Beard Survives Anniversary

I'm actually quite surprised that my beard is still around. "The Beard Growth Project" came under fire right around the end of last week. The reason . . . my wife and I's 5 year wedding anniversary. My wife had started hinting at the fact that it would be nice if I took care of the mutton chops and trimmed everything down to a nice goatee. Women. But, on the day of our actual anniversary (May 17th in case you were wondering), I guess we were pretty busy with a bunch of stuff, because she totally forgot. Or, maybe she didn't forget and is brooding about it like most women do. I'll keep you posted. In the meantime . . . the beard continues to grow. Almost 4 months now.

3 Months In

Today is May 1st. I started "The Beard Growth Project" the 1st of February. This beard of mine is now officially 3 months old. I'm not sure if that can be recalculated into beard-years . . . you know, like dog-years. This is, by far, the longest stint of facial hair growth I've had. In the past, my beard would get about a month and a half old before it fell prey to my electric shavers.

Now, I can't guarantee that this beard will survive to see June. It might. But I'm a little uncertain. There's pressure from my better half to get rid of it, or at least trim it down to a goatee. I'd lose all that awesome mutton-chop'y-ness I've got going on right now. Also, people at work are starting to look at me funny. That's a minor concern though. I don't care much for what they think. But when the Site Lead raises an eyebrow as I walk up to receive an Award of Excellence, I get a little antsy.

Anywho . . . "The Beard Growth Project" will keep fighting the good fight until it can no longer do so. Signing out for now. See you in a couple of days.

Month #3 Starts Off

I bet one or two of you thought that I was done with this experiment. After all, no posts since March 26th, and already we're into April. Rest assured, that as long as my facial hair continues to grow, "The Beard Growth Project" will be around. Like any other scientific endeavors, I hit a little snag with my last week of work for March. I work as a collector for a major bank's credit card division, so the end of the month is really hectic. Long hours and general exhaustion suppress not only this blog's posting regularity, but also my main blog's entry volume. It also affects how much I am available to do the funner things in life that are non-blog-related. Like videogaming, reading, etc. But, now that it's a new month, and work will be a little more relaxed, at least for the next couple of weeks, I should be able to post more.

As far as the facial hair goes . . . My moustache is looking fairly strong. The spot where the sideburn turns into beard is appropriately bushy. The goatee area is looking a little fuller than usual. It's just that stretch of beard that connects the mutton chops to the goatee that I will forever have a problem with. I just don't have the hair follicle quantity that I need to have a nice manly beard. Other than that, I think I can actually see progress. Anyway, off to work. See you people in a couple of days.

Beard Profile Update

You can see in the picture above how my beard is coming along from the side. I'm growing a fairly decent set of "mutton chops" (at least I think that's what they're called). They're just longer and bushier sideburns. That's pretty much all I have right now. The length is getting to where the hairs on my face are starting to curl. You can also see a couple of white hairs (not pictured). I'm getting old.