The Disdainful Soul

moved, bb

2009-08-12T04:52:31Z

catherinehaines

I sometimes still use disdainful_soul, but the entries are now over on the other account.

Change Of Address

2009-04-30T09:09:02Z

Well, the day has finally come.

As of next month it will be two years since I started blogging on Disdainful-Soul.net. It’s an odd sensation to be sitting here now and writing this post. But I’ve finally stopped putting it off and putting fingers to keys.

Some of you may have already noticed this, but I have started to use my full name on most things, and now it has reached the logical conclusion: Catherine-Haines.com. It will be a combination of D-S.net and Working Title, and hopefully when I find me an agent who gets me a publishing deal, I can have a nice author website all set up (with a nice pre-built fanbase to go with it :P). I’ll be renewing the domain names for both when the time comes, so I have a whole year to work out what to do with them while the content stays up. It’ll also mean that all the stuff on the subdomains will be fine too. My bank balance… not so much. Oh well.

So please, come and check out Catherine-Haines.com, with its shiny new layout I am very proud of. I’d be tickled pink if you stopped by.

Originally published at Disdainful-Soul.net. You can comment here or there.

#amazonfail

2009-04-13T01:37:02Z

Originally posted at On The Nightstand.

Online bookseller Amazon.com is in deep doo-doo. You see, in a move tagged with #amazonfail on Twitter, the company has started deranking “adult” titles, which removes them from search queries.

Sounds okay, right? Wrong.

The problem lies in what they are classifying as “adult”: literature with GLBT content or leanings. Even books that don’t have any graphic content, such as non-fiction books, have been labled “adult” and thus deranked.

You can imagine my fury when I saw that Stephen Fry’s memoir and (the hardcover edition of) John Barrowman’s autobiography had both been deranked and removed from search engine result. The same goes for Heather Has Two Mommies, a children’s book. There is a list of affected books over on Meta_Writer.

So what can you do? Let Amazon know that they have done wrong, of course. Tweet about it using the #amazonfail tag. Blog about it. Sign the petition. Get the word out.

All Hail The Tweets

2009-04-04T20:00:07Z

10:40 @MichelleZink Hopefully your daughter doesn't follow your Twitter! #
10:42 @MichelleZink Ha ha ha, that's good then. Wouldn't want Twitter ruining it for her! #
10:43 www.somethingawful.com/d/photoshop-phriday/ruin-emotional-movies.php?page=3 HAHAHAHA! #
10:58 Okay, time to get dressed and then walk up the road to the school for the book sale #
11:08 So excited to go to book sale I put sandles on wrong foot. #lifefail #
11:35 @Amemait Just the local primary school. I had to go near the end coz of work, so not much left. But got 4 books for $5! #
11:38 @RavenousReadr Yeah. :( Timezones make it worse for me! When it's evening here it's absolutely silent for you guys. #
11:59 @RavenousReadr All this talk about how great POTS really makes me want to read it even more than before. Is that possible? #
12:07 @reverieBR HI! #
12:12 @reverieBR Oh boy I know what you mean. I don't have betas for blog entries, but I am so glad I have crit buddies for BB and other stuff. #
12:14 @MichelleZink Oh, that's great news! #
12:14 Discussing Georgian era jewelery and query letters with my beta. #
12:17 My IMs are silent. Someone talk to meeeee! #
12:21 @reverieBR No GTalk or anything? :/ #
13:52 My name is Anakin Skywalker. You killed my mother. Prepare to die. #
14:17 Well, I'm glad @reverieBR agrees with my description for BB being "in the vein of a YA Sookie Stackhouse". I was worried it was just me. #
14:21 OMG SHAAK TI! #
14:21 AND KIT FISTO! *happy dance* #
14:58 Gonna get some coke, and then I shall see if I can round off this query letter draft. #
15:11 One thing I always stumble upon in queries is the brief author bio. Okay, I stumble over the whole query, but the bio is still a problem. #
15:24 Okay, I now have a complete draft of a query letter. Time to read it over again, and prune and expand it where it needs it. #
15:38 @Sarahbelle1414 Done. :) #
16:38 @Senfaye FAILWHALE! #
16:56 And @Senfaye is spamming everyone with BB extract. Oh dears. #
16:56 i8.photobucket.com/albums/a42/MusicLoverLauren/lulz/otter.jpg XD #
17:00 i39.tinypic.com/2yzcxl3.jpg "Hungry like the me!" #
17:26 I am sleepy. It's not even 5.30 #
17:27 Armageddon tomorrow! armageddonexpo.com/ Gonna meet the 5th Doctor! #
18:40 @neverish www.freeiconsdownload.com/Free_Downloads.asp?id=331 :) #
19:03 Current music: Enigma - Gravity of Love #
19:26 Current music: John Rzeznik - I\'m Still Here #
22:14 @babblative Eh, still not as crazy as the woman who breastfeeds while she drives. #

