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Movember 2012

post #1 of 56
10/20/12 at 2:26pm
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www.movember.com

I decided I'm going to participate in this, for the 1st time this year (I've never grown a moustache in my life, although I've had a beard for + 5 years).

It should be fun and it will be nice to also raise awareness of an important cause at the same time.

I plan on using this thread to post my 'stache photos and updates and it would be cool to read about other Basenoters doing this same.

So, who else is in?

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post #2 of 56
10/23/12 at 7:12pm
Very good idea and for a very worthy cause. Movember is that month to keep the old pencil sharp.
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post #3 of 56
10/29/12 at 3:28pm
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Thanks senore01. Hopefully more people will hear about it and participate/give.
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post #4 of 56
11/1/12 at 4:31am
I'm in too: http://mobro.co/basenotes
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post #5 of 56
11/1/12 at 5:37am
You can count me in, last month I started to prepare my 'stache, just for a few hours (then i removed it)
It will looks like this:





I will shave myself at sunday. Also I have never used a moustache, just beard and goatee.
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post #6 of 56
11/3/12 at 9:29am
I did this a few years ago. I wasn't planning to this year, but my partner at work is doing it and several in the office, so I kind of got suckered into it. I cheated a bit, I had a head start. I was sporting a beard last month, so when I went to get a haircut and straight razor shave yesterday. I just told the guy to leave a stache. I bloody look like Freddie Mercury.

So anyways, count me in.



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post #7 of 56
11/3/12 at 10:01am
Extremely cool!
You guys will look great in your Mo's.

My dad survived Prostate Cancer and has been cancer free for 9 years now....if it hadn't been for the PSA test, he wouldn't be around still.
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post #8 of 56
11/3/12 at 10:06am
I've got a buddy who's competing in the World Beard & Mustache Championships here in Vegas, it's supposed to be crazy, like 17 categories of, well, beards and mustaches. But I'll tell y'all what I told him; if you supplement your protein intake with something like a whey protein powder, you're hair (and finger nails) grow faster. I noticed it by accident and bounced it off the cat who cuts my hair and he confirmed that a high protein intake makes hair grow faster.

Here's the website for the WB&MC: http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com
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post #9 of 56
11/3/12 at 4:38pm
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Yay!!!

Wonderful to see all of the participation, thanks a lot guys.

nsamadi, I also went to the barber on Friday, but I told him to shave my beard off as much as he could with the clippers and then I went home (took a hot bath) and then shaved all the rest off with a razor. Wow, it's been a LONG time since I've shaved it felt incredibly exhilarating.

Anyway, my hair grows fast, so Monday morning I will start to 'shape' the moustache and I'm sure when I go into the office all of my realtors/staff are going to have a reaction to it. Which, of course, will give me an opportunity to talk to them about Movember!

Shiny - that contest is CRAZY! And, yes, I drink whey protein daily and I'm not sure if it's this (or my Puerto-Rican/Mexican heritage) but I have always gotten weekly haircuts.

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If you would like to donate to Movember, on behalf of me, visit my Movember Page at http://mobro.co/mikeperez, OR please feel free to PM me OR email me (with the words BASENOTES MOVEMBER in the Subject field) at mike perez 23 at bell south dot net.

Thanks!

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[QUOTE=nsamadi;2746537...I bloody look like Freddie Mercury...[/QUOTE]

You look great!
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post #10 of 56
11/3/12 at 7:08pm
Grow that stache.
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post #11 of 56
11/4/12 at 11:50am
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You look great!

Thanks! Hopefully, more participants will be posting pics of their stache progress.
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post #12 of 56
11/5/12 at 8:22pm
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BEFORE (in my Vegas hotel room!):



Day 1 of Movember:



Day 5 (today) the beginning's of the 'stache!!:

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post #13 of 56
11/5/12 at 9:40pm
ooooohhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hawt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!twah


(What's one to do when already equipped with luxuriously grown in beard and full 'stache?)
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post #14 of 56
11/5/12 at 9:48pm
Dang dude, 86in' the beard took years off!
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post #15 of 56
11/6/12 at 1:20pm
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ooooohhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hawt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!twah


(What's one to do when already equipped with luxuriously grown in beard and full 'stache?)

(giggle)

Well, if you are participating in Movember, you gotta SHAVE IT ALL OFF lmdm. Then start all over again, just with the 'stache.

