Wednesday, October 25

Novels and assignements

Novels and assignements have dominated my time this week - o, besides the usual work and uni stuffs.

I handed my last assignment in this Monday - (oyeah! Do a dance! \^_^/!!!!) - I've only got two exams and than the second semester of my second year is offically oveerrrrr!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sweet dude - totally sweeet....


As for the novel - well, my sis and I have written chapter five and have already gotten into chapter six - so progress is going well. Hey, I even made an "The Illusionist Plot Graph" last night- it is way awesome. This is gonna be a story you don't wanna miss!!!

So one more week and a bit and I'm off to my summer holiday job - I'll be working my @$$ off - but I'll be getting lotsa dough, so i's al'ight.

In the mean time - stuff is stuff and life is life - love it and live it!

Check ya'll l8r,

T. :3!

Monday, October 16

It's my birthday!!!

Yes, yes, yes, it is indeed the day of my birth.

Sometime twenty one years, and twenty five minutes ago, I was born in a hospital.
Yea, though it t'was no birth out of the ordinary, it did but bear not signs, no symbols, nothing extrodinary.
Nothing but a sliver of quick-gypsy blood that fortold - nay forwarned - the beginning...

The beginning? Of what? Well, you may ask.
And it's the funniest thing. Not much really! -_-'!

Twenty one years I have lived and loved - all to what gain?
Not much at all, 'cepting I have one thing - one thing that I possess - a treasure most dear....
One that came with extrodianary cost, a sacrifice of blood and tears....
An answer, sought after by all and sundry -


And I'm not gonna tell you what it is!

Because even if I did, you wouldn't believe me.
It's just one of those things.
But it's alright.

I do hope that your birthdays are a as happy as mine -
Many Happy Returns of the Day to all those that have a birthday today,
And those that don't.....


WELL!


*sings loudly*

A very merry unbirthday to you, to you,
A very merry unbirthday to you, to you,
A very merry unbirthday to ALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Sayanara all,


TinkaBell, The Birthday nominated Princess. :3!


P.s. - A :heart: to my family and friends who are such a blessing in my life - LOVE you LOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Friday, October 13

Freak Out!!!

Today was one of those days....

You know the kind - where you are stressing out all day (me about this stupid assignment) and it's just so hard to get through 'coz you're really tired - but you have to or you're $cr3w3d?

Well yeah, I had one of those days.... I had to work today - I only had a little bit left to do on my assignment that was due today 'coz I've been working on it for a week and half now. But the problem was I had NO idea how long it would take me to finish off the last of it. And, like I said before I had to work. So just in case, I got up at 7:00am (oh- gag me!!! >XP) and did some work on it before I left for work. I was SOOOO tired, 'coz I've had late nights and pretty early starts all week - and they were finally catching up on me. Neither the less, I worked as hard as I could to get everything done so I could end my shift as soon as possible and get to uni, which was 45 minutes away!

I managed to get off at 2:00pm (I usually finished at 2:30pm-3:00pm), raced to uni, got my assignment finished half an hour before the dead line (great for me - it's usually only finished ten minutes to!) used that time to check it over, five minutes to go, tried to get it off, but the computer wasn't printing, then I didn't have enough credit - ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*shakes fist*

I was internally screaming, crying, and freaking out, mostly because 'All late assignments will not be accepted' O.O!!!


But after running around like CRAZY I got to talk to my tutor - thank goodness he was there! - and he said I could go fix it up, and not to stress.

Well, I said thankyou, and that I can't stop stressing - I've been stressing all freakin' day!

But it got handed in, and that's all that matters at the moment. I have one more assignment, two exams and it's the end of the semester! YAY! XD! I'm also going shopping with my bestie on Sunday at a depo, so that's gonna be awesome - especially as I have money to spend! Double YAY! XD! XD! I'm cheering, hopefully that's the end of stressfulness for the next two weeks, then stressful exams and it's all over! 'Course, I still have to survive my new job, 'coz I really wnat to impress them, especially as I didn't even have to put in my resume!

But I'm going to Fraser Island with my family soon, and I'll be able to de-stress then. Nice!


