The change is going to happen today and the risk will take place sometime in July. Today marks the first day of the semester for both me and Dee. For Dee, and most students, this means schedules get tighter and fun becomes a rare treat. Tension and anxiety will grow and time for personal endeavors gets limited to almost nothing.
For me this day is the beginning of 15 weeks for personal development. While my classes do, and will, demand a great deal of attention, I have the luxury of taking online classes and completing many assignments at work. This frees up nights and weekends and since Dee will be on overload I am often alone in my extracurricular activities.
Today I've decided that, over the next 15 weeks, I am going to seek to build myself a more spiritually sound foundation. I am hoping to develop a more balanced state of mind so that I can create more opportunities for myself. I believe that by tuning in to my own spiritual signal I will be able to express myself in more creative ways. I am happy about beginning the effort and glad it's a rainy cold day because I feel that on sunny days everyone is optimistic, but it's mostly superficial. An optimistic person on a rainy day is far more sincere.
The journey begins with Fleet Foxes. Since the Jets lost in the AFC championship I've turned my attention from sports talk radio and have reconnected with meaningful music. Fleet Foxes was first on the list today. I find their music to be mature and guided. Their vocal harmonies are often haunting in a curious way. Much of their music has a medieval, almost Gregorian quality which, for me, is uplifting and encouraging.
As I was checking out videos of Fleet Foxes, I realized that the front men of almost
every one of my favorite bands have large beards. So I started to analyze 3 of them in particular. First is Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes. I love the color of this beard. I can't identify color too well, but I describe his as regal. The mustache is strong to the beard and the trim is perfect. To me he has the best of the 3 beards because it's the most natural. What I mean by that is, some faces are meant to have beards, they just look better with them. Other faces are on people who want beards and they look forced.
For me this day is the beginning of 15 weeks for personal development. While my classes do, and will, demand a great deal of attention, I have the luxury of taking online classes and completing many assignments at work. This frees up nights and weekends and since Dee will be on overload I am often alone in my extracurricular activities.
Today I've decided that, over the next 15 weeks, I am going to seek to build myself a more spiritually sound foundation. I am hoping to develop a more balanced state of mind so that I can create more opportunities for myself. I believe that by tuning in to my own spiritual signal I will be able to express myself in more creative ways. I am happy about beginning the effort and glad it's a rainy cold day because I feel that on sunny days everyone is optimistic, but it's mostly superficial. An optimistic person on a rainy day is far more sincere.
The journey begins with Fleet Foxes. Since the Jets lost in the AFC championship I've turned my attention from sports talk radio and have reconnected with meaningful music. Fleet Foxes was first on the list today. I find their music to be mature and guided. Their vocal harmonies are often haunting in a curious way. Much of their music has a medieval, almost Gregorian quality which, for me, is uplifting and encouraging.
As I was checking out videos of Fleet Foxes, I realized that the front men of almost
every one of my favorite bands have large beards. So I started to analyze 3 of them in particular. First is Robin Pecknold of Fleet Foxes. I love the color of this beard. I can't identify color too well, but I describe his as regal. The mustache is strong to the beard and the trim is perfect. To me he has the best of the 3 beards because it's the most natural. What I mean by that is, some faces are meant to have beards, they just look better with them. Other faces are on people who want beards and they look forced.That's my major criticism of Ben Bridwell, singer/guitarist for Band of Horses. 
To me it looks like an Abe Lincoln costume beard. If he had a killer stache to compliment the bulk then his grow would have a bit more substance, but as is it looks a little forced. Overall, the length is awesome and the consistency is amazing considering it doesn't look like he does any touch ups. I like it, just looks a little planned which really there's nothing wrong with.
To me it looks like an Abe Lincoln costume beard. If he had a killer stache to compliment the bulk then his grow would have a bit more substance, but as is it looks a little forced. Overall, the length is awesome and the consistency is amazing considering it doesn't look like he does any touch ups. I like it, just looks a little planned which really there's nothing wrong with.Lastly, is Alex Ebert from Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. If there ever was an award called Best Facial Hair Makeover, this guy would win hands down! I mean check out the transition from the Ima Robot days to today.
You can tell a lot about a person from their facial hair and I can see this guy knows where his priorities are. He looks like a man who's been inspired and found love in many places. As far as the beard goes, it's a weak stache and poor growth, but has magnificent presence which goes a long way. I had the pleasure of seeing ESMZ this year and briefly meeting Alex and he couldn't have been a nicer guy in a great beard.
You can tell a lot about a person from their facial hair and I can see this guy knows where his priorities are. He looks like a man who's been inspired and found love in many places. As far as the beard goes, it's a weak stache and poor growth, but has magnificent presence which goes a long way. I had the pleasure of seeing ESMZ this year and briefly meeting Alex and he couldn't have been a nicer guy in a great beard.Hahaha, that was a fun post.
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