Saturday, October 17, 2009

To Be(ard) or not to Be(ard)

Fine, fussing over the length of facial hair may not sound like as big a conundrum as Hamlet fellow was in, but it still disturbs me a lot. It has been a dear wish of mine to grow an outrageous beard, but the total chaotic fashion of my whiskers seems to spoil it every single time. It all goes well for the first two weeks of not shaving, but just as one passes the 2.5 weeks mark, then the slings and arrows really start to jab. It is at this point that the skin begins to itch, and some part of the semi-beard hair start getting caught in the shirt collar. But slings and arrows of outrageous fortune I can bear, it is the utter disunity in the whiskers that disturbs me, every single hair deciding to go its own way, picking up any direction. Why can’t all of them just settle on the direction south and live in peace and harmony? But no, expression of individual freedom seems to the be the ultimate motive of each whisker, as it twists and turns north, east, west, any direction it likes. And this is the time that I woefully pick up the guillotine and chop each of their heads off. All the ladies must be glad that they don’t have to go through this mental ordeal, though some of them could take up arms against the fuzz, but, that’s subject for another time!
One of my friends has a gift offer for hair straightening at a L'Oreal parlour, wonder if that would work. Oh well, right now its time for me to stop scratching my cheek and head for trusty ol’ Gillette.

2 comments:

  1. eeeeek!!! dont even think of trying to straighten your beard.. u'll end up with burnt fuzz n your face..the straightening iron only works for scalp hair:)
    try shampooing to get rid of the itch...and use a conditioner to soften it out..should work!- aditi

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