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We have a surprising number of male students who suck their thumbs when they're working on something. So many, in fact, that we had to ask our resident social worker if this was some new gang/drug related behavior we'd never heard of. She said not that she's heard of, but you never know.

I used to hate it when people would tell me I think too much. Now I think I need to tell myself. Self, you're thinking too much.

More about my job, in two parts:

Part One

Dear My Coworkers,

Let's just get this out in the open. I don't want to see pictures of your children. I don't want to touch your pregnant belly. I don't want to hear about how you shit yourself when you give birth but it's totally worth it because after nine hours of the worst pain ever...
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I think I may have been initiated into a gang yesterday. I'm not sure, though. I hope I don't have to beat anyone down. It may pose a conflict of interest with my job.

Yesterday, my sister and I went to the fine arts craft show. We saw the most amazing clocks in the world.

Take a look.

These things were huge, and each piece in it moved. My sister and I were stunned by them. We stood for about ten minutes, just watching the clocks move. The second I have $7000 to spare, one of these will be...
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I bumped my thigh on a table and yelled, "Fuckmonkeys!" in the classroom today. Oh, it'll be a while before the kids let me forget that one.

There was a full-on hoochie battle, Thunderdome style, at school yesterday. Three hoochies enter, one hoochie leave. There were pieces of weave flying everywhere, and language that even made me blush.

If you've ever wondered why I love what I do, it's because of the entertainment value.

Strange that I can forget how my own house smells in just nine days. Now I have to readjust; to the smell, to the speed of my car and my internet, to the pattern of my life. Maybe someday this will be the vacation, and the reality I adjust to will be the smell of someone else's house. But for now, my little thugs need...
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I went to my very first Comic Con today, and I have to say I was the most attractive woman there. I have surmised that you can essentially find these specific types of people at Comic Cons:

-Nerds
-Mall Punks, and
-(my personal favorites to laugh at) Dress-Up Nerds

All of these will either:

-Smell like pee,
-Smell like cheese, or
-Smell like cheese made...
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Last night for dinner I had hush puppies, fried green tomatoes, corn bread, collard greens, mashed potatoes and gravy, buttermilk fried chicken, all topped off with the best coconut cake in the universe, and accompanied by a sweet and tart mojito. I do know how to treat myself well.

I went to see Inside Man yesterday. It was really great. Even though I had it figured out from the very beginning, it was still a thoroughly entertaining ride. It was clever and witty, and both Denzel Washington and Clive Owen are just so good at what they do. Spike Lee is generally a little too wanky and preachy for my tastes, but he kept...
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