Adios for now,

T. :3



P.s. - Sorry about the long post again - life just keeps on rolling - right? Well, it has too. But in the mean time, I get to vent to all you readers out there (maximum of one right?) *giggles* Or to empty cyberspace. At least it don't care how long I go on for! XD!



Monday, October 9

Cruising

Well, I proably shouldn't be so "cruise-y" but I am. For starters, that biiggg assignment that I've been stressing about? Not so scary after all. It's only worth 30% instead of the 40% I thought it was, 1,500 words instead of 2,000 AND it's due on Friday not Thursday as also previously thought!

Boy, have I ever been so mis-informed? *thinks*

Nope!!!! Lol. I'm almost too relaxed about this now, ya know. But it tis all good. I have a brief thing to write up for another class, but it'll get done - easy peasy, lemon squeezy!!! XD!

So other big things -

Hmm.... I'M TWENTY ONE IN SEVEN DAYS!!!

Aside from that? I've got a new job!! It's over the Christmas holidays, directly after exams finish I start. As in really direct - as in my last exams on the 6th and I start on the 7th!!! But it's still really cool, 'coz I get an amazing amount of cash, flexi time, time off for my two weeks holiday to Fraser Island with my family, an insane amount of expirience - and I didn't even have to put in my resume!!!

Trust me - I've been positively CHEERING!!! ^U^!!!

Nothing much else on the rader - uni and work occupy the majority of my thoughts these days, and if it's not that, it'll be my art work. Beyond that I'm brain dead! I just don't have the capacity at the mo. - too much effort!

Oooh - I tell you what was fun, my friends and I went on a lovely moonlight picnic the other night. It was so nice - we had a candy cane fight! Yes, tis the season to be jolly - AGAIN! The candy canes and mince pies have already started to appropriate the shops. It's scary how quickly the dang things pop up again...

*sings* On the good ship, lollipop......

Sayanara all,

Tinka. :3!

Thursday, October 5

Wow-weee! O.o

Ooy. Today has just been absolutely crazy. And I do mean crazy!!!!

I had an interview with a politician at 9:30 am this morning - it went pretty well, but what a hurrauge trying to get to there! I was running late, and I had to stop and buy batteries for my recorder or I was SUNK, I needed to coax my sister into coming with me as far as the shops so that she could post something for me and then walk home, and after all that fluster, I still had to actually get to the interview!!!!

It was in the middle of the city, and of course, not being to familiar with the city center as I am, it was a challenge to find the right street, find a park (ooh - don't you HATE parking in the city???? *shakes fist* >XP) - and, once I'd managed that with ten minutes to spare, I had to trot up and down the street trying desperately to find the right building! I went through the same set of lights three times! There were some chicks outside one building having a smoke-o and I think they thought I was nuts.

Well, I finally got to the right office with 3 minutes to spare, chugged a glass of water, then proceeded to sit down with my 'polly' for half an hour.

The excitement does not end there, however - oh no my friend, it does not.

In the middle of my interview - *chringe* - my phone rang (this was the ONE thing my lecturer mentioned - TURN OFF YOUR PHONES..... Ooops! -.-'), but when I called back later, I found out that I had been offered this job that I rang about just last night!

I'll be a junior - running around doing office management with communications based work (or so I'm told). It'll be full time over the holidays - directly when my uni's finished (and I mean directly - as in the day after my last exam!) til uni starts again next year. So this is all well and good, but I can't take it until I find out whether my other job (waitressing) can spare me.

They think they can which is good. BUTTTTT - no, it is not yet the end of my saga, please do bear with me, I need to get this OUT of my head!

I've also (whilst at the interview with the pol.) been offered an opportunity to get an internship with the ACL for next year!!! I don't know whether or not I'll get it, but the pol. seemed really enthusiastic about me applying. This would be an even better opportunity than the holiday work, but it's all very valuable. Especially in this day and age when it's almost mandatory to have a degree of some sorts, and the only thing that's gonna make you stand out in a field of people all with the same degree is expirience!

I don't know how the internship will work out - I might need to drop back to two, or even one unit a semester, and of course, I won't earn much money. But the thing is, I've gotta start somewhere, and as I mentioned, the expirience would be priceless.

So, that's the saga of my day. Second thoughts, 'saga' is a bit of an understatement... More like award-winning drama!!!! Trying to sort it all out is a bit beyond me at the moment. Thankfully, I can leave it in God's hands, and just wait and see what happens.

