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2008-11-18T05:54:56Z

I was trying so hard to hold out -- first until the end of BSG, then at least until the end of the year. but it has become clearer and clearer that catching up on my flist is not feasible for me right now, whether I approach it as work or as play (it was around november 8 that I gave up). ultimately the milestone of my first campus visit is no more arbitrary a date than december 31. the whirlwind of applications-dissertation-moving-job(?!) is picking up speed, and I'm not getting off this carousel in the foreseeable future. my life is changing, and so, sad though it may be, my participation in LJ has been changing. projectjulie is now closed.

• updates on my academic life remain active at cyborganize (if I have you friended there, now's a good time to friend back if you're willing)
• picture posts are moving to facebook
• twitter archiving is also moving, but as always you can get my tweets via facebook status or twitter proper (poke me if I don't follow you back -- twitter doesn't track these things as well as LJ)
• fannish content is moving to the Archive of Our Own (I'm still in the process of uploading past work)
• I will also still be posting at and maintaining bsg_femslash, getyourtoaster, and thearchive2 for the moment
• personal/friendslocked entries are no more

I will no longer be reading this friendslist, but I'm happy to keep anyone and everyone friended here so you retain access to previous flocked posts. you may also, of course, defriend at will.

livejournal -- which means all of YOU -- has changed and enriched my life in so many inexpressible ways. I in no way intend this as a gesture that ends online or offline friendships, but the time has come for me to prioritize other dimensions of those. goodbye + ♥s

breakfast!

2008-11-16T19:05:40Z

pulled pork potato boat from the BBQ takeout place that just opened down the street. OMG MEAT PARTY in my mouth!

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2008-11-15T08:01:52Z

15:57 hasn't left the house in days. doing laundry, dying hair, cooking, cleaning. #
15:58 watching @lizlet + @feliciaday on stage & other videos from NewTeeVee live! events.newteevee.com/live/08/Watch #
16:00 reading interview with @raquelita on sarahpalinerotica.com - icanhaz.com/friskysarah #
16:06 researching internal mysteries of + writing questions for Early Liberal Arts College. #
18:22 new iPhone app crush: Files lite (transfer files of many types from your computer to view on your iPhone/Touch) #
18:25 still looking for recs for free apps that are worthwhile (not games or music). I use CheckPlease but haven't taken to others. #
18:26 WHY ISN'T THERE A WARCRAFT APP?!dbp came home with Wrath of the Lich King today, btw. NOOOOOOOOOOOO. #
18:28 trying again to edit this video that I have been inexplicably putting off. #
19:40 @jeangenie but which is better, twittelator or twitterfon?? not crazy about either twitteriffic or twinklete #
19:42 @jeangenie I mean twitterrific or twinkle. just got iTalk + prefer Now Playing to Showtimes. replaced Stanza with aforementioned Files lite. #
22:28 do you know that according to NASA, @marsrovers Spirit + Oppy are twin sisters? I want that twincest slash so bad! tinyurl.com/57hmyv #
23:15 today's piéce de resistance: SEKRIT IDENTITY of @Laura_Roslin REVEALED! icanhaz.com/horsewhip #
02:57 kind of hated that Grey's. their moment of perfect synergy is frakked. I don't know if I can get over the Hahn snafu, even for Mary. #
02:58 even if she is one of my most frequent words (the cloud is very telling) tinyurl.com/68dcgs #
02:59 feel feeling fic finally finish finished finishing flist food... LJ LOL long lost love lunch... word words work working write writing #

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virtual shopping

2008-11-09T21:11:27Z

still playing WoW rather obsessively (although not, I hope, unhealthily) over here, mostly tag-teaming separate objectives with _plasticity_ and slowmend (the Blood Elves) and beerbad whose big furry cow man is still leveling up. I'm running Tiziana the Troll with alice, and Tiz is SO CLOSE to lvl 30 and a pink dinosaur to ride! but meanwhile Kristeva just reached lvl 40 and OMG I CAN WEAR MAIL NOW. I had no idea that would happen so soon, and I'd just finished assembling my kickass matching leather ensemble, including special feather headdress. but OH WELL, I blew about 15g at auction replacing every single item (except the cape) with a new METAL one for a total of almost double the armor points!

