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Year in Review 2022

January

  • 9 – My friend HanaSara was in town from DC and we walked around Green Lake with pups
  • 10 – Daryl and my 13th Anniversary!
  • 14 – Two years at Taproot Theatre Company!
  • 16-17 – Daryl and I ski camp at Blewett
  • 19-27 – TTC tech weeks
  • 28 – See How They Run at Taproot opens
  • I did Whole30 for the second time.  I learned so much in 2021, I’m glad I took the opportunity to do it again.
  • Books read: Lost In The Never Woods by Aiden Thomas, I Love you But I’ve Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye Watkins
  • Bag nights (sleeping bag nights; camping): 1

February

  • 3 – Finished shawl that I started in April.  I am not a fast knitter, but I’m really proud of how it turned out!
  • 5 – Light Board Op sub for See How They Run
  • 7 – Zoom with Emily (and baby Frankie) and Arina!  I love them both so much and I’m always so thankful when we make the time to chat.
  • 9 – LBO sub for See How They Run
  • 12-13 – Ski camp at Blewett
  • 16 – Daryl and I see See How They Run
  • 21-25 – Midwinter Break Acting Studio Camp props designer
  • 23-24 – Banff Mountain Film Festival at Benaroya Hall
    • This was the first big event we went to since the start of COVID.  I definitely almost had a panic attack at the start of the first night.  I’m thankful for masks and vaccines and being able to feel air exchanges.
  • Books read: Hairpin Bridge by Taylor Adams
  • Bag nights: 1

March

  • 11-16 – PLU tech week
  • 13 – See Clare & Patrick were in town and we were able to visit one day while I was on break from tech at PLU, which is where Clare went to undergrad!  I’m always so very happy when I get to see them.
  • 15-24 – TTC tech weeks
  • 17 – Pippin at Pacific Lutheran University opens (Lighting Designer)
    • I’m really proud of the work I did on this show, but I also know there are lots of ways I can improve.  I’m thankful I get to be a Theatre Magic Maker.
  • 23 – Get permanent bottom retainer removed!  My teeth are free of appliances for the first time since 1996!
  • 25 – The Spitfire Grill at Taproot opens

April

  • 4-6 – Acting Studio Showcase props designer
  • 6 – Assistant Stage Manager sub for The Spitfire Grill
  • 7 – Daryl, my parents, and I see The Spitfire Grill
  • 10 – Daryl, Riley, and I hike at O.O. Denny County Park and Saint Edward State Park
  • 11-15 – Spring Break Acting Studio Camp props designer
  • 14 – Sound Board Op sub for The Spitfire Grill
    • I have been listening for “Lights GO” for close to 20 years now, so it was really, really weird to listen for “Sound GO” for the very first time ever!
  • 17 – Ski with Mike, Johnny, Mickey, GrandPaw, and Riley at Blewett
  • 23 – TTC Gala at Triple Door
  • 25-4 – NHHS tech weeks
  • 26 – Get Invisalign!
  • Books read: Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

May

  • 5 – Pippin at Nathan Hale High School opens (Lighting Designer)
    • Yes, I designed lights for the same show twice this spring.  I’m not sure if it was the best idea, but it was definitely a challenge!
  • 7-8 – I5SAF Ski Weekend at Mt. Hood Meadows
    • Can you believe the blower pow in that photo?!  Whodathunk we’d get a powder day for the last day of the season?
  • 11-19 – TTC tech weeks
  • 18-20 – ASM sub
  • 20 – The Nerd at Taproot opens
  • 22 – Daryl and I go flying and see Doc, one of the last B-29 bombers
  • 25-26 – ASM sub

June

  • 4 – Daryl’s birthday!  I make a delicious carrot cake to celebrate
  • 9 – All Tharp at PNB
  • 11 – Brandi Carlile at the Gorge!  This is hands down the very best concert I have ever been to in my entire life.  Wow.
  • 15 – Whomp whomp, I test positive for COVID
  • 26 – After 11 long days (most of which I felt completely fine), I finally test negative for COVID!  Just in time for…
  • 27 – My 35th Birthday!
    • Yet again, I was going to have a birthday bbq, but alas.
  • Books read: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern, Where The Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (I only wanted to reread books while down with COVID)
  • Bag nights: 1

