I have come to the conclusion...

... that for some reason people really like beards. I have never quite understood people's obsession with them.  It has basically become a fact, that in general most people really do seem to enjoy a good beard.

I have never wanted a beard.

I have never really cared about beards or thought they were cool.

I know I now have a beard, but it was an accident.

Many people had told me they think I would look good with a beard, and should have one.  I didn't mean too, but eventually at some point I just forgot how to plan time and effort to shave and a beard was the result.

It was actually really uncomfortable at first, and I don't mean just the itchiness.  It gained me a lot of new attention, usually people saying, "nice beard" or "you're growing a beard now?"  Which is just weird, that you grow it.  Anyways, that attention made me uncomfortable.  I can be quite shy and have always felt awkward talking to anyone about shaving or facial hair.  Probably because it is seen as a symbol for being a "man" and it makes me think of the stereotypical male, which I have issues with.  I suppose that talking about beards or shaving made me feel like I was a part of that group, which thinking about this I realize there are probably bigger issues at hand that maybe I would rather not think about.  I guess I just don't want to drink beer, watch football and hide from my wife.  So because of this I felt uncomfortable talking about shaving or growing a beard.  Even though it doesn't really connect, it makes sense to me for some reason.

But I have finally come to terms with it.  It's been with me for over a year now and I guess I just have to accept that it is a part of who I am, and a part of humanity.  Although it does still make me uncomfortable when creepy men I don't know walk up to me from behind and gently run their fingers over my beard, I just might always feeling uneasy about that.  I mean, at least approach from the front and ask first.  Other than that, I no longer feel the need to hide from my beard or who I am (with a beard).  Because of this and the fact that people just love beards, I have decided to start on a new project.  It is a relatively new idea so I don't want to give anything away until it's in the works, but I think everyone will like it.  It will venture into new territory and hopefully maximize the love and joy that people have and get from beards.

Also, I really like the forward delete key.

RIAA

An RIAA training video has been leaked onto the internet and sounds pretty ridiculous.  I have only seen a short clip of this so far, but I'm downloading the full video.  In this short clip they made claims that busting people for pirating music often leads to also busting them for having guns and large quantities of cocaine.  So far, everyone I know who pirates music has lots of guns and lots of cocaine, so I figured I should let everyone know that if you want to keep your drugs and guns, don't pirate music.  Or else you'll get RIAA'd big time.

Here's a link to a short clip and article about it.

Here's a link to a torrent of the whole thing.

Hello.

I have started a blog.  It took about three years, but I did it.  I have a lot of ideas on what I will be posting here, so hopefully I keep up on it and put something up soon.