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Monday, May 7th, 2007
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11:15 am - Which Buffy character are you?
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 | You scored as Buffy Summers. You are a very strong individual. You do, however, have some trouble admitting how you truly feel. You've experienced a lot during your life, but you more than manage. Always willing to help, you're a great friend.
Buffy Summers | | 71% | Willow Rosenberg | | 58% | Dawn Summers | | 54% | Spike | | 54% | Tara Maclay | | 46% | Xander Harris | | 38% | Anya | | 33% | Rupert Giles | | 33% | </td>
Which Buffy The Vampire Slayer Character Are You Most Like!?
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| Saturday, March 17th, 2007
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2:57 pm - You're on my FRIENDS list...
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YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST, I want to know things about you. I don't care if we never talk, never liked each other, or if we already know everything about each other. You're on my list, so let me know who I am friends with.
1. Can you cook?
2. What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator?
3. What talent do you wish you had?
4. Favorite place?
5. Favorite vegetable?
6. What was the last book you read?
7. Are you Dirty or Clean?
8. Any tattoos and/or piercings?
9. Worst habit?
HERE COMES THE FUN ...
1. How did we meet?
2. What's your philosophy on life?
3. Negative or Optimistic?
4. What was your dream growing up?
5. Worst thing to ever happen to you?
6. What was your first impression of me?
7. Tell me one weird fact about you:
8. What's your favorite memory?
9 is missing. Make up something if you want.
10. What was your family life like growing up?
11. What do you think of yourself as a person?
12. Do you think you are sane or insane?
13. Would you cry for me if I died?
14. Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
15. If you could change anything about yourself, would you?
16. How do you fall asleep?
17. Ever gotten angry with me?
18. Would you go on a blind date if I set you up?
19. If you had one day to live, what would you do?
20. A million bucks... what would you do with it?
21. What is your worst fear?
22. Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
23. Can you sing or dance?
24. In one word, how would you describe yourself?
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2:09 pm - TF out for beta!
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Pheeeeew, finally, the next chapter of TF is out for betaing. Everything's calmed down a bit, though I'm still busy, I've been able to make some time for writing my fics. Didn't realize how much I missed them! Stay tuned, news soon.
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| Tuesday, December 26th, 2006
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4:32 pm - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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Just wanted to say:
MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
This has been an exciting year for me. I am currently revising my first book, which will go to print some time next year. So hopefully I'll be back with a new chapter of TF in January.
Wishing you all the best, and thank you for checking back with my site, as well as the many nominations I got despite my absence.
Love you all,
Charlie
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4:30 pm - Problems with yahoo group
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Please read if you're on my yahoo update list.
The yahoo server seems to have problems, or someone at yahoo has gone
mad - members have been automatically unsubscribed from groups in
which they haven't been posting a lot. That happened to me in another
group as well.
IF THAT HAPPENS TO YOU, I have nothing to do with it -- please simply
rejoin the group.
Sorry about the inconvenience.
Best wishes
Charlie
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| Monday, October 23rd, 2006
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1:30 am - Fanfic update
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Hi everyone,
I can't seem to stop apologizing for not writing for such a long time. Sometimes real life just gets in the way. I'm pleased to announce, however, that I have found a publisher for my first book (though conditions are still open to negotiation, LOL), but I have a deadline to meet, which is why I haven't been able to focus on my fanfic. When you're writing all day for months, you just don't feel like writing in your spare time too. Anyway, here's my update:
He's just not that into you Part II - Wear and Tear
As always, you can find it at my site http://www.buffythevampirelayer.com
This fic is dedicated to my friend Mariana.
Hope you enjoy it.
TF is definitely next, but I can't promise you when it will be online.
Love you all for bearing with me,
hugs and kisses,
Charlie
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| Monday, April 17th, 2006
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1:33 pm - Happy Easter!
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| Monday, March 6th, 2006
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12:51 am - Please vote 4 me! Spuffy Awards
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I've been nominated for Spuffy Awards Round 10, and the best thing about this is: you can all support me by voting!!!!
Voting is now open at Spuffy Awards, and will remain open until March 12. Please make sure you read the rules before you vote so you don't submit an invalid vote.
