Postscript

Well It's all over now. 30 days, 6 exams, one pair of Roches Stores Scissors and two razorheads later, The Beard is gone. Who knows what will fill my days now that beard growing is off the menu. Perhaps I'll wander around the house, observing my now youthful face in my many mirrors, composing rhymes no one will ever read, eventually discompose into an opium induced stupor, remembering only my chin when it was full of hair. Or I may stop reading Edgar Allan Poe and go to the beach. Either way is fine.

COMING MAY 2008: EXAM BEARD DIARY part II: A FINAL SHAVE

Day 30, The Final Day:

Which brings us at last to the moment of truth, wherein the fundamental flaw is ultimately expressed, and the anomaly revealed as both beginning and end. That's right. Today at about 4.30, the beard will be gone. Now let's rise for Peace by Inches.

Day 29

Day 29: One more day left. Time to reflect on the things I've learned from this.

-There is no such thing as a bad Al Pacino speech.-No amount of facial hair will stop me resembling female celebrities-No matter who we are, We are all connected to Kevin Bacon in six degrees or less-Greg from the lab is a jerk-I'll never be in ZZ Top

"This is the end

Beautiful friend

This is the end

My only friend, the end"

Day 28

Only two days left of Exam beard. I'm contemplating how to go about shaving it all off. One of the best reasons to grow a beard is so one doesn't have to shave. Easily one of the most tedious tasks ever created, I have several ways of performing the dread deed. I could do what early man did and pull my hair out using two sea shells. There is the scissors in the kitchen. I could individually cut each hair or I could use the sharp edge like you see razor blades used in American Civil War films.
There are those fancy seven blade Gillette razors that cause women in towels to continually stoke your newly shaven chin. Last and certainly those 2 euro Bic razors which leave your face a mixture of hair trails, red cheeks and blood. Frankly a Bic pen is as effective.

Which to choose...

Day 27

One of the benefits of Al Pacino's facial hair is that it will tell you how good an Al Pacino film is. Here is your guide.

Type: The Chinwarmer
Description: Neat, Full Moustache, Jaw and chin. This means you are watching a good Al Pacino film
Film: Serpico, Carlito's Way

Type: The Circle
Description: A moustache and goatee that meets at the sides. You are watching a mediocre Pacino, Usually good for one speech.
Film: The Recuit, Two for the Money
(Note: the rarely seen gray haired variety of the circle appears towards the end of Gigli, which isn't as bad as you heard but still isn't very good.)

Type: The Nest
Description: A crazy unkempt beard that resembles a grey bush. This means you are watching a pretty dull adaptation of a Shakepearian play that is either anti-semitic or about anti-semitism.
Film: The Merchant of Venice

Coming soon to an Al Pacino's face near you, Salvador Dali's moustache in Dali & I: The Surreal Story.

Day 26

My (we)blog gained a web site, courtesy of Mr. Jeffery Hodnett, http://cethansbeard.blogspot.com/ . So go internet fame, I could be as big as that girl who dances a lot on youtube.

Day 25

Today it's Discrete Maths which deals with among other things with probability. Al Pacino plays a betting consultant in Two For the Money. (it's a tenous link and I'm going with it.) so I went with a speech from that. Unfortunely his big speech, rather than inspiring sucess, glorifies failure. It could be one for after exams. So cue the old standby, Peace by Inches

Day 24

For some reason, my Moustache, (or mustache if american) is much lighter then the rest. Some cruel commentors could describe it as non existant, I prefer to think of it "Golden Brown", Very golden brown.

Day 23

No exams today or major beard developments, Gentle Reader, so I thought as an English student I reveal the literary influences on my blog. Some would suspect the diaries of Samuel Pepys, but in fact the main "precursors" are the diaries of the scientists in Resident Evil games. They mostly looked like this

11/04/98: Working today in Umbrella labs. I hate Greg, that new guy in the lab. I hope he doesn't steal Mindy from me.

21/04/98: That idiot Greg dropped the vial marked T-Virus, right in front of me. I wasn't even wearing a protective mask. Also I think he went for coffee with Mindy.

24/04/98: Ate one of the lab rats today. Considering eating Greg

264/594/543: Greg..ruidn...dgsdu...yum!

4363hdh/fhdhr/405: fsnosersgnjkfkfso...

So now you know.

Day 22

For Linear Algebra Today, I tried looking for speeches from S1m0ne on youtube. I found something but it had three problems.

1. It wasn't so much a speech but a dialogue, with, ugh, another actor.
2. That actor is Winona Ryder and she does most of the talking.
3. It was in french. (Al's dub isn't bad, Winona's sounds like the singer of Weatus.)

So back to Peace by Inches today I think.
Sidenote: 76% Angelina Jolie?

Day 21

Thinking of Al Pacino's speeches to listen to for tomorrow. He hasn't made many on maths to my knowledge.

Day 20

A missing patch of hair on the chin reminds me of the time I spilt that bit with a pole in a particularly hectic game of Bulldog. Oh memories...

Day 19

Only 11 days left... Will the beard make up for lost ground?... Will Cethan get the full chin rug he deserves?... Will he have give up his dream of been a lumberjack? All these questions answered on the 30th. (I'm guessing no, no and sadly yes).
(Note: I put current pictures of me through the celeebrity thing. Naturally I assumed that I would get less asian women and more bearded men like ZZ Top or Kris Kristofferson. As you can see apparently not.)

Day 18

My Beard is connected to me...
I was in FOAF with..
Faye, who was in Becoming Jane with..
Maggie Smith, who was in Hook with..
Dustin Hoffman, who was in Sleepers with..
Kevin Bacon.
So now you know (Thank you Ray)

Day 17

I've noticed a weird stripe forming in the middle of my beard. My Chin now looks like a road. Also Bebo tells me this blog is 15 days old. I'm not sure what happened.

Day 16

Thought making a Docudrama about my beard today but it may be a little late to start. Also 16 days later Growth isn't as bountious as I would of hoped.

Day 15

I should write these at the end of the day. So I would have more to talk about. Eurovision Eh?

Day 14

Beard is random and patchy, see what I did there.

Day 13

The beard resolves to not spend the day watching TV, I resolve to stop referring to my beard as a seperate entity.

Day 12

Couple of blondy bits in the front.

Day 11

For 17th century lit, the beard listened to Al Pacino in The Devil Advocate. Not so much motivating than blamphemous.

Day 10

For 19th century American Lit, it is listening Al Pacino in Glengarry Glen Ross. Not perticularly inspiring but lots of swearing.

Day 9

Beard faces first exam. In preparation it has been listening to various Al Pacino speeches. Today: Any Given Sunday.

Day 8

Even slightly longer

Day 7

Slightly longer today, maybe. (It is difficult to maintain a
compelling narrative about beard growth).

Day 6

Itchless

Day 5

Currently has the texture of Velcro, And many of it's properties.

Day 4

It's looking like a neck beard.

Day 3

Less itchy today.

Day 2

Still itchy.

Day 1

Stubble begining to annoy me. This may of been a poor decision.