Owling {open}
Oct 14, 2011 17:34:33 GMT -5
Post by Max Rose on Oct 14, 2011 17:34:33 GMT -5
Max crouched atop a fountain. Her flat tennis shoes kept slipping on the fountain head, sliding down the surface. Thankfully, she'd managed to get more or less above the water itself, meaning that she wasn't sitting in wet. Unthankfully, she was still perched above it, staring out at the passersby.
See, Max was practicing what's known as "owling." Meaning she was adopting a squatting position atop a point of some kind. She nearly sat on her haunches, both knees on either side of her face, her arms resting by her sides. This way, she could take a totally awesome picture to use as her Facebook photo, and/or make people stare and generally get attention for herself. Semi-perfect idea.
The problem being that Max hadn't exactly thought it through. There had been a Facebook status update: "Going to go owling. In the courtyard. Will be awesome." Which clearly meant that she expected anyone who was her Facebook friend to view. Truthfully, Max had figured that someone would show up and want to take her picture. It was just far, far too awesome not to. Right? Right.
Problem was that nobody had shown up yet. Max shifted, looking at one of the two watches she'd put on that morning. One showed Japan time (don't ask), the other showed current time. Both let Max know that she'd been there for more or less an hour now.
"This sucks," she muttered, lowering her arm and shifting uncomfortably. "This really sucks. Hey!" the last was directed at passersby. Max'd settle for anybody at this point. "Hey, don't you want to take a picture of all this awesome? What's keeping you? Phone broken?"
If nothing else, she could surely use this as grounds to start a fight. It had been far, far too long since she'd had a good one of those.
See, Max was practicing what's known as "owling." Meaning she was adopting a squatting position atop a point of some kind. She nearly sat on her haunches, both knees on either side of her face, her arms resting by her sides. This way, she could take a totally awesome picture to use as her Facebook photo, and/or make people stare and generally get attention for herself. Semi-perfect idea.
The problem being that Max hadn't exactly thought it through. There had been a Facebook status update: "Going to go owling. In the courtyard. Will be awesome." Which clearly meant that she expected anyone who was her Facebook friend to view. Truthfully, Max had figured that someone would show up and want to take her picture. It was just far, far too awesome not to. Right? Right.
Problem was that nobody had shown up yet. Max shifted, looking at one of the two watches she'd put on that morning. One showed Japan time (don't ask), the other showed current time. Both let Max know that she'd been there for more or less an hour now.
"This sucks," she muttered, lowering her arm and shifting uncomfortably. "This really sucks. Hey!" the last was directed at passersby. Max'd settle for anybody at this point. "Hey, don't you want to take a picture of all this awesome? What's keeping you? Phone broken?"
If nothing else, she could surely use this as grounds to start a fight. It had been far, far too long since she'd had a good one of those.