In the mean time, my head needs to be pulled back from thoughts of tomorrow - way back to thoughts of today - I still have that nasty assignment due next week. And exams. And my twenty-first birthday. And holidays on Fraser Is. And.... *throws hands up* No wonder my head is stuffed!!!


Wow. My life has suddenly turned absolutely tospy-turvey. This is really gonna test my coping skills - I have a lot to sort out and get through. But I'm confident things'll work out. Sometimes I go absolutely nuts 'coz everything's the same routine for ages. You know - the whole "rut" complex.

But seriously, sometimes things changing, or excitment, or whatever - is too much!

My poor head.


Really.




Meh. It's all good. Viva la differance!

I know - completely out of context - but still - I rejoice! Things are moving - mind blurringly fast - but still moving! ^_^

:3, T.



Tuesday, October 3

Rolliinnnnggg aloooooooooong _ life's Hig-hwaaayyy

*sings* Rolling along, timing all gone, I'm rolling along- the biiiig, badddddddd, high-WAY of lifffffffffffffffffffffff-E!

-> Note: This is not actually a song, and the singer is not responsible for any consiquent ear-bleeding. -.-'


Annoucement - Annoucement!!!

I am here-by and forthwith over my em0-muffiness. After all, 'Stump is long gone (sort of), I wasn't there and that's life.

Speaking of life, and all that jazz, assignments are sorta stacking up - I have a 30% due next week - it's kind of evil as it is a Research Analysis Report - XP - gross.

But other then that montrosity, it's all good.


Now for the reallyyyyyy BIG Annoucement.

I'm 21 in 13 days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

*runs around screaming*

*bangs into wall*

Ow...

*picks herself up and starts again*


Twenty-one.

It's really creepy. Meh. I'll survive.


I don't have any big plans, but doing something random would be cool, so I might have a bit of a think. I've already blown bubbles off the top of a local hill/mountain, so I'm gonna have to come up with something as equally random/crazy/people-are-looking-at-me-funny. Which I'm sure I can accomplish! XD!

Signing off for now,

Soon-2-B-21,

T. :3!

Friday, September 29

Em0-Muffinnn

I'm an Em0-Muffin.... Leave me alone - life is aweful.... T_T.....


No - really!

'Stump crept up on me way too quickly. I didn't get a chance to ask for work off, so now I'm stuck at home working whilst my sisters and friends all go and have an awesome weekend.

So yeah.

Now I'm an em0-muffin...

...............................................................................T_T..................................................................................

Seriously....

It stinks.

T.

Monday, September 25

pR0cRast!NaT!0N ii

Procrastination... PRO-crastination... Prooooooooooooooooooooocrastination!!!!

^_^ ~:heart:

Words can be so much fun! Especially when you ignore the semantics. Such as the fact that the very word 'procrastination' is in my vocabularly generally means that I'm ignoring something that I should be doing... X P

But in reality it tis all good. I have to study the news - 'coz I feel in my bones that we are going to have a quiz tomorrow in my tut. and my bones haven't lied about that yet. Hmmm.... It must come from my great gandmother's side. She was a Gaelic Gypsy, and I think I've inherited her blood. It certainly explains more than a few things, that's for sure!

But other then that Uni's all fine and dandy for now. I have an assignment due on Thursday, but it will get done.

One thing that's really sent me trippin' though it the fact that Black Stump is this next weekend!!!! O.o' ~ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIYAHHHHHHHHH!

'Tis a year since last 'Stump. And I can't tell you how much that has freaked me out. I dunno why - I mean it's kind of a "Duh" factor that it's been a year since last 'Stump as it happens every year! But it just seems like yesterday. And the fact that it's week 11 and there's only four more weeks until the end of the semester, not including the exam period. Weird huh?

Things just seem to move sooo quickly. Anyways, I'm really looking forward to 'Stump - it's gonna be a totally different expirence from last year, which'll be awesome.

But I think that be all from me as of now,

TTFN, T. ^_^!






Friday, September 15

Mi_an Japanese Nameth

My japanese name is Morita (forest field) Asuka (fragrance of the bright day).