"The Favourite" has been nominated for
Best Fantasy Long Fiction
Best Fantasy UST
Fantasy Most Original Plot
So what do you do? Go to
http://spuffyawards.jaded-paradise.net/
click "Enter" and then on the right hand side below "Rounds" click "Vote" and select "Fantasy only". You are then taken to the list of nominees where you can select the stories you like best. Don't leave more than 2 blank votes.
Rules for Voting
These rules will also be posted on the vote page, whenever there's a new round of voting. As of Round 9, Rule 3 has been modified based on the mode in which you are voting. Please be sure to read the rules carefully when voting.
Provide your e-mail address in the 'Your e-mail' box.
The e-mail address you provide must be valid.
If you are voting in Fantasy or General modes, you can only leave up to 2 blank votes. If you are voting in all the categories, you can leave up to 3 blank votes.
Only vote once. If you vote more than once, I will know, and all your votes will be thrown out!
Fail to follow these simple rules and your vote won't be counted.
Rules for Judging
Anyone can apply to be a judge. A person can judge as many or as few categories as they wish, you don't have to be a judge for every category... but you can. :o)
If you are an author, you may not be a judge in a category for which you are a nominee. No exceptions.
If you are interested in being judge, just contact the webmistress!
I've been nominated a couple of times now, actually winning an award would be a nice change ;-)
Love,
Charlie
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| Sunday, February 19th, 2006
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12:52 pm - TF Ch.9 Feedback here!
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Hope you enjoy my update of TF. Unfortunately I can't update at AFF at the moment, they're moving the server and have locked the update function till March 1st to avoid loss of data.
So I can only hope I'll get a few reviews here!
I'm working on the second part of the Valentine Special, but I'm still doing research on National Parks for it at the moment.
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| Wednesday, February 15th, 2006
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9:05 am - Hope you had a great Valentine's Day!
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I only posted this to my yahoo group yesterday because I was late for my Valentine's Day date already, so a short note to my livejournal about this too. I've updated and added a Valentine's Day special, a two-part short story called "He's just not that into you!"
What else is new? Update of TF coming today or tomorrow, whenever I'll get the chance to have a look at my beta's suggestions.
Oh, and anxiously waiting for the votings at Vampire's Kiss awards - KoH is running for Best Romance.
Hope your Valentine's Day was extra special!
Love,
Charlie
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| Friday, February 10th, 2006
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2:59 pm - Nomination Vampire's Kiss Awards
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King of Hearts has been nominated as Best Romance for the Vampire's Kiss Awards!
Make sure to check out the site:
http://vkawards.vampires-kiss.net/nominee.php
Thanks for the nomination, you guys rock!
Sorry I haven't updated TF and HPBTVL in a while. Real life is getting in the way a bit, too much work at the moment because I have a big project going on, so I don't have as much time for writing as I'd like to.
But don't worry, I'm still here, and updates will be coming.
Charlie
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| Thursday, December 22nd, 2005
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11:46 am - TF updated!!!
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My wonderful beta Mariana gave me an early Christmas present this morning, and I'll immediately pass it on to you guys.
The new chapter of TF!
It can be found at my own site (as chapter 8) and at AFF (as chapter 9 because I posted a personal message there before chapter 5).
A personal note: this chapter is really graphic. It has happened to quite a few authors lately that underage kids joined their update lists. One of my fellow authors was gravely insulted by a fan's father for granting his daughter access to what he called pornographic materials. It's parents' job to pay attention to what sites their kids visit. We as authors can't really control if a reader is underage. I can't rule out that possibility for my site either. I can only rate my stories and stress that some of my fic is unsuitable for minors. This chapter is definitely of that kind.
That said: hope you have fun,
Charlie
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| Sunday, December 18th, 2005
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12:40 pm - Update on Love's Last Glimpse Awards
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Winners of Round 12 are up now. TF and KoH haven't had any luck this time, but do check out the winners nonetheless, some of those stories are really great. As one of our great soccer coaches said, "After the match is before the match!" On January 1, nominations will start for Round 13 ;-)
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| Friday, December 16th, 2005
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12:20 am - Change in advent calendar doors
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I've decided to post my advent calendar doors only in my newsgroup to avoid spamming the guestbooks of my lj friends list. Just thought I'd let you know.
