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[For the first time for a progamer,  Flash was featured in a Naver Sports Q interview, where users submit questions and he answered them, mediated by a reporter.]
Here are some interesting excerpts. The full interview follows.
[finally revealed...this is how you become a dominating Terran!!!]
"...I have my lucky slippers. Slippers that I am wearing now. I've been doing 19 wins and 1 loss wearing these. Lost once yesterday."
On practice schedule and stress
"I don't have a practice schedule. If I feel like it's enough I stop. If I'm stuck and games don't go well, I go on well past the midnight. To avoid stress, I exercise a lot. Lately I've been running and bicycling a lot. I watch soap operas before going to bed too."
On why Terran
"I was a Zerg. But as I played, Terran looked good. That's why. Sometimes I regret what should not be regretted; as I played Terran, other races looked good."
On TvP
"As I said before, I've been preparing a new mid-to-end game strategy against Protoss. I don't know when it will be complete. When it's complete, my TvP will be strong again."
On the upcoming Group Selection
"Lately Zerg has been doing well. So I wanna meet them and beat them all."
On mind control before game
"The idea that I must totally dominate the opponent is always imprinted in my mind."
From Naver Sports, 11/12/09:
Your team is #1 now and you've been doing well too. How's it going lately?
- So many matches. Rather than resting, I always think about matches. I think about strategies even while eating. I wanna take a good break after making it to the final.
How long will KT maintain its #1 spot? What needs to improve to sustain the spot?
- We can keep it if we keep it at the round 1. Not like anything to improve, but we shouldn't underestimate our opponents and keep our guard. Then we can probably keep the #1 spot.
What changes were there during the summer break?
- We needed that break time to accommodate the newcomers. We strengthened out teamwork too. We can make it to the final this season. Keep the hope.
Beside you, any player that will do well this season? Any rising star?
-  Luxury needs to do well. Personally I'm expecting a lot from  Stats. Other Protoss players are already doing well; so personally I can see a lot of growth from him.
Secret to the 14 consecutive TvT win?
- Other progamers ask that too. Not a secret, but that I'm always confident. That's my biggest strength, and the secret is that I don't cringe at anybody and do my thing.
Your rival?
- I thought it was Jaedong because we lived a similar era. But now it's time for me to catch up and do well so that we'll make a memorable rivalry recognized by everyone.
Won't Bisu and Stork be sad?
- They would think that each other is a rival. In terms of the era was battled off, it's me vs Jaedong and Bisu vs Stork.
Based on your regular interviews, you seem to get practice partners from other teams easily. What's the secret?
- It's hard for me lately. There's been a rumor about my strategies being revealed. Rather than getting practice partners, I've been practicing within my team. But I do need to get players from other teams.
Isn't it hard to practice within your team?
- My teammates' levels are standardized at an optimal level. That's our strength. So it's fair enough to practice within and not out.
How many hours a day do you practice?
- I don't have a practice schedule. If I feel like it's enough I stop. If I'm stuck and games don't go well, I go on well past the midnight.
Isn't it tough to practice like that? How do you relieve your stress?
- To avoid stress, I exercise a lot. Lately I've been running and bicycling a lot. I watch soap operas before going to bed too. I've been doing my best to have fulfilling days.
Why Terran?
- I was a Zerg. But as I played, Terran looked good. That's why. Sometimes I regret what should not be regretted; as I played Terran, other races looked good. But since I'm a Terran now, I'll do my best to be the #1 Terran.
Your TvZ has been good lately. Reason?
- I was always on that level during practice. I didn't have many chances on TV, but as I started winning I got a drive and have been doing better.
Your TvP seems weak compared to your almost perfect TvZ and TvT. How will you improve?
- Honestly, as I prepared for the game against BeSt, I thought I was gonna lose. I didn't play TvP for months, played against DaezanG, and then didn't play again for a while. I lost a lot during practice and felt frustrated. At practice and during game I was discouraged by myself. If I have other chances I'll try to do well.
What about the improvement?
