Ok, it’s not really that bad, but my facial hair is slow to grow, and even after nearly a week I’m still only stubbly. I think it took a month to grow out the goatee originally, and I fear it may take that long again. I’m currently past the cool looking five-o’clock-shadow stubble, and moving towards the awkward high school mustache. I’m considering doing a daily photo until it’s grown out, just to catalog its progression. Might even make one of those snazzy time-lapse gifs.
Category: Blog
OhmygodImissmygoateegiveitbacknow
So it’s been nearly 24 hours since I shaved off my facial hair, and I miss it a lot. I keep going to stroke my mustache, or put a hand to my chin, and feeling bare skin where hair should be. This is unpleasant. Nishi was curious about how I looked without facial hair, and I admit I was as well. It’s been a year and a half since I grew it out in the first place, and I’ve gotten very used to seeing it when I look in the mirror. And now that it’s gone I miss it terribly. I hope it doesn’t take too long to come back. A little over a year ago I accidentally trimmed my chin very close, and it wasn’t good, but it grew back over the weekend. I think it will take longer starting from scratch. Until then I guess I’ll keep looking like a Simpson’s character.
I found my new phone
And probably, my new computer. The Motorola Atrix, announced at CES the other day, is the phone I’ve been waiting for. While it isn’t exactly as I hoped it would be, and their laptop accessory is horribly executed, the “webtop” dock they have is pretty damn near what I wanted. I’m really hoping AT&T doesn’t mess up the operating system too much, because the potential of this hardware with untainted Android installed is incredible.
If they were to rework the laptop version to be a bit thicker with more battery life, and move the phone to serve as the trackpad, it could be usable. Or just make the keyboard all-in-one I envisioned.
Resolution
A non grammatical resolution this year: read more.
I’ve watched a lot of movies in the last few months, and I’d like to spend more of that time reading. I’m also going to better organize my RSS feeds to I can spend less time reading things I don’t need to. While it’s wonderful to read everything that comes through my feed reader, and often beautifully serendipitous, it’s also time consuming. I have a banister lined with books I need to start reading, and I intend to get through all of them in the coming year.
Fire Extinguisher
Xmas Post
As always, my favourite Xmas tradition, David Sedaris’ “6-8 Black Men.” Listen.
Jorbs
I went looking for my dough job last week, and didn’t find any real prospects, though I did find one shop that may train me when business dies down in mid-January. It’s possible that there were other shops that would have hired or trained me, but those weren’t the places I would like to learn from. If I wasn’t able to easily talk to the owner/manager/chef, I quickly lost interest. I want to learn how to make pizza from someone who gives a crap.
Meanwhile, on Craigslist, I had been firing off my resumes to anything that looked interesting/not too soul sucking. I got a call back this Monday from a company that demonstrates products for (I’m assuming) the holiday shopping orgy. So if all goes well this weekend, I’ll be getting paid to play with toy helicopters in public. I really feel bad for people with real jobs.
Book Learnin
I have an ever growing pile of books which I need to start reading at some point. My problem is that I read quite a bit, but mostly online, and never pieces much longer than ten thousand words. When I’m away from my computer, while camping or on vacation, I have no trouble reading. I need to set aside uninterrupted time in order to read. I’ve never been able to pick up a book when I have some spare minutes, only to put it down a few moments later. I’m incredibly jealous of Nishi’s ability to do that. I’ve watched her go through several books totaling thousands of pages almost exclusively read in waiting rooms or while eating supper. Meanwhile I’m still halfway through a book I started six months ago. I think I may start trying (again) to give myself an hour every night to read, though in the past the endless potential for serendipity on the internet, or interesting conversations with friends have eaten that hour. I guess the real test is to see if my pile of unread books shrinks any between now and this time next year.