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  • The End and Beginning

    So, I'm sitting here sore, tired, and with a thick layer of hair-spray all over my body. I'm too tired to actually try to fix any of the afore mentioned ailments, so I decided to blog before I pass out. So, if this doesn't make sense or I pass out' [...]
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    Posted: September 14, 2009, 12:31am EDT

  • Musical Momentum

    So, as I do my daily... erm... bi-decade update, I thought I would tell you about the new show I'm in.

    I took another break after Seussical to live my life outside of theatre. Then I realized I didn't have a very interesting life. I tend to throw myself [...]
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    Posted: September 06, 2009, 3:21pm EDT

  • Tireless Theatre

    Wow. I just read my last post that was published before the Kennedy Administration. The good news is, is I think I'm "back" in the theatre world. Since doing the Sound of Music, I finished a run of Seussical the other weekend. It was fantastic! I met so many' [...]
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    Posted: May 15, 2009, 10:23pm EDT

  • Yay!

    So, I am not Baroness Elsa Schraeder in the Sound of Music (which is the part I was called back for), but I am Sister Sophia. I accepted the role last night. Yay!

    Now that my 4-year ice breaker audition is done and went well, I feel like more [...]
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    Posted: August 27, 2008, 10:53am EDT

  • No Nunsense

    Well, I had my first musical theatre audition this week since college. It went very mediocre I thought, but I have rarely felt awesome about an audition. Then I was asked for callbacks. So, yay! Since there were 3 days of auditions, and I was asked in the audition to [...]
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    Posted: August 23, 2008, 1:43pm EDT

  • Bankrupt Bennigan's

    So word just came out that the Bennigan's all over Minnesota are closing. I really don't know where to turn.

    I think that they have about 0.01 ounces of alcohol in their drinks and the waitresses are more moody than a teenage girl with acne. BUT, I still love [...]
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    Posted: July 29, 2008, 10:11pm EDT

  • Mr. Coffee's Demise

    Mr. Coffee 4-cup brew master is no longer with us. He was a loyal friend and rarely treated me poorly. There were only a few times where he vomited scalding coffee on my legs, but I'm sure I deserved it. He has been my trustee side-kick on my various desks' [...]
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    Posted: June 25, 2008, 4:31pm EDT

  • Woo-Hoo!

    We won!! We crushed them! The curse has been lifted! I feel like a zillion pounds have left my aura. Weee! Granted Washington was pretty lousy, but I will admit that it was pretty tense there in the beginning. I thought I might have to step out from the game [...]
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    Posted: June 19, 2008, 11:56am EDT

  • Rejection & Ejection

    Tonight I am off to another Twins game! I am revved up and I have my jersey laid out on the bed.

    We're taking our father's as a continuation to the father's day festivities. The Twins had a win last night (thanks Mor...yes) and I'm hoping that they can [...]
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    Posted: June 18, 2008, 10:08am EDT

  • I'm An MPR Mooch

    So MPR is doing their "annual drive". I say "annual" because I swear they just had one like a month ago. And I am an avid MPR listener. All day everyday. That's me.

    I've been listening all week to their plugs for why you should be a member and [...]
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    Posted: June 11, 2008, 5:40pm EDT

  • Cookie Monster

    So it's been over a month since I've posted. What motivates me enough to grease up the old blog? Cookies. Yes, cookies. I looooove me some good cookies. Lately I've been loving them more due to a recent mediocre audition. I'll write more about that later.

    I love love [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2008, 9:47am EDT

  • Spring Is In The Air!

    Finally some warm weather! This feels like a heat wave compared to what it was just days ago. I love the snow and I love winter, but now that I've had a taste of spring, I really want the sunny days and warm breezes back. But instead I predict about' [...]
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    Posted: March 12, 2008, 9:46am EDT

  • A Gem

    Solveig's Song is on the radio. What a great piece. It's from Peer Gynt. YouTube it, if you haven't heard it. *sigh* It touches the soul. Just thought I'd share. [...]
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    Posted: February 25, 2008, 2:54pm EST

  • I've Hit A New Low

    My caffeine addiction has hit a new low. Now it's just not the entire pot of morning coffee with a pick-me-up Dew at lunch. Or the massive headaches that immediately start an hour after I've been awake if I haven't downed a good 4 mugs of joe.[...]
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    Posted: February 25, 2008, 2:38pm EST

  • Puppy Love

    Exciting news! We're going to be parents! Not of actual children, but of a very cute little Shih Tzu. We were on the list to adopt a puppy from this dog, but after a big long whoo-haw, turns out she wasn't "with puppy".
    A big disappointment at first for us [...]
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    Posted: February 21, 2008, 10:43am EST

  • 24

    It has been a day since Santana was traded. I'm still sad. I miss him.' [...]
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    Posted: January 30, 2008, 9:58pm EST

  • Bonjour mon ami!

