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Atropa Belladonna| Wed, Apr 30, 2003 (10:30am) Kalen is on a 'monster' kick recently. Her favorite videos are Shrek and Monsters Inc. (I just bought the DVD yesterday). I was a little worried that too much 'monster' video would make her scared, but I really needn't have worried. Here's a snippet of our conversation last night while I was putting her to bed. Mommy: Goodnight, Kalen. |
| Tues, Apr 29, 2003 (9:40am) Wally tossed this link my way: Change is in the Air. I found it highly amusing. Hope you get a kick out of it, too. |
| Mon, Apr 28, 2003 (11:30am) My kids have been playing with a raw potato and have lost it somewhere in the house. This prompts my new survey question (at right). And here's the answers from last weeks survey: You are a GameMaster. Your girlfriend calls you in the middle of your game to say, 'If you come over right now you can have sex with 2 gorgeous women'. What do you do? Out of 12 respondants, 5 people said "Ditch the game. Get laid." 1 person said "The Game is more important" 4 people said they'd try to "Wrap up fast" 2 people had no comment. Among the interesting responses were such telling remarks as: "I dunno... which game? which 2 women? The devil is in the details..." "Since when are gaming and interludes with gorgeous women mutually exclusive? Some people. Take the game to them!!!" "As much as I'd love my g/f (or b/f or other), there's *people* depending on *me* to run a *game*! (Why yes, I do have a complex, why do you ask?)" I liked this one. It puts things into a proper gamer perspective: "Quite frankly, if the players arent willing to understand that you have a shot at Nirvana, they dont deserve to play in your game. Or, in other words, this is like rolling 5 natural d20's. or BLING BLING." And my favorite, "Wait a minute. Why do I have a girlfriend who doesn't game? Ditch her." Accomplishment of the Day: New survey up, with a minimal amount of fussing with code. Assuming it works, that is. |
| Sun, Apr 27, 2003 (1:50pm) Gotta type fast. Lots of content. You can follow this link to the directory full of Purgatory pics. They have been editted and processed (cropped, resized, adjusted for varying light levels, etc.) This is not the whole batch, just the ones which turned out tolerably well (the lighting sucked for pics. Great for ambience, though). Also got the pics up from the slumber party. The women-in-the-shower pic is not among them at present. I do have an editted version on-hand which does not include the individual(s) who have not given consent, and IF I get the okay from the participants I might post it later. Still waiting on that, though. For Lazarus, a quick blurb of things I liked about the game: The site was awesome. Kudos to Blue Revolutionist or Kris (whoever was responsible. Both, perhaps) for picking the site. It had great ambience, remarkable accoustics, enough nooks and crannies for conspirators to converse in, and how can you go wrong with on-site skull and crossbones? The game went smoothly, all things considered. Court was interesting. Scott did an amazing job of playing Prince - he wore authority like a robe. The theatrics of Gwendolyn's confession were done astoundingly well. I know how hard it is to run a cool 'cut scene' in the middle of a game - one where something interesting and important has to happen, preferably in front of a large crowd of people, and yet you don't want those same people to get involved and ruin the scene. The instant and clear transition from in-game to temporary-out-of-game-time-freeze felt scripted but not unduely forced upon the players. And then the combat... well, combat always takes a long time. This was run as efficiently as I have ever sene combat run at a game, without taking the players aside to do their tests in a back-room. It was quick, it was concise, and it did not (at any point that I was aware of) degenerate into rules arguements. Well done! Oh, and on another topic... Apparently the raid on the slumber party DID occur, somewhere around 3am. The raiders decided, however, that it was too late to call our house to see if the other half of the raiding party still wanted to come. I haven't heard total details of the raid, but apparently it involved a lot of water, some pretty footwork on the roof of the garage, threats of "Nobody gets in here with clothes on!" and the setting off of a booby-trap only after everyone was done raiding and ready to go home. Accomplishment of the Day: Processing the pics from the Purgatory game AND the slumber party. |
