NaNoWriMo and No Shave November Day 1.
"I didn't even recognize you." "I feel like I'm talking to your younger brother." "I'm just soaking it in." "You actually look meaner without the beard, cause the focus is on your brow." Yep, those were some of the gems I heard from Eric today as he gazed at my freshly shaven face. I shaved, of course, for No Shave November, ironically enough, so that I could get on a level playing field with Eric and the gang. Also so that by the end of the month when their pathetic, peach fuzz excuses for beards are trembling in the face of my hairy manliness they can't say that I had a head start. And NaNoWriMo started up today. I managed to write 1,866 words, a coulple hundred above the 1,667 that I have to average per day to reach 50,000 by the end of the month. Maybe the last time I'll ever be ahead of the pace. We'll see.