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2009-04-02T11:01:04Z

10:50 One thing I love about world-building is setting the restrictions (on the world, on the species etc.). Right now I'm working on ghosts. #
11:14 @infinitealis So, is Dreamwidth basically another LJ clone or what? #dreamwidth #
12:12 @infinitealis Sounds cool then. There are a lot of clones, but they use the old codebase. Can't wait to try out DW then. #dreamwidth #
12:47 Does anyone know any good songs about ghosts, or that would fit well with a ghost story? I'm working on BONES and need some new music. #
12:50 @Senfaye I've written one novel (& is currently in editing mode) and working on a few others. BONES is the ghost/death story. So songs plz? #
12:54 @Senfaye For info see amynta.org/projects :) I need to update that page though - BONES is current project, not THE SUPERHERO DIARIES #
12:57 @Senfaye Um, I'm pretty varied in tastes - give me a sec and I'll get my last.fm so you can see what I listen to on my iPod. :) #
12:59 @Senfaye www.last.fm/user/disdainful-soul Here we go. Do you use last.fm? #
13:03 @Senfaye Yeah it does. I might try and listen to the Emilie Autumn instrumental stuff, especially Unlaced - electric violin whee! #
13:04 Current music: Tori Amos - Crucify #
13:10 My poor SongBird install is attempting to load up my entire iTunes library. Poor, poor thing. #
13:13 And SongBird just crashed. #
13:17 @Senfaye Welcome to the internet - people suck. I remember a comment I got from a diehard Twilight fan over a short story. is.gd/qbM7 #
13:23 @Senfaye Gee, it's not like I was poking fun at my fave genre, at the genre I've written a novel for or anything! Some people are just dumb. #
13:27 @Senfaye amynta.org/projects/ has more of my writing, including the opener to those novels I was telling you about earlier #
13:30 @Senfaye Glad you liked it. @ReverieBR has read a little bit more, and she liked it. #
13:33 Current music: John Rzeznik - I\'m Still Here #
13:35 @Senfaye Three: personal, writing and books. See? catherine-haines.com #
13:37 Well, I need to go and have some lunch. Be back in a half hour #
13:45 @reverieBR Hey, tell @Senfaye that Blood Bound is awesome. :P #
13:55 @reverieBR Why are you on mobile AIM if you're home? #
13:57 @reverieBR Turn it off, maybe? #
13:58 My IMs are silent. Anyone want to talk to me without a 140 character limit? :P #
14:00 @Senfaye AIM, YIM and MSN. And GTalk #
14:02 @Senfaye it does indeedy #
14:40 I think I might try and write a query letter again. Hopefully this one will be better than previous (unsent) attempts #
14:42 "Sleep is a gift for the living, and having rejected the peace of eternal rest he is doomed to never close his eyes in slumber again." <3 #
14:43 @MichelleZink Thankies. Sadly this is one kind of writing I cannot wrap my head around. -_- #
14:45 @MichelleZink Yeah. Everyone seems to say the novel is the hard part. They lied! I'd rather write another 80k than a query. But I need it... #
15:00 All my query drafts fall apart after the first line: it's very frustrating. I am NOT another one opening-line wonder. :/ #
15:08 @Senfaye LOL! #
15:10 @Senfaye You would do anything for BB, but you won't do that? :P #
15:35 Dear local libraries: fix your autocall system so I don't get the call until it's a week overdue, by which you're charging me heaps extra :/ #
16:03 @reverieBR and others: www.chatzy.com/392380247564 the name is accurate. I just am bored and wanna chat. :P #
18:00 Am trying to think of a way to describe a relationship from BB. No matter how accurate it is, I can't say "romantically fucked up", sorry. #
18:01 Watching St Trinian's. Seeing Lily Cole act makes me so excited for Imaginarium. #
19:01 Watching The Phantom Menace. :) #
19:06 I CAST "SUMMON BIGGER FISH"! #
21:01 One good example of why you should proof-read: you might call your ghost story BONERS instead of BONES. Whoops. Personal #writerfail there. #
21:05 I love amusing typos. Like the one for BB where Dee's love-interest was suddenly involved with her brother. Whoops. #
22:09 Current music: Sarah McLachlan - Angel #
22:39 I just realised I have 1 .net domain (disdainful-soul.net), 1 .org (amynta.org) and now, with the addition of catherine-haines.com, a .com! #
22:44 @rowijo It's Pokemon! I got a Squirtle, then a Bulbasaur, and now I have the complete trio with Charmander. Does that mean .nu is Pikachu? #
22:44 @Tuttlebird Now I have a set. Like Pokemon. :) #
22:46 @rowijo Nah, .nu has been popular but more expensive. .me is like... well, it's not like Gary starting with an Eevee. #
22:52 Current music: Enigma - Gravity of Love #
22:52 @rowijo No. .tk redirects can be Magikarp #

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2009-04-01T11:01:04Z

00:11 @hellioncat Whee openoffice. :) #
12:18 @Amemait Hooray! Kill it, kill it, KILL IT! #
12:33 My mother just hit me with a giant foam letter D. It was heavier than it looks. Ow. #
12:45 @Kittyskirt My grandmother has been singing naughty airforce songs lately. Oh, and swearing. I got quite a shock the first time. XD #
12:56 @reverieBR You lucky, lucky thing! :P That is on my WANTWANTWANT list. #
12:58 @Senfaye Hence why it's a WANTWANTWANTWANTWANT! :P Is that enough "wants" or do I need more? #
13:02 Okay, off to have lunch, watch Doctor Who and do some writing for The Dead Girl. TDG is my determined project - 500 words a day, I hope... #
13:05 @LisaMantchev WANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANTWANT!! #
13:05 @LisaMantchev I ran out of characters for the tweet. :( #
13:19 @LisaMantchev Yeah, it won't. The only trading for books I have been doing is web design, since other freelance design work is... less out. #
13:32 Has everyone seen the design for the Wicked Lovely fanforums I designed? wickedlovely.com/forum1/index.php #
14:13 @MichelleZink Yeah, did it and all my other layouts too. I'm quite fond of this one though: amynta.org My most... "out of the box" #
14:20 New post at Working Title: A Million and One Ideas. tinyurl.com/dau5y3 #
14:21 @compelledtoread Which book is that? #
14:28 "When the doctor came in finally and spoke to her, he used words she didn't know but still scared her – like osteosarcoma and metastases..." #
14:33 @compelledtoread Hooray! That's amazing! #
14:59 @reverieBR You gonna be on AIM eventually? #
15:04 @reverieBR Then why no answer? #
15:22 @Amemait Is GTalk possible? #
15:27 JK has just suggested "Bones" as a title for "The Dead Girl". Hm. #
15:38 HarryPotterFanfiction.com has switched sides! Oh noes! It is now www.twilightsauce.com/ :P LOL #
15:44 @rowijo Thanks. It got me to recode SMF on a design thing, and I got to reuse the skeleton for bibliocon.amynta.org #
15:47 And it looks like THE DEAD GIRL is now being called BONES. #
15:52 @reviewerx I'm on too! #
16:06 @rowijo I thought that was implied, seeing as my titles never last. :P #
16:17 Oh, since some people have asked: the icons used on catherine-haines.com and On The Nightstand are here: is.gd/q0lx #
16:19 @Maudelynn Gee, no wonder he's with her: she's hot AND not batshit! #
16:38 I almost fell into the trap of having the MC look in a mirror to describe her appearance. Almost. *deletes two words* #
16:43 @diaua Oh, it's just overused is all. A lot of people don't like it so much. :P #
16:45 @reviewerx Um, let me think and make an educated guess... you? #
16:59 @rowijo Yeah, that's what I normally do, hence why I backed out so quickly when I realised what was happening with Dinah. #
17:01 @rowijo Yep. And Dinah's hair and appearance is important, since she's a living dead girl - looks like a corpse and her hair is the live bit #
17:40 And that naked (well, cut-off slightly) pic of RPattz is really making the rounds... #
17:48 Hey book bloggers on my twitlist... care to join a book blogging webring? nightstand.amynta.org/ring/ #
17:57 @reverieBR Hooray! #
18:40 @Tuttlebird Word. #
18:57 New post at On The Nightstand: Looking Back on March cli.gs/LyYq6z #

