Cheerleaderboy branches out.
:: expectant mathias, september ‘05 ::
Last weekend Mathias got into the dress-up closet
:: the dress-up closet, circa ‘02 ::
to rummage around and ended up wiggling into one of Scout’s old Hallerweenie costumes. It would be baffling as to how he managed it if he weren’t such a skinny kid. As it was, it was downright roomy, if a little short. When he emerged into the living room from the family room, his sisters were shaken from their VH1-induced (see television in above pic, bleck) reverie and exploded into giggles that shook several square blocks. Mathias, ever the ham, jumped and spun and did his best Lord Of The Dance moves for them. The more they hooted, the more enthused and exuberant he became. He did this huge number that ended up with him on one knee, arms thrown wide, shouting “TA-DAAAAAAAA!”
We all know that girls are instinctively mean, so it should come as no surprise to you that before long, Piper challenged him to go out onto the front lawn, wait for passers-by (in the form of cars, most especially) and run around the yard while waving like a lunatic at them. The exchange went something like this:
PIPER: Whaddaya say?
MATHIAS: No way.
SCOUT: Come ONNNNN, that would be so cool.
PIPER: I’ll give you a dollar.*
MATHIAS: Okay.
Mathias is a non-conformist, but capitalism always wins out, as there are Galactic Heroes available for purchase that he does not yet own.
Our street is rather quiet and he got tired of standing in the yard waiting, so the girls struck a compromise with him whereby he could stand at the front window watching and then run out the door (directly to the right of the windows pictured above) to visually assault any passing traffic. He ‘brightened up the day’ of several motorists before I finally put a stop to all the ruckus and bade him to molt his exofur. Before he did that, though, he went to collect from Scout and Piper.
He came back unhappy. Seems he misunderstood the bargain struck; Piper said one dollar and when Scout chimed in he assumed she would pony up, as well. Thus, behold the very face of frustrated disappointment, Loyal and Wonderful Muffinasses:
:: mathias gypped, september ‘05 ::
*she has been working since the end of July and is flamboyant with her wealth, as the nouveau riche tend to be
7 worked it out »