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The morning of Homecoming had finally come. I woke up at 7:30 to the ringing of my alarm clock with a feeling of excitement. I quickly got out of bed and took a shower. After my shower, I shaved and tried to tame my hair. I always seem to have stray hairs poking out in random directions, but today I was an emcee. I had to look good. After I was done cleaning myself up it was around 8:10. I was planning on leaving at 8:40, so I started to put on my tux and clothes. As I was putting on the clothes I already thought I looked good. With just the white button down and green vest I looked cool. Next I had to put on the tie. I tried doing it myself several times with varying results. First the tie was too short with it ending above my belly button,

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