“French perfume, Alexandra?”
“Why not, Sabrina?”
“Are you up to something? Something weird? Outlandish? Out of this world?”
“I am very sensible and very much rational. You see, I am grooming myself up to be a VJ.”
“A what? Can you spell that again?”
“Yuppp, a VJ par excellence!”
“Are you serious?”
“Uh-huh”
*
“And where does the planet Earth position itself in the vast space, Alexandra?”
“A, a, I remember that… Well, uhhm…”
“Now, who can help the beauteous Alexandra? Can you try, Matthew?”
“Easy Ma'am, the Earth is a member of the Solar System, which belongs to a larger Milky Way.”
“Sobresaliente, Matthew, thank you boy, for you are such a swell guy. Now can you repeat that Alexandra?”
“Well, I can do it! You see, the Earth is the center of the Solar System and the solar system consists of millions of galaxies!”
“How dare you mess up with your Science, Alexandra, in terrorem, how horrible. Are you Ptolemic or Galilean?”
“Or Copernican perhaps, har, har, har, har!”
“Alexandra, I suggest you give attention to your Science and learn your Science book by heart.”
“Yes, Ma'am.”
*
“I hate it, I hate it, I hate it! Why can’t I do Science?”
“Because you’re doing something else, Alexandra.”
“Oh well, why should I bother!”
*
“”Well, that’s all for now, folks, I’ll be seeing you, guys and gals, confederates and pals, to the next music video presentation of MyDiatonic channel. Before I leave, I want you to savor this exotic rhythm from the one and only jazz genius, Maximiana. Bye-bye!”
“Well, I’m not sold to it.”
“I told you, I told you, I told you…I want to be a VJ. A V-J, and not anything else. Remember that very well, Sabrina."
*
“I got a call from your teacher today, Alex.”
“Oh, you did?”
“Yeah, and I understand her concerns. She wants you to succeed…”
“Hmmm…”
“…in class”
“So?”
“What I mean is you should give more importance to your studies, and pursue whatever career you want in the future. You see, first things first.”
“What shall I do then, Mom?”
“Can you straighten up your grades, please?”
*
“C’mon guys, move it, move it fast. Form your line, and step right in. I’ll be calling you one by one for your audition. Ah, ah, ah, no more orientations, no more fuzz, no more fancy! This is MyDiatonic channel, and not ABC!”
“C’mon guys, move it, move it fast. Form your line, and step right in. I’ll be calling you one by one for your audition. Ah, ah, ah, no more orientations, no more fuzz, no more fancy! This is MyDiatonic channel, and not ABC!”
“Okay, I can do it, yeah, I can do it!”
“Ahaaa! Alexandra Gomez? You're next!”
“Yes, I can do it! It’ll be a big hit!”
*
“Waaaaa… Sabrina… I busted out in the audition!”
“Why, what happened?”
“Waaaaa… I don’t know, but the big lady said I’d better go back to school! Waaaaa…”
*
“Forgot your French perfume, Alexandra?”
“Never mind, I’d rather go back to school, and talk about Earth not the center of the Universe.”
“Well, that’s according to Ptolemy.”
“Wake up, Sabrina, it was Galileo who said that!”
“Oooppps, did he say that?”
***
***
