Every year I've been at uni, during exam time, I take a pause from shaving. It started off simply because I couldn't justify the effort when I was at home all day studying, and has since turned in something of ritual. To make sure work didn't complain I had to shape it a little once or twice so it didn't look entirely slovenly, but slovenly is pretty much the look I've got going on at the moment.
As I've said, it started off as simply not wanting to make the effort, but now I almost wear it as a proud sign: I am too busy studying to take care of my appearance. Now that I think of it, maybe that's the attitude all those arts students take... hmmm. Sometimes I also see as a personal challenge (can I withstand the itchiness? the disgusted looks?!), and quite it also expresses my belief that every man should have the right to grow a beard at least twice a year, just to see if he likes it.
Anyway, it's a little bit different this year, because my "exam time" is 3 days: exam on a Friday, then an exam on the following Monday. I do have a third exam, but it's a good month or more later. I toyed with the idea of wearing a beard (well, some scruff) for an entire month, but decided against it: firstly, I won't be studying all that time, and secondly, I want to be looking for a job. So, I'm doing the thing now! I was actually just growing a terrible moustache to kill people - no, sorry, that's just something that's on a T-shirt a friend of mine has - to make fun of a dancer I know here who has a terrible moustache, and then decided it tied in beautifully with my exam ritual.
If you're (un)lucky, I may just post some picture of my transition from patchy, to scruffy, to hairy, to hirsute - and beyond!
As I've said, it started off as simply not wanting to make the effort, but now I almost wear it as a proud sign: I am too busy studying to take care of my appearance. Now that I think of it, maybe that's the attitude all those arts students take... hmmm. Sometimes I also see as a personal challenge (can I withstand the itchiness? the disgusted looks?!), and quite it also expresses my belief that every man should have the right to grow a beard at least twice a year, just to see if he likes it.
Anyway, it's a little bit different this year, because my "exam time" is 3 days: exam on a Friday, then an exam on the following Monday. I do have a third exam, but it's a good month or more later. I toyed with the idea of wearing a beard (well, some scruff) for an entire month, but decided against it: firstly, I won't be studying all that time, and secondly, I want to be looking for a job. So, I'm doing the thing now! I was actually just growing a terrible moustache to kill people - no, sorry, that's just something that's on a T-shirt a friend of mine has - to make fun of a dancer I know here who has a terrible moustache, and then decided it tied in beautifully with my exam ritual.
If you're (un)lucky, I may just post some picture of my transition from patchy, to scruffy, to hairy, to hirsute - and beyond!
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