All right! Now we are looking large. This is the point at which people just look at my chin and shudder, often inquiring, "...so, how long are you going to keep that up?" Many of my students are suggesting I should grow a mustache next, which is their way of saying "OK, just shave that thing already!" No such luck. This was their challenge and what kind of teacher would I be if I gave up on it so easily.
I must confess, however, that I do look forward to the end of the time with this overgrown chin-rat. Last year's full-beard challenge ran from November to July and that is just about the same amount of time I have been cultivating this chin-pube garden. The waviness of the Goat at its southern terminus is actually a point of amusement to me, especially since its unpredictable, ivy-like reach for all points of space, regardless of gravitational pull, causes many people to ask me if I ever comb it. The answer to that is ALL THE TIME!
In fact, I was recently accused of clogging the sink drain in our bathroom because large wads of hair emerge when we coat-hanger dredged the drain. Lest we be confused, I live with three females, so none can pin this entire clogging on me. Plus, the only hairs I send down the drain are the ones from shaving the rest of my face and, since I never allow those to get too long (in the spirit of Goat-dom) I doubt those blocked much of anything. To be honest, I used to comb my chin above the sink, just to see how many hairs I lost each day, but I always tried to sweep them out of the sink bowl and into the trash before they latched their tenterhooks to the inner-workings of our drainpipe.
With about two months to go, here is a look at seven months of Goat-growth. Enjoy!
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