Movember Thirty-Third

And the perfect conclusion to this blog:  I've received the cartoon of the office dog.

Addendum4/12/13:  I took a printed copy of this cartoon into work to give to Lofty's owner and was told that she'd won Jewish Dog of the Year.  And I've been giving her pork sausage rolls...

Movember Thirty-Second

I've found myself stroking the moustache I no longer have.  Like amputees sometimes get feelings in their absent limbs, it still feels as if my facial fuzz is still there. I'm told I look younger, I think I look fatter, and, weirdly, I now think I need a haircut, as if the hair on my face distracted from that on my head. Despite having a moustache for less than a month it looked really strange after I shaved it off.
Doubtless I will grow accustomed to being clean shaven once again. 
I've also contacted the Gallery of Mo to enquire about the non-receipt of a cartoon of a cocker spaniel who looks like she already has a moustache and was today trying to lick the dried glue that formerly stuck the carpet to the office floor.

Movember Thirty-First

This may or may not be the last post for this blog; I'm still waiting for Gallery of Mo to provide me with a picture of the office dog, but it's possible there was a disconnect between the  request and the donation.
I did think of going to a Turkish barbers to get it shaved off, but would probably end up scared stiff by a cut-throat razor. And they are shut on Sundays.  So at half ten this morning I set off to the bathroom to do it myself.  I tried trimming it with some scissors that were part of a special beard trimming set, but they were bloody useless. Like trying to trim a lawn with a pair of scissors.

The starting/ finishing point

 

It was more scraping than shaving at first and I thought I'd take it through a few stages to see how they would have looked.

The 'proper' Mexican, with sides that go straight down rather than flaring

 



Mr Pastry

 

Clean shaven, despite the shadows

Attempt to take a picture in the bathroom mirror with no flash

 

It took roughly a minute less to shave with the moustache, but it took 30 minutes to shave off hence resulting in the sane overall shaving time during the month.  Don't know whether it's raised awareness of male cancers. Did get a very broad smile from a woman in her twenties yesterday, and I think this is usually done by younger men.

Movember Thirtieth

 

And the latest album cover tribute is to The Cure's Pornography.

 

 

I thought that taking pictures under natural light without a flash would change things. It didn't.  Still overexposed with a psychedelic background.



 

Sadly, with other things to do I don't have the time to get things as I would want them.  All close ups come out bright pink, so I can't show the combed version.

 

I think I look like a character actor in a Victorian/ Edwardian costume drama and perhaps would look best in  a frock coat.  If I were to do Movember again I'd go for the Seth Armstrong.   Pleasantly surprised at how grey it is, which has meant it was difficult to see at first. I have been criticized for not going for a pure Mexican, ie moustache comes straight down, but going for a flared effect.  Overall, not something I'd like to stick with permanently and I don't think I'll be trying any other experiments with facial hair, unless it's for 'chariddy'.   I hope that it's brought amusement/ pleasure to some, although after the initial stages  I hope it's not been too amusing.

Movember Twenty-Ninth

Almost there.  There are articles about actually keeping the moustache for longer. I have no intention of doing that, partly because I think I have cold sores in the corner of my mouth.

Xander Armstrong has just said something vaguely amusing on Pointless

 

  

Movember Twenty-Eighth

Another hit and run post.  The spirit of Seth Armstrong lives !

 

And I've found that the orange jumper doesn't go with anything.  It was cheap when Pinder & Tuckwell closed down.

Movember Twenty-Seventh

The last night of the month that I'm not going out.

 

The moustache has reached a steady state and these photos are getting very similar. However, this does bring me back to 1970s Emmerdale.  I think this perhaps, if I'd known how grey it was going to be, is what I should have aspired to.

 

 

Stan Richards as Seth Armstrong from the aforementioned soap.