Madonna and other late night ramblings

Staying in this Friday night because I have to wake up early and start my finals. Yay me! I'm making a dress with a yoked neckline and a contrasting lining. Pretty cute. But first I have to drape it, then make the pattern, then cut the pieces from the pattern, then sew it together. I think I'm the smartest person in the world because I bought invisible thread to hide my stitches, but I don't think that trick will really fly very far here... Added annoyance, some leg of the Tribeca Film Festival is taking place in my school on the first floor, and so every night when I'm leaving (at around 10-ish) there's a super cool party going on to which I was neither invited nor shown any request for my attendance. Boo-urns! I remember when I wanted to name my daughter Tribeca. I thought it would be witty and literal. However it would only be literal if my mother's name was "Becca". Then "Re-", and finally "Tri-".
But I think too much, I've been told. I remember talking to Pal and Ak in AP English senior year of high school, and telling them about how when I was in 6th grade, I wanted to be a scientist/ doctor hybrid and find cures for both AIDS and cancer. I thought the 2 diseases would cancel each other out since one is the rapid spreading of cells and the other is the rapid depletion of cells. What can I say? My logic was flawed at age 10. But the response was "WOW. When I was in 6th grade I was only thinking about my after school snack" and "Damn, no wonder you're in honors"...
I can't believe where my life has taken me. I really did want to be a doctor, and if I still had my grammar school drive and reading abilities, I know I would be 90% done. But as the years passed I became more and more disheartened as I realized that advanced pursuits of academia were not praised, but frowned upon by jealous teachers who realized that their students had more potential than they ever would (those who can't do, teach), and I became just like every other honors student. Doing just enough to get by (and somehow still getting straight A's). And being the reasonable person I am, I couldn't have someone's life in my hands contingent on me thoroughly knowing something that I just skimmed through in a book. Though style and fashion are extremely important to me , I can't see myself staying in a profession where I'm not directly helping people (in a non-superficial sense). Maybe I'll go back later and study for realz . My sister and I are still pretty good with anatomy. And no, that isn't a sexual reference. In fact, it's probably the lamest thing we do, or very close to it. We take turns, while using our "street gangsta voices" pointing to parts of others' bodies and shouting out the scientific name of the body part. We call it Labelin'. And Lord help you if you're the subject of a Labelin'.

For that, and several other reasons, I love my siblings. My sister and I just had a text-fight a few days ago that ended with a phone call from me saying:

"Let's just agree that school plays weren't good to either of us"
and her saying "Do you know how hard it is to sing 'Just a Spoonful of Sugar when your heart is breaking?'" (she played Mary Poppins.)

Then I had a conversation with my brother
"So, I'm not gonna help you pay to come home; I heard you came into some money as of late"
"Why, did mom tell you about my iPhone?"
"No, but that confirms it"
"Well I didn't buy it, it's long story"
"Where are you? it sounds like you're in a bazaar in Calcutta."
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, they have all these Chinese-Mexican restaurants here. I'm in this one called Jorge Chang's"
(We both laugh hysterically for 5 minutes) End Scene.

About Madonna:
I didn't think that the career of this hypersexual youth-leech (I made that up and I just lol'ed at it, party foul) could be revived by anyone. Bravo Pharrell and Chad (and Timbaland), you've done it again. I've been listening to all the Neptunes produced tracks (and Miles Away) nonstop for the past week. Hard Candy comes out next Tuesday, I'd suggest going to buy it (to make up for the fact that I didn't). My favorite songs are Heartbeat and Incredible, I'll zshare if you want...

Ok, Tittlez (TTYLZ)