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2009-03-31T11:01:42Z

00:09 @reverieBR It's midnight and I am off to bed actually. Just discussing a novel idea with a friend, and glad the MCs finally have names. #
00:11 @reverieBR You're not even gonna ask the characters' names? :P #
00:21 She is called Dinah, and he's Gregory. :) #
09:06 I am such a meanie poo. Finalising the details for a death of a major character for a book. #
09:32 All Together Dead and From Dead To Worse just arrived this morning! Whole set of published Sookie books = mine! *dances* #
12:46 @rowijo Oh, I'm not a weenie - the whole point of this novel is that this character is dying! :P #
12:47 @rowijo I'm just a meanie sometimes, killing characters and making their lives even more painful than the plot requires. :D #
12:54 @ColleenLindsay Oh geeze, not Lorne! #
12:56 Well, I'm sorry Dinah, but your creator has finally decided what is going to kill you. At least I can start writing your story. & Gregory's. #
15:29 Bom bom bom bom! #
15:37 My foot has pins and needles. Owowow #
15:53 Okay, time to write. "It was supposed to be the beginning of a new stage in her life. Not the end of it all." Prologue, then murder mystery. #
16:39 I am playing "horrify the Twilight n00b". It's so fun! #
17:01 Reviewers on Amazon.com make me wonder what the general population think the marketed age range for YA is... #
17:07 @rowijo Heh, I am reading reviews and they're all basically, "THIS BOOK IS BAD THERE IS SEX AND SWEARING!" YA != for 12 year olds always... #
17:32 @rowijo How does this header variant look? tinyurl.com/cfwopz #
17:49 @reverieBR I design and build themes in exchange for books. :P #
17:55 Shrinking my CSS, oh I'm shrinking my CSS... #
18:00 Titles are always the hard part for me, and my working titles not so great. BB was "Ordinary People" and a current WT is "The Dead Girl". #
18:06 @starlightwriter It took me a while to come up with Dinah's name because I had set initials and then had to pick one that fit. #
19:01 Oh gosh, True Blood livejournal icons are so hilarious, especially the Eric ones: tinyurl.com/d9danq #
19:32 @rowijo Well, we can always change the headers around and stuff later on. I think the theme is almost ready - you'll just have to make tiny #
19:32 @rowijo changes to links (in the header) etc. by hand. #
19:34 @rowijo Let me check out a few things and then I think I can send you the theme in a zip. :) #
19:41 Snopes.com on "Go Ask Alice" being a work of fiction: www.snopes.com/language/literary/askalice.asp #
19:45 @rowijo But the point is it's not real and it doesn't "fit". If we believes the lies like GAA we lose the truth in things. #
19:46 @rowijo And even if it was made up, after the pain the "editor" caused the family of Jay... no thanks. #
20:01 @rowijo Colours are too vibrant (tone the colouring down a tad) and smooth up the edges. Use a layer mask. But better! Much better! #
20:03 @rowijo It means you can "delete" parts of images but not cut it out permanently. It makes things invisible, or uninvisible #
20:28 @rowijo .psd for header and the zip file for the theme. I think it's done, apart from those tweaks you need to do. :) is.gd/pO4Z #
20:32 Whee! Bloodhound comes out in a month! *saves monies* #
20:34 @rowijo Nah, don't bother. I'll just be buying a nice, shiny pretty copy of it for myself anyway. #
20:40 @rowijo You don't happen to have any spare copies of Fragile Eternity lying around, hm? :P I kid, I kid. Any suggestions? :P #
20:44 @rowijo While I look up that book, you need to adjust your main navigation file (header.php). I need to make some CSS adjustments. #
20:50 @rowijo is.gd/pO4Z Upload the footer.php and bg.jpg files to the directory #
21:00 @rowijo footer.php again. *grrr* www.sendspace.com/file/lm3mc3 #
21:02 @rowijo Oh, and are you talking about Need by Carrie Jones? Yeah, I'm interested. Looks interesting. :) #
21:06 @rowijo Okay, I think I know why navigation vanished in footer - put it outside the darn loop. #
21:06 @rowijo Am uploading replacement files. Please let it work this time! #
21:08 @rowijo tinyurl.com/d2fm28 #
21:09 @rowijo Try now? #
21:09 The Dead Girl: It was only when she fainted in art, spilling paint all over herself & the floor, did she think something was seriously wrong #
21:11 @rowijo The previous/next page links aren't there. Hang on, will try and upload again. RAWR #
21:12 @rowijo www.sendspace.com/file/wyruai index.php #
21:12 @rowijo www.sendspace.com/file/qccxmx footer.php #
21:13 @rowijo And it works@ :) #
21:14 @rowijo You may sleep now. Any other edits can wait. :) #
21:20 New post at On The Nightstand: Teaser Tuesday: All Together Dead cli.gs/gB5A56 #
23:52 "Do you want to save your changes?" *saves changes to file "The Dead Girl.odt"* I have got to come up with a better title. #

