Day 365. So this is it. The last day of The Year of the Beard. Thank you to all of my followers who have joined along the way, whether you have been here since the blog’s inception or since last week—I appreciate all of you. Thank you to those who have liked or reblogged any of my pictures. You have temporarily boosted my ego for a year’s time. I realize(d) that this blog was quite narcissistic, but as I said in a post on my new blog, it kept me honest and had me doing something somewhat productive each day. I do have regrets regarding this blog; namely, that I did not start with a “fresh canvas”. This I can attribute to not wanting to lose any length before Nationals. I also regret not taking measurements more often.
With that said, a beard length update: I started at 2 inches / 5 centimeters. I am ending at 3 1/8 inches / 9 centimeters on average. In one year’s time, with one or two light/needed trims, it ends with 1.125 inches of growth. That is a smaller number, and a much slower growth, than I thought it would be. It got extremely thick. My beard hair is extremely dense, as evidenced to those who can see it in person, but that was not my ultimate goal. In the end, I am happy with this, and what I have done. I hope that this blog has made some smile, or enjoy my little snippets of life and its happenings.
This blog will not be active anymore, as it was a year-long project. I will make one, possibly two, more posts with a gif or two and possibly a video cataloguing the days.
Again, thank you. Farewell, for now. If you are in Philly, find me at a show and say what’s up. If not, it’s been cool. The ask box will be on indefinitely. Take care everyone.
Day 364. So this is the new year. We are one day away from the completion of this blog. I guess I should start working on this gif, huh? P.S. I started a new year-long blog. Follow that, please!
Day 363. Happy new year! (I’m bummed that this is not day 365. oops. sorry for starting late last year!)
Day 362. Spent the day working in the box office at UT. It was a slow day in there. Now I’m just hanging at the house and later I’m going to go the TLA for the Thursday show. Should be a decent night.
Day 361. We are nearing the end. It’s getting exciting. I worked the Diplo show tonight. It was mostly boring in the box office. It was freezing in there, too. Glad I wore my Heattech clothes underneath, especially for the bike ride(s).
Day 360. What a weird/long day. I woke up and putzed around the house and made a delicious breakfast. I then took my car for an oil change/tire rotation and balancing. While the car was getting worked on, I walked to the gun range and shot off a few rounds. Came back for the car and went right to work. Worked an hour extra just because and then came back into the city. Valencia’s final show was tonight, and Lili was already there, so I decided to see if I could get in, and happened upon a backstage pass (thanks Will!). Afterwards, we got pretzels and stopped by a friend’s house. Now, I’m ready for bed. Work tomorrow alllllll day.
Day 359. It is a crappy day outside, but it has been quite the productive day for me. I woke up relatively early, even though I was up super late. I then folded (a ton) of finished laundry, reorganized/matched/trashed my socks, stripped the bed and am currently washing the sheets, and then walked into center city to take my newly dirtied suit to the cleaners, and a pair of pants to get re-hemmed (they’re doing it for free!). I still have an hour before I have to leave for work, and I’m going to send in a request for a leave of absence from the liquor store until the end of the school year. Even though work will be slowing down at R5/UT, it should still be enough to keep me afloat with extra cash. In addition, a bit of a break would be welcomed.