    Well, since I've been posting daily since I started this blog you must have missed my short absence. What? You didn't notice? Oh right, because I'm about as regular as an old man who lacks fiber. But I'm back and ready to wow you with my exciting life.

    [...]
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    Posted: January 29, 2008, 10:19am EST

  • Busy Times!

    I have finally decided on a voice teacher!! Woo! I had my first lesson with her on Saturday. We didn't sing a stitch, but rather peeled through my book collection for potential pieces. It's still overwhelming to pick from 50, but it's a little less daunting than thousands. The question' [...]
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    Posted: December 04, 2007, 10:33am EST

  • This Is My Quest

    ... Only without the whole man of La Mancha part.

    I am on a quest to find a new voice instructor. Now that life has settled down to a dull roar, I really am feeling the bug to get back to performing. I have thought about long and hard [...]
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    Posted: November 13, 2007, 9:40am EST

  • Morning Coffee

    There's nothing else than a hot pot of coffee to wake you up. It just wouldn't be a good day unless I guzzled down at least 4 cups. Since I go through it at a mind blowing rate, I thought I better look into some cheap, but passable, coffee. So [...]
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    Posted: November 07, 2007, 9:48am EST

  • Pure Evil

    I have been a pumpkin carving machine. I carved a pumpkin last night that was tedious, but was satisfying because I didn't lop off a necessary chunk like I usually do. Here's the pumpkin that made my fingers feel like I was 94. I gotta up my Aleve all day [...]
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    Posted: October 25, 2007, 11:37pm EDT

  • Testing Testing 1-2-3

    Is this thing on? Hellooo? I'm baaaack. I know, it's been a long time. Shame on me for not pondering more jerkwater (word of the day) topics for your enjo... er... read. I like to think this blog is mostly like warm milk. If you're up and in a spell' [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2007, 12:03pm EDT

  • O Little Town

    I live in a beautiful city. It has extremely cute shops, restaurants, sights, a gondola and pretty much everything is antiqued and lovely. When we first moved out here, I was so excited because this is the city you come to every weekend in the summer to walk around and [...]
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    Posted: August 31, 2007, 9:12am EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • Wedding Bells

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    I got married this Saturday!! It was so much fun. The food was awesome and I couldn't have been more pleased with the reception venue. Huge props to the Saint Paul Hotel for being so flawless in taste, service, and dinner. I had a blast and it appeared that everyone' [...]
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    Posted: August 23, 2007, 9:14am EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • All's Well That Ends Well

    The time has come to depart with my dearly beloved palm pilot. Not because it's failed any of its functions, but because of my leaky brain. With all the wedding planning and a new job and my increasing OCD and leaky brain, my little ZZ just hasn't been what I [...]
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    Posted: July 19, 2007, 2:11pm EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • *sigh*

    Dear me, it's only Wednesday...' [...]
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    Posted: July 18, 2007, 2:26pm EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • Drawn Out Departure

    Man, it seems like I put my 2 weeks in about 4 years ago. The time will just not pass. I really have no urgent things to do.

    I would give anything to put my head down and take a little snoozer. I don't want to end up with' [...]
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    Posted: July 16, 2007, 2:21pm EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • Morning Madness

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    As I sit here rocking myself and crying because my coffee is waaaay to hot to drink and I NEED it, I wonder, why? Why did I ask my new employer to bump up my start time to 7:30am? I'm not a morning person and I make no' [...]
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    Posted: July 13, 2007, 8:18am EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • Job Jumper

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    I have FINALLY found a new job!! Yay hooray! My last day at my current place is the day before my birthday. Happy birthday to me! I'm very excited for this new position. I will be working as an office manager and training to be a paralegal. I think that [...]
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    Posted: July 10, 2007, 3:20pm EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • ???

