Sending out this message here...

Technology got in the way of another first for me.

Wednesday night I was working feverishly on school assignments, trying to tie up some loose ends and actually accomplish something with my time, when I was texted. Not being one to ignore attention from the outside world, I eagerly grabbed up my phone to see who was on the other end.

It was, to say the least, an ambiguous texting event. I replied to it, saying I was working away on school stuff, and asking what he was doing. The response was impossibly subtle, that he was 'bored but working on school stuff'.

By now I was somewhat amused, somewhat interested and totally not paying attention to my work. The distraction grew even more when my phone pinged again, launching into some strange screen I'd never seen before and displaying 'One new picture message received'.

I looked at it, puzzled but intrigued. What could this be, exactly? I mean, he didn't...did he?

Staring down at my phone, I clicked on the message. It started to load, first the important info like time and date, then the subject line (blank, naturally). Beneath that, a marker said 'Page 1 of 1'.

There was text along the bottom: "I totally would want to see you tho haha".

And that was it.

But...but...what's wrong? Here I am, receiving what I'm suspecting is my first explicit picture message, and it doesn't display.

"Well fuck," I said.

A minute later, I'd closed the window and tried to load it again. Still, nothing. That elusive picture stayed in hiding, leaving me guessing as to it's contents and subject. I waited as the little globe on my phone spun around, hoping that it would load and I could see what exciting image I had been sent.

After a few more tries at that, I gave up. My piece of shit phone won't even load home-made porn picture messages properly. What bullshit!

I hesitated, then texted back. "Whatever you sent me didn't load, and now I'm all curious..." I wrote back. I mean, not like I expected to get another picture message, but who knows what could have happened. Besides, I wanted my damn home-made porn picture! I mean, how hot is that?

The response made me roll my eyes... "Huh? lol Something about a load???? hahahaha."

Honestly, if you're going to send me pictures of you blowing your load, at least have the guts to spell it out when I ask you what you sent me because it didn't show up properly...

I tried again to open the picture message, but it refused to display. I sighed, admitting defeat. Even with the sparse details, I could imagine just what was in that picture...but it's so much more fun to see that type of thing, especially when someone has sent it just to you!

That was basically the end of the conversation because we 'had class at 8 a.m.' Still, I'm curious if I'll be getting any other interesting photos for my eyes only.

And if I do, I certainly hope that the marvel of modern technology doesn't get in the way of the oldest pass-time on the books.