Life
Okay, so, basically I can’t really grow a beard. I mean, I can, but it’s super patchy and shitty and I HATE that. I know a lot of people might think that I’m lucky because it means I don’t have to shave often, but really that is dumb. Do you know what I’m missing out on because of my not-so-hirsute chin and face? FACE ART, that’s what. Honestly, it is SO much better to have than not, because then you can just shave it when you don’t want it there. I am more than alright with shaving on a daily basis.
So I did some research and found out that minoxidil—the active ingredient in Rogaine—can cause hair growth on your face (and even other body parts!). Naturally, I ordered a four month supply of generic 5% minoxidil from eBay when I found this out ($30). It should arrive here in 3 weeks max.
When it does, I’m going to track my beard growth progress on a weekly basis here in what I am calling The Barely-Legal Beard Beefing Experiment. Barely-legal because 5% minoxidil is not approved by Health Canada…
Anyway, I’ve decided on a fairly rigorous methodology for this experiment. Because SCIENCE.
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may every breath you breathe be built on sacred things
some infinities are bigger than other infinities.
heres some advice
- eat a lot of fruit all the time especially blueberries and also dark green vegetables
- don’t do anything sexy with anyone you don’t want to do it with a good test for this if licking any part of their body doesn’t seem in anyway sexy to you its a no go
- if eyes are the windows to the soul eyebrows are the curtains!!!!!!! take from this what u will
- dont talk about money at parties its unbecoming and stop worrying about your hair it’s fine
Life Guidelines
Preach.
I visited the crossfit gym I’ll be going to after work today and it got me super pumped up. The place is really nice—all open concept and stuff—and I met all the trainers who were super welcoming and excited to hear that I wanted to join. It wasn’t like when I had a trainer for four sessions and it felt very transactional. No, they were excited about me being there. It got me excited.
The only thing I’m worried about is getting there three times a week. Like everything in this city, it’s kind of out of the way. I think it’s going to take me twenty minutes of mixed trail and road biking to get there from work, then another forty minutes to get home. It seems like a lot.
BUT it’s all part of my fitness plan. I’m going to engineer the situation; those are my specs and I’m going to design around them. That means that I’ll just have to really prepare myself for crossfit days by bringing enough food and water to work, etc. It’s going to be organizationally difficult, but so, so worth it.
I start Friday :).
when friends ask me to dinners/events. I want to be social and see my friends, but there aren’t usually options for me and I never want to be the one who “isn’t eating tonight, sorry”.
Which makes me realize just how social of an activity eating is for me/for people in general. It’s pretty interesting that food is this central thing that brings us all together. It makes sense, for sure. But it means that I’ll have to be the one who politely declines or gets picky about food at events. My health is worth it.
On another note, I’m going to try running some sprints in my five fingers today!
i just went for a run in my neighborhood
as i have done most nights for the past week or two
and tonight i ran past a woman walking her dog and i thought the dog was pooping
AND FOR SOME INSANELY STUPID REASON I DECIDED TO TELL HER “IT’S OK” THAT HER DOG WAS POOPING AS I RAN BY
only I had just done hills and was really out of breath
so I’M PRETTY SURE it came out as
“IT’S OK IF YOU POOP”
LIKE THIS
I TOLD A WOMAN IT WAS OK FOR HER TO POOP AND THEN RAN AWAY FROM HER
HOW DO I REMAIN IN THIS UNIVERSE
I don’t know who this person is, but this makes me laugh. Hard.
