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Diary of a Dark Angel (Read 291567 times)

Tanai

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Re: Diary of a Dark Angel
Reply #375 - Aug 17^th, 2008 at 5:40pm

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I'm terribly shy. Like to a ridiculous degree.

I'm pretty shy too, typically only around incredibly good looking guys, my brain just shuts down. I could never ever ask a guy out I'm too chicken. Undecided

I do however have no trouble letting people no if they annoy me. Grin

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"The only difference between the men and the boys is the size of their feet and the price of their toys."

LMAO! Oh how true it is. Grin

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Also, ashamed as I am to admit it, I have been wondering (again) if this whole long hair process is really worth it. My mind has been toying with ideas of keeping it long, cutting it shoulder length and coloring it among other things. No drastic changes are planned or anything though...don't worry.
Why is it that we're uncertain even about things that we're certain of? Roll Eyes

So that was you I heard second guessing themselves. Wink

I've been doing the same thing recently as well, seeing as my length hasn't changed in months and I'm not even sure it will by September. Undecided

But yep I've had the exact same thoughts, cutting it shoulder length, (no layers though, I'm so done with them I got them done three times before, to fit in high school don't cha know and I hated them I was always like WTF I can't even put my hair in a braid because they're all these little pieces poking out! Angry

)and coloring it (and no not blonder I would prefer to be a brunette

) *sigh* I'm always second guessing myself. Though I don't know what I'll do if my hair hasn't moved a 1/16th of an inch by September because it's getting ridiculously frustrating. Angry

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Re: Diary of a Dark Angel
Reply #376 - Aug 18^th, 2008 at 4:44pm

Tanai: lol 
It's a natural thing for us longhairs to have second thoughts at times. I guess that's just part of the process. 
    Also, I've heard that some people's hair goes through "resting phases" where it doesn't grow at all for awhile, then starts again.    I've never had this problem personally, but maybe that's what your hair is doing.
    And "fitting in" is such a crock. I'd rather stand out. 

Hair: Clarifying routine today. Used a different showerhead setting today, as I worried that the "water bunnies" weren't penetrating my hair deeply enough to help remove the oil.  
    Anyway, I used a little EVOO on the ends and through the length while my hair was still wet. I've been finger combing it every so often since it dried and have already harvested 5 hairs for the day.
    Scalp and skin have been ridiculously greasy of late. So while I'm housesitting, I might start hopping in the shower after work and see if that helps.

Housesitting: Going well...kind of.    As usual, there's no food in the house, so I've been scrounging on whatever's edible. 
    Went to bed just after 11 last night (I was way tired) and at 12:30, I was awoken by the basset hound's incessant barking. So I threw her in the extra room outside and went back to bed. I started awake from a gruesome nightmare a few hours later. 
    This morning, I laid down and tried to catch a nap before I had to leave for work, but the infernal basset didn't let that happen either.    I think that the neighbors will be quite relieved when she finally dies. 

Other Stuff: I was indeed able to exchange the damaged blouse for a new one at Charlotte. They didn't ask for any explanations, so I didn't give them any.    But I now know better than to trust my fine things to a top load washer with an agitator - ugh!

Anyway, the phone's going crazy here at work, so I'd better stop typing!


There is a star in the sky
Guiding my way with its light
And in the glow of the moon
Know my deliverance will come soon
         -Depeche Mode, Waiting For The Night

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Godyssey Stardust Offline Posts: 2375 Georgia Gender:	Re: Diary of a Dark Angel Reply #377 - Aug 19^th, 2008 at 1:41am Quote: I'm terribly shy. Like to a ridiculous degree. That, I find unbelieveable. Quote: Boudin Bakery is a California exclusive. Figures. We don't even have a Del Taco.
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Re: Diary of a Dark Angel
Reply #378 - Aug 19^th, 2008 at 5:30pm

LD: Oh my God, no Boudin AND no Del Taco??    
Well, you have Sonic and Cracker Barrel...we don't.  
    And I've been terribly shy all my life. When did you ever hear of a goth who was outgoing?  

Hair: Hmm...half spray, half water bunnies. The roots are definitely clean after my morning shower, so the oil situation must happen later in the day. Same with my skin, really. Bleh! I so hate summer.  
    
Anyway, CWC this morning with detangling leave-in crème & EVOO as leave-in's. The ends don't look too terribly greasy, so I'd be curious to see what would happen if I just left my hair down. 
    Just the same, I know I'd rather have it braided against the wind & the heat.  