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Dang dude, 86in' the beard took years off!

I know. Everyone in my office, even the guys, have told me this like 5 times already.
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post #16 of 56
11/6/12 at 4:37pm
I did that for that Louis XVI court attire birthday fancy dress ball: NO WAY. It HURT. I HATED not having facial hair--I look like a girl w/o it--i'm too attached. What if I dyed my 'stache pink? (I can do THAT).......
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post #17 of 56
11/6/12 at 7:50pm
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Oh yes, definitely no facial hair will make you look like a girl lmdm, your right...but not a pink moustache!

(giggle)
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post #18 of 56
11/6/12 at 8:26pm
I'm absolutely 100% fine with a hot pink moustache. Actually.....maybe this particular shade......I've done it before: Just not in pink. Teal has been my preference......
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post #19 of 56
11/7/12 at 2:18pm
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LMDM - photo please (imagining a teal moustache, the mind reels!)


My Day 7: Silly 'stache

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post #20 of 56
11/7/12 at 2:59pm
I think you should grow one like Salvadore Dali, Mike. It would suit you! Just for fun.

I like thin moustaches...























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post #21 of 56
11/7/12 at 5:45pm
I think that last one is where it's at, Mike! ^^^^^^

& btw my weird frank zappa face is getting WAY too much exposure for my own comfort level right now. I did buy the bleaching agent & the vegetable dye--I just have to make sure I can color spray it back to it's natural olive green for video shoots, of which there is one friday, so I'm holding off for the moment. Get a load of this: My natural hair colour is called "Pretty Beaver" in the Roux Rinse/Colour Mousse range! Isn't that hilarious???? What colour is your hair? "I'm a natural Pretty Beaver." (I use the mouse in my stache for video shoots because it, and my beard, are slowly turning white: I'm wondering if I should just not worry about it. I don't mind it at all in my hair--hair's already so ashy it looks fine: I actually like it--the beard & stache are for some reason harder for me to handle: Movember Players--Roux Colour Mousse works WONDERS & they have over 100 shades. They even had my weird ass olive green, (pretty much the exact colour of this text) aka dark ash blonde, & it's called "Pretty Beaver"!!!!!! Somehow, I'm proud!
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post #22 of 56
11/7/12 at 7:46pm
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I think I look too Puerto-Rican-Latin-Lover-mamacita when I shave my moustache too thin (I tried several times when I had a beard). I mean it looks like I'm trying too hard. I have sort of a big face and I'm a stocky, built guy, so I think a substantial moustache 'matches' my face. So I don't think I'll be going all Dali, anytime soon.

These are more of the looks that I'm interested in:







And a fun video I found on YouTube:

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post #23 of 56
11/7/12 at 7:59pm
I like the last one, Mike--that's sort of what mine looks like--except I brush mine--so it's not so messy like that. I'm with you on the John Waters thing. Generally--I find any facial hair that looks too "done" to be a bit......ehm.......sort of 90's.

I think the only one I could conceivably "do" if I shaved it all off is "The '70's Porn" (longer on the sides than the '80's porn and brushed down: I do have my white boy 'fro to deal with, remember! Now that I'm on video all the time I *actually* had to loose the Chris Robinson hair--so now--when it's not styled for vids--I'm "White Boy With 'Fro." because it's all in ringlets. Someone MMS'd me the poster of the Streisand/Kristoferson version of "A Star Is Born" and followed it with: "Child Of," LOL......
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post #24 of 56
11/8/12 at 5:31am
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I like the last one, Mike--that's sort of what mine looks like--except I brush mine--so it's not so messy like that. I'm with you on the John Waters thing. Generally--I find any facial hair that looks too "done" to be a bit......ehm.......sort of 90's.

I think the only one I could conceivably "do" if I shaved it all off is "The '70's Porn" (longer on the sides than the '80's porn and brushed down: I do have my white boy 'fro to deal with, remember! Now that I'm on video all the time I *actually* had to loose the Chris Robinson hair--so now--when it's not styled for vids--I'm "White Boy With 'Fro." because it's all in ringlets. Someone MMS'd me the poster of the Streisand/Kristoferson version of "A Star Is Born" and followed it with: "Child Of," LOL......

