Ahah hello folks, here I am. No resting on the laurels trust me, just been ridiculously busy… trying to phase out of my full time job to make a living as a freelance ain't easy. But rest assured, the beard is still strong in this one. What else can I say? It's four weeks old, getting thicker and still a relatively stress-free experience, which is great.
On the other hand it looks like this last week everyone I know had to voice their opinion about it - the best comments so far are "slightly diabolical" and "you look like Rasputin from the Hellboy movie". Unfortunately I also got something along the lines of "if you keep that up you can pretty much forget about ever getting laid again". Out of order but not completely unexpected, from the same colleague who cheered at the shaving disaster. And in a twisted way he might even have a point, in that this is not a popular look at all where I live... but heck, I've never had a popular face anyway and the pretty boy factor was never on the agenda. So, another one for the 2014 SFW awards I guess.
In other news, all good on the other front too - made three months cigarette-free this week, which is the longest I've gone in a long time. To say I'm chuffed is the understatement of the century!

And now, pics.

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Look forward to your feedback as usual, bearded folks! Grow on!