Music: Practice tonight, and Stix will be there, so I'm guessing that Boscoe won't.    Looking forward to it just the same. I only hope that there's some kind of food there!

Other Stuff: Last night, I got almost no sleep at all.    The dogs were surprisingly quiet, but that didn't seem to matter. At least part of the time was spent agonizing over drummer boy. Argh!   Why is it taking me so long to get over him?! 

*ahem* Anyway, only 3 more days of housesitting left. My sinuses have been having hysterical fits (which happens more often than not when I housesit), so yesterday, my mother bought me a box of Sudafed. It actually kind of works if I OD on it.   If my aunt & uncle have any Benadryl at the house, I might knock myself out with it tonight and kill 2 birds with 1 stone.

Well, back to work.

"I wear makeup and dress this way because I think it makes me look better. I am not doing it to get people to stare at me. If I wanted to do that, I could just put a pot on my head, wear a wedding dress and run screaming down the street." - Boy George

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Re: Diary of a Dark Angel
Reply #379 - Aug 20^th, 2008 at 3:46pm

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LD: Oh my God, no Boudin AND no Del Taco??

I know...what kind of screwed up world is this!?! Grin

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Well, you have Sonic and Cracker Barrel...we don't.

Yeah, and I've never been to either. Roll Eyes

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And I've been terribly shy all my life.

I can relate, I used to be extremely shy as well. However, when I got to highschool, I really forced myself to overcome it.

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When did you ever hear of a goth who was outgoing?

Well, you're only the second goth that I've ever come across soooo...what do I know? Roll Eyes

I used to share an office with a guy who could've been goth, I guess. Huh

He was really nice but also very shy and sort of a loner, as most people sadly went out of their way to avoid him. He dressed in black everyday, but he'd also wear a dark red or purple shirt every once in awhile too. He was into pentagrams, fairy's, gargoyles, nature, raves and he loved Halloween. Oh and he was a long hair. I couldn't believe it when out of the blue, he showed up to work with a crew cut...I was like noooooooo! Grin

Anyway, I'm not certain if he fits the goth profile, perhaps he was wiccan. Huh

Are they sort of the same thing?

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Angel Spun

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Re: Diary of a Dark Angel
Reply #380 - Aug 20^th, 2008 at 6:43pm

LD: Whaaat?! You're a southerner and you've never been to Sonic or Cracker Barrel??    Heavens to Murgatroyd, woman, at least go to Sonic...for MY sake!! Their shakes look irresistible on TV - yes, we get their TV commercials, but there aren't any actual Sonics nearby - what a tease!  

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I can relate, I used to be extremely shy as well. However, when I got to highschool, I really forced myself to overcome it. 

That means you saw it as a personality flaw. I don't see it that way. 
It's not a disease or something that you just "get over." For me, it's just part of who I am and I take whatever goes with it.

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Anyway, I'm not certain if he fits the goth profile, perhaps he was wiccan.   Are they sort of the same thing? 

hehe No, sweetie. Goth is a subculture, Wicca is a religion. 
    Pentagrams are typically symbols of Pagan or Neopagan faiths (including Wicca), just as Christianity has the cross and Judaism has the star of David, etc.
    Your former co-worker certainly sounds like a goth, and it is too bad that he cut his hair. I'm sure he had his reasons.  

Music: Practice went by quickly last night. We played along with the click track again, but without Boscoe this time. Stix was there and has been moved from drums to percussion...so I suppose I'll start addressing him by his other nickname now: John 3:16.
    The click track kept us moving right along without much time between songs, so we had more time than usual to eat after practice.  

My father seemed to be having a bad day yesterday. As I drove him to Lizard's place, he asked what I would do if he quit the band    and again expressed his doubts about the new backup singer. 
    But he seems to have warmed up to Baby Sis at least a little. She caught his attention last night when she said that she was Jewish and had played the violin when she was a kid. My father is half Jewish and also played the violin as a kid. And as they talked, they discovered even more things that they had in common. I guess that bonded them. hehe
    She's still a bit pitchy, and my father worries that that will ruin the way the rest of us sound together. But I hope that she can work through that because she's such a lovely little addition to our group. 

Hair: Another WTC today. With water bunnies.    It was like swimming in a cashmere sweater. 
    The final conditioning was with TRESemmé Remoisturizing conditioner, which has a lovely fragrance but doesn't deliver much actual conditioning. 
    Today's leave-in's were Restoratives Detangling Leave-In Crème & EVOO. Hair is now dry, braided and out of the way so I can stop running my fingers through it.  