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    The bus ride into work was pleasant. (Well, minus being hacked all over by someone who doesn't cover their mouth! But that's a different post.) I saw a family of beautiful deer. Their coats were so beautiful. Some day I would like to pet one. A live one, somehow a [...]
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    Posted: July 06, 2007, 8:16am EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • Size Does Matter

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    This Sunday was a shopping filled Sunday. Bri and I shopped till we dropped. (Although I'm sure I could have survived a few shoe departments more.) We finally got Brian's suit for the wedding. We start out wandering aimlessly around the suit department without a clue as to what [...]
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    Posted: July 02, 2007, 4:14pm EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • All's Well That Ends Well

    Hummmm I am at peace with the wedding planning. I had a momentary weakness. Hummm All will be fine. Hummmm If I can't eat for a few months or year at least I will be able to fit into my "skinny clothes". Hummmm

    Seriously, it's going to be fabulous [...]
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    Posted: June 29, 2007, 9:48am EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • Wedding Woes

    Number of comments: 2
    Man alive! are weddings expensive!! Looks like I won't be eating for the next 3 decades. Well, except for at the reception, but by then my stomach will have shrank so much that I'll be paying millions for a little soda cracker. I just received the "estimate" from my wedding [...]
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    Posted: June 28, 2007, 4:33pm EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • Crystal Confetti

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    We received our first 2 wedding gifts this week. Let me tell you, it is exciting stuff. I know that I registered for the things we got, but MAN is it fun to rip open the box and see them again. Maybe it's because I was delirious at the end [...]
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    Posted: June 15, 2007, 8:30am EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • SUCK-er

    Ah, these words never cease to entertain me!

    succor \SUCK-er\ noun

    *1 : relief; also : aid, help
    2 : something that furnishes relief

    Example sentence:
    "The people lost all hope of succor, and fled to the mountains for refuge." (Mark Twain, A Tramp [...]

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    Posted: June 12, 2007, 6:27pm EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • Blech

    It's the grossest thing ever when people constantly do the snot snort. You know what I'm talking about. Not the little sniffles or the I-need-a-kleenex-stat sniff, I'm talking about the full blown snot-down-the-throat snort. Ish. I have the pleasure of sitting by someone at work who decided to replace regular [...]
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    Posted: June 08, 2007, 1:31pm EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • Obsession

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    No, not the scent by Calvin Klein, my not so secret obsession.

    Shopping. Online shopping. Clothes shopping. Shoooooooooe shopping. Antique shopping. (Although does anyone really know how to "go antiquing"? Most things look like they had every right to be given away in the first place.) Handbag [...]
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    Posted: June 05, 2007, 4:18pm EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • Youthquake

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    I get a word e-mailed to me everyday from Merriam Webster. I don't know how I got signed up... it wasn't like I clicked on word of the day and then on subscribe... or anything like that... But if I had I would say that they only send [...]
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    Posted: May 25, 2007, 8:19am EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • Search Words

    I'm so glad that when someone decided to google image search "camel toe" they came upon my blog. It's all about the readers, and I'll take 'em any way I can get 'em. And if that means more posts about camel toe, then so be it.

    And apparently there's [...]
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    Posted: May 18, 2007, 10:57am EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • Elevator Madness

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    There's nothing scarier (okay there are, but I'm trying to make a point) than being in a possessed elevator.

    After work the other day I walked in to the elevator and it gives a little bounce. Since I'm the only one in it, I chalked it up to [...]
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    Posted: May 10, 2007, 11:21am EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • The Drugs On The Bus Go Round 'n Round

    The other day I was in my usual rush from the time I wake up until 10 minutes later when I'm out the door, so did I remember to bring a new book to read for the afternoon bus ride? Nope. Did I remember my coffee? Check. I ALWAYS [...]
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    Posted: May 03, 2007, 12:06pm EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • Whew!

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    Well my hell weekend is over. The billions of little mongerals I had to tend to this weekend are all still alive, as am I. The Bolcom Songs of Innocence and Experience performances are finished, and so is my commitment with Vocal Essence. I have decided to retire. I'm too [...]
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    Posted: April 30, 2007, 8:41am EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • Spring Snow = Boo

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    I love snow as much as any polar bear or husky, but only in the winter months. What ever happened to the phrase April showers bring May flowers? What about April snows and freezes bring May dead brown grasses and flowers? Doesn't have quite the same [...]
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    Posted: April 11, 2007, 8:48am EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • Friday At Last!

    Number of comments: 2
    I thought this day would never come! All week it seemed like Friday was just the day after never. But finally, it's here. It's here and it's glorious... well, actually there's nothing really glorious about it except that it's adjacent to the weekend, but that's enough for me.