Mariana is still busy with betaing, so update soon, hopefully.
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| Monday, December 12th, 2005
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12:36 am - BTVL Advent Calendar Door #11
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| Saturday, December 10th, 2005
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11:53 pm - BTVL Advent Calendar Door #10
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Behind door # 10, this time something out of the ordinary; a numerological analysis following the Pythagorean sytem. Do you believe that your name says something about your personality? Of course it's difficult to tell if you've never met someone in person. But as you can make a horoscope or birth chart for everyone whose birthdate you have, you can also make a numerological analysis. As a horoscope, such an analysis is like a roadmap, telling you about potentials and tendencies, but is not cast in stone. Whether you believe in those things or not, it's interesting to read anyway.
Enjoy,
Charlie
Numerological analysis for James Wesley Marsters
1) first name: 1+1+4+5+1+5+5+1+3+5+7= 38, 3+8 = 11
The 11 is a master number in numerology (well, who would have expected anything less from James?), a special number that can either be seen as a double 1 (11) or a two (1+1=2).
The number of the first name represents the creative part of your personality.
People with the number 11 do not like detailed routine work. That may have been one of the reasons that James was never happy at Julliard, a school of the performing arts, which is known for its rigorous three-year training.
Number 11 people are known for being very direct, sometimes even to the degree that they offend people who could otherwise become their companions.
People with the number one are strong individualists. If they have an idea, they try to realize it alone and without help. On the last day of the filming of the Buffy episode "Lover's Walk", James convinced Joss Whedon to let him do the sunburning stunt himself. The result was that James burnt his hand and was too embarrassed to tell anyone. He did a lot of his stunt scenes himself and takes great pride in it.
The strong individualism of number one people leads to the fact that they do not like to be influenced by others in their creative work and won't let others tell them they are not good enough. James said in an interview that the training at Julliard made many acting students give up on acting altogether because they convinced them they were worthless and should go do something else. At one point he almost jumped from the roof of Julliard because they almost convinced him he would never be an actor. Almost. Instead he moved to Chicago and started his professional theatrical career.
Number 1 personalities have an unbreakable optimism, they are talented and willing to create something; but they have to learn that this is not enough sometimes, they have to be open to criticism even if it is not always easy.
If you reduce the 11 to a number 2, you can see that there are some typical number 2 traits that can be traced in James' career as well. People with the number 2 are extroverts and want to accomplish the extraordinary. They can work on something dedicatedly without standing in the limelight. While doing theatrical work in Chicago, James co-founded the New Mercury Theater company, later they relocated to Seattle in the hope of finding better opportunities. His early career had nothing to do with glamour. For years they played in the basements of restaurants and churches, with little success because they preferred "dangerous plays", experimental work, which usually has little appeal to a broad audience. Number 2 personalities are fighters and can manage a crisis because they are convinced of their goals.
2) The number of the last name says something about how people handle their duties.
4+1+9+1+2+5+9+1=32, 3+2=5
The number 5 means: first the work then the fun. People with this number seem to live only for their duties. They mostly do much more than they actually have to. I already mentioned that James insists on doing most of his stunts himself. It is reported that at the 2002 Shore Leave Sci-Fi convention, he stayed for over 2 hours after he was scheduled to leave to ensure that every single fan who had waited in line got an autograph, and on several occasions he let people take photos when the organizers of a convention had not allowed it. After the end of ANGEL, he had his hair shaven off for charity.
But nevertheless one should not assume that number 5s only live for their work and are not able to enjoy the sunny side of life. James found it very hard to endure living in a beach house because of his vampire role, he could never go out and lie in the sun or take a walk on the beach because he would pick up a tan, so spending time with friends on the beach is one of his favourite activities, though he is an admitted night owl.
3) The number of the whole name is 2+5=7.