July

  • 2-4 – Greaser-McDaniel Clan family weekend in Trout Lake!
  • 6-14 – TTC tech weeks
  • 12 – Finish a shawl I started in June.  I added to the pattern and I’m really proud of both the patterning I did and the finished product!
  • 15 – Black Coffee at Taproot opens (staring Michael Winters aka Taylor Doose from Gilmore Girls!)
  • 16-17 – Hike at Thorp Mountain Lookout
  • 21 – I went in for an orthodontist appointment and was surprised by getting my Invisalign off early!
  • 23-24 – 10th Annual McIver Float!  This year we brought Saville!
  • 25 – Clare and Patrick were in town, so we went over for delicious Indian food on the deck of their AirBnb
  • 26 – Friends Aria and Jordan from school came to visit another friend, Emily.  I was hoping to go hiking with them, but schedules didn’t work out.  We did picnic at Matthews Beach though!
  • 27 – Before we completely melted in the heat, Daryl installed our fancy new AC!
  • 31-1 – Explore and hike around Salmon La Sac
  • Books read: Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, Hamilton: The Revolution by Lin-Manuel Miranda
  • Bag nights: 4

August

  • 1 – Hike into Thorp Lake
  • 5-6 – My parents are in town!
    • 5 – Have parents over and cook them dinner
    • 6 – Go to Mariners game (we won!) and Black Coffee with my parents
  • 7 – Kind of last minute, Daryl and I decide to find a place to watch the Blue Angels perform at SeaFair.  We lucked out with one of the last available parking spots and last available beach spots at a park on Mercy Island.  I’ve never seen the Blue Angels perform before (though I did hear them practice for SeaFair about 12 years ago when I worked in the Mt. Baker neighborhood).
  • 8 – Sneak Peak at Taproot
  • 9 – One of my oldest internet friends Stacy (we met on LiveJournal when I was in high school!) was in town visiting with her girlfriend (now fiance!).  She invited me and two of her friends to all get together and declared that the three of us MUST become friends.
  • 10 – Daryl’s friend Jenny from MO was in town visiting.  I had a really crappy day at work, but spent the entire evening laughing!
  • 12 – Road Company rehearsal Stage Manager sub
  • 19-5 – Daryl in Montana for Scapegoat
  • 30-1 – Road Company previews (Props Designer)
  • Books read: Love & Saffron: A Novel of Friendship, Food, and Love by Kim Fay, Fear Thy Neighbor by Fern Michaels, Jane of Hearts and Other Stories by Katharine Weber, Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine

September

  • 2 – I took my first ballet class since graduating.  I definitely cried my way through plies.
  • 10 – The Bolt Creek Fire starts about 40 miles from Seattle.  The AQI hits 172 at house.
  • 11 – Hamilton at Paramount with Ashleigh and Mady!
  • 13-22 –  TTC tech weeks
  • 21 – Betsey rolls over 100,000 miles!
  • 22 – Teton Gravity Research ski film at The Neptune
  • 23 – A Night With The Russells at Taproot opens
  • 25-26 – Airplane camping at Point Roberts.  On our way there, we stopped at Lynden Airport, which is an air park (so folks have houses right next to the runway!).  We borrowed bikes from the pilots lounge and rode to a steakhouse, where I had the best French Dip I’ve ever had.
  • 29 – Carmina Burana at PNB.  Oh my god, truly incredible.
  • Books read: The Artist Colony by Joanna FitzPatrick, Black Cake by Charmaine Wilkerson, Kitchen Yarns: Notes on Life, Love, and Food by Ann Hood
  • Bag nights: 1

October

  • 2 – Day Of Goddess for Kelly & Calder’s wedding.  I’ve thought about using my stage manager skills for weddings for a while and I’m so happy I got a chance to help make Kelly & Calder’s day wonderful.
  • 3 – Bivalent booster!
  • 8-10 – Astoria for Great Columbia Crossing.  I’m so happy I got to walk across my very favorite bridge with my very favorite parents!
  • 15 – Smoke returns, AQI 153
  • 19-20 – Shadow SM in preparation for subbing later in the month
  • 19 – AQI 289
  • 20 – AQI 314
  • 21 – IT RAINS!!!!!
  • 23 – Squak Mountain Hike
  • 25-27 – SM sub for A Night With The Russells
  • 28 – Uncorked at Taproot
  • Books read: Sea of Tranquility by Emily St John Mandel