    This [...]
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    Posted: March 16, 2007, 8:23am EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • Blithesome Bolcom

    People, get your calendars out! Vocal Essence is performing the Grammy Award winning Songs of Innocence and Experience with the MN Chorale, the MN Boys Choir, and 14 soloists at Orchestra Hall April 28-29 (Sat, Sun). Click here to buy your seat! This is going to be a [...]
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    Posted: March 14, 2007, 8:33am EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • Perfect Spring Day

    You know those days when you turn on the radio and at that point they play the exact perfect thing? That happened today. On my drive home, I rolled down all the windows, turned on NPR, and am greeted by sun and a Beethoven piano sonata. To me nothing goes [...]
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    Posted: March 13, 2007, 10:09am EDT
    by Rachel Irene

  • Hopelessly Homeless in Saint Paul

    Number of comments: 2
    Ah, the homeless again. Well, if I really thought they were homeless, I wouldn't be annoyed with them. But it's clear that the "homeless" that I've run into since starting my job in Saint Paul are well fed, groomed, and have nicer clothes than half of the employees pounding the [...]
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    Posted: March 01, 2007, 10:14am EST
    by Rachel Irene

  • People

    I'm honestly amazed at how stupid people can be. I'm not saying I don't have my brain fart moments, but wow, some people are born with a permanent fart in their brain. I'm sure you all have someone in mind with just fluff in their head, (or straw), [...]
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    Posted: February 20, 2007, 11:48am EST
    by Rachel Irene

  • I Didn't Have Time For My Morning Coffee






    I don't think I could be any more clear. [...]
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    Posted: February 13, 2007, 9:02am EST
    by Rachel Irene

  • Ta-Da!

    After much to-do we saved... or rather killed re-birthed Bertachel. You can all go about your normal lives now and sleep through the night. The crisis has passed.

    *whew* [...]
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    Posted: February 06, 2007, 2:19pm EST
    by Rachel Irene

  • I Killed Bertachel

    Stupid new blogger! What a big mess this turned out to be. On our other blog, Bertachel, we were going to resurrect it to release our angst about the fashion world. (I know what you're thinking. Yes, let's have the gal who posts once every other blue moon on her [...]
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    Posted: February 06, 2007, 10:09am EST
    by Rachel Irene

  • Bubble Girl

    I wish I lived in a climate controlled bubble.

    (I live in a hole? I wish I lived in a climate controlled bubble? Could this blog be any more riveting? I blame my bus seatmates flatulence. Her effluvs must have rotted my brain.)

    Regardless, this weather [...]
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    Posted: February 05, 2007, 8:26am EST
    by Rachel Irene

  • The Hole I Call Home

    I live in a hole.

    Am I the only person on the face of this earth that didn't realize that the Golden Globes were on the other night? I missed another chance to laugh at a fashion faux-pas assemblage and feel horrible about my imperfect figure? Darn [...]
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    Posted: January 17, 2007, 10:23am EST
    by Rachel Irene

  • Wedding Weekend

    This weekend my very good friend Abbie is getting married! After having to post-pone the original September wedding date for 4 months, the time has finally come. (As a side note, the reason they had to post-pone it is because her fiance is a navigator for the Navy, and he [...]
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    Posted: January 12, 2007, 8:41am EST
    by Rachel Irene

  • The Smells On The Bus Go Round And Round

    There are all kinds of people that ride the bus. It's like another world of etiquette and behavioral patterns (I'll post more on these at a later date). For the most part, my bus route consists mostly of the mom & pop type. Occasionally we get a rouge rider [...]
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    Posted: January 08, 2007, 6:00am EST
    by Rachel Irene

  • Happy Belated New Year!

    I hope that you're all well rested after such a peaceful holiday. Ha! This holiday was a whirlwind of frantic party throwing, family get togethers, gluttonous meals, family outings, and I think that holiday cheer sometimes peeked through the cracks. Whew! Just thinking about it makes me start to twitch.
    [...]
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    Posted: January 03, 2007, 3:55pm EST
    by Rachel Irene

  • Homeless Diabetic

    Now I'm not one to mock the homeless, I do realize their grave situation, but sometimes they amuse me... when they're not scary.

    When I was young we took a trip to New York city to visit relatives, and the homeless were rather persistent. They would follow me [...]
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    Posted: December 23, 2006, 10:47am EST
    by Rachel Irene

  • Snow Snow Snow!

    Snow
    It won't be long before we'll all be there with snow
    Snow
    I want to wash my hands, my face and hair with snow
    (ok so granted we already got some, but not enough to wash with)

    Snow
    I long to clear a path and lift a [...]
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    Posted: December 22, 2006, 8:46am EST
    by Rachel Irene
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