Shaving the BeardeD LooN - Ta Da!

Well, here's the photo proof of the event ...

the Before and After pictures.

   

I did say pics of the beard ... not pics of me.

Here's a small gallery of the inbetween shots.

Thanks again to everyone who sponsored this, and an extra one to those who've already submitted their filthy lucre ... er, money. Reminders about how the pledge can be paid are as follows:

One:

You can send it by PayPal using my email address:

raz.urbanhermit@gmail.com

... just, please, add a note stating that it's a donation (and the name you want the donation attributed to), so that I can figure out, a bit more easily, why money would be going into the account for a change.

 

Two:

Cheques should be made payable to:

Blenheim Court Care Centre Savings Fund

and sent to the following address:

Shave the Bearded Loon

c/o Blenheim Court Care Centre

100a Elm Lane

Sheffield

S5 7TW

Sponsors 'external to the home', so far:

• Geraldine £5.00 
• Mrs B £5.00 
• Pike £10.00 (Paid) 
• Julie F £5.00 (Paid)
• Jo Gadsen £5.00 
• Semioticghosts £5.00  
• Jacquie Milham £5.00   
• Granny Sylvie & Grampa Brian £10.00 (Paid)
• The good folks from my local Pharmacy £10.00 (Paid)

NOTE: If you would prefer not to have your name/link/amount donated etc, listed here, just send let me know which part(s) of your 'line' you don't want seen/posted and I'll blank it/them out.

Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow!

Well, it's the evening of the 19^th of May 2010. I've trained, and prepped, and psyched myself up for this thing tomorrow lunchtime(-ish), as much as I think I can ... without Dr Jack Kevorkian's help.

I've been practising with my various double edge (DE) razors, brushes (badger, boar, and synthetic – I don't yet own any horsehair or hybrid shaving brushes … yet), soaps and creams and shave oils. I've even made some of my own shave oils and aftershave balms – my Urban Hermit's “All Agrog” bay rum shave oil and its companion, Urban Hermit's “Bay Rum Baba Balm” aftershave lotion are quite nice, if I do make my own brass section toot.

I'm about as ready as I may ever be. C'mon peaceful-death-whilst-sleeping! … if I get some sleep tonight.

You might have noticed I'm not exactly looking forward to this. I am not one to, generally speaking, enjoy being the centre of attention. Perhaps I should have told folks that if there was any 'audience', the deal's off; any photos, the deal's off; any fuss, yes, then the deal's off, etc. etc. etc.

… but for some unknown reason, I did not. Stupid bugger!

Well, at least it might give my therapist some joy. … and the residents too, I hope. … and we might even be able to get The Corporation to match the funds raised – making head office pay out money that won't be taken out of our budget. It's almost like having a purpose; short term anyway.

Ah well. Time to stop spreading sunshine about for today. Tomorrow is another day … sadly.

Below is information for the individuals who expressed a desire to donate / sponsor my big Beard's Day Out moment on Thursday the 20th  of May, and would still like to do so, but haven't done so already. Thanks, yet again, for swinging by and yet another 'thanks again' to folks that have sent some spondulicks money in already: “Thanks again.”

I'll be back at least once after the post-operative trauma of the beard-ectomy. I might try and get someone to take photos of the beard before and after; not me - just the beard!

One:

You can send it by PayPal using my email address:

raz.urbanhermit@gmail.com

... just, please, add a note stating that it's a donation (and the name you want the donation attributed to), so that I can figure out, a bit more easily, why money would be going into the account for a change.

 

Two:

Cheques should be made payable to:

Blenheim Court Care Centre Savings Fund

and sent to the following address:

Shave the Bearded Loon

c/o Blenheim Court Care Centre

100a Elm Lane

Sheffield

S5 7TW

Sponsors 'external to the home', so far:

• Geraldine £5.00 
• Mrs B £5.00 
• Pike £10.00 (Paid) 
• Julie F £5.00 (Paid)
• Jo Gadsen £5.00 
• Semioticghosts £5.00  
• Jacquie Milham £5.00   
• Granny Sylvie & Grampa Brian £10.00

NOTE: If you would prefer not to have your name/link/amount donated etc, listed here, just send let me know which part(s) of your 'line' you don't want seen/posted and I'll blank it/them out.

