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let it grow and now it’s filled in all
right.
I’d gladly take a nickel for every
person who has seen me and said,
“Jim, your beard’s filling out. I didn’t
think it would.”
And who can blame them. I’m not
| a man’s man and a full beard on me
seems as impossible as a full beard on
a mixing bowl.
And yet, there it is. Sprouting from
my face like greens on a Chia pet, my
hairy testament to masculinity waves
grandly in the breeze.
I’m going to shave it off soon
because I don’treally like it.Itdocsn’t
really look all that good, it itches and
I’m always afraid that I’ll get salsa in
it when I eat at Amigos.
Still, I’m glad I grew it. I’ve learned
what it is to be a bcard-wearin’ man.
I can now speak as a person who has
had hair on his face and there are a
few things I can share with you about
the experience.
First off, don’t get bothered by
people who play with their facial hair.
I’ve passed many an hour of stilling
boredom by idly flicking, pulling,
(jetting, twisting and ruffling my fa
cial hair. It’s almost unconscious.
The latest dumb thing I’ve found
to do is to pull a few of the longer
hairs into my mouth and clench them
in my teeth. It’s not fun or pleasurable
but I do it anyway.
I suppose I just speak for myself
but I don’t do this out of any false
sense of machismo. I’m not flaunting
or paying homage to my hormones.
It’s just odd to have hair on your face
and diddling with it is part of the
experience.
Also, growing a beard does not
really release you from the chains of
shaving. I’ve had to trim and clip my
facial pet almost every morning since
it was bom. I originally grew it so I
wouldn’t have to shave but now I
spend just as much time pruning my
face as I would shaving it.
Finally and maybe most impor
tantly, should you or someone you
love grow a beard, don’t make a big
ger deal out of it than it is. My beard
experiment is certainly not worthy of
as much attention as a column like
this gives it.
Try not to be rude (“Your beard
sucks, why did you grow it?”) and try
not to fawn (“That beard is SO cool!
I love it! That is the greatest thing I
have ever seen in my life! Do me!”).
As hackneyed as it sounds, a beard
only changes a person physically and,
if handled properly, it shouldn’t change
the person himself. (When they’re
handing out more dirty names, I’ll
take sap).
So I think I’ll cut mine off and see
if it makes a difference. I doubt it
will. I wasn't trying to make a state
ment when I grew it and I won’t be
making a statement by removing it.
Besides, if having a beard makes
me a real man, I don’t think I want
one anyway.
Hanna is a senior theater major and a
Daily Nebraskan reporter and columnist.
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