Sometimes I lament my adolescent years. I never did any of the stupid fashion things teenagers do: no piercings or tattoos, never dyed my hair, no mohawks, no studded belts, etc. etc. I regret it because I feel like I am now just passing the cusp of being too old to do those things without seeming like a complete dumbass. A lot of people my age get tattoos, but chances are they got their first one a long time ago.. if I did it now it would have to be for a serious personal reason, not just because I yearned for a gecko on my butt cheek.
Anyway, I have decided to do something stupid that only adult men can do: I entered the Whiskerino 2005 beard contest. Click here for a link to my beard.
I am clean shaven right now and I am supposed to keep it growing until the 28th of February, lest I be placed in the Whiskerino Hall of Shame.
I can only hope that my search for a day job doesn’t hinder my quest for supreme beardage. It’s a good thing “sculpting” is allowed.. I hate those weird neck hairs.
dude i should enter that contest!!! i won’t have a beard, but i do have to shave my chin and above the lip once every couple of weeks or so. i just get a bunch of whiskers that make people say ‘or how cute, the little boy is trying to grow facial hair!’ by the time feb roles around, i should look like a wise kung-fu master or something, stroking my 3 inch long whiskers. that’s it, i’m doing it!
and what’s wrong with a 26 year old getting pearced for the first time?
If I had known that I would have saved my stubble for you… it’s gonna be a long and embarassing five months for Joe.
Having had no real occasion to get pierced or tattooed I think I missed my window of opportunity to do it just for the sake of doing it. I will not rule out the possibility of wanting to capture the experience of a life-altering event through body art / modification.
Dude, my brother-in-law can only grow the Kung-fu Master beard. My sister always yells at him to shave it. Personally, I think it would help him concentrate at work…just look at how centered all those Kung-fu Masters are. I know it’s not possible, but I have always wanted to grow a handlebar mustache just so I could twirl the ends between my fingertips and say, “Hmmmm…that IS an interesting theory, my good man.”
I ponder the meaning of this beard contest…
What do you win?