>_<~Fweeeeee! My alter-ego finally has a proper name, one befitting to her status. And I get to create a whole new charater!
*thinks*

I know she'll be wearing boots! On a side note - I wonder how many handles I acutally have???

Les'see... There's :

Italics

Tirria

Tinka-Bell

TinkaBell_o

Blac_Kat

b . dot . designs

an' I think that tis all. Excepting the ones that my friends and fam. call me! Hmpf. That's a rather long list. And it just gets longer. Yeeesh! How many names/handles/idnetity tags does a person need anyways???

Obviously - one more as I am now also Asuka!

TTFN, A. :3.


Friday, September 8

Fishin'

Heya to all you salt water, sea water, fresh water, fish water lovin' peoples! :D

Inn't just lovely to sit on the dock - to feel the fresh tangy breeze waft by your face - ruffling your carefully styled hair? No - don't screw up your nose! I know that the briny bite of boots, bait and bass isn't particularlly nice, but the people you met enjoying the sights, sounds, and smells of Bassken Lake are! ^_^!

Yep - I made new friends online, and that's always nice! <3


Random topic, ne? But I must confess I'm on a ships, sailing, and salt water kick - I've always loved cars and ships. Not boats mind you - ships - those wonderful, flying ... *goes speechless*
I have a love affair with anything fast - *ffweee* it's pure delight!


*hums*
Dan -dunnna- and really bad eggs...
Drink up me hearties - yo ho!!!

:3, T.

P.s. - did you know I've done 121 - this being the one hunderdth and twenty second post - on this weblog? Who'dve thunk it would have lasted this long????

Tuesday, September 5

Here we are again

Here we are again, at the point of making, at the point of breaking - we've come so far, with no room left behind - just letting you know, it's weighing on my mind...

Did you know that POC (sorry - quick abberivation my sisters and I have given to "The Pirates of the Carrabian") Dead Man's Chest has one of the worst endings (as in suspention) in a movie I've seen in some time? Even LoTR (Lord of The Rings) wasn't as bad! = X It's enough to drive you balmy!

Can't wait... *rocks back and forwards* Just can't wait...

Of course, I have too, but it's darn well difficult.


TTFN, T. :3

P.s. - Don't ask me what the first two lines mean - 'coz I don't know. They just randomly fell out of my fingers. Yes, this does mean my brain had no say in what was being typed/written.

*thinks*

This seems to happen a lot to me...

*shrugs* ............ owell.

Monday, August 28

bangs head

I was talking to a friend of mine at uni today, and she was telling me how she feels sick when she gets stressed out about assignments - just like I do. Thankfully, I don't get the whole headache/not being able to sleep thing, but doesn't it feel so gross when you've got stuff due?

Heaven help me if I ever get to be a professional journalist - I think I'd end up with stomach ulsers... -.-'.... They have deadlines every freakin' week. Gag me!

The weekend was good - I was TIRED, but everything went ok.. I just have to get through the week until Friday, after I hand in this stupid assignment and I'll be right. Mind you, in the mid-semster break I have three major assessment pieces to work on - a 40%, a 30%, and a 20%. XP!

The one thing I do have to do is finish a play I'm writing - it's called "Ruth" and it's based on the ancient story of a woman named Ruth from the Old Testament. I've got all the ideas down - and I've written the first scene of ACT I, some I'm one/sixth of the way there.

Eh, besides that, there's not much else to report. All's well, and life goes on.

In the mean time, have a good one peoples!

^_^, T.

Friday, August 18

Uni Work

Note * I have this stuff in my blog simply to be able to save the research I was conducting for my Research Report ( 30% - X P''' Yuck... )..... And yeah.


"Signaling in the new millenium"
Privatisation and other issues

Annual General Meeting and Technical Meeting
Melbourne 17, 18 and 19 March 2000

The Institution of Railway Signal Engineers


* On the 29th of August, 1999 the Victorian Public transport system was privatised.

- Bayside Trains, Swanston Trams and V/Line Pass were franchised to National Express.
- Hillside Trains were franchised to Melbourne Transport Limited.
- Yarra Trams were franchised to Metro Link.