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not as coordinated as I would like, but I was bargain shopping! I have a headpiece but it's covered up by my bangs. the red part is a shirt, so I guess if I took it off I could be sexily midriff-exposed. and I think the salmon pink part is supposed to be my skin.

OMG OUTFITS.

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2008-11-03T08:23:57Z

10:36 OMG that extra hour of sleep was divine. I got to watch the phone-clock turn back at 2am. magic! #
14:03 brunch with my beloved freak + the future Mr. Freak, recently engaged! #
16:17 racing against the clock to record videos during daylight. #
20:31 twitter epitaphs for @marsphoenix brought tears to my eyes. tinyurl.com/6ycx82 #
20:32 video #1 recorded (due tonight). video #2 (for the journal) will have to wait until tomorrow. #
20:33 family dinner, conducting the business of inheriting my brother's car. as he's unhooking his stuff, the electrical system goes out. #
20:34 no GPS, radio, climate control, power locks. will have to take it straight to the shop. so I'm staying over again tonight. #
20:34 will try to finish knitting his hat, begun yesterday. he's guilt-tripping me about how his head is cold! #
20:40 my vote goes to: "Every robotic lander dies. Not every robotic lander truly lives." by T.V.L. #
22:51 latest ep of Terminator:SCC where everyone goes to family therapy to be better robot mommies indeed as CRACKTACULARLY AMAZING as alice said! #
22:58 has no clean underpants for tomorrow, nor clothes different from past two days. #
02:11 & via @raquelita, I leave you with sarahpalinerotica.com !!! #

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family knitting

2008-11-02T21:21:37Z

my aunt made me this fabulous necklace yesterday after I oohed over her stash of yarn scraps! the project took her about 2 hours.

color karma

2008-10-27T23:13:53Z

crafty stranger at The Edge just GAVE me one of her rings because it matched me! I couldn't find her online but she'll be at craftland (http://craftlandshow.com)

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2008-10-26T07:02:29Z

11:27 Internet shut off again -- I REALLY have to stop torrenting at home. will be forced to leave the house for the 1st time since returning. #
11:33 luckily I still have lots of tabs open to entertain me through the morning. #
12:43 workmen on scaffolding outside my window, fixing the chimney. listening to them gab. #
14:14 actually ejected from the house by desperate need for food, coffee, Internet. to the edge... #
18:18 amends made, home internet sorted. forced break from Warcrack was probably just as well. mobilizing 4 direct downloads of TV instead of P2P #
18:19 should hurry up + fill out my absentee ballot. may have to research MI candidates + ballot measures. #
18:36 I think the fact that Rs do better when less ppl vote + Ds do better when more people vote says it all who has democratic values. #
18:37 once again feeling uncomfortably overwhelmed by pile of niggling tasks. overwhelmed = WoW #
21:08 off to a Halloween party! me, dbp and lynne are costumed as the electoral map, with me playing the middle of the country. #
21:10 I just wanted an excuse to wear my red suit (nothing I own is blue). dbp is the west coast & L is in red pants and blue shirt for east. #
00:45 I owe GET WELL SOON to @surblimity for scary health times + CONGRATULATIONS to @zephoria for diss defense! #

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2008-10-26T06:51:56Z

blurry sarah palin (notice the price tag on her jacket)! there will be at least one at every Halloween party (#2 came with pageant sash, secret service agent, and life size cardboard McCain). both Buffy and Sookie also attended -- I told them they should have a smackdown.

under construction

2008-10-25T19:51:06Z

chimney repair at my house.

