Mo Money, Mo Problems

Mo-Vember...

I've had a few random emails asking why they seen on various other websites with a dirty moustache... Movember is the answer.

For the month of November, the charity event encourages men to grow their moustaches from a clean shaven face to whatever they can sculpt in 30days. The result means that men around the city look decidedly dodgy by the end of the month, but a whole bunch of cash gets raised to promote awareness of some serious male diseases such as prostate and testicular cancer.

I must admit to not trying too hard to raising a heap of cash, but thanks to Aaron and Anna, I raised over $100 for charity... MASSIVE thanks to you both, you rock my world!

On the 30th of Movember, a group of us went to celebrate Rog's birthday, a little belated, by seeing the Paper Scissors & Kid Confucious at the Metro. I got to flaunt my fully grown mo more than anyone wanted. I also learned that the best way to show it in photo's was to put a huge pout below it... or maybe not!

The following morning, it was time for beach volleyball. I figured just for some fun, I'd go for a Hitler mo, just for an hour or two whilst playing. I attracted some interesting comments, as well as giving birth to a new tag-line of "Silly Hitler". (I encourage you to click on the beachy picture to the right for the full Hitler effect) I wasn't impressed when the group decided to head to the pub afterwards, meaning the Hitler mo had to stay on and in tact most of the day... I was just a little relieved to lose it on the first day of advent.

Is This It?

Movember

For any regular readers I may have left, the month of November in Australia, is renamed Movember. The challenge is for guys to grow as mean a mo (moustache) as he can from the 1st of the month till the last - bonus points.

So this is what I have been doing effectively avoiding part of face with my razor for 1month... although at the time of writing I still have several days to endure. Odd looks out on the street are something I've gotten used to (having a moustache; you kids at the back!), the fact that I service 3 different clients a day also means I have everyone keen to see how the growth is coming along on each visit... and it is kinda difficult to stay motivated about it... even when I get some really great compliments; "Dirty lookin South American, Yosemite Sam, Gomez Adams, The Pool Cleaner" to name a few... though "Sexy Pirate" would be my personal favourite :P (The inset picture is pretty much at the half way stage of the month)

So in a month where I set out to concentrate upon the upcoming task of travelling once again (3months and counting as of the start of November), I quite hopelessly failed to keep things low-key. Aaron turned the golden (and I'd have to say best to be) age of 28, and it seemed many others shared birthdays around this time too... it's like an early extension of the Christmas party season.

I managed to visit a bunch of new eateries and drinkeries, not to mention go on a tour of Sydneys Rocks - with a ghost theme. Yet I've not managed to frequent a single gig this month...

My beach volleyball career stretched a little further with my first full competetive games resulting in straight back to back victories - even with a hangover, much better than my soccer performances which continue to be goal-less.

I've made some pretty important directional decisions too this month, with a couple of new projects I'm planning to bust out in the new year.

I'll probably end up adding to this post as the week rolls on as I remember to re-collect other things which don't leap to the forefront of my mind right now