Also, I'm running low on my last bottle of Breakage Defense conditioner. I'll probably buy 1 last bottle of it before switching to Time Renewal. That leaves me somewhere between psyched and disappointed - fall is just over a month away, but there's still that much summer left. 

Housesitting: Last night, I actually slept awhile thanks to the Tylenol PM that I'd taken from my parents' house when I dropped my father off after practice. I was still tired and quite groggy the first time I woke up this morning, so I went back to sleep and missed my usual 8 am wakeup call by about half an hour. Better than getting no sleep at all though. 

Only 2 more days of housesitting before I go back home. The animals are doing fine and eating richly, but I'm certainly not. My parents brought me McDonald's at work today and I usually get to eat something at Lizard's place when the band practices. And I do have a few portable soups in the cupboard at the office. Other than that, I starve.
    Perhaps this whole housesitting gig isn't as lucrative as I thought.  

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Re: Diary of a Dark Angel
Reply #381 - Aug 20^th, 2008 at 11:41pm

Well, I've only fairly recently, become a southerner. Grin

Although, there is a Cracker Barrel in Pittsburgh. Tongue

You're right about the Sonic commercials, their shakes look really good. They advertise a Key Lime one that I'd one day like to try.

I wouldn't describe it as a "personality flaw" however, my shyness definitely held me back. I was extremely shy to the point where, it took everything in me to muster up enough courage, just to ask a stranger for the time of day...let alone try to make small talk. Even as a young teen, around unfamiliar people, I'd cling on to my dad for dear life. Because I was tall and always holding his hand, some people even assumed that we were a couple. Embarrassed

So yeah, for me, it was something that I really needed to get over.

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No, sweetie. Goth is a subculture, Wicca is a religion.

Oh.

Okay, so he was most likely a pagan goth. Wink

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My parents brought me McDonald's at work today

That was nice...and that your mother got you the Sudafed.

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Re: Diary of a Dark Angel
Reply #382 - Aug 21^st, 2008 at 12:40pm

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That was nice...and that your mother got you the Sudafed. 

Yeah, those little magic red pills come in quite handy when I'm surrounded by 7 animals in a humid climate for a week. I don't have allergies or anything, but I do have the world's worst sinuses.  

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I was extremely shy to the point where, it took everything in me to muster up enough courage, just to ask a stranger for the time of day...let alone try to make small talk.  

I don't typically engage in small talk with strangers. Creepy!
But I know what you mean. I used to have great difficulty ordering at fast food places. Especially if people I knew were watching! Eeeeeeeeee!!!  

And omg, you're so right about Sonic shakes! You simply must try one for me, dahling! 

Music: Boscoe will be at practice tonight. I hope I don't sneeze on him.    I've been sneezing a lot lately...

Housesitting: Today's my early shift at work (as evidenced by the fact that I'm typing this before noon), so the animals have to starve until I get back. I had to rush out the door rather quickly this morning.

While I was getting ready, I noticed a stack of photo albums by my aunt & uncle's bed (my aunt is an avid scrapbooker), so I decided to look through a couple of them. Holy Toledo, there are some embarrassing pix of me in there!    Bad hair, terrible choice in outfits...I was a walking fashion faux pas!    And was my former husband really that fat?? Man, I don't know what I was thinking back then.  
    Granted, a few of the pix were from the '80's and early '90's, before I started buying my own clothes, but still...not a flattering era to grow up in where wardrobe was concerned. But worst of all was the Christmas where I decided to wear a huge gray flannel shirt and no makeup...that was done on my own accord!  
    So come what may, this Christmas I'm going to glam it up big time. Those albums need a few less frightening pictures of me.

Another thing that I noticed in them was my hair. It looked pretty ratty and stringy when I was a kid...but I guess that's common for kids in general. In my teenage years, it was just above BSL. I compared a picture from when I was 18 to now and my hair is definitely longer now. But when I was 19 & 20, it was waist length. Then, I had to be stupid and dye it, then cut it all off.    So there are pictures of me at 22 with shoulder length, virgin hair...and surprisingly, it actually looked pretty cute. Very modern and whatnot. But that was when I really started taking care of it, so it's in much better condition in the pictures from my early 20's...and the natural red tint really began to show. Strangely enough, that's also when I started dressing...um...less badly.  

Hair: The usual CWC this morning. I used up so much time looking through the photo albums that I only had time for one leave-in...so I chose EVOO and flew out the door. 
    Naturally, I forgot to bring a hairtie with me, so braiding will have to wait until I get back to the house. Tomorrow is my last day of this craziness...