*****

Privatisation Picture

*****

Isn't it all fun?? Ahhhh! *runs away screaming* It's so difficult to come up with the right stuff- in the National Library - 1. You can't loan anything out
2. Everything come up from the 'stacks' - the underground
holding systems. And that can take up to 45 minutes!

So of course - it takes FOREVER to get anything remotely relevant to your research/assignment topic. What's worse, this report is entirely National Library based. X P! Gag me! *sigh* This is my second day here, and I still haven't found what I need. Once I've gotten all I can from the book resources - like the dates of the privatisation of the various sectors of Australia's Railroad systems (feee! Trains! >_ so cool!) I'll be heading down the the newspaper reading rooms - only to get nausious, mind you, from those blasted micofilm readers. ..... ............ ......O.o'...... .......... .... *feels dizzy* I hated them last time. Still do mind you.

But asides from that things are ok. I have a long list of stuff to do tomorrow -

* 1. Write a 5 min presentation of Media Audiences
* 2. Wash BoB
* 3. Go to the National Library - AGAIN!!! @.@'
* 4. Go to work

*sigh* Easy as. Not a problem... Sure thing!

Gah... And I really have to do more work on my C. and M.R. unit.

* 5. Read C. and M.R. stuff - esp. that Lecture commentary. And the other two too.


Lots of work. I think I'll have to get up early - like at 9:00 am! *gasp- shock-- horror!*

O - and no. five

* 5. Get to Koorong! (and convince Mum to drive me... *looks sneaky* -_- ....)

There! That really is everything I have to do tomorrow!

*falls off her chair*


*muffled grunts come from below the National Library computer*

ffflodbiieee...

*lifts head* >.>'

I mean Goodbye!

Monday, August 14

Change of Plans!

Ya'll know how I was all gun-ho for the 'Patches' thing right? Weeeelll, I've changed my mind. Again.

This time I'm a-going with b . dot . designs for the name to cover all my art work. And the handle - meh. It'll stay the same. I really can't think of anything else - and besides everywhere on the internet, I'm signed in as some variation of TinkaBell. So I guess I'm stuck being Tinka for the mean while!!

Ooo - guess wot? I found out a new tool that I absolutely have to try out - I'm onto the airbrushing now!! And ; I'm doing some prints to put on shirts for my sisters - I might put the piccies of the shirts up on my blog - and of course, on DeviantART and anyone who wants one can put in an order!!!

Uni's ok, life's ok, and so the world spins around.

Saynara,

Tinka. ^-^!

Thursday, August 10

*Editing Handle

*Edit - maybe I should be "Patched" rather than "Patches"...

Thoughts, 'nyone?

XD! P.

Tuesday, August 8

Maybe

I think I might have found a new handle - I'm not sure whether or not it works. It's supposed to be the watermark for ALL of my artwork, and internet persuadems (sp?) - I'm just not sure if it's right.

'Neways - *takes a deep breath* It's Patches.

Comments, critisims, or complaints anyone? Whadda ya'll think? Does anyone have anything better? I am still totally undecided about it, but I can't think of anything else, so...

Gah. Havta get on with a crazy tutorial prep. sheet I gotta go through. Man, it's gonna take EEEE- ffort (gag me!), and I've only got a little while to do it in. >= P'''

Adios,
Caio,
Adeu,
Aloha,
Auffvedersien (no idea 'bout the sp!!!),
Sayonara -

Well, you get the picture!

Patches (?) ^_^!

Thursday, August 3

Spending.

I have recently learnt that I HATE my Communication and Media Research unit - it's sssooo boring and completely incomprihensable.

I've also learnt that fonts with tags like this one are 'Seriff' fonts and ones without like Ariel are 'San-Seriff'.

Oyeah - forgot really important info. I gotsy mi ver' own tomputer!!! *squee* ; )!!! It's a P4, w/ 512 mb of RAM and 1.8 GB hard drive. Not the best out there, but for the price I gots it for, well worth it. *does a dance* Yay!!!!

I've started back at gymnastics, and that's been really fun - yeah, it's really fun to fall on your head/a$$, but 'tis all good. O.O

Uni's ok - 'cept for sucky units - however, I will survive.

Hmmm. wot else to write about....


*rambles on under her breath* ....................... >.>'................ *bangs head* Nope. Can't think of a single thing....