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2008-10-23T07:02:23Z

17:02 dreamed last night that I was Hillary Clinton and had to give a speech accepting VP nomination. awesome but very stressful. #
17:04 had my toybag searched at airport security for the first time, but apparently only because of the duct tape. #
17:04 hates leaving california. :( #
18:47 changing planes in vegas. got in 5 minutes before my connection, but luckily it's running slightly late. grabbing a smidgen of free wireless #
18:53 no time to grab food, and all I ate for brunch was wendy's chicken nuggets. hope I don't starve. #
18:55 115 unread emails for the plane, if I have battery left after finishing overdue essay. I have scifi from wayback machine. #
23:55 landed! loves cities from the sky at night, twinkling orange and whitegreen like advanced capitalism's Xmas tree. #
00:03 brrrrrrrrr I hate fall. #
00:06 brrrrrrrrr I hate fall. but both david and pooja came to pick me up, awwwwww they love me. #
01:17 rt KC: McCain may look like Tigh, but holds the position of Admiral Cain. so Palin=Gina? Obama=Leland Adama still, with Papadama as Biden. #
01:18 REUNITING WITH WARCRACK. dbp's character got a haircut! #
02:07 literally 10 days behind on LJ in the aftermath of trip. will split flist for reading; comms + feeds not so bad but journals will be a while #
02:13 most of the heaters in the house are broken. trying out the old-fashioned hot water bottle that lynne talked me into. #
02:15 Time Capsule, oh how I have missed you! #
02:42 thinking, while falling asleep, that maybe I should do nanowrimo.org for my dissertation chapter. #

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2008-10-17T07:14:07Z

13:17 been living without Internet all week, which makes things like LJ difficult. twitter also hard to keep up with. #
13:18 I unfollowed all the mad men and other fictional characters, plus a few others. apologies. #
13:19 if you know any iPhone client that will import more than a few hours of tweets, please let me know. I think the issue is on twitter's end. #
13:21 @girlboymusic I'm not sure even doppelcest can convince me to watch HIMYM, but em probably has it so I'll see what I can do. #
18:32 if you're wondering what I've been up to: these hours spent sitting on a couch that smells of cat pee, editing this month's hastac vlog. #
18:32 time to shower and leave the house, since I need a few things from the Internet before I can finish. #
20:07 I txtd alexis that I would wait forlornly outside her house until she got home! em off trying to cash a check. #
20:09 since I left the house without my wallet and had to go back, I was obviously meant to come here instead. #
20:31 OMG INTERNET I MISSED YOU. check out my friend's essay on political ceramics fundraising project, Obamaware: icanhaz.com/obamaware #
22:41 determined to get this Warcraft patch downloaded so alexis + I can play some later. over 1GB is a lot on limited internet. #
23:05 catching up on last night's debate via twitter... #
23:16 never ate dinner. oops. I will throw myself on the mercy of alexis when she gets back from yoga. #
23:35 OMG VIDEO UP. www.hastac.org/node/1725 #
23:52 stealing hummus + crackers. #
00:30 skip=380. tabbing open a bunch of stuff for later. too much for alexis's treacly internet. #
00:50 has an overdue article to revise tomorrow. #
02:34 it was slash + burn over here trying to make room on HD for Warcraft update. #

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Vermont

2008-10-17T00:24:57Z

very possibly my favorite street ever

fish tacos

2008-10-16T00:35:30Z

grabbing dinner at the neighborhood taco stand, where we've been eating almost every day

bok bok

2008-10-13T22:12:42Z

alice has chickens living right outside her dorm!

