Jasjes, thanks, as always, for the strong encouragement. I'll get a straight-on shot for you, either in the next couple days or by next update. 4 months now? Oh, the time is increasing now! Hehehe, just kidding...I'll give it a shot. I think the middle of this week has been the lowest as far as feeling good about it goes, so having pushed past that I now feel like I can keep going more easily. 

Indeed, not only will I have lived up to my username, I'll also have something to go by when I try to convince friends to grow their beards for a few months -- I won't be asking them to do anything I haven't been willing to!

As for encouragement, I just know how easy the temptation can be to sh*ve, and very often teen beards show more promise than the one sporting them is willing to admit (like mine, I guess), so I want to do as much as I can to encourage other teens not to give up.