Donut Brothers

Ok, so I am already off to a bad start. Last year I posted once a week to update my week’s growth and entertain you all with my stories of being an American inspiration (or something like that). Also people (no one) loved (was more apathetic) when I wrote super inside jokes in what were probably already inside jokes of an inside joke. Inception might owe me some royalties. This year we are over two weeks in and this is my first post. Bad start, I know. But as Brandon (my boss) always says, “You don't have to be good to start, you have to start to be good.”

Last year you all went to my Movember page and donated and we raised somewhere between $100 and $100,000 depending on how you prefer to round. This year is no different so let’s see if we can beat that number, which we should since a lot of people have said they would double up on me (for WP) this year since they forgot last year.

FAQs:

What is Movember?

Movember challenges men to change their appearance and the face of men’s health by growing a moustache. The rules are simple, start Movember 1st clean-shaven and then grow a moustache for the entire month. The moustache becomes the ribbon for men’s health, the means by which awareness and funds are raised for cancers that affect men. Much like the commitment to run or walk for charity, the men of Movember commit to growing a moustache for 30 days.

(FYI, I cheated and started 3 days early. Everyone knows I hate to shave on the weekend.)

Why Movember then?

My Granddad died from complications of prostate cancer. I never knew him to have a moustache but he built things and did things that are pretty manly. Since I am not as manly, I have to grow a moustache to compensate.

(He drew, cut, glued/nailed and painted this for me in about an hour. I am not making that up. This really is on my wall in my living room.)

What does your wife think of your moustache?

That question makes me think you hate my moustache so my wife should too. However, she hasn’t said it in so many words but I imagine she loves it. Most nights she tucks me into bed and gently combs it with a tiny brush until I fall asleep. Who could hate that?

Why is it Uncle Mustache but you write moustache?

Because I don't really love to write moustache but I play along for Movember. UM is too cool for school and does not participate.

Shout Outs: Thanks for all the support, guys. Weird all your moustaches grew so quickly.

On to my how it is going…the good news is I don’t have to wear a suit every day I am growing my moustache now, the bad news is now you have to look at the terrible polos I wear everyday and never ever wash. Hooray!

(Let the creeping begin.)

(Actual Work)

(Classic Friday Shirt)

(Sick Day 1)

(Sick Day 2)

(Clearly it wasn't my best week)

I promise to do better going forward. And I will be sooooo funny and we can all laugh about it when we talk about last night's episode of Glee!

As you all (Hen and Big Pyle) know, last year I grew a mustache in November to raise money (and get to grow facial hair at work) for Movember. Last week, I asked Kelly, the owner of my company, if I still had to wear a suit every day I grew my mustache. His response was (In Kelly Earls voice),"Why would you still want to do that?" and a few other lines about being a hippie and immature. What he didn't realize last year was that I am like a child getting their first taste of cake on their birthday. Not only do I now expect to get that cake every year but I expect for it to be bigger and better than last year's. So here we are just a few weeks away. What I am going to do this year is give the people the choice of which mustache style I go with this year. Now remember I only have 30 days to grow it so that rules out most of the cool mustaches. So these for the most part are your options, at the end of October whichever has the most votes in the comments wins.