Well David White (the model, who I believe was in Aramis ads?) is just HOT so he would look good with any facial hair but yeah I admit he's my favorite in the bunch too - that Fort Lauderdale lifeguard look that's really sexy (apparently Playgirl thought so too!). I'm just not sure we have the same shaped face, so I don't think mine will look so sexy/pouty it might look too untamed for me and my personal style.

My mother LOVED A Star is Born. (giggle)

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post #25 of 56
11/9/12 at 5:12pm
First off, I want to say awesome stache's everyone. Lookin' good MikeP.

This is me after a long week of not shaving and trimming. Grew a bit of a shadow. I'm thinking I'm going to keep the stache at about this length. Don't want to grow it anymore, but we'll see. I've gotten a compliment or two, Hahaha...Some think I can sport it/pull it off. Comments I've received so far range from Syrian Dictator to 70's Porn Star.

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post #26 of 56
11/9/12 at 9:00pm
I'm going with the 70's Porn Star, Nsamadi. Very nice. Mike? how's your's evolving? is it itching yet?
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post #27 of 56
11/10/12 at 12:54pm
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N, I love it. Yes, the 70's Porn Star 'stache is my favorite. Let's face it, a lot of those guy had (besides a whole lot down there) some really great moustaches: Rock Pamplin. Michael Altman. Nick Chase. Johnny Titus. Buck Hayes. And many gay boys ultimate fantasy come true, Steve Kelso. OK, I'll stop, this could go on for hours.

LMDM - my 'stache is growing in nicely (and fast, gotta love those Latin genes I'm blessed with!). No itching - remember I had a beard for +5 years so a new 'stache feels just like my beard growing, just in one spot. Plus I'm pretty rigorous in the shower with my facial hair, Dandruff shampoo and hair conditioner, every other day = no itching. Tip!

Day 10:

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post #28 of 56
11/10/12 at 1:12pm
WhhhhOOOO---HOOOOO!!!!!!

MIKE!!!!!!

Steamin!
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post #29 of 56
11/10/12 at 1:24pm
It suits you, Mike!
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post #30 of 56
11/10/12 at 1:32pm
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Thanks you two.

Not sure if I mentioned this already, but my Father has had a moustache my entire life. Which is why (psychologically) I think I always avoided growing one - when I look in the mirror I see my Father and for a while there that disturbed me. Not any more. I'm cool with it now. Probably because I'm a bit wiser and older (I turn 42 this month). In any event, I won't look **just** like my Father since his moustache is VERY THICK and he rarely trims it low, so it looks sort of Yosemite Sam...every time I see him I ask him if he wants to come with me to my barber and let him trim it just a little, and he always respectfully refuses. He likes it that way. My 'stache won't get out of control like that, it's just not me. I guess what I'm trying to say is, if my Dad can successfully rock a 'stache for as long as he has (+42 years?) then I think I should be able to pull it off and have it work for me, have it 'suit me' as Lilybelle said. I feel sort of like the 'stache was something I was supposed to have. Like it was Meant To Be. Hard to explain but there it is...
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post #31 of 56
11/10/12 at 2:14pm
Well, If I had anything to say about it, it would be this: Once, because I have been wearing full beard and moustache since the 90's, (once you start, there's just *no reason* to go back) when I shaved everything off for that Louis XVI birthday bash awhile back, and looked like a girl, I was at a drunken party the following week. My facial hair takes ages to grow back: One week later, I still barely had any. As it panned out, the party had a good mix of friends of both sexes. I will say: Most girls are not all that fond of facial hair, at least according to my observations. When I was "glabre," (French for "no facial hair", which language has word for everything, unlike retarded english) *EVERYONE* was *RAVING* and telling me I should just keep shaving, to which comment I would systematically just say: "NO. NOT HAPPENING." One of my old girlfriends was there. I tend to stay friends with all of my old girlfriends. (this may explains why I have so many girlfriends.....) At the party was also a gay friend of mine, who, ironically, is called Mike. (We call him Mick, though.) He was having a full beard and moustache moment at that time. Mick is *always* having some sort of "moment." So this girl said: "OK, MdM, since you REFUSE to shave, I dare you to go make out with Mick." (Mick was in the back of the bar hanging out with his posse: We were at the bar.) Me--I love a dare. Seriously--I simply LOVE a dare. I've made out with my fair share of men--but as I thought about it, I'd never ever done it with a facial-haired one, so I just looked at her and said: "Alright, I will." She said: "No. I mean NOW. Right in front of us." to which I replied: "Does it look like I'm not getting off this stool right now?" At which point I sauntered all the way to the back. I could tell they all jumped off their seats and followed me once I was about ten feet away. I walked up to Mick, approaching him from behind, and tapped him on the shoulder. He turned around and I just DOVE IN. (I *LOVE* to kiss) and he was....very welcoming....to say the least. As it turned out, Mick was a VERY GOOD KISSER....and there was no stopping us: two minutes in I was swirling in that "I never want to stop kissing" place I go to--and everyone was screaming and going "wooooooooo!!!!!!!!"
and we just kept it up: As the tension built.....I got *all excited* and just kept on kissing and kissing: We were full on sucking face. When we finally came up for air, Mick was all red, and shiny with sweat, and I was licking my lips.....THEN......we DOVE IN AGAIN.....it was almost like "Kissing Karaoke." The crowd was screaming......I was dizzy.......in the midst of it.....I had the realization: "The *only reason* to suck face with a guy, is to kiss on hair face." So....as it happens.....now, I'm a fan. It was a very, very fun dare....and Mick.....well, poor Mick......he just wanted more.....and I sort of had to......let him down, I guess. I still feel a bit guilty about it, because now, everytime I see him.....he hints.
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post #32 of 56
11/10/12 at 2:15pm
I know what you mean by "meant to be". It does look like that. Very handsome, too!

