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March 27th, 2007
09:18 pm - Hell.
Brian’s Inferno
I. Weakness
a. Laziness
b. Indiscipline
c. Promiscuity
II. Apathy
a. Amorality
b. Anti-Samaritan
c. Inconvenience
III. Hatred
a. Elitist
b. Conspirers
c. Violent
My construction of Hell would be based primarily on the general disposition of the individual towards their fellow men. I have divided all sin into three main tiers – sins of Weakness, sins of Apathy, and sins of Hatred. The first group is generally comprised of people who mean well, but find the allure of sin too tempting to pass up. Apathetic sinners are slightly worse because they lack even guilt for their sins – though they pale in comparison to the sinners of Hatred, who derive pleasure or satisfaction from the pain of others. Thus, my classification system gauges the intent of the sinner, rather than the seriousness of the sin. In my opinion, one should be punished for culpability, rather than guilt.
The Weak sinners are further divided into sinners of Laziness, Indiscipline, and Promiscuity, in order of increasing reprehensibility. Laziness occurs when an individual decides that it’s simply easier to do little with one’s life, rather than living with purpose. They squander the amazing potential of life during their time on earth, and thus are forced to do meaningless, repetitive tasks without end – ala The Phantom Tollbooth.
Sinners of Indiscipline include digital pirates, petty thieves, free-loaders. This group likes to enjoy pleasures they have not earned, and in some instances, believe they are entitled to such pleasures. These people are forced to act as servants to the demons of Hell, allowing their own hard work to be enjoyed by others who do nothing.
The third group of Weakness is the sinners of Promiscuity. Not applying merely to sexuality, Promiscuity is the cheapening of anything of value by offering it in excess. Nymphomaniacs, fair-weather friends, and those who overuse the word “love” all fit into this category. These sinners constantly receive telegrams informing them of admittance into Heaven, which they are obligated to believe, only to realize later that the decrees actually have no weight behind them. Thus, sinners of Promiscuity are let down again and again.
The second tier of Hell is the dwelling place of the Apathetic – those who exhibited no empathy for their fellow men. The least of these is the Amoral sinner, who refused to consider the moral implications of his actions, often championing some other ideal. Letter-of-the-law advocates, grand juries, and libertarians. This group is punished by believing that they’re in Heaven, but that Heaven must be a horrible place, since they can’t imagine a place any worse. This is due to their inability to make moral distinctions.
The second group is the Anti-Samaritans – those who understand morality, but don’t care enough about their fellow men to do the right thing. This group is populated with cold-hearted priests, rush-hour commuters, and those people Dr. Phil calls “enablers.” They are punished by being strapped to an electric chair that continually pumps painful currents through their bodies. Through a door, they can see people streaming by a button labeled “off,” but no one will push it – no matter how much they plead.
The last group, the sinners of Inconvenience, encompasses those sinners who purposefully make
life difficult for others without sympathy. Lawyers, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and telemarketers are the primary occupants of this level. These souls are actually told that they have earned the rewards of Heaven, but first must fill out a thousand-page stack of paperwork to prove “eligibility.” After they have completed about 900 pages of the forms, the Terms and Conditions™ change, and they must start over.
The final tier of Hell is made up of those who commit sins of Hatred, specifically designed to hurt those around them. The least of these sinners are the Elitists, who ignore and ostracize others in an attempt to garner self-importance. These sinners actually are allowed to stand outside the gates of Heaven and watch the souls inside, but they are ignored by everyone entering the holy gates, and are left with a distinct feeling of not being invited to the party.
The next group of sinners is the Conspirers, who plot to purposefully harm those around them. This group is made up of terrorists, congressmen, and every girl who ever died while in middle school. These souls are allowed to keep their bodies, so that if a wife left her husband with three kids and no job to run off to Hawaii with a doctor named Bob, they’d be skinned and drained of blood until they “died” (especially Bob). This treatment is repeated each day.
The deepest level of Hell is reserved for the Violent, who seek to do direct, often irreparable harm to others. Murderers, rapists, and physical and mental abusers all occupy this area of hell, where they are forced listen to Alanis Morrisette’s Greatest Hits on auto-loop for all of eternity. Now isn’t that ironic?
Current Location: Botswin Lounge
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/purplelemon/sassips/giggly.gif) Musical
Current Music: Hall & Oates - Wait for Me (Live)
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March 20th, 2007
01:57 am
I miss intellectualism. It has fled from my life. I can't seem to get a good intellectual discussion going with anyone over meaning of life, love, relationships, or anything...
