No, don't worry! This has nothing to do with school and classworks. You simply have to read carefully the text below and try to count how many references to Madonna, Madonna songs, things she has said, or places she's visited, or said on tour there are. The text is from an email a friend of mine, Gino, sent me and he allowed me to put it on the web.

So what's you excuse this time for not showing up at gym this morning? Was it the fear of rain on your fingertips? Or perhaps its Human Nature to be lazy? You Promised to Try getting there, to Express Yourself, but you must like Praying to Jesus instead, or did you have a Fever? I think I know, you are getting Deeper and Deeper under a pile of homework???? Or did you fly to Buenos Aires and Cry for Argentina? Did Madonna Dress You Up in her love? Do you need someone to Rescue you, and Justify there love? Why's it so hard to love? Well I must go, WAITING for your reply, hopefully it will be In this Lifetime. Well I must Take a Bow, i have told you my Secrets, Keep it together and cherish the thought, don't Open your Heart unless you have the key, I bet you papa has already preached this, i really need a holiday on another nation, geez I have written a lot of WORDS, you'll see if you give me one more chance I'll be able to write another email about what used to be my playground, do you remeber, I'll remember when those spanish eyes, which look erotic, were true blue. Well till death do us part hahahahahha. Can you please count how many songs are in this? I can't be bothered, my brain has fried thinking of this interesting email.., Why don't you be imaginative as well????Do you know where the Party is? I hope there's a virgin, and she puts a condom on my willy because that's silly, if she doesn't, well if you come I'm sure everyone will get Into the Groove and Cause a Commotion, shit Who's that girl? Oh, sorry it's just my Lucky Star on the Borderline between La Isla Bonita and Barcelona Spain, I better stop now, or else i will keep going until you say bye bye baby, shit here I go again.

Dear Jessie,

"Oh Father, Who’s That Girl?" you may ask. She is Madonna who may seem like a Beautiful Stranger entering your Secret Garden. However, she can Open Your Heart like an Angel with her Amazing Music, be it Vogue songs that get you Into The Groove or Bitter Sweet Love Songs that sound Like A Prayer or a Bedtime Story.

She may be Causing A Commotion under your Skin and in your Frozen heart like a Bad Girl, but she will make you realise that this is Where Life Begins as Nothing Really Matters anymore. She tells you Sky Fits Heaven and What It Feels like For A Girl or as they say in Spanish Lo Que Siente La Mujer. She can Pray For Spanish Eyes, sing Shoo-Bee-Doo, hymn Shanti/Ashtangi or dance Cyberraga for you.

She tells you it's your Freedom to Swim, like a Mer Girl, out of the seeming Sanctuary in the Drowned World and face the Ray Of Light that may be Burning Up like White Heat at first sight. Sooner Or Later, you should stop Waiting at the Borderline screaming " Papa Don't Preach" or "Rescue Me" and step forward. Forget the things you Promise To Try to made Everybody happy except yourself, but Don't Stop pursuing what you've always wanted to - Express Yourself, especially For Love.

Don't think that life is Supernatural and that it Has To Be as it is. Neither should you feel like "I'm Going Bananas" as you are not being asked to build A New Argentina. How many times can you feel Like A Virgin In This Life? Please Cherish the opportunities to change your life even if they may not make you High Flying Adored and may only make you shine like a Little Star in the True Blue sky. Please Let Down Your Guard. Why's It So Hard to make a change and What Can You Lose by doing so?

Life may not always seem like a Holiday on a La Isla Bonita or a Charity Concert in Buenos Aires; nor may it always be as delicious as an American Pie. But Deeper And Deeper as I reached the Human Nature Inside Of Me, Time Stood Still and that's the Impressive Instant when I realised the Secret of Survival - that I am the true Lucky Star in my Paradise, and that I don't need anybody to Justify My Love. Don't Tell Me to perform an Act Of Contrition just because sometimes I behave like a Gambler, a Hanky Panky or a Cry Baby.

You may never meet the perfect Candy Perfume Girl like Erotica in you dreams, who would Dress You Up and say " I Want You", "I'm Crazy For You" or "Till Death Do Us Apart." But hey, Nobody's Perfect.

Be Careful. If you happen to meet a Material Girl who is either a Pretender, a Runaway Lover, or a Thief Of Hearts persuing Forbidden Love, just Take A Bow and tell her "Bye Bye Baby" and "I'm not your Santa Baby." She may cry, "Stay", "I'd Rather Be Your Lover", "I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You", or even "You Must Love Me", making you want to say, "I Surrender, Dear" instead of "The Actress Hasn't Learned the Lines."

You may feel like having Fever and think that Love Don't Live Here Anymore. But soon the Rain will be Gone, and you will realise, "Indeed, Love Tried To Welcome Me". Don't be blinded by Physical Attraction or The Look Of Love - even though Love Makes the World Go Round. Neither should you Lament Over And Over for a failed relationship, as it is nothing but Another Suitcase in Another Hall. You'll See that it Ain't No Big Deal and love will give you One More Chance. It is when you truly understand The Power Of Goodbye and that certain things are nice To Have And Not To Hold, remember Eva and Magaldi? It is also when others would say; "He's A Man."