7 personalities are traditionally the priesthood, clergy or leaders of the community. This is not meant in a religious sense (as we know of religion today), but more a spiritual relation. They are considered to have direct connections to the gods,are often philosophers, thinkers or mystics. Don't know about that one, but James did play a priest on the series "Northern Exposure" in 1992 and 93. I've only found one quote in which James talks about the supernatural, so I'll just leave it at that:
I think we are profoundly ignorant of our situation here in the universe and I think we are in the middle of something far more complex and beautiful than we realise but we really don’t know exactly what that is.
http://www.phase9.tv/moviefeatures/angelseason5dvdq&a-davidboreanaz&jamesmarsters1.shtml
To say that a 7 is "a little crazy" is a very harmless description for a 7. He's been described as "a little crazy" by his fellow actors more than once, and set pictures always look like he's fun to be around.
4) James's soul number, calculated from the vowels in his name, is
A E E E A E
1+5+5+5+1+5=22
The 22 can be seen as a four.
A number 4 is very practical. There is an anecdote that illustrates this side of James: James was 30 minutes late taking the stage at his Live in Five concert at The Carling Academy in Islington on April 29, 2005 because one of his guitar strings broke and he had to mend it with a hairdryer. Loyalty and honesty are also very important to the number 4. A number 4 can accept when old things come to an end, but their strong sense of order makes them want some kind of closure. That may be one of the reasons that James has always said he would like to make a Spike movie very much, although he has been quite successful without the Jossverse so far. It has been rumoured he makes 400, 000 dollars per episode of Smallville.
You can also see the 22 as a double 2. Number 2 people are very interested in the arts, which is very true for James since he is both an actor and a musician, but often they have difficulty finding out where they stand, so many of them are better off with a more defined profession. James decided for the more difficult road, but his change from theatre to television for more financial security reflects his number 2 traits.
The Vowel A
The first vowel in his name is an a, so he is audacious (did I mention the stunts and desert races?), but plans ahead, both in thought and action. He got another a in his first name, which is a sign he belongs to the sharpest thinkers and is very precise. He has been known for critical comments on his roles and a good perception of what a character would do and what not. He was the one who suggested Spike got his leather coat from a victim, but that was back in Season 2, and Joss rejected the idea ("Spike wouldn't do that!") ---- only to bring it up again in Season 5's "Fool for Love", when Spike kills the slayer Nikki on a New York subway train.
5) The number of the person, which is made up from all consonants in the name
J M S W S L Y M R S T R S
1+4+1+5+1+3+7+4+9+1+2+9+1=48, 4+8=12, 1+2=3
The first sentence you read about number 3 people in a numerology book is: "Your attractiveness lets you stand out in a crowd." Of course attractivity can be quite subjective, but James did win the Sexiest Male Vampire Award at the Nocturnal 2K Con in London in July 2000, named #1 of the Top Sexiest Men on Buffy/Angel by the BTVS magazine in 2004, and won a 2004 poll by the Royal Shakespeare Company of Shakespeare's birthplace Stratford in England asking movie viewers to vote for the actor they'd love to see as Romeo, triumphing over the usual teenage heartthrobs such as Orlando Bloom, Ewan McGregor, Jude Law and Johnny Depp.
Number 3 people draw others to them naturally, and they need company and conversation. However, being too extrovert can change them into narcists. James probably knows about that weakness, he avoids going on the internet and visiting Spike-centred sites - such as mine ;-) - because he's afraid they might flatter his ego too much. You needa quote to prove my theory? Here it is:
" Celebrity is toxic to the soul. "
Because of these traits, a number 3 can wear anything. At his guest appearance as the Nietzschean Archduke Charlemagne Bolivar on Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda, however, James had great reservations about the costumes they asked him to wear, as he felt it made the character less masculine than he would have liked. Probably what added to the feeling of discomfort was that James, 5 foot 11, had to wear heavy boots in order not to be dwarfed by Kevin Sorbo, 6 foot 3, and Keith Hamilton Cobb, 6 foot 4.
