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Everything starts again tomorrow. Arabic classes begin again, my new job starts sometime this week. Responsibility and 7 am wake-up calls. All on Monday.

Which, of course, is why I woke up today with a swollen throat. I can hardly swallow. I wish I were faking it.

But I am also here to tell you that I saw the documentary "Born Into Brothels" (called "Camera Kids" in France - weird, because that's not really a translation from English to French, either, but whatever). It was AMAZING. After doing some research, I read that it won the 77th Annual Academy Aware for Best Documentary, so it better be. But still... so good.

It's about a group of kids in the Calcutta's red light district who befriend an American (?) photographer, Zana. She is interested in shooting images of the prostitues in the district - but soon realizes it's impossible to do so. The prostitutes are afraid of being seen in photos, as prostitution is, in the end, illegal. Over time, she begins giving the kids photo lessons, and the whole thing sort of morphs into a process of discovery for them. Eventually, we get to see their world through their own eyes, which is most definetly more interesting than seeing it through an outsider's. Zana hopes to get them into schools, and she sets up events to sell their photos as a way to pay their tuition. The whole thing is absolutely incredible... see it if you can.

That is all.