{"id":6302,"date":"2013-08-16T18:17:25","date_gmt":"2013-08-16T22:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?p=6302"},"modified":"2013-08-16T18:17:25","modified_gmt":"2013-08-16T22:17:25","slug":"mohawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/droppingballast.com\/?p=6302","title":{"rendered":"Mohawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I would like to officially reassure people who, seeing no blog updates for almost two weeks, thought I had succumbed to some manner of horrible catastrophe. I am okay, but have been too busy to write posts. I have, however, managed to find time for taking occasional photographs. I hope to soon post what I have, and fill in the gap a little.<\/p>\n<p>For now, the next best thing to a dog post: irregular haircuts.<\/p>\n<p>A couple of weeks go, Ed bought hair clippers to get himself a haircut. And for a change of pace, he opted to get a mohawk. In the Texas heat, I felt like having some shorter hair, so this seemed like a good bandwagon to jump on. And after a few days, presumably because Ed and I looked &#8220;so good&#8221;, Jamil decided to round off Team Mohawk.<\/p>\n<p>Sasha did the clipping.<\/p>\n<!-- Awesome Flickr Gallery Start --><!-- - Version - 3.5.6 - User ID - 27717602@N03 - Photoset ID - 72157635103546198 - Gallery ID -  - Group ID -  - Tags -  - Popular -  - Per Page - 100 - Sort Order - flickr - Photo Size - _m - Custom Size - 0 - Square - false - Captions - on - Description - on - Columns - 3 - Credit Note - off - Background Color - Transparent - Width - auto - Pagination - on - Slideshow - flickr - Disable slideshow? - --><div class='afg-gallery custom-gallery-91' id='afg-91' style='background-color:Transparent; width:100%; color:; border-color:Transparent;'><div class='afg-table' style='width:100%'><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9524296523' title='Sasha's Mohawk Salon'><img class='afg-img' title='Sasha's Mohawk Salon' src='https:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5528\/9524296523_33ef9da8fc_m.jpg' alt='Sasha&#039;s Mohawk Salon \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9524296523\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Sasha&#039;s Mohawk Salon <\/div><div class='afg-description'>Ed it the first customer<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9524297149' title='Mohawk in progress'><img class='afg-img' title='Mohawk in progress' src='https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3699\/9524297149_be9a66e829_m.jpg' alt='Mohawk in progress \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9524297149\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Mohawk in progress <\/div><div class='afg-description'><\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9524297539' title='My turn'><img class='afg-img' title='My turn' src='https:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5530\/9524297539_8558827b6b_m.jpg' alt='My turn \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9524297539\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>My turn <\/div><div class='afg-description'><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9527082844' title='Waiting patiently'><img class='afg-img' title='Waiting patiently' src='https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7386\/9527082844_499fc1db29_m.jpg' alt='Waiting patiently \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9527082844\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Waiting patiently <\/div><div class='afg-description'><\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9527083290' title='Me, mostly mohawked'><img class='afg-img' title='Me, mostly mohawked' src='https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7307\/9527083290_1d03985f54_m.jpg' alt='Me, mostly mohawked \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9527083290\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Me, mostly mohawked <\/div><div class='afg-description'><\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9524298661' title='Jamil is wary'><img class='afg-img' title='Jamil is wary' src='https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3764\/9524298661_37949514b7_m.jpg' alt='Jamil is wary \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9524298661\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Jamil is wary <\/div><div class='afg-description'><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class='afg-row'><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9527083996' title='Styling'><img class='afg-img' title='Styling' src='https:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3674\/9527083996_d897996de4_m.jpg' alt='Styling \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9527083996\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Styling <\/div><div class='afg-description'>Sasha goes the extra mile and styles Jamil's mohawk for him<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9527084344' title='Team Mohawk portrait'><img class='afg-img' title='Team Mohawk portrait' src='https:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5544\/9527084344_d3c7fae221_m.jpg' alt='Team Mohawk portrait \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9527084344\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Team Mohawk portrait <\/div><div class='afg-description'>With Spider<\/div><\/div><div class='afg-cell' style='width:33%;'><a   target='_blank' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9524299787' title='Team Mohawk, in profile'><img class='afg-img' title='Team Mohawk, in profile' src='https:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5528\/9524299787_98fc891ff0_m.jpg' alt='Team Mohawk, in profile \u2022 &lt;a style=&quot;font-size:0.8em;&quot; href=&quot;http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/27717602@N03\/9524299787\/&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;View on Flickr&lt;\/a&gt;'\/><\/a><div class='afg-title' style='font-size:1em'>Team Mohawk, in profile <\/div><div class='afg-description'><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><!-- Awesome Flickr Gallery End -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3764\/9524298661_37949514b7_n.jpg\" width=\"213\" height=\"320\" alt=\"Jamil is wary\"> I would like to officially reassure people who, seeing no blog updates for almost two weeks, thought I had succumbed to some manner of horrible catastrophe. I am okay, but have been too busy to write posts. I have, however, managed to find time for taking occasional photographs. I hope to soon post what I have, and fill in the gap a little. For now, the next best thing to a dog post: irregular haircuts. A couple of weeks go, Ed bought hair clippers to get himself a haircut. And for a change of pace, he opted to get a mohawk. In the Texas heat, I felt like having some shorter hair, so this seemed like a good bandwagon to jump on. And after a few days, presumably because Ed and I looked &#8220;so good&#8221;, Jamil decided to round off Team Mohawk. Sasha did the clipping. 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