- As I said before, I've been preparing a new mid-to-end game strategy against Protoss. I don't know when it will be complete. When it's complete, my TvP will be strong again. Be patient and I will definitely show it off on TV.
The Group Selection is coming up. Anybody you wanna play against?
- No. Because I've played against everyone. Personally I want a lot of Zergs. Lately Zerg has been doing well. So I wanna meet them and beat them all.
Isn't it tough to be a student and a progamer?
- The school has been really accommodating, letting me skip when there are matches and so forth. I should return the favor by getting good grades.
Have you had a slump? When and how did you overcome it?
- My first losing streak was 6 games, around my debut. It was really tough losing one after another. I didn't know how to overcome, so I just concentrated on practicing; and that was the best method.
Your mind control before a game?
- The idea that I must totally dominate the opponent is always imprinted in my mind. I control my mind by thinking "why should I lose to this guy?"
How did you feel when you won a gold at a recent international tournament?
- My first time seeing and touching such a gold medal. National anthem came and I was fulfilled. I was glad and wanted to go back to South Korea to be celebrated.
Any face that came to your mind?
- When I received the gold medal, I just wanted to eat some Korean rice. I was really hungry.
The 1,000th day after your debut is coming up. The most memorable game?
- A lot. If I have to pick one, it's the game against firebathero. The excitement I felt was comparable to when I won the OSL. Even at the OSL I wasn't more relieved after the game. It was a good feeling too.
Any fan you remember?
- I remember almost all gifts by fans. If I have to pick one, it's the fan who gave me a tiger pajama. I remember it because it was so cute. I haven't wore it and just kept it in closet, but I remember it the most.
What's your attitude to your haters?
- At first, I was really pissed. Some even said bad things about my parents and I almost thought about reporting to the authority. But I'm more used to them now and try to think positively. I just take them as an expression of attention to me and am beyond being adversely affected by them.
You've looked better lately. How do you take care of your look?
- I gained 5 kilograms two months ago. But I lost 3 before going to Vietnam and lost 2 when I came back. That's probably why I've looked better. Night snack lately has been gaining me some weight, so I've been exercising a lot.
Girlfriend? If not, what's your ideal?
- None at the moment. I just like a cute girl. A style that just looks pretty and cute when you look at her.
Compare yourself to fantasy.
- A difficult question. His style is so much different from mine. His style is the one where he comes rigorously prepared rather than relying on a sense. Mine is the one where I change my style based on how a game goes rather than using a prepared build. I try to catch the opponent off guard. But Fantasy comes prepared from beginning to end.
Anybody you want to live together as a team?
- Personally, BoxeR and iloveoov. I lived with NaDa before. The two is helping their team a lot, so it's impossible for me now. But I just wanna get by with them.
Reach and YellOw went to ACE, and Nal_rA is a commentator. Do you keep up with these former teammates?
- Rather than keeping up, I just see them during matches. I see Nal_rA around the stage, and I meet Reach at Battle.net. I told him I would buy pizzas and visit; but I haven't and he's not 100% happy. I was really close with Yellow too and he still feels like a teammate. I wanna visit them sometime soon.
Any sports you like and am confident?
- Soccer. You can call me a soccer mania.
How good are you?
- I used to play with my friends and win #1 at town tournaments. But I haven't played for a while and just play with teammates, and I'm still good.
Any special episode during a game?
- Not really an episode, but I have my lucky slippers. Slippers that I am wearing now. I've been doing 19 wins and 1 loss wearing these. Lost once yesterday.
Jaedong has been #1 in KeSPA ranking for eight months. Anything you wanna say to him?
- It seems hard to catch up now, but once the individual leagues start I think I can take it back. He'd better be nervous.
After you retire, what would you wanna do?
- Gaming team coach. It fits me well because I like being bossy. So I wanna do that later in the future.
Goal this season and final words?
- ProLeague championship and an individual league championship. Also the Player of the Year. I thank my fans for supporting me, and I'll do my best to become the best player and not make you regret being my fans.
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GOGO FLASH JAEDONG RIVALRY BATTLE!
