Surfing the Web: Welcome, Kelsey (Chapter 2)
Kelsey is searching for information on surfing to impress her crush, Max, when something goes terribly wrong.
VALleygirl: Hey Kelsey! Have u checked online for the surfing info yet?
Kels985: No, not yet. Just logged on to do so!
VALleygirl: Cool! Tell me what you learn. Saw this one guy today at the beach. H-O-T! Could use some of that knowledge!
Kels985: Totally will do! But can I ask u something??
VALleygirl: Of course! I’m here for you! What’s on ur mind?
Kels985: I saw something at the beach that’s been driving me mad since I saw it. U were gone getting the hotdogs from Sally’s Shack.
VALleygirl: What?!?! Does it have 2 do w/ Max? Macy?
Kels985: Ok, well it sounds completely crazy but… He came out of the water for a break. He started walking…towards me! Well, that’s what it looked like. But then Macy stopped in front him, begging to join her beach volleyball team. Do you think he was coming to me? And why?!
VALleygirl: OMG, he was totally coming over 2 u! Ugh, that makes me so mad! What Macy did! Well, maybe you’ll have another time to talk later. =)
Kels985: I hope! Well thx! I gtg, cya later!
Kels985 signs off at 8:34 pm
I shut down my IM and open up an internet page. In my Foogle search box I type in what you need to know about surfing and came up with over 1 million hits. I click on the first one, The Surfing Paradise. While my ancient computer loads, I make a list. Kind of like a pros and cons list. I divided the paper in half and on one side I listed the advantages for me and on the other side the advantages for Macy. Mine were greatly outnumbered. She had the body, looks, and the popularity. While I only had the brains (and not by a lot) and the real, true personality. I pushed the list away, stressed, and returned to the computer.
The only thing on the webpage was a big glowing box with the letters D-O-W-N-L-O-A-D in it, all caps. I guess it was the only way to access the page.
I was supposed to ask my dad before I downloaded anything on my computer but he was in Stress Mode. Stress Mode was when he had a soon deadline for his job and, being the perfectionist he was, there couldn’t be any errors at all. He wrote for a newspaper so this happened quite often. I’ve learned that the best thing to do is just leave him be.
After figuring it was worth it, I clicked on the button. An outline of a surfboard appeared on the screen. It was filling up with a rainbow of colors as it loaded. 15%, 49%, 75%... it was almost full when I heard a voice. I turned around expecting to see my mom at my door, perhaps asking me for the fourth time that week to pick up my room, but the door was closed. That’s when I noticed the noise was coming from the website which now had a picture of a beach and a very fine boy on it. The boy’s calming voice repeated, "Welcome, Kelsey. Welcome, Kelsey." I barely had enough time to wonder how it knew my name before I was literally being sucked into my computer.
Kels985: No, not yet. Just logged on to do so!
VALleygirl: Cool! Tell me what you learn. Saw this one guy today at the beach. H-O-T! Could use some of that knowledge!
Kels985: Totally will do! But can I ask u something??
VALleygirl: Of course! I’m here for you! What’s on ur mind?
Kels985: I saw something at the beach that’s been driving me mad since I saw it. U were gone getting the hotdogs from Sally’s Shack.
VALleygirl: What?!?! Does it have 2 do w/ Max? Macy?
Kels985: Ok, well it sounds completely crazy but… He came out of the water for a break. He started walking…towards me! Well, that’s what it looked like. But then Macy stopped in front him, begging to join her beach volleyball team. Do you think he was coming to me? And why?!
VALleygirl: OMG, he was totally coming over 2 u! Ugh, that makes me so mad! What Macy did! Well, maybe you’ll have another time to talk later. =)
Kels985: I hope! Well thx! I gtg, cya later!
Kels985 signs off at 8:34 pm
I shut down my IM and open up an internet page. In my Foogle search box I type in what you need to know about surfing and came up with over 1 million hits. I click on the first one, The Surfing Paradise. While my ancient computer loads, I make a list. Kind of like a pros and cons list. I divided the paper in half and on one side I listed the advantages for me and on the other side the advantages for Macy. Mine were greatly outnumbered. She had the body, looks, and the popularity. While I only had the brains (and not by a lot) and the real, true personality. I pushed the list away, stressed, and returned to the computer.
The only thing on the webpage was a big glowing box with the letters D-O-W-N-L-O-A-D in it, all caps. I guess it was the only way to access the page.
I was supposed to ask my dad before I downloaded anything on my computer but he was in Stress Mode. Stress Mode was when he had a soon deadline for his job and, being the perfectionist he was, there couldn’t be any errors at all. He wrote for a newspaper so this happened quite often. I’ve learned that the best thing to do is just leave him be.
After figuring it was worth it, I clicked on the button. An outline of a surfboard appeared on the screen. It was filling up with a rainbow of colors as it loaded. 15%, 49%, 75%... it was almost full when I heard a voice. I turned around expecting to see my mom at my door, perhaps asking me for the fourth time that week to pick up my room, but the door was closed. That’s when I noticed the noise was coming from the website which now had a picture of a beach and a very fine boy on it. The boy’s calming voice repeated, "Welcome, Kelsey. Welcome, Kelsey." I barely had enough time to wonder how it knew my name before I was literally being sucked into my computer.
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