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2008-10-12T07:03:39Z

11:11 riding the bus. this would be punishingly early even on east coast time. no coffee yet. #
11:15 riding the bus. this would be punishingly early even on east coast time. #
11:18 I do have a conference presentation, but I haven't gone over it. this is gonna be interesting. #
12:54 hey, I think my presentation went really well! of course I forgot to tape record myself, but I think most of why I said was in my notes. #
14:58 is gonna need a nap. and band aids. I wore big girl shoes and of course they ripped up my heels. #
16:27 found the perfect padded bench on which to zzzzzzz (skipping sociology panel) #
19:55 watching 'queer black new wave cinema' with Cheryl Dunye #

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ucla

2008-10-10T21:44:37Z

that's the building this queer studies conference is in.

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2008-10-09T07:01:50Z

10:56 final countdown. think I will just barely make it out of here having accomplished most things on the list. #
10:57 next 4 hours = laundry, toilette, packing, 2 or 3 crucial emails. last night the internet went down, inconveniently. #
15:52 might have overpacked. I hope I didn't forget anything important. red suit, check. #
15:54 think i'll continue email mop-up on the plane, then pray after battery dies. I'm flying through kol nidre. #
15:56 I can start and finish a conference presentation on thursday & Friday evenings, right? #
22:06 changing planes in phoenix. I can't believe I did this trip every month or so for a year. #
22:09 trying to fast, at least till after services tomorrow. #
22:13 haven't watched tv in so long that I actually forgot it's an airplane activity. #
22:43 FREE WIRELESS! #
22:44 aaaaaaand apparently "adult" content is blocked. which means I can't read Tristan's Babeland interview. because she's an adult. #
00:54 landed in LA! that's for @furies #
00:55 SO EXCITED TO SEE THE GIRLS AND CATS #

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2008-10-07T07:02:58Z

10:49 waking up is so luxurious until the panic descends. #
10:50 my usual method of dealing with stress is changing my expectations of what I need to accomplish. so: vlog will have to be edited in LA. #
10:50 now I feel I can get out of bed. #
11:14 Tina Fey SNL VP debate spoof on hulu nom nom nom! #
16:39 going to campus to turn in forms + mail apps. then coffeeshop + email. still panicked -- mom wants me to process emotions. #
19:43 accrued pooja + dbp, ended up at meeting street for sandwiches and then the sci li. unplanned but soothing. #
20:15 HASTAC/Interrupt emails, more job letters, vid beta is the agenda for this evening. #
22:02 nibbling on a hunk of blue cheese. #
23:23 I am, I think, slightly calmer? still 6 letters + many other things to do tomorrow. but the worst (pre-conference panic) is over? #

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2008-10-06T07:09:33Z

17:39 heart racing. thinking I might need to take some daytime ativan. I hate feeling like this. I don't understand where all the hours went. #
17:59 today's lifesaver is that TAB MIX PLUS IS FINALLY UPDATED FOR FIREFOX 3! #
18:02 days and days go by and I don't seem to be able to finish 1. app letters (24) + 2. email catchup. also to-do by wednesday: edit vlog, post. #
18:03 that's not including, you know, the conference presentation, which I'll start on the plane? if I make it through that: VACATION. #
18:23 OK. inbox @ 29, but only 3 left are flagged as emergencies. going to shower, perhaps eat something beyond crackers. Warcraft detox today. #
20:07 took 45 min. to make salmon salad + do dishes, which was calming. stress is pointless + chemical but I don't seem to be able to kick it. #
20:09 now, journal meeting to get us in gear for the second issue! #
21:47 checking auctions and OMG I FINALLY HAVE ENOUGH MONEY FOR A BIRDIE TO RIDE!!! that was another goal to accomplish before weds. ;) #
21:47 now, job letters #
22:38 oh wait, I put all the HASTAC/Interrupt emails in a separate mailbox to go through. I thought that seemed too easy. #

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haircut (I, at least, find the difference substantial)