Gotta see you two have some decent matches sometime soon.
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Thanks for the interview.
The bit about his current success and constant games scream eventual burnout though.
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Braavos36374 Posts
thanks for the translation; flash is always an interesting read
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I see Nal_rA around the stage, and I meet Reach at Battle.net. I told him I would buy pizzas and visit; but I haven't and he's not 100% happy.
Flash better buy Reach his pizza before he gets destroyed by the mantoss.
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Flash as a coach would be awesome. I could see him using a whip like the old KTF coach haha.
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Great translation. Hopefully we'll see some epic Jaedong vs Flash games!
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When FlaSh finishes his legendary TvP strategy, the Ultimate Weapon will be complete!
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thanks for the translations
The questions seemed a bit boring though~
Great to see Flash keeping in touch with the old KTF
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Thanks man... flash hwaiting!! My fav player ^_^
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Thanks for the translation.
It's going to be great seeing what new TvP strategy he has when he's done preparing it!
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Can't wait for his new TvP style  Oh and I gotta buy some slippers as well.. Thanks for the interview
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... Lucky Slippers...
... Are you allowed to wear slippers on stage? I'm gonna check next time.. hmmm..
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thx
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konadora
Singapore66160 Posts
Haha poor Reach
On November 13 2009 10:40 Torenhire wrote:
... Lucky Slippers...
... Are you allowed to wear slippers on stage? I'm gonna check next time.. hmmm..
Yup, watch his feet :p
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lol everyone wants to stay with Boxer and Oov ...
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"Anybody you want to Live together as a team?
- Personally, BoxeR and iloveoov. I lived with NaDa before. The two is helping their team a lot, so it's impossible for me now. But I just wanna get by with them."
If Flash had Boxer and Oov for coaches, he would seriously be the next B-word. This kid is insane.
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Thanks for this.
I like Flash vs Jaedong. I always knew Bisu would never be able to keep up with the J-man. Flash is the only one who is man enough to be called his rival.
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Come on FBH, you gotta get better to your old self. The old self which even Flash worried about...
anyways, no wonder he lost to best, he didn't have decent protoss to practice with...
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Buy that man his pizza, dude.
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Dominican Republic825 Posts
really entertaining interview
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Interesting comparison between himself and Fantasy. I always thought of Flash as being the macro machine who, no matter what you happened to be doing, would be fending off your harass with minimal effort, building a 3-3 Mech Ball, and preparing to ROLL OUT all over your side of the map.
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fuck a new tvp strategy coming up T_T
xD
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Half the terrans on iccup ran out and bought a pair of slippers after reading this interview.
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If stork-bisu-jaedong-flash makes it to semis of both osl and msl, how sick would that be?
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flash
you can call him soccer mania
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Any face that came to your mind?
- When I received the gold medal, I just wanted to eat some Korean rice. I was really hungry.
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talk about a guy who oozes confidence out of every pore.
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Flash said:When I received the gold medal, I just wanted to eat some Korean rice. I was really hungry.
Flash, always hungry. When he buys Reach a pizza, Reach will be lucky if he gets two slices.
EDIT: What hellokitty[hk] said.
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Can't have a Flash interview without mentioning food :D
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Hong Kong20321 Posts
flash is so aweomse, lucky slippers, soccer #1, school at the same time while consistently raping SC, close to the KTF stars, and has the same feeling about fantasy as i do!
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hahahahahaha all he wanted to do when he won was eat some rice. so cute
flash interviews are so good. thanks!
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United States2822 Posts
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Lol. Slippers, I already have some.
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On November 13 2009 12:12 MuffinDude wrote:
If stork-bisu-jaedong-flash makes it to semis of both osl and msl, how sick would that be?
+ Show Spoiler +Sadly, that will have to wait until next starleague season, since Bisu failed in the OSL... Does this even still count as a spoiler?
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feels like i just read 6 questions 4 times each lol. pretty good interview though. definately enjoyed it.