Editing to add: sorry, MdM, I missed that post ^^^ as we posted almost simultaneously. That is some story. It made me smile.
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post #33 of 56
11/10/12 at 2:32pm
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(Giggle)

Yes, kissing men with facial hair, it doesn't get any better than that. It's so...texturized (for lack of a better word). And if a man has a full, very long beard it can also be a bit...fragrant. Long beards, like long hair, have a certain smell to them. Sometimes it can be a real turn-off and then there's those other times when it sort of enhances the kissing experience. And I don't think this is a 'fragrance enthusiast' thing, I think many people not into fragrances like us get what I'm saying. Well except for exclusively, heterosexual men, they don't know what it's like at all to kiss a hairy face. Never really thought of that until now.

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I know what you mean by "meant to be". It does look like that. Very handsome, too!

Thanks darling...
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post #34 of 56
11/10/12 at 2:37pm
HOWEVER:, Mike--I did look at every single one of your blue boys upstairs. I guess I check out from the neck down. There's something about that whole GIANT torso & GIANT arm thing I just don't grasp. --and I've tried to think this through: This is no judgement-- I guess it's based on the fact that those bodies all look HARD, and it also looks (to me) like I'd be scared to "go there" with any of those--because they look dangerous: Sort of as if they might be packing switch blades in their jeans along with their other....ehm....equipment. This is to say that, if any of them happen to be in Grasse sometime soon......they, along with those bone-crushers--the CRS--are ALL YOURS. I keep trying to analyze the handicap: It seems to centered on the fact that they look HARD. I hate hard. Girls with buff hard bodies--not my taste at all--In fact--well: You get the picture. It just seems as though they would.....hurt, you know? And that they wouldn't be cuddly in bed......So be assured: You'll get no competition. So the Steve Kelso one-- *NOW* I get so many things that had forever puzzled me about gay men: If that one is the "ultimate gay fantasy piece," it makes perfect sense that so many gay men look like that. Me, I have my moments, just like Mick: Sometimes, the Kirstin Dunst is mine. Other times, it's the Mila Kunis. Lately, I've been *very* into my "Mila Kunis Moment."
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post #35 of 56
11/12/12 at 10:02am
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HOWEVER:, Mike--I did look at every single one of your blue boys upstairs. I guess I check out from the neck down. There's something about that whole GIANT torso & GIANT arm thing I just don't grasp. --and I've tried to think this through: This is no judgement-- I guess it's based on the fact that those bodies all look HARD, and it also looks (to me) like I'd be scared to "go there" with any of those--because they look dangerous: Sort of as if they might be packing switch blades in their jeans along with their other....ehm....equipment. This is to say that, if any of them happen to be in Grasse sometime soon......they, along with those bone-crushers--the CRS--are ALL YOURS. I keep trying to analyze the handicap: It seems to centered on the fact that they look HARD. I hate hard. Girls with buff hard bodies--not my taste at all--In fact--well: You get the picture. It just seems as though they would.....hurt, you know? And that they wouldn't be cuddly in bed......So be assured: You'll get no competition. So the Steve Kelso one-- *NOW* I get so many things that had forever puzzled me about gay men: If that one is the "ultimate gay fantasy piece," it makes perfect sense that so many gay men look like that. Me, I have my moments, just like Mick: Sometimes, the Kirstin Dunst is mine. Other times, it's the Mila Kunis. Lately, I've been *very* into my "Mila Kunis Moment."