November

  • 1 – Betsey gets new tires!
  • 10 – This Season’s Canon at PNB.  I could watch this entire program every day and feel very satisfied.
  • 12-13 – Visit Will in Seiku.  On Sunday we went out to Cape Flattery.
  • 15-23 – TTC tech weeks
  • 15-17 – Christmas Touring previews (Props Designer)
  • 20 – Hike in Carkeek Park, see salmon spawning!
  • 24-27 – Friendsgiving with Lizommy in Cottage Grove
  • 25 – The Wickhams: Christmas At Pemberley at Taproot opens
  • 29-30 – ASM sub for The Wickhams
  • Books read: A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde, A Raisin In The Sun by Lorraine Hansberry, Allen & Mike’s Really Cook Backcountry Ski Book by Allen O’Bannon

December

  • 3 – Snow!
  • 7-8 – Banff Mountain Film Fest at Benaroya with one of D’s coworkers.  Saw a friend from the grotto there on night two.
  • 10 – SheJumps Car Control Clinic!
  • 11 – Ski Blewett and cut down Christmas tree
  • 14 – Kula Holly Jolly Potty Party at Halcyon Brewing
  • 18 – CommuniTEA Book Club zoom with Friday Afternoon and Clare
  • 20 – Snow!
  • 23 – Ice storm
  • 24-26 – Astoria
    • 25 – My Dad and I visit my Grandma at the care facility and then I make Christmas dinner.  It’s very weird cooking in someone else’s kitchen, even if it’s the same one you first made boxed mac&cheese in!
  • 28 – Hike in Hamilin Park
  • 29 – Hike in Meadowdale Beach Park
  • 30 – Hike in Discovery Park.  The Wickhams is officially the first show since See How They Run in Jan/Feb to not have a COVID closure!
  • Books read: A Snake Falls To Earth by Darcie Little Badger

Books read: 22
Bag nights: 8
Taproot shows (Mainstage, Road Company, Acting Studio): 13
Performances I worked as SM, ASM, LBO, or SBO sub: 16
Outside shows: 2

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Year In Review 2021

January

  • 10 – 12th Anniversary <3

February

  • 2 – First day of rehearsal for Daddy Long Legs!  Definitely learned a lot about stage managing via Zoom – especially a musical.
  • 7-8 – Daryl and I camp at the warming hut (with an incredible fire place), then Mike, Daryl, Riley, and I go backcountry skiing at Blewett Pass.
  • 13 – Seattle got a beautiful blanket of snow.  Daryl, Riley, and I went snow riding with Johnny and GrandPaw at Ravenna Park.
  • 14 – Riding high on our snow stoke, we went urban skiing a second day at St. Edward State Park.  Skied from the parking lot into Lake Washington!  We end our Valentine’s Day watching Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Romeo et Juliette.
  • 16 – I climb a ladder and focus an instrument at work!
  • 22-26 – We record Daddy Long Legs.  It felt so, so, so good to make theatre magic again!
  • 27-28 – Daryl, Riley, and I ski and camp at Blewett Pass
  • We get 2 bag nights (sleeping bag night; camping)

March

  • 9 – I visit the UM Stage Management class via Zoom.  I really enjoy being an alum that is asked to speak to classes.
  • 11 – Emily, Arina, and I spend a couple hours on Zoom together <3
  • 12 – Daddy Long Legs opening night!  Streaming openings are not quite the same as in person openings, but I’m so thankful we safely put on a show.
  • 29 – Daryl, Mike, and I catch closing weekend at Mt. Baker.  I can’t wait to ski there more next year!

April

  • 2 – I got my first COVID-19 vaccination!  I thought I was going to cry, but I was too giddy, I couldn’t stop smiling!
  • 8 & 15 – Two nights of Blind Pilot live streaming from the Liberty Theatre
  • 17 – I built a crate wall!
  • 23 – 2nd dose!
  • 24 – Taproot Theatre Company Gala!  Virtual again this year, but we made it interactive with boxes of goodies that we hand delivered.

