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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <title>WEBSITE</title>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    hey hey.
+    <br><br>
+    <h2>document as you go!</h2>
+    <br><br>
+    spent hours typing up this page
+    <br><br>
+    scrutinizing formatting
+    <br><br>
+    overlaying blocks with barebones css at the top of the html file
+    <br><br>
+    i would be sad if I lost this 
+  </body>