OMG we are going so Off Topic right now on this thread lmdm LOL. Believe me when I tell you that Steve Kelso is, for me, only one of many objects of desire. I am very...open minded...when it comes to what my eyes like and I only mentioned Kelso because this is a moustache thread, but there are tons of hairless, moustacheless men I find very attractive. The one that immediately comes to mind is Kerry Degman. And Matthieu Charneau. (sigh) There are hundreds of others.

OK - back on topic! Guys, is anyone else participating in Movember!? Almost half the month is over...if you want to join/participate join now at the link in my first post. It's for a good cause!

lmdm - I want a photo of the moustache, dyed pink. Pronto!
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post #36 of 56
11/13/12 at 1:26pm
I would join you if I could, Mike, but I can't grow a moustache (yet - give me a few years to grow my hag hairs and warts!).
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post #37 of 56
11/13/12 at 4:26pm
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I would join you if I could, Mike, but I can't grow a moustache (yet - give me a few years to grow my hag hairs and warts!).

(giggle)

I think Movember is trying to get the girls in on the action with Mo Sistas. Seriously. Link here: http://us.movember.com/get-involved/mo-sistas/


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post #38 of 56
11/13/12 at 4:41pm
The pathetic amounts of hair seedlings I'll forcefully push out of my upper lip over the next few weeks will be lucky to look like mikeperez's day 5... but I keep trying. Right now it looks more like a teenage girls armpit than the porno tash I was going for...
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post #39 of 56
11/13/12 at 8:38pm
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The pathetic amounts of hair seedlings I'll forcefully push out of my upper lip over the next few weeks will be lucky to look like mikeperez's day 5... but I keep trying. Right now it looks more like a teenage girls armpit than the porno tash I was going for...

Teenage girls armpit... (Giggle). Post a photo Freddie!!
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post #40 of 56
11/14/12 at 12:41pm
Lol - if I had a real man moustache, i'd pose like this all the time - wish I could raise that eyebrow higher hahahha.



Yes... that really is over 2 weeks of growing :| Can you even see it?! Oh mannnnn.
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post #41 of 56
11/14/12 at 1:09pm
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I can see it, I can see it!

Raising eyebrows high is an art, freddie. I suppose it comes with age.
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post #42 of 56
11/14/12 at 1:13pm
Poor me haha - yours is a beast mike! A good horses thigh that is hahah, very jealous.
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post #43 of 56
11/14/12 at 1:41pm
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Ah you British and your colloquialisms. (giggle)

Here's Day 14 (I look a bit tired, it's because I just finished a grueling lunchtime workout at the gym this afternoon):

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post #44 of 56
11/14/12 at 7:04pm
Looks like the stache is coming in real nice, Mike.
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post #45 of 56
11/14/12 at 7:27pm
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Thanks N.

I wish I was getting more donations - my circle of friends haven't donated sh*t yet. I have to really start fundraising these next few weeks, during the holidays and my birthday. Guilt can be a wonderful motivation for philanthropy!

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I'm in too: http://mobro.co/basenotes

OK Grant, you gotta post some 'stache pictures of you. Pretty please!!!

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Day 17 (yesterday, in my backyard, working on the lawn):

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post #46 of 56
11/19/12 at 4:16pm
Here's my update. Got lazy. Stopped shaving. 10 days growth. Now, I'm sporting a stache with a beard. Haven't trimmed the stache yet.

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post #47 of 56
11/19/12 at 7:06pm
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As long as you haven't trimmed the 'stache you're cool N! You're like me: hair grows fast!!
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post #48 of 56
11/20/12 at 9:11am
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As long as you haven't trimmed the 'stache you're cool N! You're like me: hair grows fast!!