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2009-03-30T11:00:55Z

11:00 @Morgul I has all the Sookie books I need ordered and paid for - two are arriving today. :) #
11:01 @awriterofthings Yep. :) I occasionally have good lines tucked away in my novel. :P #
11:21 @cindypon Aw, don't worry. I plan on reading and reviewing yours as soon as I can get my hands on a copy. SP is on my WANT NOW list. :) #
11:45 Updated the sidebar for On The Nightstand to reflect latest review addition: nightstand.amynta.org #
12:00 Best line of a review I have seen: "And while I don't recall if leather pants were involved, there were parachute pants." #
12:21 I love having my review blog on self-hosted wordpress. Complete control, plus plugins! #
12:23 @rowijo Yup. Did you get my DM? #
12:32 @rowijo The email hasn't come through on my end. Where did you send it? #
12:37 @rowijo Well, what I'll do is set up the theme skeleton and functions etc. and if there are minor colour changes you want you can do them. #
12:37 @rowijo You said you know some basic xhtml and css, right? #
12:48 I lollled. tinyurl.com/d7b2l8 #
12:52 Why you shouldn't ask for help on the interbutts: is.gd/nJxT #
13:10 @Senfaye I am almost at the point of begging. Almost. :P #
13:12 @Senfaye Okay, how about an announcement? "WILL WRITE REVIEWS IN EXCHANGE FOR FREE BOOKS!" Does that work? #
13:14 @Senfaye Okay, here goes. :P ATTN EVERYBODY! WILL TRADE REVIEWS FOR FREE BOOKS! ALSO FOOD FOR COMPLIMENTS AND MONEY FOR WEBSITES. :P #
13:15 @CatherineHaines Hang on, I think I did that around the wrong way. :( I will give reviews and custom web designs in exchange... d'oh! #
13:51 @rowijo Okay, wp theme update: the base has now been converted into a theme, and both sidebars widgetised. Now to do the little details. :) #
13:52 @Amemait Aw, you poor thing. *pets* #
13:54 @Senfaye You lucky thing! Begging worked then? :P #
14:05 @MichelleZink I'm in New Zealand, would that be a problem? #
14:07 @MichelleZink Nope, I have a list of books and reviews that need to be done. I can be patient. :) #
14:12 @Senfaye It has its good points and its bad points. It's pretty and clean and quiet... but books take forever to come out here! :P #
14:16 @Senfaye If you want, you can check out my flickr for pics. :) Got some of Napier, Wellington and Marlborough Sounds. is.gd/pzRK :) #
14:17 Inspiration for current novel is... www.flickr.com/photos/catherinehaines/3272801631/ :) #
14:23 @Senfaye While not all of it is like Lord of the Rings suggests, a fair chunk is. I live in Wellington, the capital. is.gd/pzTI #
14:30 @Senfaye Oh, I know. Wellington is on a harbour which is surrounded by hills. :) tinyurl.com/ckb784 #
14:43 Watching Dollhouse 107 #
14:56 @rowijo I see why you said it was funny! "I am... very British!" #
15:16 @rowijo Okay, here's how it is developing (on my old WP test blog, hence the title and stuff). tinyurl.com/cfwopz #
15:20 @rowijo Sure thing. :) #
15:39 @Morgul That's okay. I has a cold. -_- #
16:04 @Morgul Hee! :P And you has an icon, once again! #
16:05 @Morgul For a moment I read it as "Poet and the Pendulum" and wondered if he liked Nightwish. #
16:11 @Morgul Oh, we have finished beta-ing chapter ten of Blood Bound! 8 more to go! #
16:13 @thestorysiren Oh gods yes. It makes me afraid for my own novel. THERE ARE OTHER VAMPIRE BOOKS OUT THERE! #
16:18 @thestorysiren I think I have found a new kindred spirit... #
16:30 @reverieBR Link doesn't work - I get asked to add it to my RSS reader, not take the poll #
16:31 @LisaMantchev Nothing like Twilight? Then I am even more excited for your book! #
16:33 @LisaMantchev Oh, rude jokes are just my thing, although my theatre experience is mainly Greek and Roman (classics degree). #
16:34 @reverieBR Excellent, thank you. :) #
16:35 Oh, how I want to read Pride and Prejudice and Zombies! #
16:36 I suspect Twilight would have been a lot better if SM had based it on Pride and Prejudice and Zombies instead of just P&P. #
16:39 @rowijo She has stated this. NM was Romeo and Juliet. Eclipse Wuthering Heights. BD Midsummer Night's Dream and Merchant of Venice. #
16:40 @rowijo Of course, not that I see any of those beyond the heavy handed references. Oh, & the "I think my love is dead - time to die!" of NM #
16:41 @Morgul A while ago, but I don't remember the specifics. I suspect "fandom" was a big answer? #
16:44 “Are you saying dinosaurs can't be vampires? Imagine the size of the holes a Tyrannosaurus Rex vampire would leave in your neck.” #
16:46 @LisaMantchev Ha ha ha. It's a line from my novel actually. Discussing what they wanted to be when they grew up. Girl claimed vampire dino. #
16:47 @LisaMantchev Ha ha ha no. I was re-reading something, and that line always makes me laugh. #
16:49 @reverieBR Have you not seen the movie? #
16:51 @reverieBR The explanation for midnight feedings is there. :P #
16:52 @reverieBR Gremlins! #
16:55 @reverieBR I don't know, I haven't seen the movie. :P I just know a lot about movies - part of the Video Ezy job description. BLUFF POWERS! #
16:56 @Morgul What? For Vampisaurus Rex? #
16:59 @Morgul But there are no aliens in the BBverse! Unless Athanasios has something from a movie set. *thinks* You know he does. :P #
17:02 Just stand still, look pretty... #
17:13 @reverieBR That one aired over here on Christmas and we watched it. It helped cheer Grandad up, in his post-heart attack state. #
17:26 MS Word paperclip writes Twilight: "It looks like your main character is asleep. Insert creepy stalker moment?" is.gd/pAVS #
18:00 Well, it looks like I'll sign up for LibraryThing finally. Will do it when I come back from Guides though. Marbling & peg dolls tonight! #
18:13 Dear brain. Stop coming up with ideas for novels. I already have enough on the waiting list - can you at least wait more than a week? #
18:14 @rowijo I already am on GoodReads! :P #
21:09 "Stephen King" addresses Twilight controversy: "Yes, I am just jealous!" tinyurl.com/cnxq5a I LOLed. #
22:03 Checking out my stats for On The Nightstand. Week 1 = 232 visits. Week 2 = 265. Week 3 = 326. 1 day into week 2 and we're at 75 already #
22:19 @rowijo Let's see how this week goes, hm? It's definitely climbing though. :P #
23:30 tinyurl.com/9kmacn John Barrowman sings "The Doctor And I" #

