So Not Cool

So, after a week of running around like a chicken with its head cut off, I finally got a cold. Although it sounds like I am asking for it, I am not. I hate being sick, it makes me feel needy. And since I don't have anybody around to act out, I am going to manifest my neediness online.

I wish I could say I felt a cold coming. In retrospect, I might. It was a strange feeling as I came home from the library on Saturday. It was as if all the energy drained out of my body. As I collapsed into my bed, I also felt a little bit depressed. I blamed it on something else, a phone call that didn't go well.

Sunday morning came. I woke up and felt the whole room swirling around me. "Oh boy," I thought, "I'm having a cold." Then I ran to the bathroom to puke. Nothing but a little bit of liquid came out. My stomach was empty. I am really having this cold. And you know what the funny thing is? I actually felt cold. It was like little shivers running up and down my body.

I had enough energy left to boil me some water, grate some ginger, and made a ginger tea. I found some cold medicine, took two pills as instructed with the hot ginger tea, and passed out. When I woke up again, the woozy feeling was not there anymore but it felt like I have rocks on my brain.

So no, this is not cool. Not cool at all. I conjured enough energy to go grocery shopping because there's nothing worse than being starved when having a cold. Besides, my ginger supply was running low.

Now, I'm sweating bucket as I'm typing this. My head still hurts. I hate having a cold. But again, I don't get sick that often. But still, I hate it.

Here's a cold remedy for those who might need it. As my mom always says, have some ginger and lemon available. You may never know when you'll need it. Jump and learn more.


Hot Ginger Lemonade: a Cold Remedy

What you need: some ginger root, preferably the size of your thumb; half a lemon or lime (use more if you want a sour drink); hot water; some honey (or sugar); a pinch of salt.

How to make it:

• Boil some water (1-1.5 cups)
• Grate, smash, or thinly chop your ginger root to a pulp. Since I have a grater, I prefer the first method. It's a lot easier. Make sure you get about a tablespoon of grated ginger (more if you want a really hot drink.)
• Squeeze the lemon into a cup, add your grated ginger, then pour water all over them. Add honey or sugar to sweeten it, then add a pinch of salt.

Usually, I would wait a couple of minutes to get the ginger essence steep out. Also, I don't want to drink a scalding hot lemonade. Then, I would be very brave and drink the whole thing.

Now, here's a word of warning: it burns and I'm not kidding. If you're not a spicy eater, you will get the greatest burn of your life. However, my mom chugged this down my throat since I was five so I have no problem drinking it. I prefer to take my cold medicine with water afterwards and go to sleep. Whatever ailment you have, this hot ginger lemonade will knock it out of you after you wake up.

Repeat as many times as needed. You will feel better in no time.

If you have stomachache, grated ginger with hot water and a pinch of salt works wonder, too. Again, just be really brave and chug it down your throat. You will feel better in no time.

So let me go and take another nap before my med wears off. Belly is fine but confused. He wants to play with me but I can't. I don't want him to have a kitty cold. He's kind of sad when I told him I could not play with him. But still, he ate his cat food though. That cat is an enigma sometimes.

Also, please check out my friend Trisha's new e-book called "30 Day Ultimate Beauty Makeover." It is a very interesting and informative book. Until September 15th, the book is available for downloading at $8 USD. After that, it will go up to $13 USD. I will do a review of this book as soon as I get better. This cold had better go away!

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Chanel no. 5: I Get It Now

Family legend has it, my maternal grandfather was a Chanel no. 5 man. To be honest, I don't remember much about my grandfather since he passed away when I was so young. However, I recalled he was quite stylist and he smelled pretty good. My grandfather was tall, dark, handsome, and skinny. And he smoked, a lot. I did not know what kind of perfume he wore but it smelled interesting. Probably the tobacco smoke added some character to it.

Later on, as I grew up, my mom told me the secret: Grandpa wore Chanel no. 5! Now, that came as a shocker to me. As we all know, Chanel no. 5 is the famous perfume for women. And how come he smelled so fabulous with it? I remember it was quite dark and smoky on him. An interesting mix, yet somehow it felt comfortable, too. I guess my grandfather did not overdo his perfume and the tobacco smoke just deepened the scent. I kept that information deep in my mind and at the time, I did not know what to do with it.