O - Green tea is really good for you! It increases your metabolism, and boots your immune system fifteen-fold. As I have been getting sick (sowwy Bethen-squiee for contagiousing you...), I have been drinking so much I'm suprised I don't turn into a soggy tea leaf! *shudders* ewwww....

Keh. Anyways, gotta go - got things to do and peeps to see -

Adios amigoes,

still-need-a-handle-'coz-i-don't-have-one-yet.

Monday, July 31

Manic Monday

*sings to the tune of "Manic Monday"* It's just another day at Uni, whoa-whooh, wish it was o-ver, whoa-whooh, 'coz it's so annoying, whoa-whooh, and I don't like it....

Lol. Getting up was ssooo hard this morning, and I've got lots of work to do this week... Gag me!

But my weekend was ok - work, friends, and Wooo!!! Final Fantasy VII, Advent Children! Just had my first ever expirience of Final Fantasty, and I have decided me likes. Sorry to be the uber nerd and all, but I really do like anime and animated movies, comics and other graphic art related stuff quite a good deal more than most other 'real' sort of stuff. Heh-heh, -.-', I was thinking last night that there is so many sides of me that don't really seem to fit - I'm really neither one 'gerne' of person as a whole.

Like, I'm a computer nerd (ie, I like graphic art, some computer games, anime, animated movies, and the Internet is my playground *goes surfing* )

But that's not the total of my personality. I'm also the cheerleader (O- gag me, but sadly I do have some tendancies... ie, I'm bubbly, bouncy, I LOVEEEE shopping, chick flicks, I do gymnastics and horseriding, which are such girly sports, and I really like wearing shirts, highheels, make-up and pink *Squeee!* nailpolish.)

I'm a punk (ie, I like rock/hardcore music, black and purple are my favourite colors, I'm quite the loner at times, and I'm constantly writing/drawing emo stuff... )

SSOOOO, anyways, the conudrum of my "Patched Personality" is keeping me occupied at the mo., I highly doubt anyone else finds it interesting, so I'll change the subject right about now-

Final Fantasty - yep, I know... *stars in her eyes* Vincent is my favourite! The untoucable man and mystery... *glomps Vincy, and steals him away* He's mine I tell you - MINE!!! *laughs manically* Mwahahaaahaaahahhhaaaahaaaaa!!!! ^-^!

But that's me - how are you???

;) , Hope life's good, and I'll sign in later,

Person-who-still-doesn't-have-a-new-handle-'coz-she-can't-think-of-one-that's-cool-but-not-too-OTT...

P.s - Has anyone thought of a new handle? if you have an idea - ANY idea - leave a comment PLEASE! Thankies, t.

Thursday, July 27

Puzzles & epistomology

Hellooooo one and all!!!

Firstly - check out my art if ya wanna read the second chapter of The Illusionist - Critiques and comments are MOST welcome! (Please bear in mind this story is for Young Adults - 13 to 18-ish(?), but anyone who enjoys a good story should check it out anyway - just in case they like it! ~_^)

Second - Uni's gonna be HARD this semester... *pouts* Stupid uni... I forsee a lot of work and stress. Great. Just what I need. owell, it's life I guess.

Hmm... what else?

Nothing much, actually. A random musing - epistomology : The study of belief and tying it into knowledge. (I think!)

It's a usuful thing - after all, when does belief become knowledge - ie, facts, a measurable concept... Or does it all stay as a Construct - an idea/theory/hypothesis in your head??

*ponders above question*

That's actually really hard, if not impossable to answer.

Do you need tangible proof, available to more than one person, for something to become a fact, ie - knowledge? Or is it less definable than that???

*so she puzzled and puzzled, 'til her puzzler was sore...* (rough quote from The Grinch)

- :)'s from: I-don't-have-a-pen-name-anymore-I've-ditched-TinkaBell-does-anyone-have-any-good-ideas-'coz-I-don't....

Monday, July 24

Meh

Nothing much to say - Uni's back again, and that's all good.

Worked this weekend. Um - that's about it! Hung out w/ the Hobbits for a bit. Too bad though, our group's getting to big to be classified as 'The Hobbits' any more...

Stuff is stuff, and life goes on.

Check u l8r,

T. ^_^!
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