Day 30 + 2

What a trip.  From the humble beginnings of a single generous offer, things grew day-by-day – the nast on my face and the generosity of friends.  Folks jumped on the $5/mo’pho’ (movember photo) challenge – and, in one case $10/mo’pho’ – and we headed out for parts unknown.   Looking back through the reel there are some that make me cringe (What was I thinking with that first shot?? The photo from SeaTac is just ugly.) and some that make me smile (Of course, the SCUBA shot – smiles by request.).  But they were all fun in some way.  And I have each of you to thank for that, whether you were a donor, offering encouragement in the comments or simply lurking in the background, satisfying a bit of an odd handlebar mustache fascination.  As I recall mentioning along the way, I’ve never been compelled to be one of the Flickrati who shoots themselves, not much of a selfie guy.  But, shelving those aversions for the month, the creative process of trying to come up with something self-regarding and halfway interesting each day was a welcome, diverting challenge.  (Coincidentally and interestingly – to me – if you hit that Flickrati link up there you can nav over to a MacWorld article on how selfies can make you a better photog.) I regret coming up short to the challenge in a couple of ways: 1. I don’t think the average creativity of my shots following my return from Kaua’i, owing to spending the better part of my days in an office, sans camera (I don’t put it in my bag on my bike commute), was up to much; and 2. I didn’t get around to a couple of the specific challenges put to me … next year perhaps?  But this year, I think we can be proud.  Together we raised around $1200 for prostate cancer awareness and research, every bit of it money well spent – for the Gordons, the Jimmys, the Mr. F’s of the word.

And now, with that sense of satisfaction and the month at an end (+2), Movember’s in the rearview and my loved ones are clamoring for this ugly sucker to go.  So say goodnight and goodbye – tomorrow I’ll have a brand new face.

My deepest thanks, on behalf of my grandfather, once again.

Rumon

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