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		<title>Customer service?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agustina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As usual, I was having a very frustrating time with my Microsoft Office documents (I&#8217;m on a Mac)&#8230; those tricky little suckers love to play hide-and-go-seek with me.
I have six Spaces (the equivalent to six different desktops on one computer) open on my computer and have assigned all Microsoft Office documents to open in one [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As usual, I was having a very frustrating time with my Microsoft Office documents (I&#8217;m on a Mac)&#8230; those tricky little suckers love to play hide-and-go-seek with me.</p>
<p>I have six <a href="http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1624" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/support.apple.com/kb/HT1624?referer=');">Spaces</a> (the equivalent to six different desktops on one computer) open on my computer and have assigned all Microsoft Office documents to open in one particular Space, but it seems that MS Office doesn&#8217;t like its assigned Space. The document I&#8217;m usually working on loves to move and I have to search through five different Spaces to locate it.</p>
<p>Amidst my frustration, I turned to Twitter and posted: &#8220;<a href="http://twitter.com/AgustinaP/status/2408985643" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/twitter.com/AgustinaP/status/2408985643?referer=');">I HATE, HATE, HATE microsoft office (I hate it so much, it doesn&#8217;t even deserve to be treated like a proper noun) HATE it!!!</a>&#8221;</p>
<p>When <a href="http://tweetdeck.com/beta/" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/tweetdeck.com/beta/?referer=');">Tweetdeck</a> announced that I had a reply, I checked it and <a href="http://twitter.com/kelbyj" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/twitter.com/kelbyj?referer=');">@kelbyj</a> with a bio reading &#8220;Marketing/AR @ Microsoft&#8221; responded to me saying: &#8220;<a href="http://twitter.com/kelbyj/status/2409462406" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/twitter.com/kelbyj/status/2409462406?referer=');">@AgustinaP what happened to make you hate Office so much? Can I help?</a>&#8221;</p>
<p>I thought, &#8220;Cool! This is the first time Customer Service comes to me! Thanks Twitter!&#8221;</p>
<p>I <a href="http://twitter.com/AgustinaP/status/2409532149" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/twitter.com/AgustinaP/status/2409532149?referer=');">explained</a> to @kelbyj how my documents moves around and he replied about 20 minutes later: &#8220;<a href="http://twitter.com/kelbyj/status/2409733377" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/twitter.com/kelbyj/status/2409733377?referer=');">@AgustinaP seeing if I can find you a recommendation from the Mac Office product folks&#8230;</a>&#8221;</p>
<p>I eagerly awaited his response, but when I got it, I was let down. @kelbyj: &#8220;<a href="http://twitter.com/kelbyj/status/2409949156" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/twitter.com/kelbyj/status/2409949156?referer=');">It&#8217;s actually a Mac OS Spaces issue. Here&#8217;s a blog post that might be helpful: http://bit.ly/45f9vW</a>&#8221;</p>
<p>First of all, I felt slightly offended that he would say the problem was with my Mac. I try my very best to keep my computer clean and running perfectly.</p>
<p>Second, should I be surprised that someone from Microsoft would say the problem is with Mac?</p>
<p>And third, @kelbyj, why did you send me that link? Have you read it? I&#8217;m no computer software genius, but that link leads me to a blog that doesn&#8217;t look like a Microsoft or Apple blog. Who wrote that and why should I listen to what that person says? And most importantly, the post is long, too long for me to care to read past the first paragraph, especially when that first paragraph doesn&#8217;t directly address my problem.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m very disappointed. I almost felt like Microsoft was listening to me and trying to help. All they did was waste my time and give me false expectations.</p>
<p>Sigh.</p>
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		<title>Argentina trip wrap-up</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 20:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agustina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My two-week Argentina trip felt more like a month and I loved every second of it (as I always do when I come down here).
My favorite part is driving through the city. I absolutely love the architecture. It&#8217;s like New York, with a European twist.

