faux (pas) fur

[radiantfracture]

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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[switterbeet]

"When I did trim it, a legion of wiry white hairs sprung up from the shadows like an army of ghosts."

It is only noon, but this is a strong contender for my favourite sentence of the day. Best of luck with the facial hair situation. I recently helped my partner trim his down to the point where he could shave it with an electric shaver and realized all of that is a lot more complicated than it seems.