| Sat, Apr 26, 2003 (3:05pm) Gotta make this fast as I'm on my way to work. Yesterday was fun. Lots and lots of fun. The Purgatory game was probably one of the best LARPs I've attended in the last decade. Offhand, I can only think of three that I've enjoyed more, and one of those was over a decade ago. I'll have to blather more about what I liked in the game, but not when I'm dashing out the door. After Purgatory, I went to the slumber party. If you read my previous post, you will realize it was a fascinating venture in and of itself. I have pics to prove it, too. I will not, however, be posting the 'naked babes' pic unless I have the consent of all the individuals in the shot... and I do not have it. Sucks, but that's life. I'll try to post several of the other really good (albeit clothed) shots. I left the slumber party around 1:30am, with the girls preparing booby traps for the males who were scheduled to come & raid their party. I got home around 2am to discover some of these males sitting at my kitchen table. They were not ready to raid. They were playing D&D. So I did the only sensible thing: I rolled up a character and joined the game. We played D&D 'til nearly 4 am, and then the guys decided that, since they hadn't heard from the other half of the raiding squad, that they'd either been left out of the raid, or the raid wasn't gonna happen, so they abandonned their plans. I mean, who needs to raid a slumber party when you've spent the night killing desert-starfish, right? (Yeah, note the mockery inherent in my statement. I did mention that my friends were gamers didn't I? And I love 'em for it. If I didn't, I'd still have been at the slumber party this morning.) Kay. Gotta dash. |
| Sat, Apr 26, 2003 (12:30am) Okaaaaay. I'm at a party right now, listening to the noises of 5 women in the shower together. Naked. We had 7 in the tub for a while, but I didn't want to get the camera wet so I left. Oh yeah.. and there was the matter of me not being technically naked. So they kicked me out. And the other not-really-naked person. Kicked us, and the camera, out of the bathroom. So I thought I'd get online. And THEN they invited me back in! WITH the camera... On the condition that I would take only tasteful shots. Well, I have superceded (sp?) the bounds of what is possible, and somehow managed to do so. Ya know.. considering the subject matter of 5 squirming naked women, it was very, very, very difficult to get a "tasteful" pic. And then when I tried, the camera lense got all foggy. (Or was that just me?) No - it was the camera lens. Alas. So most of the pics are trash. But ONE of them is tasteful, and not-too-foggy, and definitely a picture of 5 naked women. Mrrowr. Shit. I gotta get offline before they realize I'm posting this and throw me (camera and all) into the shower. Bye! |
| Fri, Apr 25, 2003 (1:35am) Many things.... I am pleased to announce that my Kings of Chaos character now has an underling: Cleverfox has joined my army! I wasn't really expecting anyone to join the game under me. The way the click-thru link works is that every person who clicks it (and follows the 'click here to continue' button) is counted as a 'recruit' and gives my army one more soldier. Once you've done the click thru, it gives you the option of signing up to play the game as an officer in charge of your own troops, but you DON'T HAVE TO play the game in order for me to get points for your clicking. The cool thing is that you can hit the click-thru page once every 24 hours to count as a recruit for my army. So, if you've clicked before, but not today, and you're feeling generous, you could click here again to help me out. Please? Pretty please? C'mon... its just a little click or two, and you only have to put up with a small banner-ad or three. You'll be doing the world a great favor.. or at least making Niles Pentaghast happy. And really, that's the same thing. Just ask Niles. Well, enough of that. Next point: We've got a Purgatory game tomorrow. I'm looking forward to that. Dave and Lazarus do such an amazing job of their LARPs, and an even more fantastic job of the downtime turns. I haven't enjoyed playing a LARP this much since... well... Sovereign. I just hope I can get my digital camera back from Wally in time to take it to the game with me. After the game, I've got an invite to an all-girl slumber party. I'm really not sure why they want me there if it's an all-girl thing (I really don't tend to the female end of the spectrum as such things go) but I'll happily drop by to check out the chicks. And, hopefully, if I have my digicam with me, I can post some pics. Um. More things.... I really like my Fluevogs. Although I bought them in Vancouver, I hadn't had a chance to wear 'em in Edmonton 'til today. They were packed in Star's luggage and were stuck at her place until last night when she brought 'em over. So I wore them to BP's tonight, and have decided I really, really like them. They're solid, and black, and have a nice weight to them (like Docs), and look just a wee bit trendy. If I had my digicam with me, I'd post a pic