Beard Update
Still growing strong. I’ll make it the year yet.
New Glasses
Remember when I said I loved getting eye tests?
Here are the glasses I picked. Large, thick, and metal. I love em. And my vision is now in HD.
The First Beard Update
So, I’ve decided to grow a Lincoln beard for as long as I possibly can. If I manage to get to the end of the year, I’ll shave it on January First of 2011. Planning on updating once a week.
Also…
Kimberlee is not that into Valentine’s Day.
First Hair Cut Of The Year
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Monday
Ill. But having a great beard day.
Monday Morning
My sleep pattern is all over the place. I’m having trouble remembering which is am and which is pm at the moment. However, a picture for you.
Reshaved my head and took off the mustache. It was irritating, and brushing crumbs all over the place. Any thoughts on how I look for my possible part in the prison break show I mentioned on Wednesday? Anybody? This thing is still broadcasting right?
Audition Wednesday
Hello, hello, hello and welcome to the mad carpenter.
There’s big plans in the works for the near future, including branded clothing, custom coffins and even an advertising campaign BUT…
Today we talk about something else. And the thing we talk about today is the media career of The Mad Carpenter. I went out for an audition today, to play the role of an extra in a TG4 production called Ealu II. The information I got about the gig, both from Mema who found the announcement in the paper (Thanks again Mema) and from the staff at the audition, Including the director, is that it’s about famous Irish prison breaks.
We went in in groups, chatted a bit about our experience in media/acting filled out the usual forms. Now answer me honestly here people – Do I look like the sort of guy that would be in prison in the 20’s or the 40’s in Ireland?
Thought you’d say that.
Sunday
Eh? No chin beard. And some snazzy new pajamas (Pyjamas?) I’d never really considered wearing extra clothes to bed, but I’ll be damned if it isn’t nice and cosy when you wake up. Go buy some, they’re awesome.
Saturday
Getting well tired of this beard. It has begun to drive me nuts. I looked back, and I’ve had some sort of chin beard since February 17th or something. I’m going to shave it. *itch*
Hat Week Hiatus – 2
This post doesn’t relate directly to hats, but if you look back at Hiatus day 1, then you’ll realise something similar is going on in this post.
Taken this morning. For a more recent picture from today look below the jump.
Hat Week Day 6: The Outback Hat
Once more unto the breach… Day 6 of hat week.
This is probably my least worn hat of late, it is the dirtiest, it is the lowest quality, it is essentially the worst. But damn it all if I don’t love it. It’s the first real hat I ever bought.
Well that’s not strictly true, there was one other proper hat first. Used to wear it all the time. Unfortunately I only hat it for about 3 months until it got stolen. As such it’s very hard to track down a picture of that hat, so here’s the best I’ve got.
Oh the horrors of youth. And disposable film cameras…. But yes, that was a great hat, it was really inexpensive, and if I saw it again, I’d buy it again.
More info after the jump.
Hat Week Hiatus: Hat Hair
Hello there and welcome to the hat week hiatus day.
I’d like to take a few moments of your time to talk about hat hair. My hair has been getting steadily longer since the last time I cut it, which was pretty early on this year… or maybe it was last year… I don’t think I’ve cut my hair since I started the blog actually… Getting sidetracked.
Hat hair. It’s apparently one of the reasons that hats are in decline these days, owing to the fact that people are putting much more stock into their hair. Personally I say hat hair be damned, but that’s not going to work for everyone reading this.
It’s pretty simple really: If you’re really worried about hat hair, don’t wear a hat. If you really love hats, your hair isn’t as important as your hats. But there is a crowd of people out there that want to wear hats, but hate hat hair, so for youse: some tips.
1. Buy a light hat. Heavier hats, such as top hats and bowlers, tend to leave a ring around your head where they sit. Buy a straw or canvas hat so the hat is sitting on your hair, not pushing it down.
2. Make sure your hair is dry. If you put a hat on wet hair then it’ll dry in the hat hair position and stay like that all day.
3. Consider a hair cut. Wash your hair, let it dry, put the hat on and talk a walk to your barber or hair stylist. Get them to cut your hair in a style that you like, that’s also hat friendly.
Those are your main tips for today, and doesn’t my hair look good?
I think it does.
Barbecue Tuesday
I’ve called today Barbecue Tuesday because I’m tired of people typing BBQ, and not actually knowing how to spell the word Barbecue.
That and I made myself a barbecue steak for dinner. Just slather it in the sauce and fry it up. Fry on high at first to seal in the juices, and make the sauce mingle in with the meat, and then fry it on low to let the meat cook slowly. Turn occasionally until steak is as cooked as desired. I take mine well done. People hate me for that.
Might take a run to the barber tomorrow. This town is full of barbers and hairdressers. Proper old barbers, that’ll do a shave, and tell you how this country should be run while limping between the clippers and that jar of blue stuff they keep the combs in. Not sure what haircut to get though. Any suggestions are well received.
Makeover Tuesday
Not every Tuesday will be makeover Tuesday, but this one is.
Any thoughts on the new look?
Mad March Mondays!
…Ok, so I won’t be doing anything mad or marchy on mondays, but I needed some sort of lead in to this week, so there you go.
Made my awesome meatball dinner again tonight, and the next time I make it, I will include a recipe on this site, and maybe a picture or 2.
Damn crazy hair. That’s it… I’m shaving.
Sunday
Slim pickings today, everyone was out of money so we sat around for most of the day eating biscuits, cans of fruit, pasta and whatever else wasn’t nailed down. Senan came round again, and God bless him he brought some rolling tobacco and shared like a champion.
Next time you’re up Senan, I’ll get you a pouch.
Man… my neck looks long. And hairy. I think I’ll get a makeover this week.
WATCHMEN!
We went to see watchmen today, and it was proper EPIC. Sin’s pa came out too and we all headed up to the cottage bar. Packed to the gills with folk, so we sat out in the tin roof smoking area during a hail storm. Swung by the voodoo club after that and listened to a kicking band called Hunter
Banging rendition of Sweet Child of Mine, and a smoking hot chick drummer to boot.
Demonstrating the “superman effect”. Superman took off his glasses and looked really different, as do I.
What a difference a Day made…
I showered, shaved, and discovered Brylcreem.
Once again, going off to the government to ask for the money that I should already be receiving. Pain… in… the arse.
And I feel like a million dollars.
What a difference a day made…
January 31st – Party time
Ok so here’s the story. We had planned to go to Derry, meet up with Becky (Pictured later) and head out to the pub with her, and any of her friends that had decided to arrive. The details she handed out, we’re slightly sketchy.
However, when alcohol started being passed around… and cigarettes were abundant, when the music started being turned up, and there was a pistachio shell fight… it seemed very unlikely that we were going to leave the house. So we all settled in, drank ourselves silly and had a fantastic old time.
And I got pictures.
Thomas and Mary (And sort of Becky, right side of frame)
Stu and Lorraine. Might not be Lorraine… I’ll check it out and let you know.
More drunken madness after the jump. Its totally worth it.
Filler Day 7, 24th of January
And for today, have one of my favourite pictures of me.
I call it the Prize-fighter.
“I’ll have at you, you scoundrel!”