I&#8217;m jumping on a plane at 10:30 p.m. tonight (9:30 p.m. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My two-week Argentina trip felt more like a month and I loved every second of it (as I always do when I come down here).</p>
<p>My favorite part is driving through the city. I absolutely love the architecture. It&#8217;s like New York, with a European twist.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-284" title="dscn0385" src="http://agustinaprigoshin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0385-300x225.jpg" alt="dscn0385" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p>I&#8217;m jumping on a plane at 10:30 p.m. tonight (9:30 p.m. Miami time) and am sad to go. This trip was filled with tango, sea mammals, glaciers and tons of food!</p>
<p>The only thing I won&#8217;t miss is this country&#8217;s strange spacial proportions. Check out my dad&#8217;s parking garage (with my walking brother)! To park, you drive into the garage and to leave, you have to back up the whole way, haha!</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-285" title="dscn0405" src="http://agustinaprigoshin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0405-300x225.jpg" alt="dscn0405" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p>When I first got here, a music festival was already winding down and I got the opportunity to catch some last minute shows.</p>
<p>I went to watch <a href="http://www.garyburton.com/" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.garyburton.com/?referer=');">Gary Burton</a>, a very well-known Jazz musician. He plays the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibraphone" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibraphone?referer=');">vibraphone</a> with four mallets as opposed to the usual two. He teamed up with several other jazz musicians and toured the world, including a stop in Buenos Aires.</p>
<p><object width="425" height="344" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/yPw67kYP-ec&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/yPw67kYP-ec&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /></object></p>
<p>Gary Burton got tango stuck in my head and I wanted more. So my friends took me to a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milonga" target="_self" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milonga?referer=');">milonga</a> in an old warehouse.</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-286" title="dscn0403" src="http://agustinaprigoshin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0403-300x225.jpg" alt="dscn0403" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p>A milonga is a type of tango music and dance, but at the same time, it&#8217;s a place where tango enthusiasts gather to dance. The dance floor was littered with a mix of experts and novices and the music was hypnotizing.</p>
<p>As soon as I get back to Miami, I&#8217;m taking tango lessons. I already spoke to a friend of mine who teaches and she&#8217;s waiting for me. I can&#8217;t wait! <img src='http://agustinaprigoshin.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>While still on my tango high, the next night, I met up with my friend, <a href="http://www.raultangocabral.com.ar/" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.raultangocabral.com.ar/?referer=');">Raul Cabral</a>, a world-famous tango instructor who spends the year circling the globe and teaching tango. Raul invited me to Buenos Aires&#8217; Channel 2 TV station to watch <a href="http://www.tanghetto.com/" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.tanghetto.com/?referer=');">Tanghetto</a> perform live in the studio.</p>
<p>Tanghetto plays electronic tango music:</p>
<p><object width="425" height="344" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/mFADWs_xp0w&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mFADWs_xp0w&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /></object></p>
<p>Here&#8217;s another snippet of their performance:</p>
<p><object width="425" height="344" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/hjPzc9Ixi1E&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/hjPzc9Ixi1E&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /></object></p>
<p>After all that tango, I traveled south:</p>
<p><a href="http://agustinaprigoshin.com/puerta-madryn-and-puerto-piramides-in-patagonia-argentina/" target="_blank">Visiting</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trelew" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trelew?referer=');">Trelew</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Madryn" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Madryn?referer=');">Puerto Madryn</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Piramides" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto_Piramides?referer=');">Puerto Piramides</a>:</p>
<p>I loved the rocky beach:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-287" title="dscn0422" src="http://agustinaprigoshin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0422-300x225.jpg" alt="dscn0422" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p>My brother watched the whales get close to the shore:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-288" title="dscn0423" src="http://agustinaprigoshin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0423-225x300.jpg" alt="dscn0423" width="225" height="300" /></p>