2008-10-05T20:11:12Z

BEFORE

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2008-10-03T07:01:20Z

11:48 LOL Major University where I grew up just posted a media studies job! luckily it's not my kind of media studies. #
11:49 today I am, however, sending an application to Better Major University 1 hour from where I grew up. #
11:50 16 letters still to do for now, but I'm only customizing two sentences. very bad form, but I'm just too exhausted. #
11:51 about 18 other jobs queued with Nov/Dec deadlines. I'm sure there will be more. #
11:52 now going through the ~80 emails still unread from yesterday, when I was ignoring everything. I've been frantic. #
12:00 so I have 62 messages in my inbox right now. something must be done. at least I'm in relatively good shape with LJ. #
12:15 keep falling off the bottom of Twitterrific, but luckily there's pagination again on twitter.com for catching up #
13:03 hieing myself to the PO to express mail the app that's due tomorrow. I rushed there yesterday, only to discover it closes at 5 not 5:30. #
13:04 dbp was an angel and read my writing sample over last night, + only made me do one minor change! + Lynne read letter for like the 4th time. #
13:05 it takes a village. nobody has read my Portfolio, but after it crushed my soul for two weeks I can't return to it for a while. #
15:02 going to the west side with dbp for our haircuts! #
17:39 shooting some videoblog footage and getting pinkberry clone frozen yogurt! even though it's borderline too cold for it. #
18:26 *collapses* settled on pooja's couch for the duration. ordering chinese food. #
19:34 I've gotten some wacky fortunes lately, but this one takes the cake: "Your tongue is your ambassador." #
19:50 just got rickrolled for the FIRST time by @FakeSarahPalin (although stop autoplay ruins the effect) -- cannot WAIT for the debate livetwting #
19:53 @museumfreak info about watching debate online at tinyurl.com/43l6vo #
19:59 @boricuajack entertainment? hell yes. this election is the best reality TV show ever made. the challenges! the twists! the stakes! #
20:04 LOL at @joshgreen 's debate beverages: twitpic.com/e9ic #
20:12 horsetail grass tea that came from @persephassa. pooja is reading me her conference paper. #
20:13 I have no conference paper. and here's my confession, twitter: the apps were never the problem. being kept from writing paper was the prob. #
20:41 I can extemporize, or whatever, at the conference. the larger problem is that this was supposed to get me started on the diss chapter. #
20:43 now I don't know when that will happen (estimated october 23). and thus when/if I'll finish the diss. oops. #
21:03 can we make Gwen Ifill vice president? I want to hear the word "untoward" every day. #
21:03 OMG SHE LOOKS SOOOOOO PRETTY. POWER SUIT ASDGHOUYOu2094h #
21:04 does anyone actually think it matters whether Palin comports herself well? as w/ W, the more she's out of her depth the more she's underdog. #
21:05 plus as Tina/Amy hilariously not, she becomes increasingly adorable when cornered. #
21:06 OK, now commences my policy of trying not to listen. #
21:07 oh, strike that -- october 23 (when I get back from LA) I'll have a new round of apps to do. november 1? haven't written any diss since june #
21:09 @FakeSarahPalin, for one, PWNS: "cannot wait to show every1 my tina fey impression" #
21:18 (OMG, she is actually doing AMAZING *gulp*) #
21:40 apparently there is no difference between democratic + republican platforms on gay marriage. wonderful. #
21:43 @girlboymusic well, my standards are very very low. especially for a pretty woman in a suit. #
21:45 @furies well OK, she was doing AMAZING for five minutes until I stopped listening to words. #
21:47 @girlboymusic OH SNAP. "Will the Outer Continential Shelf have to pay for its own rape kit?" #
22:14 just gonna pop into Azeroth to check on my auctions... #
22:23 I have to make soooooo much more $$$ before I can get an internet pony, it's sad. we're only just beginning to learn WoW entrepreneurship. #
22:24 LOL people are totally talking #vpdebate in Warcraft general chat! #