Life is like an Up Down Suite it's sometimes up and sometimes down. We should Live To Tell the truth that we believe in. For me, Madonna's music is Something To Remember forever. I'll Remember how it taught me to Say Goodbye To Innocence, to tame the Beast Within, to Keep It Together and to look beyond even though This Used To Be My Playground. I learned not to be afraid when being asked, "Did You Do It?" as I am in full responsibility for what I do. I know I Deserve It, be it a success or a failure; and I don't have to feel Guilty By Association.

So, after reading what I've written, are you Back In Business of making your life a better one? I Know It is not easy as sometimes you may feel Your Little Body's Slowly Breaking Down. But please remember, even If You Forget Me eventually, that Everybody Is A Star though you may not always be in the Spotlight, that you can reach Rainbow High if only you try, and that your life journey can be a Rainbow Tour.

There is nothing More I'd like to say but, "Oh What A Circus life is." However, you have to find out Where's The Party yourself. Enjoy your life like dancing the Waltz For Evita And Che and don't live it like Peron's Last Flame, moaning "Don't Cry For Me Argentina¦"

Goodnight And Thank You for reading this. Think Of Me and my Words, as the people did with Eva's Final Broadcast On the Balcony of the Casa. From Now I'm Following You closely¦

Hello And Goodbye,
Jimmy, Jimmy

Submitted by Jeremy from Singapore.

She is the queen of controversy, the Material Girl Everybody wants to meet, she brings a Ray Of Light to every stage when performing, and she did Live To Tell her story.
One day she gave birth to a Little Star of her own, her life is more stable, she is no longer living on a Borderline, people continue to jugde, with their cruel Words. She taught people how to Vogue and how to Cherish. She taught us how to Keep it Together in her sweet Love Song. Everyone does certain things in life but its Human Nature. She sings to us all of her erotic Bedtime Stories. She taught us the true meaning of Sex. She gives us Fever and a special feeling that runs Deeper and Deeper into our soul. She has all the power and domination to Open your Heart and make u love her. She may not be Like a Virgin but she's something special. She's our Lucky Star. Now that she has a beautiful daughter she finally has realized Where Life begins. Her daughter is like her Secret garden, her Angel. Her world is no longer Frozen, she no longer needs a Substitute for love. She has now learned the true meaning of the Power of Goodbye. She no longer lives in a Drownded World. With all Madonna has accomplished she is still not done, You'll See. She is the greatest performer in the world and always gets us Into the Groove. Now with her big change we wonder, Who's that Girl? Why isn't she still Causing a Commotion? Why isn't she still Going Bananas?
But she will always have her Blond Ambition, she still has a little bit of a Bad Girl inside her. But she has traveled and had all her fun. Now its time for her to live a new life for her and her daughter. I do know that Sooner or Later she will be up on stage and ready to sing her old and new songs Over and Over and then Take a Bow.

Submitted by April from New York.

Madonna's Music is so Into the Groove that I need to take a Holiday across the Borderline because I'm Burning Up with Fever. What a Beautiful Stranger! I went to Antartica but while I was was there, I became Frozen. When I defrosted I saw a girl and thought "Who's that Girl?" I looked closer and found that she was a Candy Perfume Girl who looked Lika A Virgin. She knelt and said something Like A Prayer. When she stood up, she decided to Take a Bow. She Grew Wings and became an Angel. When she reached the water, she dive bombed into the water and became a Mer Girl. I then felt hungry at the smell of fresh baked American Pie. Time Stood Still as I ran and I realized that stealing was Human Nature Of Criminals so I didn't take it even though I was really hungry. I thought I would Cherish without food. I wrote a letter to my Mother, Dear Jessie. Another Girl came. She was very Erotic. Night Came. I reached for a Little Star that turned out to be my Lucky Star, as it showered the world completely. Then I realized that when I got down to Earth, I'd be in a drowned World. I thought nothing really mattered now. The Sun Secretly dried up all the Rain and I thought It Has to Be a dream. Suddenly, I woke up with a Ray Of Light in my eyes. One of my Mum's Bedtime Stories made me fall asleep. Sky Fitted Heaven Perfectly.

Submitted by Matthew Henry from Melbourne.

Once upon a time there was a girl so happy and naive, people called her candy perfume girl. One day there came the flood that turned earth into a drowned world... She had to swim in the water and she was almost frozen. Suddenly she felt a ray of light upon her body. She raised her head to see a little star in the sky that fits heaven. It suddenly came to her that nothing really matters... She shed her skin and became a mer girl. That has to be the power of goodbye. Shanti!

Submitted by Zheng Wang.

There was a girl who once had a secret. She thought a secret like hers was of human nature but everyone laughed at her secret of survival. She searched for a sanctuary but could not find one. She thought: "if love tried to welcome me then things would be fine". Then she met a guy but felt he had a forbidden love. They became friends but told him: "I'd rather be your lover". She felt he was inside of her, and told him: "don't stop". As their love ended, she read herself a bedtime story. Then, as she left world, her last words were: "I will take a bow, my final bow".

Submitted by Lindsey Berry.