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@sharky91, Thanks for the encouragement, I hope I will be!

@ibruno, I know longer hairs don't mean thicker ones, it's sort of tricky wording.  What I meant was to ask if long hairs will lend to the illusion of a thicker beard.  And no, that's not my natural neckline, I wish!  My natural neckline stops about a two finger's width from my collar bones, it sucks!

@weekilter,  Yeah, I know  The responses so far have encouraged me to wait it out, you'll be seeing more of me on here!

First off I'd like to just say my camera's resolution and focus sucks, it looks way way better in person.  I'd like to thank the board for finally giving me the support and motivation to grow this beard out.  

It's starting to actually look like a beard now.  Scruffy at this stage, but a beard nonetheless.  Last night I noticed that my chin hairs have grown in to the point of starting to lie down, instead of just being long porcupine stubble.  It sort of has a "flow" to it now, you can see them hanging off my face and can notice the direction of how they grow together out of my skin.  It's really encouraging!  I've gotten a lot of PMs making recommendations concerning my neckline, and my official stance on my neckline now is that I'm going to gradually lower it as my beard grows out.  I'm really excited about this beard, thanks so much again for everyone's support!  JEFFFSBEARDBOARD4LYFE

Thanks again for the input guys!!

Cool beardspiration story:

I've been looking for a job for over a year, and yesterday, I FINALLY got called back by somewhere I had applied.  They said they liked my application and wanted to interview me the next day.  I thought, "Oh great.  Naturally, as soon as I decide to grow a beard, someone wants to interview me."  I was freaking out for a good few hours, internally arguing with myself on how to make the best impression possible, because I really needed this job (I had to move back in with my parents because I ran out of money, talk about emasculating ).  I was really scared that making my best impression included further emasculating myself by de-bearding.  Normally, I would have gone ahead and done so, but ever since joining this board, I have developed a sense of beard pride, and being bearded has started to become part of my identity.  Though I honestly wasn't sure whether it was a good idea or not, my new found beard nationalism kept me from shaving.  I put on my best polo, ironed up my khakis, shaved my neck, and oiled and combed my beard.  It looked nice.  I breezed through the interview, and guess what?  I got the job!  Bearded!  I couldn't have done it without you guys! 

I hope my story, as well as my log can serve to inspire others!  I encourage everyone to grow out what ever they have.  Don't doubt your beard.  Your beard is you.  Embrace your traits.  It is time that collective consciousness realized that a man without a beard is as aberrant as a lion without his mane.