<p>And the reason for Puerto Piramides&#8217; name are the pyramid shaped rock structures. This giant rock has several craters that are the result of when the Argentine Navy used it as target practice for their missiles:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-289" title="dscn0441" src="http://agustinaprigoshin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0441-300x225.jpg" alt="dscn0441" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p>I <a href="http://agustinaprigoshin.com/made-it-to-the-end-of-the-world-ushuaia-argentina/">visited</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushuaia" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushuaia?referer=');">Ushuaia</a> and met the most adorable sea lions who <a href="http://agustinaprigoshin.com/videos-puerto-piramides-whales-ushuaia-sea-lions-and-perito-moreno/" target="_blank">performed tricks</a> for us:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-290" title="dscn0491" src="http://agustinaprigoshin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0491-300x225.jpg" alt="dscn0491" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p>I also rode the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tren_del_Fin_del_Mundo" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tren_del_Fin_del_Mundo?referer=');">End of the World Train</a> that actually took us to the end of the world:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-291" title="dscn0508" src="http://agustinaprigoshin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0508-300x225.jpg" alt="dscn0508" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p>Beyond this bay is where Argentina and Chile end, the Atlantic and Pacific oceans collide causing a very impressive and violent current and Antarctica begins:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-292" title="dscn0576" src="http://agustinaprigoshin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0576-300x225.jpg" alt="dscn0576" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p><a href="http://agustinaprigoshin.com/argentino-lake-glacier-tour/" target="_blank">Vistied</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Calafate" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Calafate?referer=');">El Calafate</a>:</p>
<p>I saw some magnificent glaciers and hiked <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perito_Moreno_Glacier" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perito_Moreno_Glacier?referer=');">El Perito Moreno glacier</a>:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-293" title="dscn0788" src="http://agustinaprigoshin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0788-300x225.jpg" alt="dscn0788" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p>Ate glacier ice:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-294" title="dscn0816" src="http://agustinaprigoshin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0816-300x225.jpg" alt="dscn0816" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p><a href="http://agustinaprigoshin.com/bariloche-added-to-the-itinerary/" target="_blank">Landed</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bariloche" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bariloche?referer=');">Bariloche</a> with a broken plane and wandered the empty airport, deliriously, for hours:</p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-295" title="dscn0856" src="http://agustinaprigoshin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0856-300x225.jpg" alt="dscn0856" width="300" height="225" /></p>
<p>Finally back in Buenos Aires and eating as much delicious food as I can before heading back home. Mmm, empanadas and alfajores <img src='http://agustinaprigoshin.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-297" title="dscn0860" src="http://agustinaprigoshin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/dscn0860-300x225.jpg" alt="dscn0860" width="300" height="225" /></p>
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		<title>Absent, but with a good excuse</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 18:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agustina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m leaving to Argentina Sunday night and want to be all caught up with work so that I can enjoy my trip, so I haven&#8217;t had much time to write.
I&#8217;ll be writing, posting pictures and videos as much as possible while I&#8217;m over there for two weeks. I get to Buenos Aires Monday morning, just [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;m leaving to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina?referer=');">Argentina</a> Sunday night and want to be all caught up with work so that I can enjoy my trip, so I haven&#8217;t had much time to write.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll be writing, posting pictures and videos as much as possible while I&#8217;m over there for two weeks. I get to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos_aires" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buenos_aires?referer=');">Buenos Aires</a> Monday morning, just in time for a great big BBQ celebrating my brothers&#8217; birthday and Independence Day. My mouth is watering while thinking of that BBQ.</p>
<p>I leave Thursday to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushuaia" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ushuaia?referer=');">Ushuaia</a>, the worlds&#8217; southern-most city. It&#8217;s a short flight from Antarctica, so I&#8217;m taking my ski clothes. We&#8217;re going to hike <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perito_Moreno_Glacier" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perito_Moreno_Glacier?referer=');">Perito Moreno</a> and two other glaciers, as well as go whale watching.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ll try my hardest to document my travels as often possible.</p>
<p>I can&#8217;t wait!</p>
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		<title>Met Sonny Monreal Last Week</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 18:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agustina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last Wednesday night I went to Refresh Miami and met up with some of my buddies, Alexander Schek and Gabriel Golberg.