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Hong Kong20321 Posts
On November 13 2009 13:47 cakemanofdoom wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2009 12:12 MuffinDude wrote:
If stork-bisu-jaedong-flash makes it to semis of both osl and msl, how sick would that be? + Show Spoiler +Sadly, that will have to wait until next starleague season, since Bisu failed in the OSL... Does this even still count as a spoiler?
its cool he failed like few weeks back lol
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On November 13 2009 12:26 JohnColtrane wrote:
flash
you can call him soccer mania
ROOOOOOFL 
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Sweet interview thanks for the translation :D
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New TvP strategy, I want to believe! If anyone can do it, he can.
Maybe get Stork to practice with (I would say Bisu, but he seems like the type who would try to sabotage any potential TvP innovating, lol).
But seriously, how sick would Flash be on SKT1? He'd have Bisu and BeSt to practice TvP against all the time, and oov/boxer there to give tips like they do for Fantasy. He would be unstoppable.
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all 4 new-age kings give great interviews. i wish they'd have an interview with all 4 of them at the same place.
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Flash losing TvP even in practice makes me worry. 
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On November 13 2009 18:38 SuperArc wrote:Flash losing TvP even in practice makes me worry.
I could only hope it was because he was practicing with Stats and that Stats pvt is for real.
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Thanks for translating!
<3 Flash!
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I can't even imagine what Flash could possibly be working on that's mid-late game TvP.
Is it just a new push style? A new timing? Wouldn't take this long to debut I think, and I also don't think he'd have so much confidence in its impact (then again Goliaths did change everything in TvCarrier)
I'm honestly starting to suspect it involves countering Arbiters with Ghosts....
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Interesting - that might be why Fantasy sometimes looks so incredibly vulnerable. Rather than having good game sense, he's prepared for multiple situations, but can't prepare for every situation.
On November 13 2009 20:42 darktreb wrote:
I'm honestly starting to suspect it involves countering Arbiters with Ghosts....
Y'know, I'm with you on this one. Other than Valkyries, Ghosts are the underused Terran unit, and works really well against Arbiters, provided you are capable of the micro required. And lockdown can't be dodged once it's cast, although it doesn't work against a clump of Arbs like EMP does.
And I've always dreamed of someone using nukes not as a humiliation tactic, but as a secondary attack simultaneously executed with another attack to divide the opponent's attention.
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This was really funny, and really awesome!
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WOW, alongside the jaedong-stork-bisu one, this is one ofthe best interviews in a while.
also LOL @:
What's your attitude to your haters?
- At first, I was really pissed. Some even said bad things about my parents and I almost thought about reporting to the authority. But I'm more used to them now and try to think positively. I just take them as an expression of attention to me and am beyond being adversely affected by them.
and
Any fan you remember?
- I remember almost all gifts by fans. If I have to pick one, it's the fan who gave me a tiger pajama. I remember it because it was so cute. I haven't wore it and just kept it in closet, but I remember it the most.
still a kid at heart. <3333333333333333
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On November 13 2009 18:27 29 fps wrote:
all 4 new-age kings give great interviews. i wish they'd have an interview with all 4 of them at the same place.
You can't have them all in the same room at once - the room would explode.
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So looking forward to seeing his new TvP build. Knowing Flash it will be something strong.
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On November 13 2009 23:42 StarBrift wrote:
So looking forward to seeing his new TvP build. Knowing Flash it will be something strong like triple expansion then 3/3 + 200/200 in 10 minutes.
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LOL. Flash is bossy. rofl
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Katowice25012 Posts
Flash is one of the few progamers who is actually learning how to give interviews, its very refreshing.
Your mind control before a game?
- The idea that I must totally dominate the opponent is always imprinted in my mind. I control my mind by thinking "why should I lose to this guy?"
This is pretty interesting because of that oov quote where he said basically the same thing. Hopefully his success lately is a sign of things to come, very fun player to watch. Hope Violet and Stats stick in there too, its awesome to watch KT do well.
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Is it just me or does Flash have really interesting personality?
Seems pretty confident as well. Good for him I guess.
