No More No Shave November

Greetings! Gosh, I'm so happy. This last month has been pretty brutal. No Shave November. Whoever thought of that is a G D B. BUT I passed the test of this stupid tradition. I didn't shave for the whole month. However, I have very little to show for it.

It's December 3rd now. Yes, I know. I'm a little late with this post. But I wasn't late with the shaving. I shaved at 1 in the morning on December 1st and it was GLORIOUS. I felt free. I felt light. I felt... smooth. I'll let your filthy minds think about that any way you want. Ugh, I'm so glad that month is over. I doubt I'll ever do it again. So not worth it. Well, its not with my case anyways. You'll see what I mean when you look at the pictures.

Well, I think I'll keep this post short and sweet. Here are the pictures. Before and After.

Why can't I grow a decent amount of facial hair? Why?!

No Shave November: Day 19

Hey, gang! Holy Hannah. It's already been a whole week since I blogged last. I almost forgot to post today. Which, I'm sure, would have been a real bummer to the 2 of you who actually read my blog.

Well, I haven't given up yet. I'm still hanging in there. It's not too difficult anymore, actually. I'm not thinking about shaving as often as I was a week ago. Now, by saying this, I am in no way saying I'm keeping the facial hair. Come midnight on November 30/December 1, the hair is freaking going bye bye. It hasn't really grown any fuller within this last week. A tiny bit, but nothing noticable. It's so stupid, really. I hate it. But what can I do? Can Rogain work on facial hair?...

In other news, I'm thinking about moving at the end of next month. Well, not thinking about it. Doing it. I'm about 98% sure I'm moving next month. Where am I moving? Burnsville. I know. I know. Not too exciting, right? Wrong. This will be the first time I'll actually be on my own. Well, I'll have roommates, but basically I'm on my own. I'll be moving in with 3 other people. 1 I know, the other 2 I've never met before. It'll be...interesting. An adventure! I'm actually really excited about it. December 26th can't get here soon enough. (That's the move date.) I'll have more on this in a later post.

Well, that's all I've got for now. I think the next post will be the last No Shave November post. So expect that on December 1st.

And, of course, the picture. Please don't laugh TOO hard.

No Shave November: Day 12

It's been 12 days since I've shaved. I feel I'm growing weak. So tired. So thirsty. Can't. Think. In. Head. Where are my razors?

I'm not even half way through and I'm already thinking about abandoning ship. What little facial hair I HAVE actually grown is really quite pathetic. I've got the stupid Mexi-stache going on, some chin hairs that looks just sad, and a pair of adorably lame side burns. Why am I not able to grow a beard that would make Chewbacca proud? That's all I want. Can Santa just bring me THAT for Christmas? Please?

*SIGH* I can't give up. I just can't. What would Santa say? What would Chewbacca say?! NO. I must keep going. I must keep growing. Even if it does make me uncomfortable. I just wanna know how ridiculous I look after this is all over. I might even keep the hair in the end. (No way am I keeping the hair in the end.)

On a side note, I was called cute today while I was in the check out line at Wal-Mart. A group of girls were behind me and they were whispering to each other. Not whispering softly enough because I could hear them. Well, I assumed they were talking about me. They said, "He kinda looks like Taylor Lautner." "Yeah. He's cute." Of course, they could have been talking about Taylor when they mentioned the cute part...

And as promised, the picture of my pathetic facial hair growth. You have to look closely.

No Shave November

Greetings, everyone! Happy No Shave November. What is No Shave November? It's really quite self explanatory. During the month of November, you are not allowed to shave. Self explanatory? Yes. Simple? Yes. Stupid? YES.

I've known about this really stupid tradition for more than a few years now, but I've never participated. Partly because I like my face to be clean shaven. Partly because I truly feel this tradition is pretty dumb. But mainly because I can't really grow facial hair. I'm Native American, what do you expect? I mean, I can grow some pretty sweet burns and a little bit of chin hair and also a pretty pathetic mustache. The longest I've gone without shaving was about a week and even then I was disgusted with myself. So I can only imagine how I'll feel by the end of the month.