Shyness is nice and 
Shyness can stop you
From doing all the things in life 
You'd like to
         -The Smiths, Ask

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Re: Diary of a Dark Angel
Reply #383 - Aug 22^nd, 2008 at 12:51am

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I don't typically engage in small talk with strangers. Creepy!

Yeah...but sometimes it's necessary. And I will definitely try a Sonic shake. I'll let you know if they're as good as they're advertised to be. Wink

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there are some embarrassing pix of me in there! Bad hair, terrible choice in outfits...I was a walking fashion faux pas!

I'm sure we ALL have embarrassing photos around somewhere. Undecided

I saw some of myself when I visited my sister one time. My first impulse was to take them and rip them up, but I left them alone for fear of appearing vain. Roll Eyes

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Re: Diary of a Dark Angel
Reply #384 - Aug 22^nd, 2008 at 5:47pm

LD:Quote:
And I will definitely try a Sonic shake.  I'll let you know if they're as good as they're advertised to be.   

Woohoo! At least I get the vicarious experience...  

Housesitting: Last freaking day already, and it's about bloody time! It was around midnight when I arrived back at my aunt & uncle's place last night. I was exhausted and wanted to just wash up and crash. 
    But when I walked into the master bedroom, I found that one of the cats had done her business on my pajamas while I was out.    So I had to wash them before I could put them on. Argh! She couldn't possibly have used the litter box in the next room, could she?    And why on earth the cats don't have their own door to go in & out of the house as they please is totally beyond me.  

Not only that, but after she'd finished doing her business, she decided to jump up on my bathrobe (which was lying on the bed) and get it dirty as well.    I found her sleeping on it when I walked in. And when I saw what she had done, I disciplined her (something these particular pets know next to nothing about) and she spent the night outside.

It was after 2 am by the time I'd finished cleaning up after her, getting my pajamas washed and airing out the house for the scent of cleaning products.    And by then, I was both exhausted and p!$$ed off.

But I spent another hour talking with a buddy over AIM, which made me feel a bit better. And I finally retired at 3 am. I'd been up for 22 hours straight.

Four and a half hours later, I woke up, tended to all 7 of the animals and began straightening the house up and getting myself ready for work. By the time I had to leave, my things were packed up in my car and the house was more or less ready for its owners' return, just in case they happened to show up early. They're due back tonight.

Hair: With my bathrobe dirty, I decided against another WTC today and just did a WCC instead. With the water bunnies. I figured that even if my hair didn't get clean, it wasn't a huge deal since I'd be back in my own shower the next day. 
    Applied the usual leave-in's, and my hair dried while I was packing up my stuff. It's pretty windy near the beach.

Skin: Suffered a little today as I made several trips from the house to my car in the sun.    My poor pallor. I can't wait for winter!
    Complexion is a disaster of late, as I suppose is common for this time of the month.    But, like everything else, I'll fix that when I get home.
    My nose is also chapped badly from blowing it so much. 

Other Stuff: Today's payday, so after I drop my check at the bank, I plan to do a little shopping for both necessary items and not. I want to treat myself to something, but I'm not sure what. Just some kind of little survival reward.  
    After that, I'll go back to my aunt & uncle's place and wait for my relatives to return, if they haven't already by then. I imagine we'll visit awhile as usual and I'll tell them about my band's upcoming show.
    Then, I'll finally get to head back home and just freaking crash like I need to. I'm tired, hungry and sick and it's been a heck of a week! 

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Re: Diary of a Dark Angel
Reply #385 - Aug 25^th, 2008 at 7:50pm

Hair: Clarifying day today. I used a little EVOO on the length while my hair was still wet, but still had static after it dried. It's not an overly arrid day or anything. I guess my hair just hates not being loaded down with conditioners. 

Somehow, I've managed to lose 2 of my seamless combs now! One of my acrylic Conair morning combs was already missing, and now I've lost one of my Creative combs! 
Comb gnomes...?  

Anyway, thank goodness my fingers are attached to me; it was easy enough to finger comb my hair when it was dry, then twist it into a bun and secure it with a pencil at work.

Other Stuff: Well, I'm on a bit of a binge lately. In addition to the necessities, I also picked up the 2-disc Special Edition of Sweeney Todd and Sarah Brightman's Symphony album while I was at Target yesterday. 
    This afternoon, I bought 3 CD's from Amazon: 
The Cure - Disintegration
Depeche Mode - Black Celebration remaster
De/Vision - Noob

Yeah, I'm a little embarrassed to admit that I didn't already have those in my collection, but I won't tell the other goths if you don't.  