May

  • 1-2 – Cascade Grotto Ape Cave Clean Up
  • 8-12 – I was two weeks post-2nd dose just in time for Mother’s Day, so I drove home and surprised my Mama.
    • 9 – My Dad and I hiked up to the Astoria Column, something we’ve never done together before.  That night I watch PNB’s Coppelia, a ballet I have always loved, but I learned I’ve only ever seen the first act before!
    • 10 – Mama and I meander our way from Astoria, down to Seaside, and then Cannon Beach.  I’m always so thankful for time with her.
    • 11 – I watch Bare Bait Dance’s Window Dressing.  I’m thankful online streaming means I can watch my friends dance in Missoula from Astoria.
  • 13 – We have some caver friends over for dinner.  It feels good to slowly, safely start seeing people again.
  • 16 – Daryl takes us flying up to Concrete and Bremerton.  Such a beautiful day!
  • 22 – We get the garden planted!  Very excited about this year’s garden.
  • 28-June 1 – Ski Diamond Peak
  • 4 bag nights

June

  • 2 – Daryl and I go to a Mariner’s game!  We of course lost.
  • 4 – My sweet love’s birthday!
  • 12 – I design lights for Spectrum Dance Theater at the Seattle International Dance Festival!
  • 14 – Clare and Patrick are in town to elope and we got to have them over for dinner.  I of course made them a cake.
  • 16 – After their wedding, we go out to dinner with Clare and Patrick to celebrate.  I’m so happy we got to see them!  I miss Clare lots.
  • 17 – Kula Academy Whitewater Rafting trip!
  • 19-20 – Cascade Grotto beginners trip to Lake Cave
    • 20 – We meander our way home, stopping at the Johnston Ridge Observatory at Loowit.
  • 23-30 – We almost melt in the heatdome.
    • 24 – We see In The Heights at the movie theater.
    • 26 – Picnic dinner at the lake.
    • 27 – Daryl takes us flying in the morning.  It is 107* by 4pm.  I was going to have a birthday bbq, but the heat was just too, too much.  We got one of the last air conditioned hotel rooms in the entire city for three nights.
  • 1 bag night

July

  • 16-18 – Annual McIver Float on the Clackamas River
  • 24 – My friend Anya and I hike to Talapus and Ollalie Lake – exactly one year after I did the same hike with our friends from school, Brooke and Emily!
  • 2 bag night

August

  • 4 – I discovered nectarine caprese and decide it’s the only thing I want to eat for the rest of the summer.
  • 7 – My friend Matthew and I see Theatre22’s Alice In Wonderland at Volunteer Park.
  • 12 – I chop off and color my hair.  Red headed again!
  • 17 – Arina and Jesus are in town for Brooke’s wedding.  I’m so happy we had them over for dinner.  Lots of puppy play, delicious food, and hugs.  <3
  • 28-31 – We drive, bike, and hike in to a caving area with our friend Will.  I love being outside.
  • 3 bag nights

September

  • 3-5 – After a brief interruption, we return to the caving area for a couple more days.
  • 7 – Everyone at work is officially back at full time hours!  Last day of the Seattle Public Library Summer Book Bingo – I read 24 books over the summer!
  • 11-12 – We record the Road Company shows to have as streaming options.
  • 17 – Taproot Theatre Company Uncorked!
  • 23-26 – Liz and Tommy visit!
    • 24 – We played tourist to the Space Needle and Chihuly Gardens.  Wow, I’ve never been to the Chihuly museum before – it’s incredible!
    • 25 – We brave the crowds at Pike Place Market, manage to visit the Fremont Troll with no crowds, and then had an incredible dinner at The Shambles.
  • 2 bag nights

October

  • 1 – Riley’s 5th birthday!
  • 4 – Daryl and I go flying
  • 16-17 – Leaf Peeping at Blewett Pass
  • 18 – We start rehearsals for Babette’s Feast!
  • 29-Nov 1 – Cascade Grotto Halloween Cave-In down by Pahto
  • 3 bag nights

November

  • 3 – 600 days after we stopped tech rehearsals for Babette’s Feast in 2020, we pick back up where we left off!
  • 12 – Babette’s Feast Opening Night!  The first in-person opening night since January 2020!
  • 14-17 – I go to Portland with my parents for my Mom’s surgery (she’s doing great!).