Time passed, I became a beauty blogger. Yet, I was not convinced of the power of Chanel. Of course, Chanel makeup is more than fabulous. I want them but for now, I know for sure I can't afford them. Once in a while, I would cruise the Chanel counter and randomly sprayed some perfume like a fan girl. After doing it for a while, one day I realized I smelled pretty fabulous with Chanel Coco Mademoiselle. Like seriously, that day I smelled bitch-ass fabulous. I got a ton of comments on the way home. People wanted to know what I wore. Right then and there, I wanted to bust out my wallet and buy the smallest size possible of the Coco Mademoiselle.



But the inner money conscious Asian inside of me begged to differ. Instead, I asked for a carded sample. The sales assistant was kind enough to search up and down the counter for me. I had high hope. But then, she looked at me and said, "Ma'am, we don't have any samples for Coco Mademoiselle. But we do have Chanel no. 5. Do you want one?"

Of course, I was not insane. Disappointed, yes, but not insane. So I nodded. I came home, took a shower, and sprayed some no. 5 on my arms. Somehow, I managed to forget all about it until a couple of hours later when I caught a whiff of myself. What is that? I continued sniffing until I found the spot that I previously sprayed Chanel no. 5 on. Bingo! This is why I smelled good!

Truth be told, I probably sprayed Chanel no. 5 ten times before that. However, the scent I smelled was not the same as the one I remembered. You see, scents and memory go hand in hand. Sometimes, a scent can invoke powerful memories of childhood. That's why I still can't wear lavender. It reminds me so much of my grandmother. But the Chanel no. 5 in my past was a lot different. It was darker, muskier, and sexier. It was Grandpa. And the current Chanel no. 5 is not. It smells too young to me. Even my mom said the same thing.

Then, after some digging, I found out a lot of ingredients in Chanel no. 5 became synthetic since some of them are hard to find and/or take a lot of time to grow. That change probably made the current Chanel no. 5 less interesting. Also, if I remember correctly, my grandfather did not use his Chanel right away. He let it age for a while before using it. With that process, the perfume became more condensed and probably brought out more interesting characteristics.

But that day when I sniffed my arms like mad, I realized one thing: like people, perfumes also have their own evolution. Hence, I don't expect Chanel no. 5 to smell the same 50 years from now, either. Behind the mist and legend, Chanel no. 5 is a pretty straightforward scent: it is a skin scent. Back in the day when it came out, this perfume probably was a sensation due to its overtly usage of aldehydes. But now, it is pretty tame. With all the perfumes coming out every year, we get a pretty wide spread of scents. Three years ago, if you told me that woody-floral would become trendy, I would have laughed at you. But now, with the advancement in chromatography, anything and everything is possible.

With that said, I found a new love thanked to my grandfather. To me, Chanel no. 5 is a skin scent that is full of sensuality. It cannot be beat. But it is not for everybody. You need to be mature enough to understand and wear it. You need to own your no. 5. Otherwise, you will end up smelling like you're trying too hard.

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Belly at Large: Cute Overload

Hello home people!

Belly's back! Last week I decided to share with you a picture of moi reminiscing my cat food modeling day. If you haven't seen it yet, click here. Recently, la mamarazzi loves to stroke my head and says, "You're so cute, Belly. Why are you so cute? Cute, cute, cute!"

Eh? What are you talking about, woman? Me: cute? Did you forget my claws of death? May I demonstrate it to you again? But then, she scratched my sweet spot and I started rolling around, purring. Such a manipulative woman.

But as I watched her editing my photos, I realized she was right. And Dao, stop being so gleeful already. This is the only time I admit that so don't hope for another chance, ok?

Here are the proofs of my overtly cuteness:

Dao called this "Portrait of a Playboy Kitty". Whatever!

In my defense, I was in deep thought. This is me channeling George Clooney in "Good Night and Good Luck", yo!

More pictures after the jump. You know what to do.

