchy and funky sounding. Once it becomes kind of a ubiquitous technology and everyone has it, then I think we definitely will do that. That would certainly be the easiest way to do it. It would be better than having to sit around and be burning CDs for everyone. But that's also an option-- like make just really a generic sleeve and have people send in for the shows. I just think that's a cool idea.
More than two years later, Fugazi have begun the process of releasing their live performances on the burn-by-request basis Picciotto suggested above. As an experiment in fan interest, the band have made 20 of their recordings available for purchase online. Included are shows spanning Fugazi's entire career, documenting dates in the U.S., Malaysia, Germany, Ireland, New Zealand, Australia, and Brazil. Among these are Fugazi's first-ever live show, from September of 1987 at D.C.'s Wilson Center, and the group's 10th Anniversary performance at the same venue, which is sadly now closed.
"These are very much the original recordings without any attempt to correct for things like volume changes, strange mixing effects, or the occasionally out-of-tune guitar," reads a statement on the Dischord website. "Though the sound quality on these tapes does vary, if a show was too poorly recorded it didn't make the cut." Each performance is burned upon order, at a price of $8 or $10, depending on whether the performance fits on one CD or two. Each order comes complete with a generic sleeve and tracklist. For more details on these individual performances, follow the Fugazi Live CD Series link below.
Additionally, Ian MacKaye has started a brand new record label, called Northern Liberties, as a subsidiary of Dischord. A statement on the label's website reveals that the new imprint is "dedicated to the release of work that may seem obscure, but in MacKaye's opinion speaks clearly to the point of music and expression." "I just want it to exist," MacKaye told Tiny Mix Tapes. "I don't give a fuck about sales. I just care about documenting it, and if people can find some inspiration in it, that's great."
The label has already issued the debut album from longtime Inner Ear Studios engineer Don Zientara, as well as a solo record by Lungfish frontman Daniel Higgs and the debut release from a new band called Et At It. Each release is limited to 500 copies.
current mood:  happy
current music: kid dynamite
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| Tuesday, April 20th, 2004
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9:49 am
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can i ask my american friends a favor?
i mean,only one.
please,if you're going to vote,do not vote in george bush.for the sanity(let's pretend there's still any trace of sanity left) of the world.dude,i watched the news and i am kinda disapointed.i don't know what was scarier - g. w. bush beating kerry *or* the huge amount of people praying for freaking maradona in argentina.seriously.
but bush can not be elected,for the good of the world.and if he is,in fact,re-elected,i guess i'll have to kill him myself.he can't continue fucking up our globe,he just can't.the guy is a psycho.grrrr.
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| Monday, April 19th, 2004
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9:39 pm
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thanks to my boyfriend,i've been browsing H.R. Giger's website.
you see,i like his works.but....everything is extremely expensive.i know that his works are super well done and definitely worth the price he's asking for(well,they are unique),but it's way far from what i can afford.
it makes me sad that i can't toss my bucks on things like that.they are interesting pieces,specially the furniture.and the guy does have style.come on,what can you say about him?he's just a very talented person.
if you want to check him out(even tho' i guess he's quite well known...),here's the link:
www.giger.com
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8:53 pm
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hey,i have 3 envelopes filled with stationery here for your own pleasure!it's a mix of mostly asian stationery(mainly sanrio,san-x,twin art,morning glory,orange story,and so on),but may contain some cute sheets from other companies aswell.anyway,in return,i'd like some artsy rubberstamps(vintage ones,alphabet ones,faerie & celestial ones),or some interesting brads/eyelets and hologram glitter!
let me know if you're interested - comment here or email me at fla@sailormoon.com !
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5:43 pm
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has anyone seen the site below?
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter1.html
it's about this russian girl who went to chernobyl riding her motorcycle,and as she has some kind of special permit,she enters the tragedy sights and takes pictures of it.it's quite dramatic.poetic yet disgraceful.
i specially liked the last 3 pages,but just keep reading and looking at the pictures.i was quite amused and moved when i finished reading her story.
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1:00 pm - last pictures taken at our old address...
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12:53 pm - interesting...
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Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a total mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.
