Day 13 Some Links

First:  ImprovBoston is getting some moustache love.  We had this shoutout in one o fmy favorite new blogs, The Bostonist.  I think they meant to link to this blog when they mentioned hilarity, but linked to my donation page instead.  As much as I would love to pump up this blog’s traffic into the teens, cutting out the middle man and going straight to donations is cool too.

Second: A co-worker sent me a lovely link from the Boston Globe about moustache style.

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/fashion/gallery/mustache_07/

We need some more pics. I will get them up soon.

Day 12 – Moustache Envy

Yesterday we had a work function to bid a member of the staff farewell.  At the soiree I talked to one of the partners who works on my floor.  I noticed that he was sporting some recently grown facial hair.  He has a moustache/goatee combination.  The Mike Lowell, if you will.  I had been noticing his facial hair mith much jealousy.  So I walked over to him and said:

“Hey, [Guy], I noticed that you have been sporting teh facial hair too.  How long have you been growing that?”

“Oh, well I always grow facial hair on and off.  I don’t really like shaving.”

“No.  I mean, when did you start growing that facial hair?  You were clean shaven when I started working in September.”

“Oh, this.  Hmm.  5 days (look of shock on my face) No.  About ten days.”

“Aw man.  (I pout a little)  I have been growing this (as I point to the paucity of hair on my face)  for a day longer than you.  You’re kicking my ass.”

He consoled me for a bit with platitudes on how everyone is different and to not judge my facial hair.  But deep down, I was just jealous of his amazing facial hair growing prowess.  Also, yesterday my secretary made fun of me.

 Yesterday was hilarious.

Day 10 : Unwanted Attention

Tuesday Morning – Day 10 

So,

I don’t think that these pictures of my new facial hair quite do it justice.  I am pretty sure it does not look as pathetic as the posted picks make it seem.  So do a slightly less pathetic mental adjustment when you look at the pics.

I have two biggest fears when I started this moustache-athon to raise money for ImprovBoston, the best little non-profit comedy theater around: (1) being lady-free for the duration of the whiskers (fear confirmed) and (2) ruining my new career. 

You see, I work in a law firm, and it probably comes as no surprise that law firms are generally a conservative work place, and the higher ups do notice and comment upon the appearance of their co-workers, especially the recently hired junior lawyers.  In my case, my office is right next to one of the Big Dogs of the firm.  My friends have speculated how he will react when the facial hair becomes noticeable. 

Yesterday, the Big Dog stopped me in the hall.  He said, “Hey, Marcelo . . . you are looking sharp today!”  I demured and politely ran away to my office.  I think either he has not noticed the facial hair, is playing a mind game by letting me know that he notices my appearance so i will shave, or he was just blinded by the awesomeness of my tie.

I am going with the third option.  Last night I went on e-bay to look for more dazzling ties to keep me employed throughout the duration of this charity moustache-athon.    

Day 8

Sunday night, 8 whole days of growing facial hair.  I am posting Days 7 and 8 below.  As you can see, the only thing that is awesome is how terrible and scratchy I look.  I see a pretty girl while I am out, I think about talking to her, and then I remember the fact that I look like . . . well you’ll see below.   My only saving grace is that it is so short that I look like I only skipped a day or two of shaving.

Oh well, 22 more days for charity.  I will tough it out.  I love you ImprovBoston, but right now I hate you a little.
Saturday – Day 7

Sunday Day 8

Day 5 Slang

So  here is a list of moustache nicknames that I found on a brief search.

• bristles
• grass grin
• lip foliage
• moustachio
• soup strainer
• face fungus

The creepiest one so far is : Nose Neighbor

The link below is for the kids.  Moustache actvity fun pdf.

http://www.bluestarstudio.com/pdfs/stache_spreads.pdf

Day 4 Diversion: Project Moustache

I don’t condone vandalism, but this website cracked me up.  This seems to be a group of radicals who hate the fact that everyone in our society is bombarded by advertising, and the media in general.

So in order to combat the onslaught of utter media saturation they have decided to harness the virile power of the moustache. They urge people to print out stickers of bushy old timey moustaches (like the one in the header for this blog) and to place them on advertising. They have a gallery but below is my favorite one.

Day 3 (some pics)

Hey all

Here are pics of day 1 and day 2. Maybe i will repost them when i figure out how to edit pictures using my mac. For some reason i tried to rotate them and it didnt work. I am not the most technically savvy guy. As you can see, I have not yet grown that much hair. Have patience my friends. Have patience. I am just Mr. Scratchy Face right now. So if you planned on makingout with me today, you might want to wait a few days (like 30) for the experience to be more pleasant.

I think i will have some fun moustache related info up the rest of the week, not specific to me (since reporting minimal hairgrowth does not make the most scintillating of blog material)

Update:  I figured out how to edit the pics.  Should be right-side up now.

Day 1

Day 2

Day 2

I took a clean shaven pic yesterday.  I need to post it.  Today I went to work and people were immediately disappointed that I did not have a bushy moustache.  I guess they expected me to be on the moustache equivalent of HGH.

I hung out with Camilo who is also doing the moustache-athon, and he has a mighty, mighty moustache in training.  Hopefully I can find a pic of him and put it up here.

Nothing today but scratchiness.  I plan to take a pic everyday, but only post one periodically.  On the main IB moustache-athon page there will eventually be a Marcelo Moustache flipbook which will show you my moustache in progress.

I have already garnered $850 in pledges and donations.  Could always use more.  E-mail those pledges to marcelosmoustache@gmail.com

My future moustache?

Thanks to my friend Flynn, I have a picture of what my moustache might look like.  She ran a very sophisticated program through some imaging program and was able to come up with these pics. Below is why we need your pledges. We are up to over $800 in donations and pledges. Growing starts this Sunday!

E-mail those pledges to marcelosmoustache@gmail.com

Or if you just want to make a straight up donation, visit my IB DONOR PAGE

Everybody Loves a Stache

Man,

There has been a lot of excitement about the Moustache-athon. I haven’t even started officially growing the Stache (Nov 4 people), but people are already checking out my normal 5′oclock shadow to divine the quality of my future Stache. The consensus is that i will look baaaaad.

AND you, my blog readers, have been very generous. So far I have raised $325 in straight up donations, and another $265 in pledges. That is amazing. A major thank you to Dave L., my former law school mentor and an owner of a righteous Stache himself, who gave a very generous donation.

But we are just getting started!. My moustache-athon begins November 4th and I need your help to raise as much money as possible for ImprovBoston. E-mail those pledges to marcelosmoustache@gmail.com

Or if you just want to make a straight up donation, visit my IB DONOR PAGE.

Thanks again for all the support. Keep it coming.