Sleepy Kitty 1

Sleepy Kitty 2

Those two can be called "Portraits of Handsome Kitty and Stinky Blanket". She should have thrown that blanket away already and buy something with a bazillion thread count. Does she expect me to sleep in something like that? However, look at those pictures again. I look so...young, almost like a kitten again. Like seriously, how cute I am?

Alright, folks! Wipe the drool off your face now. I mean it. There's so much cuteness you can handle at once. If you overdo it, I guess the next step is to get yourself a unicorn and dye it pink. Seriously, wipe that drool off your face.

Love, peace, and tuna fish,
Mr. Belly

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Neutral Eyes FOTD

Hello there,

Recently, I was a bit trigger-happy as E.L.F made its way to Target for the back to school season. There are four new palettes available, 3 eye and 1 lip palettes. And guess what? They sell like hot cakes! The inner collector in me decided to swoop in and collected all 3 of the eye palettes for $15 plus tax. Can you believe it? That's 50 cents more expensive than a MAC eyeshadow and I got 36 eye shadows instead. For those who are looking for a review, I will put them up next week. Today, I am just going to do a show and tell with the ELF BeautyBook in Neutral Eye Edition.

Neutral Eyes FOTD

Want to know how to create this look? Jump!

Eyes

Colors used in this palette, numbers indicate the order of use

Open eye

• Apply ArtDeco eyeshadow primer on your eyelids: I've tested this palette with different primers and ArtDeco gives the best color intensity.
• With an eyeshadow brush, apply color #1 (shimmery chocolate brown) to the eyelid.
• Using a blending brush, apply color #2 (golden apricot that resembles MAC Amber Lights) to the crease and blend slightly
• Using the same brush, apply color #3 (shimmery taupe, Urban Decay Sin dupe) above color #2 and blend these two colors together. Don't blend them too much aas you need to have a gradient.

Semi-close eye

• Using ELF Studio crease brush, emphasize the outer corner of your eyes with color #4
• With the blending brush, apply color #5 underneath the brow bone as a highlighter. Please use a light hand as this color is very frosty.
• Line your upper eyelashes with a black eyeliner and lower eyelashes with a pearly white eyeliner (I used ELF waterproof eyeliner for the upper lash line and Wet n Wild Idol Eyes chubby eye stick in Pixie for the lower lash line.)
• Curl your lashes and apply two coats of mascara

I can make a silly face :P

Face

• Apply your favorite face primer before applying foundation
• Using ELF Studio powder brush, apply mineral foundation. Set it with The Ultimate Powder from Formula D Minerals
• Apply Dandelion blush to your cheeks with a blush brush

Lips

• Apply MAC Viva Glam V to your lips and voila, you're done!

Peace, y'all!

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Sinful Colors Nail Polish in Vacation Time: Say Ahhh!

Hi everyone,

Did you follow my tweets from last week? Did you? Well, if you did not, you probably missed out one huge opportunity to score some awesome nail polishes from Sinful Colors. Inside last week's ad, Walgreens put a 99 cent coupon for one Sinful Colors (SC) nail polish, which usually runs at $1.99. Of course, they had to put a limit into it as you could only get 3 at a time.

This time around, I picked 3 nail polishes: 2 for me and 1 for a friend. In the past, I blogged about SC and I was very happy about my "I Miss You" nail polish (post here.) However, most colors from this line are sparkly, which are easy to use but a pain to remove. Vacation Time, on the other hand, is just smooth and creamy.

Sinful Colors nail polish in Vacation Time

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First of all, let me just say that when it comes to nail polishes, I have two left hands. If I don't manage to make a mess all over my cuticles, I would fill my nails with paint streaks. Those are the two main reasons I love glittery nail polishes with big brushes. You can hardly mess it up at all. But as I said earlier, glittery nail polishes are a pain in the tush when you remove them.

But the older I get, the more I long for good quality cream nail polishes. I struck gold with Rimmel London Steel Grey nail polish earlier this summer and I looked forward to a repeat performance from Vacation Time. Needless to say, this nail polish doesn't disappoint. The color is really pigmented, I only need a coat to cover my nails, which means the chance to get streaks is low. It is really shiny and the juice does not spread out that much to invade my cuticles. Also, the brush is in good size.