of them for everyone to admire. I thought there was one more thing I wanted to post, but I can't remember it now. Lessee... I got to stay home and watch the kids for the first half of this evening so my Husband could go out with my Boyfriend to watch a movie. Does that count as blog-worthy? Hmm.. first getting drunk together, now they're going out on dates. Should I get suspicious? Nothing else interesting to post, I think. I'm re-reading Machiavelli's The Prince to help me get into a good mindset for my 7th Sea game. I'm trying not to kill my son who is teething and alternately whining or trying to chew on my shins. I'm enjoying the spring weather. I'm looking forward to a lovely summer and lots of gaming and SCA-ing and camping and LARPing. Kay. I'm tired. Gonna go to bed, now. Night all. (Click my K.o.C. link for me, eh?) |
| Wed, Apr 23, 2003 (4:50pm) Kay, I decided to delete my old Kings of Chaos character and make a new one. Many thanks to the people who clicked my old link and helped my pathetic little army to grow. Would you possibly consider clicking this new click-thru link to grow my new army? (You have to hit the 'click here to continue' button once you get to the click-thru screen). And just so the other KoC players know, yes I do click your links every 24 hours or so to help your not-so-pathetic armies to grow (Well, except Cinder's because I don't know what his click-thru is. Get Anna to post it on her page, and I'll click it.) |
| Wed, Apr 23, 2003 (10:15am) Last night was amusing. I got an invitation to see Bulletproof Monk with Lazarus, Blue Revolutionist, Gaider, and Else. How could I refuse? Well, I suppose I could have refused on the principle that Tuesday is Shades' evening off and I was supposed to stay home to watch the kids... but it was a late showing, and Shades was terribly sweet and said I could go anyways since the kids would be mostly in bed by 9pm. Oh - and I had arranged to have Bregon come over after his RPG in the evening, but that doesn't usually end before midnight, so I could go see the movie and get back before he arrived, right? The movie was fun. I talked with Gaider and Lazarus and Else for a bit after the show, and then drove Blue Revolutionist home so I could monopolize him and talk 7th Sea. That it took me a little out of my way, and we talked, and then I drove myself home (the long way around 'cuz I made a wrong turn), and discovered Bregon's car parked outside my house, and suddenly realized that I was running way later than I'd intended. I'd stood him up accidentally. Well, almost. So I came into the house apologizing for my lateness to discover that my husband was getting my boyfriend drunk. I could go on, but it sounds more incriminating to just leave it there. So, enjoy... |
| Tues, Apr 22, 2003 (1:15am) Hey! I finally added a link to the weblog of Blue Revolutionist. The sneaky bastard has had his blog up for a couple weeks already without my knowledge (I was admittedly looking for it in the wrong place. Maybe the error is mine). At any rate, he has fantastic blog code and an excellent choice of background color. Hmm. I also added a link for my Kings of Chaos character... but I'm trying to decide if I want to delete the account and start a new one. Ya see... during account creation it asked for a screen name, and I gave it a cool one: Niles Pentaghast. Then it asked for a login name, so I gave it the one I always use: ravenj ...it's easy for me to remember, even if it does look like someone's lame spelling of 'revenge'. But my character is coming up as ravenj, and not as Niles. What's the point of asking for a screen name if you don't use it?? So maybe I'll start over. It's not like my army is terribly large. I doubt Darius Pentaghast will miss me if I disappear. And after all, Trouble has declared war on us, and she's very dangerous. I should flee. |
| Mon, Apr 21, 2003 (5:25pm) Here is a rant that I wrote while the kids napped. I wrote it just to vent. You don't need to read it. Really. But since I went through the effort of writing it, I figured I could at least post it. |
| Mon, Apr 21, 2003 (11:45am) Heh. I can TOO do sidebars in HTML. I hope you like the new layout. I think I'll stop poking and prodding it for a while, now... give it some time to lick its wounds and get on with life. Maybe. |
| Mon, Apr 21, 2003 (12:45am) Alright... New survey topic is up. This was inspired by a conversation with Michelle and Joe, while in Vancouver. I eagerly await your comments. I also hope my code doesn't break. |
