My No Shave Novem-beard

That's me 4 days into No Shave November. Call me spineless, call me a traitor, I understand. After some very ant-No Shave November tweets and statuses, I succumbed to the challenges against my manliness and decided I would, in fact, participate in No Shave November. Don't get me wrong, I support awesome beards, just not on me. But I think this beard-growing scheme will be good for me. Let me give you a few reasons:

1. I'M A MAN

That's right, I'm a man, and God made my face to grow hair. He also made the brains that designed the razor, so I support using that too. Sometimes, though, it's nice to let out my inner manly man! Despite my baby face and awkward appreciation of pastel colored V-neck t-shirts, I LIKE MAN STUFF. I enjoy playing sports. I watch UFC fights. Sometimes I want to kill an animal with my bare hands and eat it raw just because I can...Ok that's a lie. But I would if I had to! (Probably not. Gross.) But there's always been a part of me that wondered how I'd look with a beard, so now I'm going to find out! 

The baby-beard I have now is already making me want to buy more flannel, cut down tress with an axe, and live off the land in a log cabin in Maine...or wherever things like that happen. I also have an overwhelming desire to stroke it and say wise man things like "Your life only has meaning if you mean your life" and other dumb stuff that really doesn't make sense or make any valid point. It also makes me want to rub my face against other people's faces which is really pretty awkward for everyone. I should probably stop doing that. (But I probably won't. #BeardNinja)

Also, most of what I do is FOR THE LADIES. (Sidenote, my good friend Tom Oppelt actually started that phrase. I can't take the credit for it.) I think it's been good for me to do something that's NOT for the ladies. I'm 25, single (for the ladies...CRAP. It's so hard to turn off!), and yeah, maybeeee there's a little pressure to find a girl to settle down with...or date...or just have feelings for... yeah I suck. But for this month, I don't care, and I'm growing a ##@%&$&%$&$@!@%()^%%&#$^# BEARD! (I have no idea what that big censored word was supposed to be, but let's all just assume it was attention grabbing and spoken with over-the-top aggression.) Honestly, every girl that's told me to give up and shave has only made me more determined to stick it out and let the scruff grow, so HA.

So there you have it! Beard blog is complete. I hope this inspired you guys to grow your own beard and/or support my own beardy beard.

"But Dean, you only listed one point!" - Anonymous Reader

Yeah, because I'm a man and I do what I want! YOU CAN'T CONTROL ME! BEARD POWER!!! Ok sorry, I'm done. But for reals. This beard is fun. You should grow one.

GOAT BEARD!