"the disrepair of norma jean could not compare to your routine"

I think that's the nicest thing anyone's ever said to me.

So classes started. ( ) I'm trying to be big about it. And it is kinda like taking a bath when you're a kid--not so bad once you're in it. And I make this cd of harlem whatever, and I haven't learned that stuff yet and have never heard these songs. I play it while they do an inclass assignment. At one point, just a second, one of them looks up sideways at the cd player at "hot dog on my roll" and it was priceless. It was like a Charmin Toilet Paper moment.

Bessie Smith - A Little Sugar In My Bowl