Haha. I was pretty close to shaving it off. I can do the stache but a whole month is too much. But I decided to stay in the game a bit longer. The whole fundraising thing. My partner at work started to do the handle bars on his stache and told me to do the same. Don't know if I'll do it but thinking about it. Would be a nice epic end to Movember.
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post #49 of 56
11/20/12 at 1:17pm
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Haha. I was pretty close to shaving it off. I can do the stache but a whole month is too much. But I decided to stay in the game a bit longer. The whole fundraising thing. My partner at work started to do the handle bars on his stache and told me to do the same. Don't know if I'll do it but thinking about it. Would be a nice epic end to Movember.

I know, mine is starting, at the top portion next to my nose, to curl up (my hair on my head is naturally very curly, I just cut it short) so of course this is starting to appear bushy. Which is really annoying me. So when I get my haircut this weekend I'm going to get him to razor the top portion, just a teensy bit, down. I don't want to thin my moustache too much, but I don't want bushy!

IMO, a handlebar moustache can only be pulled off successfully by a few guys. Like David White (the last guy in my post #21 above ^) Good luck, if you do it and take a photo and share!

There is this guy's Movember photo that I ran into a couple days ago and I have total Moustache Envy...his 'stache is, IMO, perfect (plus he's not that bad looking himself) but I think it's his red hair that makes it even more striking:



This is the sort of 'stache I am aspiring to grow, maybe just a tiny bit less creeping over the top lip.
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post #50 of 56
11/29/12 at 9:14am
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And if a man has a full, very long beard it can also be a bit...fragrant. Long beards, like long hair, have a certain smell to them.

I have noticed that with 'staches. I gotta admit I've never been with a bearded man. (Is that TMI?)
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post #51 of 56
11/30/12 at 3:54pm
I have to be honest. I went clean shaven last weekend. I just couldn't do the stache for the last week. The main reason being was, I had a really rough week at work. And when I got home Friday night, the whole shaving was sort of a cleansing process. A fresh new start. It was fun while it lasted. I'll probably do it again next year, but I'll start from scratch and grow a stache.

What's the update on the stache, Mike?
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post #52 of 56
12/3/12 at 8:27am
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Here I am the very last day of the month:



And here I am yesterday, with Joe (BN member petrucccijc)...



I didn't shave it off December 1st but I plan on growing my beard (short) with my 'stache to see if I like that look. Sort of like this guy:

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post #53 of 56
12/3/12 at 8:36am
Great looks, Mike. Wish I could grow facial hair like this, though quite abundant and harsh, it tends to grow uneven and difficultly groom-able in my case.
But on you Mike, indeed it looks, and I mean it in a positive, dapper and suave, classy way, like the style of a Hollywood actor, from a classic film masterpiece. Definitely stylish and, also, making an important statement for a noble cause.
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post #54 of 56
12/3/12 at 7:32pm
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Thanks Ken!

Funny you say 'Hollywood actor'. The Landlord for the office space that I work in, also works in another office in the same building. We always see each other but we rarely speak, he mostly deals with my boss more than I. He's an older Latin gentleman, wears a toupee, a bit eccentric (he has a coat of arms in the lobby of his office, no lie). He also used to be a Hollywood actor (I cannot remember his acting name, I think it was in the 60's). In any event, as I said, this guy hasn't said ten words to me for the 8+ years we've inhabited his office space and I see him at least 1 a week if not more.

Last week, he and his assistant were walking down the hall, I was walking towards them. And as soon as I came up on him and smiled (Hello, how are you?) he said (in his thick Spanish accent): 'Oh, it's you...Wow! You look like an actor from Hollywood!' with a big smile on his face. 'I like it', he says and gives me a thumbs up with his hands. I blushed, giggled a little and thanked him - we went our separate ways and I couldn't help but think if THIS GUY thinks I look like a Hollywood actor, I guess I really do look like one. LOL
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12/5/12 at 5:11am
THAT WAS GREAT FUN, NOW, IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY DONE IT, GET OVER TO THE GUY'S MOVEMBER PAGES AND SPONSOR THIS FANTASTIC PROJECT. HURRY, IT IS NOT TOO LATE!
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12/5/12 at 6:49am
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Thanks Foustie. ((hugs))

In case you're interested in making donations to me, and my 'stache, my (very amateur) donation page is at: http://mobro.co/mikeperez
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