Hair Today, Gone May 20th? - Part 2

Hulloooo.

I've been meaning to post a wee bit of info here online, for most of the past week. If anyone is still paying attention to this space, I apologise for not getting this blogged earlier. ... hey, sadly (sometimes), life happens.

This is for the individuals who expressed a desire to donate / sponsor my big Beard-be-Gone moment on Thursday the 20th  of May, and would still like to do so. 

One:

You can send it by PayPal using my email address:

raz.urbanhermit@gmail.com

... just, please, add a note stating that it's a donation (and the name you want the donation attributed to), so that I can figure out, a bit more easily, why money would be going into the account for a change. 

Two:

Cheques should be made payable to:

Blenheim Court Care Centre Savings Fund

and sent to the following address:

Shave the Canadian Loon 

c/o Blenheim Court Care Centre

100a Elm Lane

Sheffield

S5 7TW

Thanks, and another thanks to folks that have sent some UK-Bucks money in already. Thanks.

Oh! I also had a second idea for raising money subsequent to this event. I told several of the folks at work that they should collect up and count (with utmost discretion and vigilant security) all of the whiskers that the hairdresser's clippers shear off of me. Then later on they can display them in a jar and 'sell' guesses for how many hairs there were in my beard. 

... nobody seemed too excited about the idea though. Go figure.

Well, thanks for stopping by, and I'll be back at least once more before the day.

Online sponsors so far:

• Geraldine £5.00
• Mrs B £5.00
• Pike £10.00 (Paid)
• Julie F £5.00 (Paid) 
• Jo Gadsen £5.00
• Semioticghosts £5.00

NOTE: If you would prefer not to have your name/link/amount donated etc, listed here, just send let me know which part(s) of your 'line' you don't want seen/posted and I'll blank it/them out.

Hair Today, Gone May 20th?

For some unknown reason, I'd decided to try and do something, off my own bat, to raise money for the residents' "Comfort Fund" at the nursing home where I work.

But what, I asked myself, could I do?

As I am woefully out of shape and have a number of medical problems including (but not limited to) chronic pain & chronic fatigue, which have ramped up my lack of physical fitness. Nothing like running a sponsored marathon was ever going to be a realistic plan for me. If I were being confronted by a hungry bear - I wouldn't be lucky enough for the bear to rip my head clean off, before I even knew of its presence nearby - I'd have to stand my ground and hold out my left leg, hoping all the time that the critter would choke to death before I lost too many joints above the little toe.

Egads, I will not go through every idea I rejected or could have considered. Let's just get on to what I can do. Recently, I've re-discovered the joys of wetshaving - that isn't sarcasm by the way. I can't remember exactly when it was, but I'd guess that it's probably more than a decade ago that I shaved my beard off. So, while I hadn't planned to become clean-shaven by any set deadline, if at all, I decided that maybe I could do just that very thing.

... if my co-workers, visiting contractors, corporate types and regional management staff, friends and family of our residents (or those of any members of the other aforementioned), etc., feel generous enough to sponsor a "shave-off" - then ... I could do just that very thing: I could shave off my face-fuzz for a given date.

That's the plan.

Folks can add their names and the amount of money they want to donate for Thursday, 20th of May, 2010. The hairdresser that visits the homes in our area, has graciously (and perhaps a bit too eagerly), agreed to donate her time, energy and clippers to buzz my chin-fur overgrowth down to the very shortest stubble she can. Then I shall do the rest in the comfort and privacy of my own home, later on.

Also, before the suggestions are put forth, by any more people, no, I am not going to shave my scalp, nor any other sectors of my skin; just the beard/moustache areas.

That's about all for now. Thanks for stopping by.