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24 Hour Goatee Project

Here we go internet, it’s the Jon Daly 24 Hour Goatee Project!

Here’s how it works:

Over Thanksgiving Week, I grew a beard. Then, 10 minutes ago, I shaved myself my 1st ever goatee!  I’ve never had “sculpted” facial hair, so it feels weird and kind of exciting.

I’m going to keep it for ONLY 24 HOURS!  During this period (of having the goat), I will be documenting how people react to me differently with the goat, and then the next day without the goat.

I will address questions like:

How will dudes react?

How will Ladies react?

How will service people react?

Will I be funnier? (or less funny?) onstage?

…and so on.  Whatever happens differently, you can be sure I will be meticulously documenting it HERE on this BLOG that you FOLLOW!

But here’s the catch… I won’t.

I mean I won’t be documenting anything. I will not be doing it because this idea is bullshit. It sucks. I know it, you know it, and now the whole internet knows it.  If someone I knew did this project, I’d be like “Why?”, but right before that, I’d be like “Fuck you”.  Because it sucks.  Here are some FAQ’s!

FAQs

Q - Are you really going to keep the goat for 24 hrs?

A - Yes.

Q - Will you be taking note of how people treat you differently?

A - Yes.

Q - Will you be writing about it?

A - No.

Q - So why even write this blog post?

A - The internet, specifically Twitter and Tumblr, has become a way for me to quantify my own procrastination. I look at the number of tweets and blogs I do, and then I know how bad I’m procrastinating.  Like right now I should be doing something useful, even cleaning or looking up cars (I’m buying a car), but I’m not. I’m writing this complicated waste of my time and yours. It sucks, so then Ideally I’ll see it sometime in the future and be like “What the fuck Jon! Why?” and then get some real work done.  I watched Ghandi today, and realized that every single thing he did had purpose, and it made me question everything I do that is useful, and useless.

Q - Useless?  But my friend does really funny blogs about stuff like this. Are you trying to say you’re better than him\her?

A - No, but I probably am (as good as or) better than them (I’m very good).

Q - So this is just a waste of time?

A - For me, no.  For you, hopefully not.

Q - Are you a narcissist?

A - Yes.

Q - Do you care if people think this one post you’re now writing is funny and good, besides the fact that you’re not doing this project?

A - I’d like them to like it, yes. I hope people like everything I do.

Q - Is this self-hating?

A - It’s not interesting enough to be self hating, really, or anything, kind of.

Q - Let’s end it, right?

A - K.