I am hairy

[garran]

In the past week, at least three people have commented that they prefer the way I look with a beard (with one even going so far as to say that it "completes my face"); this led me to imagine that there'd been a recent shift in public opinion, but thinking about it, I realize that I've had various folks compliment the beard in a fairly consistent fashion since first it grew. My persistent impression that my facial hair is somehow swimming against the common aesthetic seems to stem, mostly outdated, from A) that back before its first appearance, a number of pretty girls had mentioned that, in the abstract, they found it less attractive, and B) the fact that Rachel still prefers me without it.

Comments

[cola]

[(Anonymous)]

Look out! I have books about Japanese court poetry.

Buddhism did not cause the girl to die—that is not the point—

Dude

[garran.livejournal.com]

Why didn't you just sign in?


-Garran

[cola]

[(Anonymous)]

I was at the library and I was afraid it might get stuck. What if someone posted their master's thesis to my Livejournal by accident instead of saving it to disk?

Also, I'm still at the library. In case you have any other questions.