Saturday, November 25, 2006

The beard is growing... still

Well, I truly apologize for not posting for a couple days, but with going to Philadelphia, my computer breaking down, and then going to Seattle shortly thereafter, I've just found very little time to post on my facial hair.

A little update, my facial hair is still going strong (of course after the fateful day I shaved it all off). A number of my friends were planning on shaving their faces before or on Thanksgiving this past Thursday, so they could look acceptably decent for their families. I think this is ok, because it gives people something for which to not shave. They can look ragged and unkempt for a couple weeks and then right before they spend Thanksgiving with family, they can shave the hair off to look so much better. This is actually a large part of the roots of No Shave November, except the event for which to shave was December 1st.

A number of girls have also shaved their legs for Thanksgiving. I am just really proud of them all for sticking with it that long. A number of them did not think it was possible to last that long, but I assured them they could.

Here is a short poem written by one of my female friends regarding No Shave November and Thanksgiving (after shaving).

I am thankful for pants the last three and a half weeks.
I am thankful for razors. I am thankful for smoothness.
-Robyn

If you are still doing No Shave November, you aren't alone. Keep it up until the end of the month, and find out soon what I plan on doing with my facial hair at the end of the month.

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Tough as Nails

There's one difference that I've noticed between shaving and not shaving. My beard seems to be a little rougher when coming in after shaving following a longer time growing the facial hair. I don't know why this might be, but it might have something to do with the slower growing of hair in this same situation.

With all these questions about facial hair, there should almost be an entire college biology class dedicated to facial hair. That would make a lot of things so much easier. It might also just show that I imagine a lot of these things, although I hope not.