Movember

Movember is over.  I hate growing a mustache.  Hate it a lot.  Even though we raised the most money in our corporate network location (couple thousand dollars) and even though I once grew one for a play in high school.  I hate it.  I feel like a different person.  Gumpier.  Older.  It's depressing.  A beard helps a little, but not much.  At least the beard make me feel a little evil.  I did use the Movember app this year, so you can see my mustache progression.  Don't I look more tired in the end?  It has nothing whatsoever to do with being long overdue for a vacation at that point.

Here's the larger version so you can really appreciate the stache.



And here it is, growing in time lapse, stop motion-ness.  I've included slow, medium, and fast so you can get through it at a speed you're comfortable with. And a speed of 0 is an appropriate choice.

SLOW!


MEDIUM!


MAXIMUM MUSTACHE!!!

Movember 2014

It is once again Movember.  Last year, I tried to go with the Shahrukh Khan, but when I learned I couldn't have a beard, I had to go with a modified version that wasn't nearly as sexy.  I'm sure I would have looked exactly like this, instead of this, had I been able to maintain the beard.  I ended up more motorcycle gang or aging Seattle hipster than buff Bollywood star.

Today we had our start of the month shave event in the corporate learning center and I had to shave off the mustache I grew to be Commander Chris Hadfield for Halloween.  There was more there than I expected.  It took an effort.  Not nearly as much as Ron, who seemed a bit manic about shaving off his mustache for the first time since he was 18.

I can't go with the same theme two years in a row, and the Hadfield was sort of a Magnum PI (Selleck) and made me look like a porn star, so instead I'm going with a Reynolds.  A bit longer on the ends so it rolls around the corners of the mouth, tapered, and squared off just a bit on the sides.  Once again, I'm short the hair necessary to pull it off (on my head), but I'll make a best attempt, and I can throw a black jacket over my shoulder if it adds a bit of misdirection.  I think we shave just before Thanksgiving, so it's going to be a very short growing season.

Movember 2013 Wrap Up

My Movember 2013 wrap up: attempted Shahrukh Khan to attempted Selleck to attempted Waters.  I think clean shaven is still the look of choice for me.