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Godyssey Stardust Offline Posts: 2375 Georgia Gender:	Re: Diary of a Dark Angel Reply #386 - Aug 25^th, 2008 at 11:24pm Quote: I also picked up the 2-disc Special Edition of Sweeney Todd I can't wait to see that movie! I'm waiting until Halloween.
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Re: Diary of a Dark Angel
Reply #387 - Aug 26^th, 2008 at 6:22pm

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I can't wait to see that movie! I'm waiting until Halloween.    

You can't wait, but you're waiting? And why Halloween?

Hair: The usual CWC today, and I layered in detangling crème, baby oil gel and water as leave-in's. Length & ends are greasy, as I knew they would be, but that's alright because I decided to wear my hair up today. It's in a bun, pinned into place with none other than my LongLocks Sterling Stix.
    However, they are too heavy for my hair.    I have very fine, thin hair and the only way to make my hairstix stay in place is to make a really tight bun and then wedge them in there as tightly as possible, which I know is damaging. 

Today at the office, I compared the weight of a new pencil with that of one of my Sterling Stix. The pencil came in at 0.2 oz., the stick at 0.6 oz. 
    But when I put my hair up, I use either 1 pencil or both Hairstix. So I compared the weight of the pencil to the pair of my Sterling Stix: 0.2 oz. vs. 1.1 oz! Sacre bleu!    No wonder they don't want to stay in! It would be almost the equivalent of tossing twigs into a spiderweb and expecting them to stay put.  

So even as lovely and Victorian-gothy as they are, I'm afraid that it just isn't practical for me to keep wearing my Sterling Stix.    I had no idea how heavy they would be when I bought them, as they were the first pair of hairstix that I've ever owned...and I would be willing to part with them for the right price...and if I could find them a suitable home. *sigh*

Music: Practice tonight. I told Baby Sister that I would isolate the alto harmonies on certain songs and then teach them to her...but I haven't listened to the CD in quite awhile.  
    Today, I'll try to listen as best I can in what little time I have between work and practice and see what I can pick up. I know...I'm a crappy big sister.  

2 weeks 'til the live show. Our first new drummer and one of our sound guys have both quit and the lightshow guy that my father proposed for us has no interest in doing the show. Oy.  

Tonight at Lizard's place, we get to watch our dreadful acting in the video portions of the rock opera, as Lizard is playing them in his backyard after our practice. 

Work: According to my mother, my position will dissolve in less than 2 months.  
So I've been half-heartedly looking for other work, knowing quite well that I won't find any. 
    In all honesty, I question the legitimacy of her claim since corporate has never been ok with our location having only 1 full time receptionist. Why would they suddenly change their minds? It all sounds a bit suspicious to me. 

Nevertheless, I have held this position part time for over 3 years now and change is inevitable. I never expected it to be a permanent situation...but with the onset of recession, now would certainly not be a convenient time for my employment to dissolve.
    Oh, I would bounce back, no question. But after how long? And what about my financial obligations? 

Other Stuff: In addition to all of that, mother says that she & my father will be moving into a small condo in 2 years (read: no extra rooms for their offspring), so my sister and I will have to do something fairly soon about finding other living arrangements. 

Again, extremely convenient timing, considering that the band I've just joined is considering embarking on a nationwide tour as early as next year. What on earth will be done about my obligations then?
    If there's enough revenue in the tour, I'll be going along. If not, I'll have to find full time work, quit the band indefinitely and search for a roommate.

Heavy, man....heavy. I try not to think about it.  

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Jerry Diamond Offline LongLocks Rocks! Posts: 662 Montana Gender:	Re: Diary of a Dark Angel Reply #388 - Aug 26^th, 2008 at 6:34pm Good luck on finding another job. I hope you eventually find the one which you will like or even enjoy And having to move sooner or later, I hope everything else works out with that too. But, you sound like a pretty strong person so it sounds like you have a pretty good handle on these things so far Jerry
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Godyssey Stardust Offline Posts: 2375 Georgia Gender:	Re: Diary of a Dark Angel Reply #389 - Aug 26^th, 2008 at 9:16pm Quote: You can't wait, but you're waiting? And why Halloween? It just seems like a dark, Halloween, slasher type movie to me. I wasn't sure why it came out on Christmas. Hopefully, your mother is wrong about your job. Wouldn't someone notify you if it were true? Why don't you and your sister get a place together?
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