The summer is drawing to a close
Okay, so yesterday was spent entirely in the car, tagging along with my sister up to New York and then driving the car back west to Ohio by myself. Total car time spent: about sixteen hours, eight of which were driving. Truth be told, it wasn't that unpleasant, except for some truly malevolent weather which I encountered on the way back home.
During the course of the day, I decided that my noticably scruffy facial hair was going to have to go before I made the trip back to Kenyon. For the first time in a while, I made the active decision to be clean-shaven.
This morning, I get up, and the first thing I do is go to the mirror and my razor. Just for chuckles, I decide to shave off the hair on my chin first, leaving me looking not unlike former president Chester A. Arthur. I got a good laugh and moved to continue shaving when I realized that I looked so amusing that someone ought to see me.
I walked toward the kitchen, imagining my mother or father's reaction. "Wow, Nate," they would say. "You look ridiculous. You should shave the rest off at once."
"But Pa," I would say, "I'm gonna go fight the Yanks with General Lee!" I chuckled to myself upon thinking this. Oh, there must be a million such lines, I thought. I'll have to use at least one when someone sees me.
But it's been two hours and nobody has seen me yet. And I've thought of those million such lines. Now, I'm compelled to keep this ridiculous look just so I can keep using snarky comments when people point out how ridiculous I look.
"But mother, this is the look that all of the fellows at the Gentlemen's Club are sporting!"
"Honestly, if it's good enough for Prince Albert it's good enough for me."
"I'd shave it, but I'm going undercover at the local NASCAR rally."
"I'm trying out for A Christmas Carol."
"I'm keeping it until I have a mullet to match!"
Etc.
Now, I don't ever actually want to appear in public with this odd facial hair combination. But really, someone ought to see it.
In other news, I've recently discovered (once again, thanks to YouTube) that they went ahead and made an anime out of The Powerpuff Girls. It's funny to see how the two different versions utilize and adhere to the generic conventions their respective cultures have created for animated TV series.
During the course of the day, I decided that my noticably scruffy facial hair was going to have to go before I made the trip back to Kenyon. For the first time in a while, I made the active decision to be clean-shaven.
This morning, I get up, and the first thing I do is go to the mirror and my razor. Just for chuckles, I decide to shave off the hair on my chin first, leaving me looking not unlike former president Chester A. Arthur. I got a good laugh and moved to continue shaving when I realized that I looked so amusing that someone ought to see me.
I walked toward the kitchen, imagining my mother or father's reaction. "Wow, Nate," they would say. "You look ridiculous. You should shave the rest off at once."
"But Pa," I would say, "I'm gonna go fight the Yanks with General Lee!" I chuckled to myself upon thinking this. Oh, there must be a million such lines, I thought. I'll have to use at least one when someone sees me.
But it's been two hours and nobody has seen me yet. And I've thought of those million such lines. Now, I'm compelled to keep this ridiculous look just so I can keep using snarky comments when people point out how ridiculous I look.
"But mother, this is the look that all of the fellows at the Gentlemen's Club are sporting!"
"Honestly, if it's good enough for Prince Albert it's good enough for me."
"I'd shave it, but I'm going undercover at the local NASCAR rally."
"I'm trying out for A Christmas Carol."
"I'm keeping it until I have a mullet to match!"
Etc.
Now, I don't ever actually want to appear in public with this odd facial hair combination. But really, someone ought to see it.
In other news, I've recently discovered (once again, thanks to YouTube) that they went ahead and made an anime out of The Powerpuff Girls. It's funny to see how the two different versions utilize and adhere to the generic conventions their respective cultures have created for animated TV series.
posted by Nate at 12:07 PM
2 Comments:
Good story.
come back to the world of posting Nate, we miss hearing from you.
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