HIGH RISK

Sunday, March 4. 2007

Last Monday morning Fenton flew way too close to a propeller aircraft, which shaved off the quills on both sides of my frame. I was unhurt otherwise, but I was shaken by the experience. (Fenton even more so.) Now I'm just walking around campus looking like I have a mullet. Rhonda says it's more like a mohawk, but she's just trying to make me feel as if I have "street cred."
The incident brings up an issue that's been developing between Fenton and I. He likes dangerous flying stunts...which is fine except when I'm with him. What's happened is that his judgment of danger is different than mine. Hopefully, my quill loss will cause him to recalibrate his mental risk setting.
I haven't told my folks; they'd just worry, and Dad would blame Fenton for endangering me. That would put Fenton's job at Hare-Link at risk. When I go home I'll just say I had a sudden impulse for a new do.
Naw, they'll never buy that. I'll say I studied new quill styles for weeks, computer-analyzed the options and subjected them to rounds of tests before making a scientific decision. That would be believable.

Posted by Lindesfarne at 13:00 | Comments (9) | Trackbacks (0)

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Okay, has anyone else noticed this? In the comic where we get to see Lindesfarne as a great great grandmother, when she looks at a picture of Fenton after tucking the kiddies in, Fenton is young. I know someone else said that that usually doesn't happen unless something happened to the person at a young age (like they were killed). And now Fenton is shown enjoying dangerous flying. Why do I have a feeling Fenton is going to be killed off?

#1 Terri on 2007-03-04 13:48 (Reply)

I'm sure I briefly saw you a few days ago (not too many hedgehogs have that kind of 'do!), and I'd definitely say "mohawk", not "mullet". But then, I'm an older lion, as I've said, so that's more familiar to me.

And, Lindy, did you forget, again, that your blog is hosted on Hare LInk and your dad could probably read it if he wanted to? (Course, it could be set up so that only us and not your family can read it, which would be a wise move.

) Even though he could no matter what you do to it, your dad seems like a very cool guy and seems to give you just enough privacy to keep his "cool" status.

#2 Ken D. Lion on 2007-03-04 14:12 (Reply)

Can't sleep, eh?

Anyway, as far as I know, hedgehog quills can grow back, but it takes them months to do so.

#3 Superargo on 2007-03-05 00:23 (Reply)

Maybe you could explain that the Federal Funding situation with your cloning work is restricting your working room, and your side-quills were making you take up too much space at the lab bench.

#4 Tim Tylor on 2007-03-05 10:58 (Reply)

uh-oh.
so you do not tell you folks but write here instead? Word of mouth could trevel lightning fast...

#5 tish on 2007-03-07 04:58 (Reply)

Don't mom and dad follow your blog??

#6 CJ on 2007-03-07 14:54 (Reply)

Around here, and currently being popularized by the group Celtic Woman that is popping up on PBS channels during pledge breaks these days, there's a song by Chloe Agnew called "Walking in the Air" -- you should listen to it, it seems to remind me of all that you and Fenton have/do when you go flying...

#7 Great Scott on 2007-03-09 00:34 (Reply)

I guess your folks don't read this blog, then.

#8 Classic Steve on 2007-03-12 08:33 (Reply)

I just discovered your blog.

You did mean "between Fenton and me didn't you?

#9 x-lydia on 2007-05-12 19:55 (Reply)

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