| Mon, Apr 21, 2003 (12:30am) Kay, I've had enough fun mucking about testing my survey script with the 'Should I have surveys' question. The results of that poll shall hereby be revealed... SURVEY: Should I have surveys on my weblog? 1 respondant says 'YES', 4 said 'MAYBE', and 1 replied with an irrefutable 'TANGERINE'. Perhaps next time I'll consider putting a comments section in, for those who want to qualify their 'maybe'. For now, I'll assume 'Maybe' means 'Yeah, surveys could be fun, but only if they are cooler than your stupid 'Should I have surveys?' question!' Or perhaps it means 'What's with the Tangerine, anyway?' No matter. I shall post a new survey soon. I hope my code does not break in the process. Accomplishment of the Day: Getting mentioned in Anna's weblog! Yay me! (And I do too raise my voice at people. But Anna and Kris may keep their delusions. I like their delusions.). |
| Sun, Apr 20, 2003 (11:30pm) Well, that answers that. No, I can NOT code a sidebar in simple HTML. At least, not one which I find aesthetically pleasing. On to another topic.... Ya know, I've wondered from time to time how geeks ever attract a mate. Especially one who will watch the kids, make coffee, sweep the floor, tidy the house for relatives who are coming to visit, and make understanding noises when the aforementioned geek spends the morning on the computer fixing broken code. Well, the cooking and cleaning and kid-watching I might expect in a few of the good finds.. but actually being sympathetic, rather than annoyed, when their spouse ignores them for the computer? It's all but unheard of in geek-dom. I must remember to express my appreciation to Shades in the near future, or some other geek might steal my prize away from me. Though... the prospect of losing Shades to some unwashed, plaid-wearing, beer-gutted, unshaven, balding, lumox of a geek really doesn't really fill me with dread. Unless the sex was amazing... Then I might have to worry. (smirk) |
| Sun, Apr 20, 2003 (11:10am) Morning. My survey form still works this morning. This pleases me. I was worried it would have broken overnight. That happens, ya know. I am, however, not pleased by the current layout of my weblog. Needs work. I will poke it 'til I like it. Or until it breaks again and I get frustrated and go back to bed. Hm. Maybe a sidebar. I wonder if I can hand-code a sidebar in HTML? |
| Sun, Apr 20, 2003 (3:00am) Gah. I really shouldn't stay up so late playing on the computer. Especially not two nights in a row. I fixed the survey-thing, however. I was having some problems with the way the Javascript survey form was processing entries, so I decide I could do it with cgi much better. The only problem was that the cgi form (which I KNOW works) wasn't working. So I had to stare at it line by line, heiroglyphic by heiroglyphic, and puzzle out what it was all about (I don't actually speak PERL, ya see). Then I changed bits at a time until it either worked or stopped working, and tried to figure out why. Eventually I determined that I'd inserted a pair of quotation marks in the wrong place. Silly me. But it works now. Or it ought to. Feel free to take my survey. If you took the previous incarnation of it (the one with the drop-down menu) you don't need to take this one again. Unless, of course, it didn't work when you tried to take it. In which case, try this one. It should work better. Must sleep now. Accomplishment of the Day: Geek, geek, geek. |
| Sat, Apr 19, 2003 (12:10pm) Woot! I just got my very first real response to my survey! I can't reveal who the respondant is (such things may be confidential, and I don't want to reveal the names of the innocent or the guilty) but it was the only person who I would expect to be up before noon on a weekend, and online reading weblogs. Yay for that person! Well, since I have so little to do with my time, I will tabulate the results. Thus far, 1 out of 1 respondants have voted overwhelmingly in favor of: (drumroll, please......) Tangerine! Yeah. I love online surveys. They're so informative. (grin). |
| Sat, Apr 19, 2003 (1:55am) Kay - I haven't updated my blog in a few days, so this entry is a bit of a catch-all. Lazarus is evil. He is dragging me (against my will!) into playing a silly online game called Kings of Chaos. I'm trying to resist, but the lure is just too great. Um... Wally was over and he helped me shuffle some files between my PC version of Sims and my Mac version. I now have more Sims to play. Woe is me. Like I really needed more addictions to waste time on. Vancouver was excellent. Thank you so much Star and Shades for the trip. Here's a few cool things I did:
Yeah.. I really enjoyed that trip. Must do that kinda thing more often. And the other cool thing I get to babble about today is that Wally and I geeked together. We made a forms thing work on the webpage. That means I can do 'surveys' now. Look forward to all sorts of bizarre and eyebrow-raising quizes in the weeks to come, folks! Accomplishment of the Day: Survey capacity! I have survey capacity!!! Oooh! Oooh! Before you go anywhere else, could you please click here to support my Kings of Chaos character? (You have to follow the 'click here to continue' button once you get to the KoC page, but if ya do, I get to recruit more people for my imaginary army. Ain't that cool? |