December

  • 1 – Boosted!
  • 3 – I visit the UM Freshman Seminar class via Zoom.  I hope one day I’ll be able to visit in person.
  • 5-6 – Daryl snagged us a last minute spot at Goldmyer Hot Springs.  We were the only ones camping and had the place to ourselves!
  • 9 – My friend Audrey and I see We’ve Battled Monsters Before at ArtsWest.  So, so good!
  • 15 – We have our work Christmas party/breakfast and then I treat myself to a little shopping spree at Nordstrom.  I almost walked into a Ciara photoshoot three separate times.
  • 16 – Daryl and I have a date night to The Shambles and then to see Babette’s Feast!
  • 19 – Christmas tree hunting and skiing at Blewett Pass
  • 21 – Chop my hair and get it colored again.  I love being a red head again.
  • 22 – We take Mike, Saville, and the kids out to see PNB’s The Nutcracker!  I’m so happy we were all able to go.
  • 24-27 – Astoria for Christmas (everyone rapid tested before we left Seattle)
    • 26 – Astoria got a white Christmas, so we got to ski the Astoria Column!  The Clatsop County Snow Riders Association meets again!
    • 27 – We stop by Tammy’s and visit for a couple hours before slowly heading home on the very icy highway.
  • 28 – Date night to The Nutcracker with some of the best seats we’ve ever had.
  • 1 bag night

Total bag nights for the year: 18

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Year In Review 2020

January

  • 9 – The day before my first student loan payment was due I was offered a full time position at Taproot Theatre!
  • 10 – Our 11th anniversary <3
  • 11-13 – Anniversary Weekend
    • 11 – Daryl and I skied at Stevens Pass and then joined friends in Leavenworth
    • 13 – We finally get home after a 28 hour drive
  • 20 – My friend Sydoney was in town from Portland and we got lunch
  • 24 – A full theatre day: my final Spectrum Dance Theatre Frye Museum show and opening night of Steel Magnolias at Taproot Theatre!
  • 26 – Daryl takes us on a flight around Seattle
  • We get one bag night (sleeping bag night; camping)

February

  • 16 – Daryl, Mike, Elsie, and I went bowling!
  • 21-24 – East Coast Trip
    • 21 – Daryl and I fly to Philadelphia and then drive to the AirBnb in New Jersey we shared with Arina and Jesus
    • 22 – Emily and Frank’s wedding!
    • 23 – Emily and Frank hosted brunch at their house, then D and I drove to Philly and got dinner with Lindsay
    • 24 – Daryl showed me around “his” Philly (the hospital he was born at, his Grandparent’s house, and his first job) and then I showed him around “my” Philly (the UArts buildings, my first job, my apartments)
  • 26 – First production meeting for Chicago at Nathan Hale High School (Lighting Designer)
  • 29 – Closing night for Steel Magnolias

March

  • 5-6 – Rippin Chix ski camp at Crystal Mountain.  I coughed from my post-show crud and joked “don’t worry, it’s not COVID.”
  • 6 – Daryl starts working from home.  Spencer and his lady friend stay the night while in town for a baby shower.  There’s never enough time to to visit!
  • 8 – Our friend Tom from Missoula was in town.  We finally walked around Green Lake!
  • 13 – It is announced at work that we will start working from home
  • 19 – PNB of course cancelled their performance of One Thousand Pieces, but thankfully the Unions allowed them to stream it.  Oh my goodness, it is so incredible.  I really hope they bring it back once we can be in person again.
  • 29 – I got tired of not having a spice rack, so I made one!  Officially the first “Quarantine Project”.

April

  • 21 – My new LLBean Boots arrive!
  • We were under Stay Home, Stay Healthy orders, so I basically just made a lot of food.

