"Vanity, thy on-line handle is Castaway!"Once again I've come to the point in my "eight-week-beard-growing-cycle" where I am not sure whether to retain the hair or shave it all off my face completely. My wife, Anne, can attest to my thoroughly annoying, ritualistic growing-shaving-growing-shaving pattern, as well as, the constant questioning ("Does this look good? How fat does it make me look?") and self-doubt which comes along with it.
Like most people I find shaving to be a drag. Of course, although I dislike shaving, and feel somehow more macho and "shabby chic," when it does grow out, my facial hair comes in very gray-ish and gives my "look" (I think) a sort of "Santa-Claus-cum-hobo" flavor. Of course, as you can read, I obsess way too much about this subject, but surely you can grant this blog-nut, just one (tame) vice?
In the interest of seeking feedback (which would be a first for this blog!) I would like to submit the following two pieces of photographic evidence:
To the left is an older picture of yours truly in a fairly clean-cut state, and to the right is a recent, haunting, and recycled image (as seen in my profile).While I hope someone has a comment or thought about the societal place for beards, I have come to anticipate little resposne from anyone, but... if you happen upon this little e-venture, and you've come this far, why not leave a thought? At any rate, by next week, if I've shaved I'll wish I hadn't, and if I don't, I'll be whining that I should...
Par les cheveux sur mon menton chinny de menton!
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