Finally this year (after 2 years of wanting to but not having an internet connection at our flat) I signed up for Movember - the annual moustache growing event to raise money & awareness for men’s health issues such as Prostate & Testicular cancer, Depression and other issues. When you sign up you are asked for your motivations for doing it, which made me stop and think. Why did I want to do this?
Well primarily because it’s an excellent cause and it always sounded like FUN to me. But also because my mum suffers from depression so raising money for depression, albeit male depression, is a cause close to my heart especially as at the time she was in hospital due to mental health issues. And lastly in memory of my Dad who died 2 years ago on 9th November of a heart attack, I didn’t know him very well as he left when I was 7 and moved to Germany, but in the image in my memory he will forever have a moustache.
Undoubtedly when starting Movember every man dreams of growing an Abe van de Ban or a General Melchett, but Mo’s as in life often fall short of our ambitions. And so it was a week and a half into Movember I found myself starring into the mirror wondering if I would ever get past the Michael Cera stage. Now I’m never normally cleanshaven (and haven’t been for several years), usually residing somewhere between stubble and a short beard, so it had slipped my mind how long it takes me to grow from scratch. Presumably this is why Movember also raises money for depression, for those of us that are not as follicly endowed as we would like.
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The Michael Cera Period
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Look, No Zoom!
As we entered the last week of the month I finally acheived respectability ie. the ‘tash finally shows up in photographs without the need for the zoom or the macro function. Which was just in time for Debra & I to host our Movember Party at the flat, which was definately the highlight of my ‘tash enhanced November, although I did nearly have to throw out one guest for having a better Mo than me despite having one and a half weeks LESS growth. The MoQuiz went well despite my fiendishly hard questions and was won at a canter by team Hairy Poppins aka Tash for Questions, and Debra’s Mo themed Cookies & Cupcakes helped raise another £35 and put me over the £100 target I secretly had in my head. Having lived with my Mo’ for a month now I can confirm that the average moustachioed man touching his upper lip foliage 760 times a day isn’t unrealistic.
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Debra's Moustache Cookies
One of the biggest thrills of Movember is getting a sponsorship donation, especially an unexpected one and with just over 24 hours left I’m very pleased to say I’ve managed to raise £125, and I’d like to thank everyone who has sponsored me. I’ve really enjoyed my Mo’ month and would recommend anyone do it, there’s even talk of a few of us doing it as a team next year. But there’s still time to sponsor me this year, whether it’s £1 or £10 all contributions are greatly appreciated, just click here > http://uk.movember.com/mospace/3349233
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Knowledge Is Power, Moustache Is King!