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2009-03-29T11:01:58Z

11:17 @melissa_marr Ever heard of a musical called Urinetown? He might have an eventual calling as a star of a performance. :P #
11:19 Hooray, camera is finally uploading photos to comp. Now I can get closer to doing an In My Mailbox entry! #
11:23 @ColleenLindsay Doesn't that make the whole song ironic? #
11:34 Books I wish I had right now: Forest of Hands and Teeth, Graceling, Prophecy of the Sisters, Eyes Like Stars... so many cool books this year #
11:39 New post at On The Nightstand: In My Mailbox (2) cli.gs/zAPB1Y #
11:47 @elae I love the Immortals and Circle ones - Kel doesn't look quite as nice on her covers. -_- #
11:58 @elae Ha ha ha, we get different ones to those here. :P There's just something off with her neck etc. in the new ones. #
12:04 "Iris" by Goo Goo Dolls is one of my favourite songs in the history of ever. #
12:42 @reverieBR That's better than having your tits grabbed by a seven year old. #
12:51 @reverieBR Have you seen my mailbox? :P #
12:57 @reverieBR tinyurl.com/c5u8nx :) #
13:01 @compelledtoread It's nice to see that, isn't it? Personable authors are my faves. :) Oh, and I volunteer too. :) #
13:34 Attn all book bloggers: Care to join a webring for book bloggers? nightstand.amynta.org/ring #
14:08 @reverieBR POTS? #
14:08 To quote the Flyleaf song: "I'm so sick" #
14:51 Daniel is looking at poesy rings again... #
15:10 @reverieBR Yay! What books are those? #
15:11 Is there an "I want this book so bad!" equivalent to the pee-pee dance? #
15:13 @reverieBR Cool! :) #
16:56 149 visitors to On The Nightstand this week, and an hour to go until the clock resets. So close to 150. -_- #
16:59 @finesharp Hooray! 150. Now the week can clock over in an hour happily. :P #
17:02 @finesharp I've already read it, but now I have my own copy. :) Right now I am working on an author profile entry: Tamora Pierce. :) #
17:03 @finesharp How could you be so silly as to let it escape your grasp? #
19:22 @reverieBR Actually Go Ask Alice is not a true story. Like all of the other books she's "edited" it's a tale of fiction. Any truth is lost. #
21:42 "The days were merely long bouts of pretended freedom that acted as bookends for the night that loved and hated me." #

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2009-03-28T11:01:00Z

07:52 @jo_scrawls Ta! I love how Geras "translates" the fairytale to modern times. The Snow White in the series is in a band. With seven guys. XD #
10:00 I smell like bleach and cats #
10:02 @LisaMantchev I work for a cat breeder, so i clean out the runs and everything. :) #
10:19 @jo_scrawls Yeah. Sleeping Beauty has the fairies as a whole range of eccentric aunts while Snow White is in a band with seven (tall) men. #
10:23 @jo_scrawls The trilogy also comes as an omnibus, Happy Ever After if it helps. :) #
10:33 It's currently just a stand-in portal, and I will add a bit more, but for now? It's works. :P catherine-haines.com/ #
10:44 @FrostedRebekah I'm sorry, what? #
10:44 @rowijo I know, it was fixed. Had an FTP problem that meant it didn't upload properly. And thanks - it's what I have been train do. :) #
10:54 "Teen allegedly bites 11 students; father blames 'Twilight' movie" is.gd/pjUj *facepalm* #
11:26 @rowijo I just want *one* edition of Graceling, stop being greedy! #
11:50 @rowijo You have a Bloodhound ARC? Hells yeah I can design you something. :P #
11:52 @rowijo You lucky sod! Anyway, DM your email or IM IDs or something and we can hash out what you want for this theme. :) #
11:52 @elae Yeah, someone had the hyphen-less version. -_- #
11:57 @rowijo Uh, password? #
12:35 @rowijo Theoretically... which means I have to pay even more to have it ordered in from a specialty store/online. -_- #
12:42 @rowijo Nope. -_- When I ordered a Sookie book to be transferred to my local borders it cost $10 - almost half the price of the book itself! #
15:44 If my heart could beat it would break my chest... #
19:35 @tehmiminator What happened? :( #

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2009-03-27T11:00:53Z

00:11 I'm sunburned. :( #
11:45 I think I have finally caught the cold that my parents have. My grandparents seem to have it too. #
11:48 @ColleenLindsay It's in the vein of Peter Jackson's earlier work (Braindead etc.). The other tagline is "Get the flock out of here!" #
11:53 Has anyone else tried out Myspace 2.0? What do you guys think? #
12:23 @Tuttlebird Neither did I. I was just on there looking at author myspaces when I saw it. Style separate from content! OMG #
17:24 Dear booksellers everywhere: There ARE books other than the Twilight series. If you had other books I'd be able to actually give you money. #
17:30 I went to 5 different bookshops in Wellington today. 3 of them had Tamora Pierce books. 1 had more than 1 TP book. None had what I wanted. #
17:51 My bookshelf is screaming "FEED ME! FEED ME!" and I am shouting back, "YOU GOT TWO MORE YESTERDAY!" and "I CAN'T AFFORD IT!" Help! #
18:03 Wait wait wait, Ian Somerhalder as Damon? *runs to check if it's true* #
18:09 Oh my gosh, hooray for The Vampire Diaries cast! is.gd/pbL0 I didn't realise there was a fansite. *favourites* #
18:14 @rowijo Yep! I want to spend the monies, but you don't have anything I want! Come on, actually have Tamora Pierce books or something! :( #
18:18 @tvdnews No problem. I'll probably end up blogging about it sooner rather than later. :) #
18:23 @rowijo I know. :( NZ is awesome except for this. :( #
18:23 I am writing a review. :) #
18:58 Just watched the first episode of Being Human. I love it! <3 #
19:57 New post at On The Nightstand: The Tower Room, by Adele Geras cli.gs/j9UDRE #
21:48 @antoniajane Maybe they'll dye her hair? Then again, Elena didn't have a druggie little brother so obviously it's not a straight translation #
21:51 tinyurl.com/c2pt9y Oh yes. Definitely doing it right. #