Over the past couple hours I've come to realize that I *need* to exercise my brain. I need to connect with people about their dreams, their goals, their fears...
I need to connect with their essence. Who they are. I think that's why I'm having such a hard time adjusting to college...
I miss meaning.
Current Location: WCRD
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/purplelemon/sassips/sad.gif) sad
Current Music: WCRD
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February 5th, 2007
12:45 am - They just want your balls.
With an election coming up in 2008, I find that many people I know are woefully ignorant of the issues that need to be addressed in a presidential campaign. Therefore, I have deemed it necessary to break down the issues into smaller, more manageable chunks:
If you don't understand the following, you probably aren't qualified to vote.
The Issues:
Let’s suppose you have two balls. The one guy says… “I want your balls! Give them to me! I’m taking your balls! I’m giving one of your balls to the elderly, and one to the children. The other guy wants to give your balls to the wealthy!”
And then the other guy says, “I want everyone to have their own balls! Rich people’s balls are just bigger! He wants to steal your balls! I just want to hold them a while!”
Then the first guy says, “You want the elderly and the children to go ball-less?!?”
Then the second guy goes, “Ok, maybe I’ll give everyone one of their balls back, and use the other for the elderly and the children. For this to work, I’m going to have to squeeze that one ball! Make your ball stretch farther than it’s ever gone before!”
Then the first one goes, “You can’t stretch a ball that far! Do you know how hard you’d have to squeeze…”
Or suppose we take two kielbasa sausages. Let’s say they represent a politician’s experience. Most people think the longer the better, but some say it doesn’t matter as long as you can maintain an election.
The balls are in your hands now! Vote!
www.sluggy.com for more humor of an intellectual/perverted nature.
In other news, nobody seems to be active in this community. I feel unheard in an empty void.
Current Location: Dorm Room
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/purplelemon/sassips/ecstatic.gif) Lucky
Current Music: Styx - Miss America
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January 5th, 2007
05:07 pm - Oh My!
In other news, I just reached the plot twist in KoTOR...
I did not expect that in the slightest...
And that's all I have to say about that
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/purplelemon/sassips/shocked.gif) shocked
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October 5th, 2006
11:20 am - Not my day
Today is evidently not my day. Went to bed at a reasonable hour - 1:00, but for some reason my alarm didn't go off this morning. I was awakened by my roommate's girlfriend calling to wake him up...usually I'm out the door long before that time. So I checked the clock, and go figure it's 8:10..and I was late for class... I dressed faster than humanly possible, and rushed over to class...PE - We're running laps. The coach was on the far side of the track, keeping time, so I just jumped in with everyone else and hoped he didn't notice.
We finished up about 10 minutes later, but nay...he knew I was majorly late... Not cool. Oh well....
Came back and had a nice breakfast with Krista, and went to my Honors 100 class. We talked the whole time about studying abroad... which I have no interest in. I feel so tired...played some Metallica, then went to Spanish...and was slightly late again. In 2 hours I have a midterm over some Greek plays I haven't read...
Eesh...1 more day until the weekend...
Current Location: Spanish Class
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/purplelemon/sassips/annoyed.gif) disgruntled
Current Music: none
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May 14th, 2006
08:05 pm
Darn you Jess! You ruined a perfectly good string of *not* updating by tagging me...so here goes...
The first player of this game starts with the "7 weird things/habits about him/herself" and people who get tagged need to write a blog of their 7 weird (or unique) habits/things as well as state this rule clearly. In the end you need to choose the 7 people to be tagged and list their names. Don't forget to leave a comment that says "You are tagged" in their comments and tell them to read your blog!
1. I'm not really as smart as people think. I'm a jack-of-all trades. For example, to someone who can't play guitar, I'm a guitar god - but you put me in with people who play, and it becomes clear I'm only so-so. Same with computers - I'm amazing to the layperson, but put me up next to a J-Hall, and I'm obviously sub-par. My real strength comes from being able to do just a little bit of everything.
2. I am utterly addicted to camouflage and boots.
3. Despite my complete and utter lack of musical training, I can play guitar and sing a mid Gb to a double-high D. Go me!
4. Despite my actions towards a plethora of male-gendered friends, I am, in fact, straight.
5. I have been in one relationship my entire life - 25 months, 18 days and counting!
6. I'm half-blind and partially hard of hearing. Seriously. You want to try my glasses?
7. I can't really operate well unless I've got 4 or 5 processes running simultaneously in my mind.
Ok...let's tag...Ancientwhisper...Hoshiko_faery...Peechiz...Guttercat5...Fuzzy_fan...Zinthos...and Blusmurf10
Current Location: At home...
