Beard Blog: 3.5 weeks in

Well it's been a slow week. I have barely grown any more hair and it's becoming frustrating. It's like I am having a facial hair drought. Here are the image updates:

Front:


Right Side:


Left Side:


Neck:


The itching is almost unbearable. I have started using after shave lotion on my face to sooth it, but I still find myself idly itching at times. MUST... LET... IT... GROW!

Dirty Man Challenge?

Certain unnamed friend, notice the Dutch forehead

It has come to my attention there is a name attached to what I am doing. I am currently not shaving for several weeks in order to grow out a beard. During this time, I will not be cutting my hair either. A certain unnamed friend (see above file photo) has told me this is called the 'Dirty Man Challenge'. Such an annotation is correct in the sense that it is a challenge of manliness. However, calling it the 'Dirty Man Challenge' is not accurate.

I want to make something clear: Men with beards are manlier than others without. The term is 'rugged' not dirty. There's a real difference. Below is the face of my rugged self:

As you can see, I am rugged not dirty. I believe the certain friend who used the term is only jealous because his Dutchness prevents him from growing a respectable beard. When he gorws a beard, it looks like an ill-seeded cornfield.

I will continue to grow this beard despite criticisms by jealous people and it will be a great robust beard of epic proportions.

Tyler

Discovering Gypsy/Cabaret Punk

The World/Inferno Friendship Society

My fantastic new infatuation in music is Gypsy/Cabaret Punk music. It is a collection of Orchestra Bells, Pianos, Accordions, Saxophones, Clarinet, Tubas, and other various types of instruments. All of this mixed into a nice punk look and sound; a very nice balance. I am pretty certain my roommates don't appreciate me blasting this music, but it needs to be played at the appropriate levels to be enjoyed properly.

Amanda Palmer

In addition to a combination of great instrumentals, this genre usually employs really deep and meaningful lyrics. Here is an excerpt from the song Ich erinnere mich an die Weimarer Republik by The World/Inferno Friendship Society:

"I'm a fag, I'm a Jew, how do you do?
That's Mister Anarchist to you.
You think your scene's dead?
Well mine got killed by some dimwits'
Triumph Of The Will.
From the all ages shows,
to the full wet bars,
to the front line squats of your culture wars,
I ain't gonna hit you with the dogma or the lecturing, this has to be a purely personal thing.
You see, Pirate Jenny didn't have no friends
When those bulls they came for her, and
Sally Bowles' man got pushed up against the wall. Now everytime I see a Swiss bank I spit,
you say 'resist control' well I mean it,
'Cause it was come as you are in the cattle cars and there ain't a damn thing you can do about it, except remember,
Die Weimar."

Some bands who fall under these genres are:

The World/Inferno Friendship Society
DeVotchKa
Amanda Palmer
The Dresden Dolls

For more information on this great genre of music, check it out on Last.Fm!

Tyler

Reinventing Manliness!

Nowadays, men are becoming less and less manly! When I say manly, I mean in the traditional sense of the word. Nice plain suits, classy hats, polos and slacks are the traditional manly clothes of generations before us. But now metrosexual stylings are on the rise, further blurring the lines between men and women. Male manorisms are further stretching away from the traditional form of manliness. From how we shave to how we conduct our selves in a corporate environment. Every sense of being a man is threatened!



There is hope however and it can be found in the form of The Art of Manliness . This website has everything in it on how to be a more traditional manly man. I have personally been reading a vast variety of articles on that website as of late. You should too!

Read the articles, learn the lessons and help bring back manliness!

Tyler

Beard Blog: 2 weeks in

I have recently decided to under go the task of growing a full beard. Over the next several weeks I will be posting updates on here, complete with pictures. This week is the first update. The following are pics two weeks into bearding:

Front:


Left side:


Notice the light areas mid-cheek. This part will be the greatest challenge in weeks to come.

Neck:


Right side:



So far the only real challenge is to resist the urge to shave. No matter how bad the beard feels or looks at first, absolutely no shaving/trimming! It's going to be this way for at least 6 weeks. It will be hell, but I believe the end result will be worth the wait. After new years, I can finally start to trim. For now, I just let'er grow!

Interested in growing your own beard? Visit some of these helpful sites:

Beard Revue
Beards.org
Art of Manliness

Some bearded inspirations of mine can be found here:
20 Manliest Mustaches and Beards from Facial Hair History

Check back in the future for more Tyler's Beard Blog updates.

Tyler

First post!

Yeah first post I made it yeah! Hmm, somehow the thrill of making the first post is lost in a personal blog.

Over the next few weeks I will be trying the whole blog approach to the internet. First time blogger, long time reader. The blogosphere is vast with a variety of different topics and articles. What would make someone read my blog? Unknown.

Some things that will be feature in up coming blogs:

Tyler's Beard Blog; I have set out on a mission, a bearded mission. I will be posting images of my beard's progress along with beard links on the net, and other fun facts about the exciting world of beard growing. Should be interesting.

Personal Journal; The exciting world of the big towel, encapsulated into a blog post.

Things I find amusing; various things around the internet I find interesting, I'll share with my devoted readers.

Should be fun. That's all for now,

Tyler