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2009-03-26T11:00:39Z

08:46 @jo_scrawls Submit your info to BookRing and an ID will be generated automatically and sent to you. :) #
18:26 @jo_scrawls Wait, fixed it. Ignore my babbling. #
21:08 New post at On The Nightstand: My Bookshelf... Well, One of Them Anyway cli.gs/uNLjsM #
22:03 Wow, MySpace 2.0 is actually pretty sweet. I might actually use my myspace now... #
22:19 Okay, why is the HarperTeen myspace not working? #
22:21 @harperteen There's something wrong with your myspace account - each time I click on it I just get redirected to the MS homepage. Help? #
22:22 Finally rejigged my myspace page. Like the 2.0 templates. :) www.myspace.com/cathaines #
22:32 @sweet_kawaii What did you think I looked like? :( #
22:41 @sweet_kawaii Oh no, pale as pale can be is me. :P What does DP stand for? #
22:56 @sweet_kawaii I'm a quarter Bulgarian, but that's about it. :P #
23:09 Anyone want to see a photo of my bookshelf? tinyurl.com/dclsok #
23:37 I created a folder in GoogleReader for author blogs, now I just need to subscribe to them! Hm... where to start... #

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2009-03-25T11:01:20Z

14:57 Hey guyz, look what I made! nightstand.amynta.org/ring/ A webring for book blogs. :) Includes the ability to visit a random blog too! #
17:46 Started a webring for book bloggers. :) nightstand.amynta.org/ring/ #
22:03 @rowijo I know that. :P I've used her code before, and I read her blog when I remember. :P #
22:11 @rowijo Can you resubmit your details? Something didn't go right. -_- #
23:19 New post at On The Nightstand: BookRing cli.gs/NGVrmD #
23:30 picked @melissa_marr, @TomFelton, and @rowijo plus 7 more favorites. See who picked you: twibes.com/?r=T0 #
23:36 @rowijo Just need you to c/p the code and that's it! :) #
23:37 @rowijo And approved. :) #

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2009-03-24T11:01:03Z

00:14 @stephenfry Good news! Guilt upon accusation act in NZ has been scrapped! tinyurl.com/c677y5 #
19:26 Some people just don't get it. You cannot sell fanfiction! #
19:31 @rowijo Not according to the woman at the start of this: tinyurl.com/d79fn3 #
19:44 New post at On The Nightstand: Teaser Tuesday: Love You To Death cli.gs/0WmyeS #
20:10 New post at On The Nightstand: Subscribe! cli.gs/s2nByu #
20:14 What is it with all the Twilight fans self-pubbing their Twilight fanfics with the intent of selling them? Fandom: ur doing it wrong. #
20:35 I bought a new copy of The Tricksters, thinking I had lost my old copy... guess what I found today? AND RIGHT ON THE SHELF TOO! ARGH. #
21:18 I moved all my classics textbooks from my fiction bookshelf... sadly I overestimated my amount of novels. Hm. Need more novels. #

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2009-03-23T11:00:56Z

00:03 @NameCheap Richard Nixon #
12:03 @NameCheap The University of Texas at Austin #
12:53 New post at On The Nightstand: First Line Fun! cli.gs/JMyaYj #
13:54 La la la la. #
14:08 New post at On The Nightstand: 09 Debutantes cli.gs/4NHj0S #
14:14 Tidying up my RSS subscriptions and folders on GReader. Adding two new folders: "review blogs" and "authors". #
15:11 Oh geez, it's cold. #
15:28 I need some more books to read and review for Nightstand. Need to see what the library has. Any suggestions/requests tweeples? #
15:44 Wow, each time I look at On The Nightstand the average visits goes up. Just started third week and 50 visits on the first day of that week. #
17:30 IE8 is standards-compliant? I've known it would supposedly be that for ages but... it's still a shock to hear! #
17:31 Just added myself to the wefollow.com twitter directory under: #blogger #writer #books #
20:41 @Tuttlebird Ouchies indeed. Just pulled, or smashed and removed? #
23:06 When Spell Check Goes Wrong: "Draco Malfoy is a Sexy Bass Turd". #

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2009-03-22T11:00:46Z

11:52 Today's plans: write at least one book review, hopefully two (but publish one) and clean room. At least a little. Got more books coming. :) #
12:00 @NameCheap bone ash #
15:29 @SmartBitches What, with the "jinglejingle" sound effects? #twilight #
15:31 @SmartBitches I think I know what the lipstick is - let me find the article #twilight #
15:33 @SmartBitches Here we go: "Benefit Silky Finish Lipstick in Ms. Behavin & some Noriko Cranberry Lip Balm on top." #twilight #
15:37 @SmartBitches I remember seeing an article that listed the make-up a while back (and I lolled). Google did the rest. :) is.gd/onqo #
16:22 Looking over the upcoming releases from the 09 Debutantes - some really exciting stuff on there! *wants them nao* #
17:09 New post at On The Nightstand: Meme: BBC Top 100 cli.gs/ApGRJj #
17:18 @respiri They're hash tags, to show it's part of a group of tweets on a subject. When you go on the Twitter search thing they show up more. #
19:08 New post at On The Nightstand: Awards? For Me? You Shouldn't Have! cli.gs/MtUW2U #
19:11 @NameCheap Chi Chi Rodriguez #
20:06 @NameCheap Austria #
20:46 New post at On The Nightstand: Wicked Lovely Microsite is LIVE! cli.gs/sgyev0 #
21:09 @NameCheap Transformers #
22:29 @NameCheap La #
23:07 @NameCheap Kenny G #