Gabriel Goldberg is managing Spain&#8217;s latest Bachata and R&#38;B sensation, Sonny Monreal. Sonny, just moved to Miami in the hopes of launching his album in the U.S. So, in case you Refreshers didn&#8217;t know, you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last Wednesday night I went to <a href="http://refreshmiami.com/" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/refreshmiami.com/?referer=');">Refresh Miami</a> and met up with some of my buddies, <a href="http://www.misterchips.org/" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.misterchips.org/?referer=');">Alexander Schek</a> and <a href="http://www.encanta.com/Encanta_Productions/Home.html" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.encanta.com/Encanta_Productions/Home.html?referer=');">Gabriel Golberg</a>.</p>
<p>Gabriel Goldberg is managing Spain&#8217;s latest Bachata and R&amp;B sensation, <a href="http://www.sonnymonreal.com/" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/www.sonnymonreal.com/?referer=');">Sonny Monreal</a>. Sonny, just moved to Miami in the hopes of launching his album in the U.S. So, in case you Refreshers didn&#8217;t know, you were among a Spanish, pop singing icon, Wednesday.</p>
<p>After Refresh Miami, I went with Schek, Golberg, Sonny and <a href="http://ulisesorozco.com/" target="_blank" onclick="pageTracker._trackPageview('/outgoing/ulisesorozco.com/?referer=');">Ulises Orozco</a> to Lime Fresh for some late-night dinner. That&#8217;s where Sonny sang along to the radio playing over the restaurants&#8217; speakers. I wanted to ask him to keep singing throughout the meal, but I decided to let him eat, haha!</p>
<p>I&#8217;m sure we&#8217;ll all be seeing much more of Sonny and hopefully, it&#8217;ll be through his successes.</p>
<p>If you know me and how camera-crazy I am, you know I <em>had</em> to take a picture with him <img src='http://agustinaprigoshin.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-156" title="Me and Sonny" src="http://agustinaprigoshin.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/dscn0338-300x225.jpg" alt="Me and Sonny" width="300" height="225" /></p>
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		<title>Future of commercials</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Agustina</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the economy continues on its unstable course, I wonder what will happen to commercials on TV. I wonder how big companies decide to distribute funding; where to cut, maintain or boost it. I&#8217;ve heard that companies will usually cut their marketing departments first in times of economic distress.
At first I thought that companies wouldn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>As the economy continues on its unstable course, I wonder what will happen to commercials on TV. I wonder how big companies decide to distribute funding; where to cut, maintain or boost it. I&#8217;ve heard that companies will usually cut their marketing departments first in times of economic distress.</p>
<p>At first I thought that companies wouldn&#8217;t cut their funding towards advertisement (primarily TV advertisement) because that&#8217;s their biggest form of exposure, but by the same token, isn&#8217;t it very pricey?</p>
<p>In advertising, I&#8217;ve heard that &#8220;sex sells;&#8221; but when times get tough and advertisers are competing even more, when does sexy advertisement go too far?</p>
<p>Two examples of tasteless commercials:</p>
<p>1. Joe&#8217;s Crab Shack: two men and a woman are sitting at a table, the woman gets her food in a covered steamer and one of the men says, &#8220;Take your top off.&#8221; The woman looks confused and says, &#8220;What?&#8221; The man repeats, &#8220;Take your top off.&#8221; You can&#8217;t help but find this man to be a pervert until the other man at the table lifts the top off the woman&#8217;s steamer to reveal steam-cooked lobster. The first man clearly meant to the take the top off the steamer, not for the woman to take <em>her</em> top off.</p>
<p>I think the commercial could&#8217;ve been executed in a more tasteful manner, one that doesn&#8217;t imply a man ordering a woman to take off her shirt.</p>
<p>2. Quiznos: this one was actually pretty disturbing. Their latest commercial starts with an oven telling an employee that it wants the young man to tell the audience about their new Torpedo sub. It hints that the oven and the employee have had a previous encounter which they &#8220;both enjoyed,&#8221; one which the employee doesn&#8217;t dispute. The oven tells the employee to tell watchers that the Torpedo is only $4; it tells the employee to repeat it two more times with more and more passion behind his message.</p>
<p>An oven and a human seeming to have had an affair? An oven ordering a man to be sexier? Kind of creepy.</p>
<p>An example of a great, and sexy, commercial that I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ll ever forget is Kate Walsh driving a Cadillac CTS. In trying to sell the car to viewers, she describes the cars&#8217; features and then says, &#8220;The real question is, when you turn your car on, does it return the favor?&#8221; Her words are followed by a shot of her stiletto pressing down on the accelerator.</p>
<p>Now, <em>that</em> commercial is sexy, not raunchy like the others.</p>
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