The leather coat became the trademark of James' TV character Spike, yet there were several memorable fashion statements on the show, e.g. blue shirt and tousled hair as "the madman in the school basement" in Season 7, suit and shy intellectual glasses in the William flashbacks, or the punk outfit in the 1970s flashbacks; let's not forget about the hilarious Hawaii shirt Spike borrows from Xander in Season 4 - a number 3 can wear anything? Well, at least almost anything... or nothing at all. One of his first major theater roles was a Chicago production of 'The Tempest' in which he was strapped near-naked to a large wooden wheel for his entrance. He claims that he has never been self-conscious about appearing nude since.
James was born on August 20th, 1962
6) birthday: 20
People born on a 20th are emotional and need a home and a family, which is very important to them. James's marriage failed, which he never talks about, and for a long time he even kept the fact that he has been married and has a son a secret because he wanted to avoid his family being bothered by his Buffy fame. He describes family and close friends as the most important thing in his life: " Well you have to build a life that is separated from the whole Hollywood thing and surround yourself with people who are willing to tell you when you are being a jerk."
http://www.phase9.tv/moviefeatures/angelseason5dvdq&a-davidboreanaz&jamesmarsters1.shtml
A birthday on the 20th also indicates a musical talent. James has been on the band "Ghost of the Robot" and after they split up started a second career and produced his solo album "Civilized Man", which he promoted on a sold-out tour.
7) destiny/life lesson: 1
2+0+0+8+1++9+6+2=28, 2+8=10, 1+0=1
Associated with the sun, the 1 has a pioneer spirit, originality and creativity. A person with the destiny number 1 can be stubborn and dictatorial because they don't like to obey orders. James had a big argument with Joss Whedon about the episode "Seeing Red" in Season 6 because he was convinced that Spike would never attack and try to rape Buffy the way the episode was written, at first he refused to do the scene at all. What arguments Joss used to convince him hasn't been reported, but it probably wasn't easy. A number 1 likes to be his own boss and decides what he does and what not. In fact, James has had lots of role offers after ANGEL ended, but he turned most of them down and quarrelled endlessly with his agents because he did not want to play only vampires and drug addicts, which was the kind of role offered most often. A number 1 is independent and creative. 1 personalities are mostly attractive, tend to be slim and harmonize with the color gold (aren't vampires' eyes golden on Buffy?)
James harmonizes best with a two, and second-best with numbers 3,4,6 and 7. Strangely enough,
SMG, with whom he entertains a good friendship, 14.04.1977 is a 6, which harmonizes well with the 1. Being asked what it was like to kiss Sarah, James replied: " If I answer that question, Sarah's husband would hit me with a bat, and I wouldn't blame him."
Film partner Juliet Landau, however, 20.03.1965, is a 9, which doesn't seem to harmonize at all with James, a fate she shares with myself. On the other hand, if what the two of them displayed on screen is bad chemistry, well, I guess I could live with that ... and all those actors are lying about their birth years anyway ;-)
8) Life lesson number
date of birth and full name
28 + 38 + 32 = 98, 9+8=17, 1+7=8
According to that number, James's life goal is expansion, power and glory. Given the interviews I've read, it is a safe bet to say that James would probably object to that. But the childhood dream many boys have, the dream of being a superhero, seems to be attractive to him still, if only on a subconscious level; he did voiceovers for the Spiderman animated series (not as Spiderman, regrettably) and is currently appearing as Brainiac on Smallville. James's favourite drama is Shakespeare's Macbeth, a play that is about ambition, power and glory. One of his ambitions yet to be fulfilled is to play Macbeth in a new adaptation for the big screen, similar to the legendary adaptation by Roman Polanski. His desires will be stilled only through discipline and perseverance.
Advising and leading people can be a good opportunity for a number 8. Maybe one day James will teach acting? Who knows?
If you'd like to learn how to make such an analysis, I learned it from the free Arithmancy class at the cyberschool Hogsmeade High (http://www.geocities.com/lady_of_nightfliers).
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| Friday, December 9th, 2005
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11:53 pm - BTVL Advent Calendar Door #9
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| Thursday, December 8th, 2005
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1:35 pm - BTVL Advent Calendar Door #8
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12:28 am - BTVL Advent Calendar Door #7 (sorry, I'm late!)
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| Tuesday, December 6th, 2005
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9:23 am - BTVL Advent Calendar Door #6
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