| Mon, Apr 14, 2003 (10:15am Vancouver Time) Well, so far the trip has been great. The only really sucky thing (besides the rain -and ya can't really count that, 'cuz Vancouver is always rainy) is that I went to use an Internet Cafe on Saturday and spent an hour typing a weblog entry (complete with little acronym tags which I had to code by hand because I was using a text terminal with no proper cut & past commands) but when I uploaded it, it said 'Telnet Permissions not enabled. Unable to upload file' and deleted the whole thing, just like that. No freaking save, no chance to recover. An hour of typing - and many cool comments - gone in the blink of an eye. But hey, I can repost, right? Lessee what entertaining things I can babble about today, while waiting for Star to wake up. Um.. did you know that the Internet Console which they have in the hotel lobby uses a password protected screen-saver which you have to ask the staff to enter the code for, so you can get onto the net... and the password they use is "password"? Some people. Mom - in case you're reading this, Annan says hi. I gave him a hug for you. He sends greetings and all the usual stuff. Um, James, in case you're reading this, I miss you a lot. But just so you're aware, next time you let me go free in a place like Vancouver, you should make sure I leave the Platinum credit card at home, first. Really. Here's a list of a few things which will be coming home with me:
Kay - I'm gonna dash for now. Gotta contact Joe &Michelle about rides to the airport (Joe + Michelle have been just so cool to us) and make sure we've got everything together for check-out. Seeya this evening |
| Thurs, Apr 10, 2003 (3:50pm) I'm going to Vancouver tonight! Very excited. Can't type long, 'cuz I've still got some packing to do. This trip is the Christmas present which some of you heard about - Star snuck around behind my back and arranged a weekend away for the two of us, at a time to be decided later. Well, later is now. I've got the weekend off work, we've got plane tickets booked. My Mom is watchign the kids Fridy and Monday, and Shades is staying home by himself on the weekend to take care of them. And I'm gonna be child-free, care-free, and partying in Vancouver. I'll write after I get back (or maybe from Joe & Michelle's house if they lend me an internet connection) and tell ya all about it. Accomplishment of the Day:Got my shit together. Wasn't sure if I'd get everything done in time, but it's falling into place. Good, good, good. |
| Tues, Apr 8, 2003 (10:15am) Well, both Kalen and Connor are sick. And I'm sick, too. And so is James. Aren't we a veritable little den of contagion and cross-contamination, here? Bah. So... most of yesterday was taken up with cleaning floors (both lino and carpet) after Connor's messes, giving Kalen home nebulizer treatments since the infection seems to have spread to her lungs, and trying on top of that to both clean the house and make supper in preparation for gaming in the evening. All through this I was fighting off the suspicion that I was coming down with a bug, too. C'mon - I just got over my last bug! I don't need to be sick again! But, alas, I am. And the kids didn't settle well last night, which means that I didn't get to bed until 2:30am. Connor woke several times and wouldn't settle. Kalen needed another nebulizer treatment. The Connor began to sound very rattly in the chest so I figured, "Screw it - I'm up with him anyways, I'll give him a nebulizer treatment too." And I offered him some tiny cheese crackers which he ate a full dozen of in short order. And I tried to settle him some more. Eventually the kids did manage to get to sleep. I really can't complain too much... James was up 'til 3 am doing the 'sick kid dance' the other night. No wonder we're both feeling shot, eh? I am, however, in an excellent mood this morning. We played a rather complex 7th Sea scene last night, with axe-weilding bad guys, back-stabbing good guys, Player Characters nearly dying, rampant carnage, and Drama Dice being spent right, left, and center. It was good. The adrenaline is still in my veins 10 hours later. That's about as much as I feel like babbling about right now. Gotta go clean up the house a bit so I don't trip on toys or nebulizer tubing. Oh - one last thing, just as an aside: Kalen was rolling on the floor with me this morning when she stopped and announced, "A BiteyBarg!" with great delight. Confused, I asked "What is a 'Bitey Barg' Kalen?" and she pointed to my side, "A Bitey Mark! A biting mark!".... and sure enough, she was pointing to a lovely bruise along the side of my lower back, where someone bit me a couple nights ago. Aaaah, sweet trauma. |
