Franklin Strutting his Stuff

Franklin is like an onion, just keep pealing and revealing. Turns out, he has struts...for those of you who do not participate in roller derby or build robots/submarines, a "strut is a structural component designed to resist longitudinal compression."

In other words, it is one of these:


After a visit with Dr. Screenwriter, our heroine learned that Franklin can indeed become even more high maintance. She was told to turn his 6 color coded & numbered struts, 2 at a time, every other day, for two weeks. Over time this will gradually lengthen her bones which currently look like this:

This of course provides an immediate challenge for the Amazing One-Legged Girl's flexibility. Having to reach completely around to crank a strut at the back of her ankle requires her to perform some sort of inverted triangle pose.


(or is the the dead bug? Probably more like the dead bug).

In other news, she has returned to Crazytown, (her place of gainful employment) twice a week. Navigating its stark white hallways in a wheelchair, graciously keeping her emotions in check, communicating with far more people than she has been used to during the day, all offer completely different ways to pass the time. Thanks to Franklin she must throw fashion to the wind and proudly venture into a business causal world in over-sized, black stretch pants & one shoe.

Struts or no struts, she's got this under control.