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2009-03-21T11:00:43Z

10:42 New post at On The Nightstand: Housekeeping cli.gs/rjr4pb #
11:26 I need to clean my room... if I don't return in a week, assume I am either dead or lost forever. #
11:55 And the WBC plans to picket Natasha Richardson's funeral. Ugh. #
15:12 @rowijo Sadly, this is not the first time. tinyurl.com/crj9zh #
15:18 @rowijo Yeeeeep. Have you seen their website? www.godhatesfags.com/ I hate these people. #
15:38 Wondering what books to read next - and write a review about, of course. #
17:23 New post at On The Nightstand: Review Format Edit cli.gs/ZnTdTH #
18:42 @NameCheap On your eyelids #
18:45 Websites that are entirely made of flash are annoying. TEXT-ONLY VERSION PLZ! #
19:02 @NameCheap Krusty the Clown #
19:10 Filedby.com = Myspace for authors? Well, it's prettier than Myspace. Needs a better way of sorting through the authors in categories though #
19:45 New post at On The Nightstand: Book Killers? cli.gs/erqhnP #
19:55 They live in you They live in me They're watching over Everything we see In every creature In every star In your reflection They live in you #
20:03 @NameCheap Licensed to Ill #
20:05 Oh, I won one of the NameCheap contests! On the 18th... and I didn't notice. LOL! #
20:52 Society's only protection: tinyurl.com/cw4yc9 #
21:05 @NameCheap Rolling Stone #
21:32 @rowijo Endless Night and Shadowland, too. :) #
23:38 How did I not realise Bloomsbury was on Twitter? Oh well. #

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2009-03-20T11:00:53Z

00:06 @NameCheap Reykjavik #
09:08 Whoa. Not even finished it's second week, and already my book review blog has had over 100 visitors... this week! #
18:04 Writing (yet) another book review. #
19:03 @NameCheap Athens, Greece #
19:06 @melissa_marr Oh, my gosh. The trailer is awesome! #
19:18 Leah Delos Santos is my favourite stage!Belle. #
19:46 New post at On The Nightstand: Terrier, by Tamora Pierce cli.gs/V65sg3 #
20:04 @NameCheap "I roll" #
21:06 @NameCheap squash #238 #
21:14 It's quick. It's clean. And it's pure. #
22:29 #wip A body in motion stays in motion until another force intervenes, and I stop when his chest intervenes with my face. #
22:46 I just saw an icon of Jack Harkness with the words "hello, I have come to have sex with your species" on it. Hee! #

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2009-03-19T11:01:04Z

11:47 I love the opening credits of Watchmen. #
11:50 @TeeMonster I love spotting all the references and famous images made Watchmen. The whole is bittersweet, really. #watchmen #
11:54 @TeeMonster It's an entire story told through brief snapshots of time. And the music just makes it perfect. #watchmen #
12:02 @NameCheap art supply store #205 #
12:56 I need to get my books back from @morgul. My bookshelf is looking sad. #
12:56 #wip According to his older siblings, the humans called it a "body board". #
13:07 @NameCheap the skin #
14:46 New post at On The Nightstand: The Tricksters, by Margaret Mahy cli.gs/aXQeMW #
15:17 New post at Disdainful-Soul.net: Apparently I Can Always Use Another Blog cli.gs/7aEZ8V #
16:55 New post at On The Nightstand: Series Spotlight: The Mediator cli.gs/YPj5as #
17:14 @NameCheap a pear #
18:16 @NameCheap Vitamin D #
19:02 @NameCheap The inner ear #
20:28 @NameCheap Free #
20:38 #wip ...a hand broke through the surface. It reached upwards, grabbing at the air that was still so foreign to him but finding nothing. #
21:02 @NameCheap Houston, Texas #
22:02 @NameCheap Stirrup #
22:09 Watching Dollhouse, episode 3. :) #
23:59 New post at On The Nightstand: Worst "Best" Book cli.gs/pHhv8A #

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2009-03-19T02:17:08Z

As if maintaining both Disdainful-Soul.net and Working Title wasn’t enough, I have gone and started a third blog. Having noticed that several of my recent blogs on D-S.net were about books, and there were several on Working Title as well I decided to join the leagues of book bloggers and start my own.

So from now on all my book reviews (and book-related posts) can be found at On The Nightstand. My three latest reviews are for The Graveyard Book (Neil Gaiman), Uglies (Scott Westerfeld) and The Tricksters (Margaret Mahy).

If you like books and are looking for reviews and suggestion please stop by at On The Nightstand.

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2009-03-18T11:01:44Z

13:40 tinyurl.com/c3f6u8 TAMPON VAMPIRE! #
14:06 @tehmiminator Have you not heard the joke about vampire tea? #
14:15 Did I mention I hate this whole concept of writing query letters? #
14:17 Delia is a 21st century girl who works in the family hotel. Daniel is an 18th century vampire perfumer. Together they fight crime! #
14:18 I wish this could be my query. It was so much easier to write. :P twitter.com/CatherineHaines/statuses/1345833250 #
14:41 @Gennita Hooray! Good and lucky for you! #
14:47 You remind me of the babe. What babe? The babe with the power... #
14:51 @elae The power of voodoo! #
15:58 Guess what guys! I am still rewriting queries. :P #
16:04 @rowijo As I have ranted about before, they lied when they said writing the novel is the hard part. -_- Gotta try and keep it true but good. #
16:19 @rowijo It was boiled down to a catchy sentence several tries ago... that's all the critters liked. :/ #
16:22 "But while saving a vampire's life seems like a good idea to Delia it..." *headdesks* #
16:25 Twilight fans, you guys are crazy. It's only a matter of time before you pull an E.L.F and someone dies. So glad I don't like the books. #
16:29 @finesharp No, the fanclub of a K-Pop band. They harassed a girl and drove her to suicide. All because she had her photo taken with the band #
16:31 @finesharp Nope. There's a reason I say Twilight isn't the most insane fandom. Until someone dies, that is. And it seems more & more likely. #
16:47 Ancient instrument revived through computers. Very nice sound. tinyurl.com/cqwkc4 #
17:01 Prince Ali! Mighty is he!Ali Ababwa. Strong as ten regular men, definitely! #
17:20 Filled out Nathan Bransford's query madlib (bit.ly/6pYag) to make sure I have a query skeleton. Let's add some flesh and blood. #
18:10 @NameCheap none #
18:10 @rowijo It's a classic, isn't it? Fun for little kids and fun for older kids! Not to mention interesting to analyze for themez etc. #
18:29 I think I'm getting sick. :/ #
18:33 Yep. That explains the fact my brain feels like it's gonna explode. I've caught the nasty thing mum has #
18:36 @rowijo Yeah. Doesn't help being sick and a sufferer of frequent migraines brought on by stress. Just a bad day all round, I guess #
18:38 Reading recaps of old episodes of CSI. Much prefer the original to the spinoffs #
18:42 Wikipedia is almost as bad as TVTropes. #
20:16 I can hear the rain #
22:01 @NameCheap "not overweight" #