| Mon, Apr 7, 2003 (11:15am) HELP! I'm trapped alone in a house with two monsters! The bigger one is making horrific shrieking and wailing noises, and the little one is spewing noxious lumpy white goop all over the place. I've tried placating them, I've tried feeding them Tylenol, I've tried to mesmerize them with a video. They're still miserable and grumpy little beasties. My bedroom smells like rotten milk. My shirt is covered with mucous. There's a pile of filthy laundry almost up to my knee. Ew - the big one just ooozed green slime onto my chair. And the little one is now vomitting runny orange-tinted liquid. Someone rescue me. Please. Please? |
| Fri, Apr 4, 2003 (10:55pm) An interesting site for budding conspiracy theorists, or anyone who uses Google as their primary search engine: Google Watch. The site discusses some of the faults with this popular search engine, how it runs its 'PageRanking' system, what it stores in its cookies, what info it collects about you from your searches, who has (or may have) access to that info, and some fascinating connections between Google and government organizations. I'm not gonna stop using Google as my main search engine anytime soon (do I really care if the government knows I runs searches for sites like Random Erotica?) but it opened my eyes to some interesting issues. Meanwhile, I'm sitting here wishing I could be someplace else. Specifically, I'm wishing I could be at a Toy Party right now. I'd wrangled an invitation to this party earlier, forgetting that I'd promised Shades he could go gaming tonight. And since I'd agreed that he could go out, I'm stuck at home with the kids. Grrr. Oh well, life goes on. Accomplishment of the Day: Placed an order from Victoria's Secret Catalogue. Hey, if I can't go to cool Toy Parties, I can at least indulge my whims in other ways. |
| Fri, Apr 4, 2003 (1:30am) Ya know, some days I swear males and females speak a different language. I can think of countless examples, but I'll mention a couple that have been brought to my attention in the last couple days: "Can you take out the garbage?" When a female asks this question, she thinks she is asking "WILL you take out the garbage?". If a guy answers, "Yes" then he has, in her mind, agreed to take it out. In actuality, he has merely confirmed that he is capable of the task, not that he's obligated to do it. A smart guy will take out the garbage anyways, but the fact remains that the question has a different meaning for different genders. How about, "The floor needs to be swept." A seemingly innocent statement. When spoken by a female, it means "It would make me happy if you'd volunteer to sweep the floor.". To male ears, it either sounds like she's saying, "I need to remember to sweep this floor" or more simply, "The floor needs to be swept." And really, there's no need to even repond to the latter since it was merely a statement of fact. Now on to more a more complex statement: "Honey, I did the laundry so you'll have clean clothes for work tomorrow." Run that through the female-speak translator and it says: "Look how much I love you, dear. I spent some of my time (in which I could have been reading a book or playing on the computer) and did a menial task (which I'm not overly fond of), so that your world will be a better place. I have anticipated how frustrating it would be for you to realize tomorrow morning that you had no clean clothes, and I have solved the problem before you even knew it existed. Aren't I a wonderful person? Don't you appreciate how much I do for you? Please tell me that I am a good spouse, and you're glad I married you." Yeah. Quite a mouthful, eh? So... I was lucky enough to come home to my husband telling me he'd done the laundry, and that I'd have clean uniforms for work. I wonder if James knew what his seemingly innocent statement translated to, in my native tongue. Or did he think he was just saying that we had clean laundry? Whatever. I have an awesome husband, and am very very glad to be married to him. Accomplishment of the Day: Went to Bistro Praha for dinner with Bregon. Ate raw meat. It was yummy. |
| Tues, Apr 1, 2003 (9:35pm) Man, is it ever windy out today! Random note: Boris told me to read this Dave Barry article. It's good. Go read it yourself. Ummm... not much to say other than that. Had a really enjoyable day. Glad I was wearing my leather jacket with metal-bits all over it, or I'd likely have been blown away in the breeze. Ate lunch at the restaurant where Jeff works, and invited him to come over when he got off work. Talked 7th Sea. Jeff offered to cook supper, but I made him show me how to cook something from the restaurant menu instead. Accomplishment of the Day: Learned how to make Sofritos Poulo. Very tasty. |