May

  • 4 – The weekend before we were technically allowed to start adventuring again, we went backcountry skiing at Yodelin
  • 6 – Daryl and Mike built us three garden boxes
  • 9-10 – We camp and ski at Yodelin
  • 13 – We watch PNB’s 2014 production of Giselle
  • 30-June 1 – Camp and ski at Mt. Adams
  • Three bag nights

June

  • 1 – On the drive back from Mt. Adams, I start rehearsal for our Zoom Cabaret.  Running a rehearsal via Zoom on an iPad hotspotting your phone while driving up I5 is *not* recommended
  • 4 – Daryl’s birthday!
  • 13-14 – We flew to Portland and then leap-frogged out way home.  We landed at seven airports – including doing a touch-and-go at Sea-Tac!
  • 20 – Daryl wanted cheesecake for his birthday, so I bought a spring form and made my first cheesecake!  It turned out perfectly!
  • 21 – First Chinook Pass ski trip of the year
  • 24 – We road our bikes to a disc golf course and played a round while drinking Cold Smoke.  It felt very “Missoula”.
  • 27 – My birthday!
  • 27-28 – Camp and ski at Chinook Pass
  • Two bag nights

July

  • 5 – Ski Artist’s Point at Mt. Baker
  • 14 – Becky and I go hiking.  We attempted Mt. Ellinor, but neither of us had enough water and I didn’t bring enough carbs and totally bonked.  Still a great day!
  • 18 – We go flying over the San Juan Islands for sunset
  • 24 – Emily, Brooke, Ollie, Riley, and I hike to Ollallie Lake.  Always so wonderful to see school friends, but hiking with masks on it not comfortable.
  • 25 – I took a watercolor class with Kula Academy.  So much fun!

August

  • 9-10 – Daryl and I got to tag along with Mike and Fisher on Fish’s first backpacking trip!
  • 19-23 – Daryl and I backpack in to Crater Lakes for a long weekend
  • Five bag nights

September

  • 1-14 – Montana for Scapegoat.  We kept an eye on the COVID numbers in the everyone’s counties before we left.  They were all below 10% chance based on the GA Tech Event Risk Assessment tool.  We decided we were okay with the risk.  I didn’t really relax about it until the end of the September when I knew we got away with it.
    • 3-4 – Hike in and set up camp
    • 7 – Snow day!  We woke up to graupel, which turned into snow.  I think we got 6 inches!
    • 11 – Daryl, Brian, Caitlin, Riley, and I hiked up to the plateau and spent the day looking for caves
    • 12 – Hike out and drive to Helena (and into the smoke)
  • 25 – We have three plum trees in our backyard and I didn’t want them to go to waste this year.  I made a trio of plum treats to share with our triplex neighbors
  • 29 – We took a sunrise flight to Whidbey Island for breakfast
  • 12 bag nights

October

  • 1 – Riley’s 4th birthday
  • 5 – Mike moved out
  • 15 – PNB Rep 1.  Watching the ballet at home is fun, but I miss going out to the ballet.
  • 19 – Dropped my ballot off!  I love voting!
  • 22 – Watch UM’s Dance Underground.  I love seeing my friends dance.
  • 30 – I visited the UM theatre major’s Freshman Seminar as  guest speaker!
  • 31-November 1 – We went on a Larch March and didn’t see any other people.  I love having nature to ourselves.
  • One bag night

November

  • 6 – Watch Bare Bait Dance’s Kinetoscope Film Festival
  • 7-8 – We fly to Orcas Island for the weekend.  We hiked in to a beachside campground and had the whole thing to ourselves.  The next morning we got brunch at Doe Bay resort, all by ourselves.  Then we had a beautiful sunset flight home.
  • 12 – PNB Rep 2
  • 13 – Watch SDT Lyric Suite
  • 26 – Even though it was just the two of us, I decided to go all out for Thanksgiving.  I made my very first turkey, mashed potatoes, green bean casserole, dressing, rolls, and, of course, pie!
  • One bag night

December

  • 5-6 – Snow camp and some four-wheel driving
  • 12 – Christmas tree hunting
  • 23 – We flew up to Snohomish and Monroe for a little morning flight
  • 25 – Daryl, Mike, Riley, and I went skiing for Christmas at Yodelin.  So-so snow, but so much fun!
  • 27 – Sunset hike at Saint Edwards
  • One bag night

Total bag nights for the year: 26!

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