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2008-10-02T07:01:59Z

18:50 purple ultra fine point sharpie #

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2008-09-30T07:10:20Z

11:38 took an ativan to sleep last night, for the first time in recent memory, mmmmmmmm, but the throbbing anxiety is still there upon awaking. #
11:39 I'm baffled by how something as prosaic as a teaching portfolio is causing stress this acute. I've managed to really screw myself. #
11:49 will try to finish today, as I've said every day for the past five. much writing still to do. may have to play Warcrack to soothe myself. #
12:43 there are still NEW postings for jobs with October deadlines going up. I really want to finish October this week. #
13:05 dbp brought me soft boiled eggs! and I'll make an english muffin next. at least yesterday we fed ourselves + cleaned the kitchen. #
13:07 @zephoria CONGRATULATIONS!!! #
14:27 done looking at jobs for the week, at least. I have 17 applications to send out by, let's say, wednesday. #
14:30 help celebrate Trans for Obama Day by making a contribution: actblue.com/page/trans #
14:57 kind of obsessed with awesome special pets I can get in WoW. next goals are Echeyakee (white lion) + Arikara (red wind serpent). #
19:35 I'm boring on twitter today, but I needed some pseudo human context as I feel like a complete disaster. writing now... #
01:31 GLORY BE I ACTUALLY STOPPED PLAYING WARCRACK LONG ENOUGH TO GET THIS BITCH MOSTLY FINISHED. #
01:33 still some tweaks for tomorrow. then I can start putting together apps. crisis ongoing, but I feel much better. #
01:34 @boricuajack WoW is TRULY structured like an addiction! #
01:36 tally: 14 hours behind on twitter, 4 days behind on email, 2 weeks behind on TV, many comments (but few posts) behind on LJ. & LVL 29 #
01:37 wish I had something else interesting to tell you, but I haven't looked at the internet in hours. g'night. #

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2008-09-27T07:08:17Z

12:06 falling hard for anonymous @Laura_Roslin -- who is this person and will they marry me? #
12:07 Head of Skate (this morning's BEST viral video): collegehumor.com/video:1831461 #
12:09 & I don't think I've shared the video that made me more excited to vote for Obama than anything yet: youtube.com/watch?v=W3ijYVyhnn0 #
12:34 more belt tightening: yesterday I eliminated many returning fall shows that I don't actually like from my roster, including... #
12:38 Private Practice, Heroes, SVU, Bionic Woman, Desperate Housewives, The Office. Lost is ON NOTICE, but I thought it picked up last season. #
12:39 I thought the Fringe pilot was the most awful thing ever. Ugly Betty premiere was very disappointing. BUT GAY'S OMG OMG ♥ FOREVER! #
12:43 HALLELUIA TOP OF FLIST!!! with many many tabs open, but still, REJOICE! continuing to fantasize about LJ exit strategy. #
13:04 celebrating with a brief outing to Silverpine Forest. #
14:52 yesterday, no Warcrack at all. now I'll do some hip opening yoga + lunch. very rainy day. #
15:53 by GAY'S I mean Grey's Anatomy, btw. in case that's not obvious FROM THE CAPSLOCK. #
17:09 this rain has a name -- Kyle -- but it's no worse than no-name rain. still, I'm impressed that I left the house. #
17:10 w/ dbp + poo at The Edge counting down two hours of work on my Teaching Statement. UGH. #
18:17 I just told my entourage I'd rather stab out my eardrums with this pencil than listen to John McCain talk with them tonight. #
20:11 slightly derailed by minor internet drama. now we are the proud owners of an order of "sucktown" pizza! #
20:53 I have #suspended my objection to the debate -- I can do busywork while it's on. #
21:22 milk + cookies! + beer! #
21:39 I would totally vote for John McCain for Miss Congeniality. Just imagine him in the uniform! #
21:44 every time I accidentally listen to the debate for a second I start having heart palpitations. #
23:55 gonna take another crack at the wailing caverns instance with braxton... #

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under construction

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Vermont

fish tacos

bok bok

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ucla

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haircut (I, at least, find the difference substantial)

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