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| Sunday, April 18th, 2004
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2:11 pm - moving is the reason for my rambles
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damn,i got some memory for my computer but didn't even test it yet.all because of this moving mess!i'm so pissed,looks like i'll never ever end packing and cleaning my stuff.unfortunately,i came to the conclusion that,errr,i have too much stationery and i'll never,ever use all those sheets.i should sell at least half of it,but who would want my stuff?grrr.i would never ever do that ebay thing again,too much of a pain in the arse.
my mom decided to not cancel the phone line,so yes,i still have internet and all that jazz at home,and we have decided that the computer is going to stay at our old address until we are completely moved in.so it means that i'll have to come here if i want to check my email and such,but i'm ok with it.it's better than having to drive to uni or to the library to use it,eh?
i'm kind of afraid that the dsl provider will charge us with installation fees again because we are moving and blah,but that'd be such a pain.we'll have to pay to move our phone line to the other building,and now the dsl too.i think i'll have to argue with those people.everyone in my house is in such a bad situation moneywise,i don't even wanna comment.
yesterday at night my throat got really,but really sore.i couldn't sleep till it was 3 am.dri felt sorry for me,and even offered to come here and help with the moving thing,but i don't really want him to.i mean,i want,but i know that moving is a pain and i don't think he'd like to sort my stationery,clean my plushies,not to comment on choosing what clothes i'll keep/give away.he also has health problems,but...they aren't as serious as mine.i had to take a shot this morning to see if i would get any better,and it seems to be working.i had yucky things in my throat this morning,and my voice was similar to the sound that PREDATOR makes.i think i scared the shit outta my family when i tried to say "good morning" today,so they decided to give me the damn shot.hehe.oh,and the cool part was that my mom gave me the shot.she's such a good doctor.=)
i guess i should be back packing and stuff.grrrr.i wonder if this nightmare will ever end.ick!
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| Saturday, April 17th, 2004
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5:18 pm
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1 - i am tired
2 - i have no voice because my faringitis got 3484748191x worse
3 - i need a tattoo
4 - i still need to clean and box half my bedroom
5 - BUT,i am going out later on.
damn,my throat is killing me.i have no voice,it hurts when i try to drink water,and i just feel like crying and doing stupid things.=/
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| Friday, April 16th, 2004
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5:35 pm
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marina pointed this out,and i feel the need to ask...
can someone please explain to me what the hell is...
http://www.subservientchicken.com/
?????
i'm seriously confused.i think i need to bang my head against the walls more and more in order to get the meaning of half the websites that exist today.
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1:46 pm
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2 things:
i'm moving and won't probably be able to go online until next thursday.my mom doesn't want our phone line installed till it's utterly necessary,so...no phone line=no dsl.it's a holiday from tomorrow until wednesday,so i won't work.no internet access outside work unless i head to Dri's house or show up at the mall and bug those people at the DSL demo place,haha.
my grandmother is sick and still showed up to help us out with the moving bla bla bla.i hate it when she does that,i have told her numerous times to stay home,take care of her health and not worry a bit about us,but noooo,she HAD to show up.so now you know where my stubbordnness comes from.
i'm excited to get a bedroom with a bathroom,and this time i promisse i won't let the bathroom turn into my very special stationery/deco supplies storage place.another thing,i'm sure that i'll find many things that i thought were lost while boxing my bedroom's crap.among these things,hopefully i'll find my passport(and believe me,i even have a *VALID* USA Visa there,but i can't find the damn thing) and a certain pad that i know i have,but don't seem to find.the weeked will be full of hard work,but i want to be settled in my new place before monday starts.so at least i can enjoy my new space.i also need to buy shelves for my 218474902 books and a chair!mine needs to be replaces ASAP,specially because i fell from it the other day and my back still hurts.grrr.
oh,and i'm cleaning my wardrobe tonight and i'm giving half my clothes to charity and so on.most of that stuff won't even fit.i have tons of tourist-y t-shirts that i need to get rid of....but maybe i'll keep my paris and my amsterdam ones...they are the best <3
ok,miss neusinha wants to use the computes(yeah,she's the boss lady here).
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