Saturday, November 11, 2006

Prickly

I guess the next phase of not shaving is prickly. Especially right around the mouth and lips, the hair can be very pokey. Not shaving seems to be going through a progression of three steps so far.

1)Dirty looking - This first step makes you look like a hobo, or just someone who doesn't really care about their appearance.

2)Itchy - The next step is the itchiness which I talked about before. This might be the worst steps so far.

3)Pokey - This last step (so far) isn't as annoying, and actually only seems to bug me on occasion. It isn't a problem all the time.

The other thing of note is none of these phases have lasted very long. Mind you, it is only the 11th day of the month.

Friday, November 10, 2006

Famous People

I think it is just because I am going through this process, but it seems like there are a lot of people (mainly people on TV) that I have seen with just enough facial hair to seem like their are participating in No Shave November. It is quite exciting, but then I realize that chances are they aren't participating necessarily, but they do realize the style and sophistication that coexists with facial hair.

Wednesday, November 08, 2006

Kenny Rogers

Ok, well I am going to have to give credit to my roommate Tim on this one. He introduced me to this website during our Freshman year.

http://www.menwholooklikekennyrogers.com/

It's really great when a website address explains exactly what the website is about. This website is dedicated to men who look like Kenny Rogers. One of my favorite parts of this website is the "Look Like Kenny Tips" page.

Also, you should check out the corn bread recipe.

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Election

As you may recall from my post on Facial Hair and American Presidents I discussed a little bit about the upcoming American mid-term elections. Today was voting day, and I am very excited to see if any candidates were participating in No Shave November, or at the very least have facial hair (or hairy legs for the women). I am not sure where I might find a resource with this information, but if anyone wants to compile that kind of stuff, I am sure everyone here would love to find out.

I can't say for sure, but it looks like Wolf Blitzer is participating in No Shave November, he almost has the right amount of stubble.

Another experience

Well, I finally got off my butt today and played some racquetball with my friend Jack. I haven't played in a couple of weeks and so I was a little rusty, but I still did alright. One thing that was interesting to note, however, was that sweating with a beard is a strange experience.

Normally, at least for me, when I sweat profusely during a workout such as racquetball, it seems that sweat either runs off my face a lot easier or at least can evaporate off. I noticed that with the beard, sweat seems to stick around longer and stay in the facial hair. My normal practice is to use my sleeve to wipe my face of any sweat, and when I would wipe my beard portion of my face, it just felt like a lot of sweat was transferring to the shirt.

Sorry for the explicit nature of the description, but if you are reading this blog you probably have a higher tolerance for this kind of thing.

Monday, November 06, 2006

Movember

I was talking to my friend Laura from Australia, whom I met in Europe this past winter,
and she was excited to learn about No Shave November because her brother is participating in something very similar.

The name of the event is Movember, and here is the description from their website.

Movember (the month formally known as November) is a charity event held during November each year.

At the start of Movember guys register with a clean shaven face. The Movember participants known as Mo Bros then have the remainder of the month to grow and groom their moustache and along the way raise as much money and awareness about male health issues as possible. Movember culminates at the end of the month at the gala parties. These glamorous and groomed events will see Tom Selleck and David Boon look-a-likes battle it out on the catwalk for their chance to take home the prestigious Man of Movember title.

From the sounds of it, Movember seems to be Australian based, and from their website it appears that the event has spread to a few other countries.

I think a charity focus is a really great way to do the whole facial hair thing, in fact, that might even be a possibility for No Shave November in the future. I would encourage everyone to donate, and if you do decide to sponsor someone, you could even sponsor Laura's brother.

The address for the site is http://www.movember.com/
The address to donate is http://www.movember.com/uk/sponsor/
Laura's Brother's rego number is 6993

Sunday, November 05, 2006

The Seventh Year Itch

(Although I don't really know how many years I have been doing this, six years might be a little better estimate)

I thought I was going to escape it this year, but apparently not this time around. If you've ever grown hair that you normally shave, you know exactly what I'm talking about. It's that annoying itch that makes you feel like your skin underneath is burning. It has finally happened to me today.

I'm sitting here after writing two term papers in as many days. It might be the total numbness from my brain being tired, but all I can feel right now is my itchy face. I wonder if I keep doing this for enough years, will the itch go away eventually?

This also gets me thinking about the possibility that girls might actually have a reasonable complaint with the itching. My face is a lot less area than a girl's legs, so I can imagine if my face is this itchy how much worse it must be for girls. My respect level for girls who are doing this just went up ten fold.