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/purplelemon/sassips/happy.gif) loved
Current Music: Joe Satriani - Circles
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December 5th, 2005
08:22 pm - Update.
And I update. Who's bad?
That's right.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/purplelemon/sassips/hyper.gif) Birthday-ed
Current Music: Rockapella - Folger's Commercial
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October 31st, 2005
12:22 am - Top Ten New Campbell Soup Slogans
10. M'm! M'm! Good! If eaten before April 1995
9. Free pennies inside every can
8. All-natural--except for the synthetic bacon
7. When there's absolutely nothing else in the house to eat
6. Hitler: bad. Soup: good
5. The official food of Glen Campbell
4. Remember, chicks dig guys who eat soup.
3. It's hot and wet!
2. Jimmy Stewart eats it, and he's damn near 150 years old.
1. M'm! M'm! Sodium benzoate!
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Current Mood: loved
Current Music: Mercy Me - I Can Only Imagine
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October 29th, 2005
05:23 pm - New Title!
And in other news, I now have a new title and subtitle - thanks to Keith's constant badgering.
Ok, he mentioned it once in religion class...but SHUT UP! I'm a PHILOSOPHER!
Current Mood: loved
Current Music: Santana - Smooth (Long Version)
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October 21st, 2005
06:24 pm - Mmmm...Fall Break
 | | The Boy Next Door
Random Gentle Love Dreamer (RGLDm)
Kind, yearning, playful, you are The Boy Next Door. You're looking for real Love, a lot like girls do. It might not be manly, but it's sweet.
We think the next three years will be very exciting and fruitful ones for you. Your spontaneous, creative side makes you a charming date, and we think you have a horny side just waiting to shine. Or glisten, rather. You enter new relationships unusually hopeful, and the first moments are especially glorious. If you've had some things not work out before, so what.
Your exact opposite:
The 5-Night Stand
Deliberate Brutal Sex Master
| On paper, most girls would name the Boy Next Door as their ideal mate. In the real world, however, you're often passed over for more dangerous or masculine men. You're the typical "nice guy:" without just a touch of cockiness, you're doomed with girls. A shoulder to cry on? Okay, sure. But never a penis to hold.
More than any other type, Boys Next Door evolve as they get older. As we said, many find true love, but some fail miserably in the search. These tarnished few grow up to be The Men Next Door, who are creepy as hell, offering backrubs to kids and what not.
ALWAYS AVOID: The Nymph
CONSIDER: The Maid of Honor, The Peach |
Link: The 32-Type Dating Test by OkCupid - Free Online Dating.
My profile name: Deathmagus |
Lol! Backrubs for little kids...there's a horrible irony in that...would I do that when I get older?
...Well, we knew that. Moving on...
Fall Break. yeah...
12+ miles of scramble hiking today. Woot.
Be back on Sunday.
Love you all, esp. Krista! ^_^
Over and out.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/purplelemon/sassips/tired.gif) tired
Current Music: Nothing
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October 12th, 2005
10:35 pm - College Stuff
Well, it's official. BSU wants me. Wants me to the tune of $12,000 scholarships, with possibly more on the way.
I'm happy, ok?
In other news...
| You're an Passionate Kisser | 
For you, kissing is about all about following your urges
If someone's hot, you'll go in for the kiss - end of story
You can keep any relationship hot with your steamy kisses
A total spark plug - your kisses are bound to get you in trouble |
This is good to know.
Current Mood: Happy
Current Music: Rent - Playing in my head
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October 9th, 2005
08:26 pm - To All Roncalli Seniors...
Go on retreat. It can change your life. Completely. And the lives of those around you. It's completely worth it. That is all. Love to all reading this.
Signing off.
Current Mood: Loving
Current Music: Billy Joel - For the Longest Time
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October 2nd, 2005
05:36 pm - The World's Shortest D&D Adventure
The World's Shortest (Yet Technically Complete) Adventure
"The Orc and the Pie: A Parody"
Adventure Background: An orc has a pie.
Adventure Synopsis: The PCs kill the orc and take his pie.
Adventure Hook: The PCs are hungry for pie.
Room 1: The Orc's Pie Room
You see an orc with a pie.
The room is 10 feet by 10 feet.
Creature: An orc.
Treasure: A pie.
Concluding the Adventure: Pie tastes good.
Further Adventures: Somewhere, there is a bakery making these good pies. Perhaps it's guarded by more orcs.