Why did I decide to participate THIS year? I'm not really sure. Curiosity, I guess. I just want to see what I'll look like with a month's worth of facial hair. And to be honest, I'm secretly hoping that I can grow a decent beard. Now, I'm not aiming for anything like Pickle's or Grandma's ability to grow a beard, but hopefully 1/8 of what they can grow. If you know Pickle or Grandma, you know what I'm talking about.

It is currently November 4th, so I really don't have anything to brag about. YET. But I plan to do a few more November blogs accompanied with pictures of my pathetic facial hair. Until then, buh bye.

Wait, does No Shave November include pubes too?...

Writing

Ahoy there, blog readers! Long time, no blog. I missed all of you. Except for you, Jimmy. Take a shower once in a while and then I'll miss you.

So, I haven't posted in a while and thought there's no better time to do so than now. (Not really, I'm just finding ways to procrastinate from writing.) But seriously, I do have some things on my mind.

First, I have some projects I want to work on. And by "projects", I mean films. Come on, if you're reading this blog, you should know that. I've written a few short films and episode 2 of a web show I wanna do. I'm actually preparing to start shooting one of the shorts. It's called 'Let's Be Friends'. I know, lame title. But despite the title, it's good. Or so I'm told. I've got the cast all together and they all love the script. So, be on the look out for the finished film in the not too distant future.
Along with the filming of that, I also have outlines and ideas for 8 more shorts. I just have to find motivation to actually sit down and write these scripts. It's not that I'm not excited about them, I just have trouble getting motivated. It's like the case of episode 1 of my web show. I had the idea of this show in my head for almost 2 years and never wrote it out. There was actually a contest online for web shows that got me to write it. The deadline was in 2 months and I was like "This is perfect! Time to write." This happens to me a lot. I need a deadline or some kind of push to write stories out.
I also have more ideas for silly Youtube videos. If you haven't seen any of my previous vids, go here...
www.youtube.com/theelephantstomp
BUT, filming these videos has become hard. Most of the Elephant Stomp group has split. Pickle is going to college in North Dakota. Blake is going to college in Duluth or Superior (one of the two). And Grandma has become a working madman. I can never get a hold of him. But I still have faith that we will pump out more videos. I'm just more focused (a little) on short films and stuff like that. More "credible" film projects.

I've also decided not to go to film school til next year. I just want to make as many films as I can before heading off to college. You know, have some experience under my Ninja Turtle belt before working alongside some big deal people. That's right, I have a Ninja Turtle belt. Be jealous.

I guess that's all I've got for now. I'm off to go and try to write my newest short film idea. It's called Dream Couple. Speculate on what it is about however you want. In the words of Tigger, ta ta for now. I hate myself for knowing that...

Nice to Meet You, 2010.

Hello 2010. And for the record, its two thousand ten. Not twenty ten. Anyways, let me fill you in on what has happened to me since my last update.



I am now a paid filmmaker. Sort of. I entered an advertisement contest back in October. I made 6 commercials, which can be found here...

www.youtube.com/theelephantstomp

And I just received an email from the company stating that they will be paying me $500 for my entry. And thats just one entry. I made 6 videos. Yeah. $3,000! I pretty much rule. This is pretty much the coolest thing that has ever happened to me. I mean, come on! I made some videos which I basically did for free and I am being paid three grand for them! So exciting. This is just hte thing I needed. I have no job, I'm living at home, I do nothing but make silly videos and now I get cash for some of them. I'd say thats a win.



Now on a different note, I'd like to dive into relationship territory.

I was recently contacted by an ex who told me that she misses me and wants me to give "us" another try. I told her that I didn't want a girlfriend and she took that a little hard. But honestly, I DON'T. It's not just with her. I don't want to be in a relationship with anyone. I've explained this many times to several people. I am a single guy. I love being single. I love only having to worry about myself and, honestly, I love hooking up with no strings attached. In past year of being sexually active, I've had sex with 9 girls. And I've only dated 2 of them. Now, I'm not saying I'll be this way forever. Eventually, I will settle down, but until that day I am going to continue being this way. Thats actually my New Year's resolution. To double the number of girls I've been with. And I feel that will be easy, because I don't get emotionally invested in anyone. At this time of my life, I will always want and persue other women.



Well, I think that will just about do it for me on this one. Now, if you'd excuse me, I've got more video contests to enter. Until next time, blog readers.