faux (pas) fur

I shaved my beard yesterday. I've never really known how to manage facial hair -- I just sort of wing it. On Wednesday it seemed clear even to me that the beard needed trimming. When I did trim it, a legion of wiry white hairs sprung up from the shadows like an army of ghosts.

The the demon of my left shoulder murmured this time shaving will definitely not make you look like a chinless goblin. This time it will make you look fresh and new. So like Aschenbach I took the bad beauty advice (if not the dye job).

I may not be able to leave the house for a few days until it grows back.

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