No Shave November

As many of you are aware, there is a trend that in the month of November people stop shaving, or here at at BYU it is grow your mustache November.  I have two friends who are participating in this., Chad and John, who shall be referred to hereafter as Chadrack and Johann (pronounced yo-hawn).

Now this is a pretty loose thought that I had, but it dealt with trends and why people do things.  A lot of times people do things just because other people are doing it.  They just go with the flow and don't give it a second thought.  With no shave November this is a pretty harmless trend, but there are cases where you hear of someone who is now in prison because they didn't want to say no to the group.

I know this is an extreme example, but it happens.  So my ending thought is that make sure that you think about the decisions you are making and make them because you want to and not because you don't want to say no to the group

Chadrack's description of his mustache:  The mustache gives power. The longer Chadrack has had the mustache the more dates he has gotten. He has also been asked to be dance partners with two different girls.

Johann's thoughts on mustaches: It is curious to me how easily symbolism is attached to facial hair. The arrangement of hair on one's lips and chin can send a variety of messages: it can connote either orthodox Judaism and anti-Semitic Nazism; it can give off images of manly, right-of-center libertarians like Ron Swanson or leftist hippies. To me, however, one's mustache or beard should not mean any more than the shade of eye shadow or brand of eye liner worn by a woman. When I grow my mustache, it is not a symbol of rebellion, but rather an simple aesthetic choice. I wish it would be seen that way.