Current Mood: chipper
Current Music: Rent - Today for You, Tomorrow for Me
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September 20th, 2005
08:08 pm
Who doesn't like Trix?
http://www.wimp.com/trix/
In other news...I'm sitting here watching a picture render...
Yes, that is about as interesting as watching grass grow...
I'm gonna go do homework now...this things been running this render for 24 hours straight...
Current Mood: Sexy
Current Music: None
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September 5th, 2005
09:08 pm - My own country
First time I've ever liked all the answers.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/purplelemon/sassips/bitchy.gif) Ruthless
Current Music: Tracy Chapman - Fast Car
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August 18th, 2005
09:09 pm
Yoinked from [info]ancientwhisper, because I'm such a follower. Gah. Fear me.
Go to http://www.musicoutfitters.com/ and put your birth year into the search box. The first link should be the top 100 songs of that year. Cut and paste that list here. Bold the ones you actually like... or at least wouldn't make you change stations / skip tracks. I'm adding to this. I'm going to bold all the ones I know and like/tolerate, and put all the ones I know but dislike/loathe into italics. Those in normal font will be the ones I don't know at all. Kay? Kay.
1. Faith, George Michael
2. Need You Tonight, INXS
3. Got My Mind Set On You, George Harrison
4. Never Gonna Give You Up, Rick Astley
5. Sweet Child O' Mine, Guns N' Roses
6. So Emotional, Whitney Houston
7. Heaven Is A Place On Earth, Belinda Carlisle
8. Could've Been, Tiffany
9. Hands To Heaven, Breathe
10. Roll With It, Steve Winwood
11. One More Try, George Michael
12. Wishing Well, Terence Trent d'Arby
13. Anything For You, Gloria Estefan and the Miami Sound Machine
14. The Flame, Cheap Trick
15. Get Outta My Dreams, Get Into My Car, Billy Ocean
16. Seasons Change, Expose
17. Is This Love, Whitesnake
18. Wild, Wild West, Escape Club
19. Pour Some Sugar On Me, Def Leppard
20. I'll Always Love You, Taylor Dayne
21. Man In The Mirror, Michael Jackson
22. Shake Your Love, Debbie Gibson
23. Simply Irresistible, Robert Palmer
24. Hold On To The Nights, Richard Marx
25. Hungry Eyes, Eric Carnen
26. Shattered Dreams, Johnny Hates Jazz
27. Father Figure, George Michael
28. Naught Girls (Need Love Too), Samantha Fox
29. A Groovy Kind Of Love, Phil Collins
30. Love Bites, Def Leppard
31. Endless Summer Nights, Richard Marx
32. Foolish Beat, Debbie Gibson
33. Where Do Broken Hearts Go, Whitney Houston
34. Angel, Aerosmith
35. Hazy Shade Of Winter, Bangles
36. The Way You Make Me Feel, Michael Jackson
37. Don't Worry, Be Happy, Bobby McFerrin
38. Make Me Lose Control, Eric Carnen
39. Red Red Wine, UB40
40. She's Like The Wind, Patric Swayze
41. Bad Medicine, Bon Jovi
42. Kokomo, Beach Boys
43. I Don't Wanna Go On With You Like That, Elton John
44. Together Forever, Rick Astley
45. Monkey, George Michael
46. Devil Inside, INXS
47. Should've Known Better, Richard Marx
48. I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love, Chicago
49. The Loco-Motion, Kylie Minogue
50. What Have I Done To Deserve This?, Pet Shop Boys and Dusty Springfield
51. Make It Real, Jets
52. What's On Your Mind, Information Society
53. Tell It To My Heart, Taylor Dayne
54. Out Of The Blue, Debbie Gibson
55. Don't You Want Me, Jody Watley
56. Desire, U2
57. I Get Weak, Belinda Carlisle
58. Sign Your Name, Terence Trent d'Arby
59. I Want To Be Your Man, Roger
60. Girlfriend, Pebbles
61. Dirty Diana, Michael Jackson
62. 1-2-3, Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
63. Mercedes Boy, Pebbles
64. Perfect World, Huey Lewis and the News
65. New Sensation, INXS
66. Catch Me (I'm Falling), Pretty Poison
67. If It Isn't Love, New Edition
68. Rocket 2 U, Jets
69. One Good Woman, Peter Cetera
70. Don't Be Cruel, Cheap Trick
71. Candle In The Wind, Elton John
72. Everything Your Heart Desires, Daryl Hall and John Oates
73. Say You Will , Foreigner
74. I Want Her, Keith Sweat
75. Pink Cadillac, Natalie Cole
76. Fast Car, Tracy Chapman
77. Electric Blue, Icehouse
78. The Valley Road, Bruce Hornsby and The Range
79. Don't Be Cruel, Bobby Brown
80. Always On My Mind, Pet Shop Boys
81. Piano In The Dark, Brenda Russell Featuring Joe Esposito
82. When It's Love, Van Halen
83. Don't Shed A Tear, Paul Carrack
84. We'll Be Together, Sting
85. I Hate Myself For Loving You, Joan Jett and The Blackhearts
86. I Don't Want To Live Without You, Foreigner
87. Nite And Day, Al B. Sure
88. Don't You Know What The Night Can Do, Steve Winwood
89. One Moment In Time, Whitney Houston
90. Can't Stay Away From You, Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine
91. Kissing A Fool, George Michael
92. Cherry Bomb, John Cougar Mellancamp
93. I Still Believe, Brenda K. Starr
94. I Found Someone, Cher
95. Never Tear Us Apart, INXS
96. Valerie, Steve Windwood
97. Just Like Paradise, David Lee Roth
98. Nothin' But A Good Time, Poison
99. Wait, White Lion
100. Prove Your Love, Taylor Dayne
Hm...I don't know enough songs, apparently.
