DAY -1
Hello! Hi! Yes, you! Look at this. It's my face and it's freshly shaven. Zip, zip! Mach some number!
Hello! Hi! Yes, you! Look at this. It's my face and it's freshly shaven. Zip, zip! Mach some number!
Yes, yes, I realize it is nearly pointless to post a photo of my face at this juncture, as it pretty much always looks like this. BUT YOU GOTTA START FRESH. SO THERE IT IS.
You know, I recall years ago, standing in Wal-Mart in our small town of Black River Falls, Wisconsin, with my mother looking at the razors and shaving cream. It must have been one of my first attempts to decide I would shave what was on my face. Friends, it wasn't much. And OF COURSE, someone I knew saw us looking at the razors and he gave a knowing chuckle. "Oh! I remember what that was like, six and a half years ago when I started growing MY first beard! But! I actually had a reason to shave! Something grew!"
Well, he didn't say that exactly. But a lot can be contained in a chuckle. The sad thing about that knowing chuckle is this: Here I am, twenty-three years old, and I STILL can't grow a full beard. Or a partial beard. HOWEVER I STILL THINK THIS YEAR WILL BE A GOOD ONE. My last shave was probably two weeks ago and I saw hair of color and hair of no color but the encouraging thing is that it was all over the place. I mean, it was all up on myself. I'm just looking forward to awesomeness.
SPEAKING OF AWESOME THINGS. This year, this month (that is, November, although it still is October as I write this) I am doing something called NaNoWriMo. Click on that funky looking word that suggests "Anime Convention." It's not that, I promise. At the end of all of my No Shave November posts I will be leaving a NaNoWriMo word count to keep you updated and myself accountable. What fun! HERE'S A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR YOU, A TASTY LOOK INTO THE FUTURE. My book will be about a guy named Oat Bleatty. Hilarious, right? Right!
NaNoWriMo Word Count: 0
IT'S OKAY. I CAN'T ACTUALLY START UNTIL NOVEMBER, SO, MIDNIGHT TECHNICALLY.
Day 8
Hey. Guess what? It's time for an update. I've been growing my facial hair for eight days now and my confidence grows further and further each year as the same thing seems to keep happening: about halfway through No Shave November, I'm where I was the year before. And I can tell that I am well on my way to that same trend!
But as of now I'm only eight days in. I'm trying out a new hairstyle that'll look great with a mustache. What do you think?
MORE TO COME.
NaNoWriMo Word Count: 11,633. After tonight it'll be about 13,300.
Day 20 (or so)
Well. I've been lazy.
Today is actually Thanksgiving for us Americans. I don't need to rant very much about this holiday...just focus on having a lovely day with your family! And food! Or something! There's a lot of gross too, but what can we do?
Oh yeah. Celebrate.
'Merica.
Back to the blog. Why am I late on the update? I've been embracing the idea of not shaving so much that I've been busy doing lazy and manly things instead of writing updates! I don't know if I approve of this or not. Either way, I assure you, once again this year is already better than it was last year at the end of the year. Heck.
I don't even have to dye my mustache black for people to see it this year.
Pictures from sometime about a week ago:
Seriously now. Look at that. Awesome.
So anyway, I'm legitimately not looking forward to growing this out for the rest of the month. Because I'll have to shave it off. First off, that'll be sad. Second off, it'll ruin my razors. I'll probably have to go through like three of them to even beat this beard into stubble free submission.
Oh, the rigors of being a man.
Alright! There you have it. My awesome face, my awesome facial hair. I'll make two more updates: one on one of the final days and the other on the last day of November!
NaNoWriMo Word Count: 40,021
Day 27 or something
You guys. I'm the worst. Let me be honest. It's not day 27 something. Right now, it's 5 days after No Shave November has ended. I did, however, take pictures on day 27 or something. I just never followed through with the blog update. Right now, as I type this, I stroke a bare chin and lick a slick upper lip.
Actually, my chin and my upper lip are rather sandpapery. How about that? This means that yes, I did shave. And. The final product was insane. Insane. You have no idea. Really
I actually had photographs taken of my beard. Like. By someone else. Not my Macbook, not with Photobooth. These photos are still being developed, and let me tell you something. You can't wait. You can't! I know it! I see you there, squirming in anticipation, wanting to see my beard. Well. I hope these hold you off for now:
Day 8
Hey. Guess what? It's time for an update. I've been growing my facial hair for eight days now and my confidence grows further and further each year as the same thing seems to keep happening: about halfway through No Shave November, I'm where I was the year before. And I can tell that I am well on my way to that same trend!
But as of now I'm only eight days in. I'm trying out a new hairstyle that'll look great with a mustache. What do you think?
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| Soon to be accompanied by a mustache. |
MORE TO COME.
NaNoWriMo Word Count: 11,633. After tonight it'll be about 13,300.
Day 20 (or so)
Well. I've been lazy.
Today is actually Thanksgiving for us Americans. I don't need to rant very much about this holiday...just focus on having a lovely day with your family! And food! Or something! There's a lot of gross too, but what can we do?
Oh yeah. Celebrate.
'Merica.
Back to the blog. Why am I late on the update? I've been embracing the idea of not shaving so much that I've been busy doing lazy and manly things instead of writing updates! I don't know if I approve of this or not. Either way, I assure you, once again this year is already better than it was last year at the end of the year. Heck.
I don't even have to dye my mustache black for people to see it this year.
Pictures from sometime about a week ago:
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| Progress. |
Seriously now. Look at that. Awesome.
So anyway, I'm legitimately not looking forward to growing this out for the rest of the month. Because I'll have to shave it off. First off, that'll be sad. Second off, it'll ruin my razors. I'll probably have to go through like three of them to even beat this beard into stubble free submission.
Oh, the rigors of being a man.
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| Stately. |
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| The ... uh... lighting ...makes it look like I don't have much. |
Alright! There you have it. My awesome face, my awesome facial hair. I'll make two more updates: one on one of the final days and the other on the last day of November!
NaNoWriMo Word Count: 40,021
Day 27 or something
You guys. I'm the worst. Let me be honest. It's not day 27 something. Right now, it's 5 days after No Shave November has ended. I did, however, take pictures on day 27 or something. I just never followed through with the blog update. Right now, as I type this, I stroke a bare chin and lick a slick upper lip.
Actually, my chin and my upper lip are rather sandpapery. How about that? This means that yes, I did shave. And. The final product was insane. Insane. You have no idea. Really
I actually had photographs taken of my beard. Like. By someone else. Not my Macbook, not with Photobooth. These photos are still being developed, and let me tell you something. You can't wait. You can't! I know it! I see you there, squirming in anticipation, wanting to see my beard. Well. I hope these hold you off for now:
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| Are you down with this sickness? Ooh wa-wa-ah-ah! |
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| Pictured is the spot where my beard doesn't grow so well. |