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2009-03-17T11:00:57Z

00:07 @NameCheap Pumice #
12:30 Laughing my arse off at a review of a novel about a woman who meets a time-travelling knight in a man's bathroom. Then they do the sex. #
12:36 And more Twitter spam ads. A free laptop would be nice but I doubt it'd work. #
14:44 fiddling around with LJ layouts #
15:42 And just submitted my query to be inspected on Absolute Write. *bites nails* #
15:43 AND MORE TWITTER SPAM GOSHDARN! #
22:00 Rebekah: "her new paramour Daniel, his King - the legendary Athanasios - and..." Me: "Some vampire chick." Rebekah: "SOME VAMPIRE CHICK!" #
22:02 @NameCheap A Raisin in the Sun #
22:02 @ChrisPBaken Don't they know? It was part of his attempt to ward off fangirls! #
22:51 Writing a new query for BB, this time to really focus on Delia and the murders. Loving the phrase "both player and prize" #
23:05 "Armed only with wooden kitchen implements and a bevy of musical numbers, Delia dares the vampire world to take her on!" LOL #
23:51 @TomFelton Oh, very nice! Loving the suit! #

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2009-03-16T11:00:59Z

11:55 I really should get dressed. #
12:15 @Amemait It's Monday. :P #
12:17 @Amemait I was on the computer. :P #
13:01 @NameCheap chocolate #
14:10 The latest season of CSI is one of my favourites, I think. I <3 Langston and he really fits in well with the cast. Riley too. #
15:18 Plagiarism is bad, whether it's published novels, academic work or fanfic. *headdesk* #
21:27 Cleared out about 15GB of crap from my external harddrive. Now to keep going... #
23:28 @ingridmusic Very interesting way to see it, and I have to agree! #
23:44 First #queryfail, then the humorous #agentfail... when will we have #writerfail? Yes, #writerfail... for all those brainfarts. #
23:44 Or maybe #authorfail instead? #

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2009-03-15T11:01:08Z

00:03 Midnight, so time to sleep. Busy day tomorrow. I mean today. #
09:43 And to the grandparents' I go! #
12:11 @rowijo You've only just discovered the wonders of GoogleReader? RSS readers ftw. #
14:49 I just had the best time playing with little burman kitties. :) #
15:56 There's a big empty space in the middle of my query letter draft. I need to do something about that #
17:51 New post at On The Nightstand: In My Mailbox (1) cli.gs/SyjsYQ #
18:30 tinyurl.com/ab5sh3 SO CUTE! #
18:56 Reading the query section on Absolute Write, and plan to do so until my eyes cross. #
19:10 Starting to go cross-eyed... #
19:22 I started writing something about it being a cat-and-mouse game with an invisible cat & had to stop and laugh. Damn lolcats, outta my query! #
19:35 @Zerbinetta I just realised that one of the query threads I have been reading for hints was for your novel. Now I'm all, "Well, duh," at me. #
19:37 @Zerbinetta Yeah, I was all, "Okay, cool, so wanna read this book when it ... oh wait. This is familiar!" *looks at sig* "Well, duh!" #
19:39 @Zerbinetta I'd cross my fingers but I need them to type my own query. :P But yes, I'll keep it in my mind. :) #
20:40 Why are there LOLcats in my query letter drafts? #
21:07 New post at Disdainful-Soul.net: When Did I Get So Many DVDs? cli.gs/SY1RSG #
21:10 @NameCheap Return of the Killer Tomatoes! #
21:27 I am surprised at the number of videos on youtube showing turtles trying to have sex with shoes. Then again, this IS the internet, so... #

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When Did I Get So Many DVDs?

2009-03-15T08:07:37Z

I looked over at my DVD shelf just now and found myself asking, “When did I get so many DVDs?” They just seem to accumulate gradually and randomly, depending on what’s on special wherever I am. I added to my collection just today, with the two-disk versions of Finding Nemo and Monsters Inc. thanks to the local car-boot sale.

For my own sanity, if not you’re own interest, I’ve made a list of my DVDs. I think I got them all.

The Movies

300
Aladdin
Atonement
Bridge to Terabithia
Corpse Bride
Dreamgirls
Enchanted
Finding Nemo
Hairspray
Harry Potter I
Harry Potter II
Harry Potter III
Harry Potter IV
Harry Potter V
Hot Fuzz
Labyrinth
The Little Mermaid
Monsters Inc.
Pan’s Labyrinth

Peter Pan
Pirates of the Carribean I
Pirates of the Carribean II
Pirates of the Carribean III
Pride and Prejudice (2005)
The Princess Bride
A Series of Unfortunate Events
Shrek
Shrek 2
The Simpsons Movie
Spider-Man 2
Star Wars Episode I
Star Wars Episode II
Star Wars Episode III
Star Wars Episode IV
Star Wars Episode V
Star Wars Episode VI
Sweeney Todd
TMNT
X-Men
X-Men 2

The TV Shows

Buffy: Season Two
Buffy: Season Six
CSI (Original): Season One
CSI (Original): Season Four
Firefly

Gargoyles: Season One
Gargoyles: Season Two
House: Season One
House: Season Two
Lost: Season Two

I still have no idea where they all came from. Heh. I just know that the collection won’t stop there. No way.

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