Vacation Time and painted nails

The color is rosy coral, which may look old-fashioned to some. However, it is a dress down color to me. It does not make your nails look too muted, yet does not look too bright either. It is just right, and for some reasons, it makes me feel very relaxed.

I have worn it for more than a week and there is no tip wear. Also, there's no chips either. This is one sturdy nail polish and with its price, Sinful Colors can't be beat.

Close up at the nails. I consider this a good paint job.

The only complaint I have is it dries very quickly. Therefore, you need to apply it fast and dip the brush back into the bottle. Let the brush hanging out too long will give a chance for clumps to form and that's how you get streaky nails.

What do you think of Sinful Colors nail polishes? Please let me know in the comment section. I'd love to hear from ya!

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Prizes Sent!

Hi everybody,

First of all, I have a confession: I messed up in the post order. The ELF eyelid primer post was supposed to be for today but an overzealous internet elf decided to give it a boost. Hence, it was posted a day earlier, which gave me an interesting predicament of what to do today.

So, I am just going to give everyone an update regarding your prize status: I sent them out today!

Three packages for three winners, each weights almost 3 lbs!

 I haven't shipped anything overseas for a while and this giveaway really burned a big hole in my pocket. Since when has shipping become so expensive? And domestic shipping is not that cheap, either. What's going on with the U.S Postal Services lately?

So winners, please watch out for your packages. They should arrive shorty, and by "shortly" I mean from a week to a month. Shipping overseas are notoriously unreliable and after they are out of my hand, I have no way to track them.

By the way, this picture here is just to show off:

My reusable Target bag.

Remember this post? Well, the Target people sent me a $1 off coupon for me to purchase a reusable bag $1.49 and up. I picked this foldable bag and paid 49 cents and some change for it. It is really roomy and had enough space for those 3 packages. Neat, huh? Every time you use a red Target bag when you shop, you get a 5 cent discount. It is not a lot of incentive to buy the bag but to me, I guess I already got my money back :)

That's all for now, folks! Stay cool, ok?

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Back to School with E.L.F: the Eyelid Primer

Hellur,

Recently, I found out the famously cheap E.L.F has graced the shelves of Target once again. "Halleluyer," I said, "Let them have awesomely cheap makeup!" Since when I became a fan of ELF, I don't quite remember. All I know is the stuff I ordered online as well as bought at Target are quite reliable. And did I say cheap?

The ELF stuff at Target just flies off the shelf like crazy. I wanted to get another eyeshadow brush but alas, none found. As I was about to walk out of the store with tail between my feet (figuratively), I saw a few of the Eyelid Primers hanging on the wall. Since I didn't get the Mineral Eyeshadow Primer in my last order, I decided to give this one a chance. It's only a dollar and I figured out if it sucked, I would not really miss it.

ELF Eyelid Primer ($1)

The tube looks like a lip gloss tube that's made of plastic. The texture of the body is rubbery while that of the cap is smooth. Similar to Urban Decay Primer Potion, this product has a wand that allows you to scoop the primer out.

The wand

The juice is light peachy pink and the first time I opened it, a faint alcohol scent escaped. However, after a couple of times I used this primer, I don't smell the alcohol anymore.

The primer, not spread out

It is quite easy to spread out, thanks to cyclopentasiloxane and dimethicone. Not only so, this primer can be spread quite thinly. As you may know, MAC paint pots are my stand-in primers and they spread out quite well. This even tops them. I don't need a lot of product to cover my entire eyelid and once spread out, it feels like a thin film. The feeling is not as creamy as paint pots but it is not uncomfortable either. It just does not feel so organic to me.

The primer, spread out

If you look really closely, the area with the primer appears to be a bit lighter. Yup, the stuff is not 100% colorless. However, if you have uneven skin tone on your eyelids, this will help to balance things out.

And now, the juicy part: Does it work?

My answer: to a certain extend.

For a dollar, I do not expect much. If it can hold my eye shadows for about 6 hours, it does the job. And yes, it does, even in the heat and humidity of the Sunshine State. I tested it for 3 times, once indoor, once outdoor, and once when I was in and out. Each time, the duration was 4-6 hours. With that said, there's a trick to make this work: you have to wait for the primer to dry totally. It does not take that long, only a minute or two, but it is the only way for this eyelid primer to work.

