Week 4 Bellury

sometimes the dead just don't stay dead. people who've seen the evil dead trilogy or played resident evil 4 (going on at bellury's house every monday and thursday nights), know this for a fact. from the looks of this picture (white eyes, changed tee-shirt, new newspaper), the dead body of daniel bellury is in the begining stages of re-animation. protect your children. you all could be in danger.

speaking of danger,
this is hank danger, signing off.

Matt Week 4

In this picture, I am breaking two laws: 1. Having an open alcoholic beverage on the street. 2. Having a kickass beard. Trust me, they are BOTH illegal.

#2011

Just go to the link.
http://www.nationalbeardregistry.org/Beards/Beard-details.asp?ID=2011
thats right.
-James

Week 4

Happy 1 month anniversary bitches.
-James

Matt Week 3

There was this great article about people who critique and criticize others Beard Competitions when they do not have the balls (or testosterone) to grow a beard themselves. Very interesting article, indeed!

Daniel Bellury: He Will Be Missed

Friends,

It is a sad day when we say goodbye to a good solider, a strong man of honor and most importantly a man with a big beard. Daniel Bellury, our friend committed suicide early Thursday morning. In a note found near his body, he asked that the above picture would be posted to this blog.

Here's the story from CNN:

"Thursday, Feb 16th - New York: Daniel Bellury, bass player for world-renown music group 'The Station Myth', commited suicide in his manhattan home. In a note found near his body, he mentioned not being able to handle the pressure in his life. Apparently the music group and excessive attention from the female fans weren't what drove him to kill himself, it was a group of bloggers in a competition to grow beards that drover Mr. Bellury to kill himself. In the note he remarked that he couldn't take the pressure, in particular was a line "if they want a f*cking newspaper, I'll give them a f*cking newspaper." Mr. Bellury's bloody wrists were cut and left to bleed on an issue of the New York Daily News, which Mr. Bellury remaked in his note, "did cost 50 cents". Mr. Bellury's family has not made a statement at this time."

God bless you Daniel Bellury, you will be missed.

Hank Danger, signing off

James Week 3 PIC 2!

I have a Couple of things to say.
1. If you look at that front page you can see we are being imitated across the east coast, this thing has spread faster then I think we ever could have imagined, I'm scared and I think we should shut it down before facial hair becomes cool on women.
2. This is my second picture in a row guys...IN A ROW! Let get with the program.
3. I am aware I look like a dick in this picture.
4. Don't you theoretically lose if you don't post a picture once a week in this contest? And doesn't that picture have to have a newspaper in it?
6. How about you fuckers come down to v-bar tonight and we can confirm some of these rules.

alright that's it.
beard blogger #3 (soon to be #1) signing off.

James week 3

Enough said.

Happy Hallmark Day

Happy v day everyone. A little engrish to laugh about since you probably don't have a date. Oh and since that means you aren't spending a billion dollars on dinner with a significant other you should come see my band play tonight.

love,
Daniel

Matt Week 2 (pic 2)

Sorry for the delay. I had the same idea about the 'snow proof'. Hank, I agree we need a meeting. About trimming regulation, photo posting specifications, etc.

And I had an idea. When one of us breaks and loses the competition, we should record the haircut ritual and put the movie on this blog.

You may have noticed (dan week 3 pic 1)

But I rarely have a newspaper handy and am unwilling to spend money (albeit, 50 cents) on the news since discovering RSS on the internet. Just so you know you can get a feed of This Is The Beard and any other blog on blogspot!

Anyway, I figured that I had a pretty good indicator of time out my back window. Yes, indeed that's what we call a blizzard.

James week 2 Pic 2

Classy.

Rules

I'm calling for a beard member meeting. Possibly Friday for some clairification of what consitutes acceptable trimming. We've allowed the neck and the cheeks so that the beard doesn't wander up towards the eyes. But how far does that mean we can go?

Decide your position. Confer together.

Daniel

Matt Week 2

I've been so busy. I hate it. I feel like my beard is too busy to grow. Tomorrow I have big client meeting where I have to present work in. My officemate asked if I was going to shave. To this, I laughed "Dude, that is not even an option." I wonder when I'll have to tell people at my work that I'm in this contest?

So, I didn't have a newspaper or even a postmarked letter. Instead I thought that at least some research could be done to prove when the fat guy from Lost was on Jimmy Kimmel Live.

Daniel Week 2

So I didn't have a newspaper handy, but if you guys will accept this picture on the honor system, here's me a few minutes ago. And I'm all for 2 pictures a week as I said on James' post.

James Week 2

Yo, I am going to try to post 2 pics a week. I think everyone should try to do that, that way no one can trim and then let it grow back in over 4 days and take a pic. Also 1 picture a week is mandatory or you lose the bet, that is correct right?
Hit me back bitches,
James

The Goods

I'm finding some terrific stuff today guys. First off is the Bearduary. It's another contest, but more like a celebration of beards. Here's a little sample of what it's like:

We as gentleman have been blessed with a precious gift, the gift of follicle virility in convenient patches upon our faces. I implore you not to take the sanctity of this gift lightly.

Awesome, right? Check it out here.

So while perusing the links at the Bearduary, I found this guy who is the self-appointed captain of the Beard Team USA and there is a documentary about him and his team going to the Beard and Moustache competition in Germany last year.

That's all for now.

Daniel

Matt week 1

Photo taken on Friday, February 3rd, 2006

This sucks...

I am so far behind you guys with my beard. I walked into VBar tonight and was berated by a few of the non-beard competitors. Why? They falsely claimed that I trimmed my beard. The fact is, I have not amounted the pre-beard base level that James and Daniel have. This is not something I can control. I would gladly add an inch of beardness.

All I'm saying is that I hope to be treated equal in this competition. And look out fellas, my facial hair grows at a more than average rate. So catching up to you is not out of the question.

Oh, last and most important thing, I will post my week 1 beard photo tomorrow (sat.).

G'night.

Matt
Beard Grower No. 3

Also

Made it so anyone can post comments on the blog. Just so you know.

More inspiration

Dreams

So I had this dream last night that I shaved without thinking about it, then panicked because I had forgotton about the wager. I woke up with a start and immediately felt my face. Luckily my beard was still there and everything is good.

Just wanted to update you guys on that.

Daniel

Wicked beard

Came across this guy, while beard fishing.
-james

First Shots

Here's Daniel & James from this morning.