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On November 13 2009 20:42 darktreb wrote:
I'm honestly starting to suspect it involves countering Arbiters with Ghosts....
Is this even possible? Seems like ghosts with lockdown would come out pretty late, and by then the Protoss army with one or two arbiters would have rolled over the Terran army which has less units because of the resources going into teching to ghosts/lockdown.
Flash vs BeSt didn't really even make it to the mid-late game. Now imagine that but with Flash having a smaller army thanks to teching to ghosts/lockdown.
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On November 14 2009 11:41 Hinanawi wrote:Show nested quote +On November 13 2009 20:42 darktreb wrote:
I'm honestly starting to suspect it involves countering Arbiters with Ghosts.... Is this even possible? Seems like ghosts with lockdown would come out pretty late, and by then the Protoss army with one or two arbiters would have rolled over the Terran army which has less units because of the resources going into teching to ghosts/lockdown. Flash vs BeSt didn't really even make it to the mid-late game. Now imagine that but with Flash having a smaller army thanks to teching to ghosts/lockdown.
Actually, I'm thinking something similar to his new TvZ strategy, where he positions his Bionic troops around Zerg bases, so that the base wouldn't be attacked by Mutals because Zerg fears that Bionic troops would harass expos at any moment.
So, positioning Mechanic troops closer to Protoss bases? So Protoss wouldn't recall because doing so would reduce the amount of units available to defend against the Mechanic troops.
Just a thought. I already see some holes and it ain't perfect...
On November 13 2009 12:12 MuffinDude wrote:
If stork-bisu-jaedong-flash makes it to semis of both osl and msl, how sick would that be?
It be like EVER OSL '04 where the semis included Oov, Boxer, Reach, and Yellow...
On November 13 2009 12:09 Charlee wrote:
Half the terrans on iccup ran out and bought a pair of slippers after reading this interview.
Haha, favorite comment; laughed so hard at this...
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On November 15 2009 06:42 sky_slasher wrote:Show nested quote +On November 14 2009 11:41 Hinanawi wrote:On November 13 2009 20:42 darktreb wrote:
I'm honestly starting to suspect it involves countering Arbiters with Ghosts.... Is this even possible? Seems like ghosts with lockdown would come out pretty late, and by then the Protoss army with one or two arbiters would have rolled over the Terran army which has less units because of the resources going into teching to ghosts/lockdown. Flash vs BeSt didn't really even make it to the mid-late game. Now imagine that but with Flash having a smaller army thanks to teching to ghosts/lockdown. Actually, I'm thinking something similar to his new TvZ strategy, where he positions his Bionic troops around Zerg bases, so that the base wouldn't be attacked by Mutals because Zerg fears that Bionic troops would harass expos at any moment. So, positioning Mechanic troops closer to Protoss bases? So Protoss wouldn't recall because doing so would reduce the amount of units available to defend against the Mechanic troops. Just a thought. I already see some holes and it ain't perfect... Show nested quote +On November 13 2009 12:12 MuffinDude wrote:
If stork-bisu-jaedong-flash makes it to semis of both osl and msl, how sick would that be? It be like EVER OSL '04 where the semis included Oov, Boxer, Reach, and Yellow... Show nested quote +On November 13 2009 12:09 Charlee wrote:
Half the terrans on iccup ran out and bought a pair of slippers after reading this interview. Haha, favorite comment; laughed so hard at this...
I think Flash's new strategy might be what + Show Spoiler +Mind did to Violet in the KT vs Wemade Ace.
Fast nukes + EMP to take out a protoss who's going fast arbiter? I mean, arb is 100/150 + 100/350 + 450/450 for spells, which is about equivalent to Facility/Covert + nuke + ghost/cloak + ves/EMP cost.
And the thing is, when a nuke fails, it costs less than when a recall fails (nukes are less expensive than 40 supply of units)
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thanks for the translation!
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After you retire, what would you wanna do?
- Gaming team coach. It fits me well because I like being bossy. So I wanna do that later in the future.
COOL!
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god i wanna see the new tvp so much!!
soccer mania gogo
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