Once dried, you can apply your eye shadows and it will keep everything intact for about 6 hours. Longer than that, you're on your own. The thing is, even paint pots can prolong the colors for a certain amount of time before everything started to melt. Six hours is not that long, if you go to work or school all day. However, if the temperature is lower and you stay mostly indoor with the A.C on, the time limit can be stretched for an hour or two longer.

The quality of eye shadows also determines how long they stay on your eyelids when using this primer. I tried MAC, ELF, and Formula D eye shadows. While MAC and Formula D colors stay relatively long (6 hours and beyond), ELF does not stay that long. I pressed my luck and after 4 hours, ELF eye shadows started to fade.

Another point of attention is the vibrancy of the eye shadows when using this product as a primer: it does not bolster your colors at all. Au contraire, the colors seem to be dimmer. The effect is similar to that of Urban Decay Sin Primer Potion. Since I want more vibrancy, this is not something I am looking forward to.

Here is a quick summary of pros and cons:

Pros:

• cheap ($1), can get deals online to offset the cost
• easy to use
• highly spreadable and evens out your skin tone
• feels smooth, thanks to dimethicone, and makes blending colors easier
• has portable container
• does not contain parabens

Cons:

• feels plastic
• takes time to dry (1-2 minutes)
• does not make colors pop
• time limit is not that long (~6hrs)

Ingredient list

Will I buy it again? Probably not. If I were to purchase a primer from ELF, I may go for the Mineral Eyeshadow Primer, which is $3. However, that one contains bismuth oxychloride, which irritates my skin. For a dollar, this primer is not so bad. It takes time to get used to but once I did, I found it a pretty straightforward primer.

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My Makeup Blog's Second Birthday Giveaway Winners

Hello there,

Finally, the day has come when I am ready to announce the winners of My Makeup Blog's Second Birthday Giveaway. I know, I know, it's better late than never. Thank you everybody for participating in this giveaway. A lot of you retweeted and posted this giveaway on your blogs to spread the word. I really appreciate it!

As usual, I conjured the magic of random selection via Random.org to pick winners. This time around, it was a bit complicated as there are 3 packages available. Added retweets and reposts into it, this took me a bit longer to put things together. I am very thankful for Google Docs as it let me import data in Excel so I can sort and add data. It really made my life easier, I digress.

Want to know if you are one of the three winners? Jump!

Result for package 1 coming up: winner is lucky number 34 :)

Congratulations, Selenia!

Package 2's winner is number 45

Congratulations, Trisha! I'm so happy for you!

 Trisha almost won in the Hairtag giveaway. It was gravity that challenged her. I wished her good luck on her next giveaway and guess what? She won! Trisha, I guess you were meant to receive this package after all.

Number 70 is the winner of package 3

Congratulations, Rhania!

Congratulations, winners! Again, thank you everybody for your participation and support. I would like to thank the sponsors for furnishing such awesome prizes.

I will contact the winners as soon as I can. Please reply with your mailing information and I will send your winning package as soon as I can.

Also, folks, can I have a question, please? I've seen a lot of email unsubscriptions lately and it really upsets me. I know the feed has been broadcast as teasers for a while now, since a website started to steal contents of my blog via feed. As a result, the updates are in teasers, which may be annoying if you want the whole she-bang in an email. I understand that and I really apologize for the inconvenience. However, I hate to be a target of content theft and not publishing the whole feed is the only way to deter that. For those who already dropped out of my updates, please understand. There are still other ways to follow my blog (Google Friends Connection) and Twitter. I hope you will continue supporting my blog.

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Belly at Large: Old Habit Dies Hard

Howdy,

As you may know, I am in semi-retirement when it comes to modeling. Back in the day, I was the Cindy Crawford of cat food commercial. Being a model requires a lot of things and catching snakes is not one of them. Needless to say, I don't miss those days when I had to be a size double-zero kitty model. My body doesn't work that way, y'all. I prefer to be a voluptuous divo.

