stranger in the mirror
i've been kinda growing some facial hair for awhile now, believe it or not... now, i know i run with a pretty hairy crowd. plenty of you guys grow more scruff in half a day than i do in 3 months. while i've come to accept my genetic handicap, i've managed to eke out a slight dusting of fuzz on my upper lip, chin, and sideburns... heck, i think i have enough spread on the burns to grant myself an upgrade to "chops", even. sure it's pretty sparse, and probably will not connect into a full-on beard, but hey i'm finally growing some, okay?? and given the slow rate of growth that i am stuck with, i'm sure you can now undertand how significant this growth is to me. it took a lotta effort to get my tiny little patches of fuzz, okay???
...until recently, that is. i've been hanging on to my scruffiness for awhile now, but i didn't quite realize how long it has been since i've shaved until i thought i'd give my face a "reboot"... only to find i almost didn't recognize myself post-shave. it's been so long since i've looked at my bare face that i'm unfamiliar with it. how strange i look now... when only a couple of years ago this very same, hairless face would be all i'd have to look at, even without shaving. yes, apparently i've only gained my facial-fuzz-growing superpowers sometime in the past year or two.
and now it'll probably take another several months to get back some measure of the scruff that i've grown so accustomed to... fucking genetics.
...until recently, that is. i've been hanging on to my scruffiness for awhile now, but i didn't quite realize how long it has been since i've shaved until i thought i'd give my face a "reboot"... only to find i almost didn't recognize myself post-shave. it's been so long since i've looked at my bare face that i'm unfamiliar with it. how strange i look now... when only a couple of years ago this very same, hairless face would be all i'd have to look at, even without shaving. yes, apparently i've only gained my facial-fuzz-growing superpowers sometime in the past year or two.
and now it'll probably take another several months to get back some measure of the scruff that i've grown so accustomed to... fucking genetics.