Current Mood: sad
Current Music: The Police - King of Pain
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July 29th, 2005
09:03 pm - Kentucky
Woot. I'm in Kentucky for like the 60th time. Seriously. This time, however, I've got a wireless laptop. Oh the jubilation. Soo... 2 weeks till school's back in session. Yep. I said it. If you haven't, get any and all AP work going starting right now. It takes at least a week of solid work. Night before doesn't work. Really. It doesn't.
That said, Frosh Orient. is coming up soon. Fun fun. I still need ideas for 2-3 minute video segments to run for each of our phony "test run" class periods. The theme is "What is (my school name)" I've got a partial list below:
1. Faith
2. Academics
3. Creativity
4. Athletics
5.
6.
7.
8.
There you go. Help me out.
Also, I've got my class schedule. Those who go to my school - compare if you know your schedule and tell me if we have any matches!
1. Religion II
2. AP Studio Art IV
3. AP Calculas IV
4. Physics III
4.5 Lunch
5. Advanced Physical Conditioning II
6. Independent Study - New Media
7. AP Government IV/Economics III
8. AP Language and Literature IV
Fun fun.
I'm bored.
Random list time.
1. Never mind I give up.
Adios
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/purplelemon/sassips/blah.gif) bored
Current Music: A. L. Weber - Jesus Christ Superstar 2000 - What's the Buzz?
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July 28th, 2005
05:52 pm - 1984
In other news...I've just finished my book for AP English, George Orwell's 1984. Very, very creepy story. Big Brother is watching...
Now just to write all the essays. Fun fun. I'll do them this weekend while I'm out of town.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/purplelemon/sassips/scared.gif) Paranoid
Current Music: Dan Fogelberg - Nexus
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July 20th, 2005
08:01 pm
Blargh...so yesterday and today were crap. Let's run down the checklist:
1. Tuesday I had to work. No fun.
2. I was sick while I worked. Not headachy sick, but pretty stomach-achy sick. So I could function, but didn't feel very good.
3. Found out about guttercat's accident. Damn.
4. Ate dinner...then wished I hadn't
5. Went to bed at 12:00. Didn't fall asleep until 5:30...damn stomach cramps
Wednesday:
1. Didn't have to work today. Instead, was sick all day. Damnit!
2. Got up at 10:00
3. Ate two pieces of dry toast. Wished I hadn't later. Damnit my body doesn't want to keep down anything I throw at it.
4. Went to Jeremy Racke's house and watched half of "The Green Mile" - rather disturbing, but a must-see.
5. Went home and fell asleep again
6. Spork popped over to drop off my cupcake pan, and to grab some of my senior pictures. Was fun, but was still feeling sick.
7. Tried some of the BRAT diet - Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast. Then wished I hadn't. Damnit! I'm gonna starve.
Current Mood: ![[mood icon]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/mood/purplelemon/sassips/sick.gif) Sick and Hungry
Current Music: Bon Jovi - Wanted Dead or Alive
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July 14th, 2005
10:10 pm - Pessimistic Comment of the Day
Life is an incurable, sexually transmitted disease, with a 100% mortality rate.
Current Mood: high
Current Music: The Bloodhound Gang - Fire Water Burn
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