But alas, old habit dies hard. While the mamarazzi is no Patrick Demarchelier, she still managed to coax a pose or two out or moi. Lookie here:

This is my cat food commercial pose #19. Ah, the good old days!

Of course, she didn't fluff my hair or apply eleventy thousand hundred bazillion coats of shine serum to it but still, you can't deny the fact that I look good. Without proper lightning or prop, I still look stunning in a Brat Pitt/George Clooney kind of way. I know, unbelievable but true. I'm just handsome that way.

Which reminds me of another thing: la mamarazzi  really needs a new camera, preferably one of those expensive D-SLR thingies with the long lenses. Home girl can take pictures, that much I can tell. Who knows, she may end up being Annie Leibovitz of the Cat Fancy world some day. Beside pissing me off with that soy chicken nugget and recently, that deworm medicine, she's a good girl. Santa, please put her in the nice list for a camera, will you? Also, she doesn't mind receiving an iPad on top of that, either.

That's all, folks! There are more pictures in this photo shoot but I can't overload you with cuteness, can I? One picture at a time, folks! I promise the next one is going to be a lot cuter.

Love, peace, and tuna fish,
Mr. Belly (former supermodel)

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It Girl FOTD

Hellur,

Recently, I've come to a realization that my life is getting weirder and weirder since I became a beauty blogger. I cannot just step out of the house like a normal person with no makeup. It feels naked. I have to put something on, preferably something that makes me look like a drag queen, and parade around town. My concept of "neutral makeup" is the smokey eyes with neutral-looking colors!

This is my effort to look toned down and less drag queen-ish for a day. Needless to say, I failed. The look is quite nice and simple but I felt naked. So I put a pair of false eyelashes on! You see what I mean now?

Anyways, let us go on with the show:

It Girl FOTD

This is officially my first look with my new hair. It feels really strange. Now that I have short hair, playing up my eyes is the way to go. All products used in this post are Formula D Minerals', unless otherwise noted.

Stuff I used:

Eyes: ELF eyelid primer, Formula D Minerals eyeshadows in It Girl, Serenity, Kaleidoscope, and Daisy, Wet n Wild Idol Eyes shadow stick in Pixie, ELF waterproof eyeliner, CoverGirl LashBlast fusion

Face: The Ultimate Powder, mineral foundation, Radiance blush, MAC Studio Sculpt concealer NW20

Lips: Rimmel London lipstick in Vintage and Victoria's Secret lipgloss in Blushed

Brushes: ELF Studio powder brush, crease brush, ELF Professional blending brush and eyeshadow brush

Eyes

Open eye

• Apply a coat of ELF eyelid primer on each eye, wait for it to completely dry. Otherwise, the stuff will peel.
• Using the eyeshadow brush, apply It Girl to the eyelid area
• With the crease brush, apply Serenity to the outer-v area and blend it inward.
• Using the blending brush, blend Serenity to the crease area but not all the way in

Concentrate Serenity on the outer-v area and the crease

• Use the blending brush to apply Kaleidoscope as a highlighter, blending it with Serenity. This is really strange because your whole eyes are covered in various shades of pink but believe me, it looks really cute.
• Use the crease brush to apply Daisy to the inner corner of your eyes.
• Apply Pixie to the lower lash line and the waterproof eyeliner to the upper lashes.
• Apply 2 coats of mascara and you're done.

Another look at the eye

Face

• Apply The Ultimate Powder as a face primer, using the powder brush
• Then, apply your mineral foundation, using the same brush
• Conceal your blemishes and set the foundation with The Ultimate Powder, using the same brush (I'm trying not to use too many brushes to save me some cleaning time.)
• Apply Radiance blush with a blush brush (not shown)

Lips

• Apply Vintage to your lips and top it off with Blushed

This is pink overload. Surprisingly, you can see the colors on my eyes a lot better here

Big Bow has to make another cameo :)

Wait, don't go yet! Here's the special:

You can buy this look on my shop. From now until 8/18/2010, if you buy the four eye shadows I used in this tutorial (It Girl, Serenity, Kaleidoscope, and Daisy), you'll get Radiance blush for free. That's a $7 value, people!

Just go to my shop and check it out. Please support my shop, y'all!

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