Friday, October 31, 2008

An update from Bret

My fellow creepers,

I think it's high time we got some updated photos on the blog so we can see who's still in this thing.  

Also, I think it's time we start upping the ante a little bit to speed this thing up.  We could start by having everyone who still wants to be in the contest having to update their Intra-Active photo with a stache photo.  Several other ideas that have gone around are:

1.    Updating drivers license photo

2.    shaving stache into funny shape (or halving it)

3.    Creating an eHarmony account and seeing who can get the most hits

4.    etc.

If you have any other ideas, let’s get em out there.  We could probably start doing these once a week until we have a winner.  Thoughts?

Bret

 

Thursday, October 30, 2008

And then there were 6


So yes I have officially lost the war on the home front. Despite my offer to give all my winnings to my wife to do whatever she wanted with, she ultimately could not stand my moustache. The amazing part was I had the support of both her real mom and her step mom. That plus the $220 was simply not enough for her to deal with the continued irritation. I will say the rest of you are really lucky that my wife felt so strongly about this as I was in it to win it. I had always wanted to grow a full fu manchu, and this was the perfect opportunity. Maybe one day. At least I made it to week 6 (which I was only able to take me and brad before my battery died). Either way I will admit it was getting REALLY annoying. I hear some of you even have to shampoo your growth to keep it manageable. Anyway, I did also hear that shortly before my departure from the contest I believe Mr. Ramos has also dropped out. I think we are about to get into the really difficult stages of the contest where you are forced to eat your stache every day!!! Good luck suckers.

Here are the week 6 photos that I was able to take


Ps. I will still be the photographer... just stop by my cube. 3rd floor west end.

Monday, October 20, 2008

Bryan's weekend

Update from Bryan:

Saturday night…

Went to a bar downtown, hung out had a good time with some active friends. I leave the bar to go to another bar and some guys say “If that is real that is awesome” I replied “Oh its real”….
The other bar had to long of a line so we decided to call it a night, we were all just on a corner saying goodnight shooting the shit – when I see a guy in my peripheral… He says something rude and I respond with “do I know you and do we have a problem?!”
He is really drunk and says to his friend we might have a problem and a fight.. I respond again with a louder do we have a problem… he stumbles away and says “I hate mustaches and you look like a molester!!!!”

I can’t believe this thing almost got me into a fight…

This makes me want to grow it longer and keep it longer

I have some bad news...

A note from Brad:

I recently ran a comb through my moustache, and it felt AMAZING! So, unfortunately for you guys my heart is back in this thing and I’m in it to win it.

Sorry.

B

P.S., if you haven’t tried the comb-through I highly suggest it. It will change your whole perspective.

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Active Moustache week 5 photos

Well, the rumors were true. The Active Moustache contest has yet another man down. He reportedly made it 1/2 way thru his family reunion before the embarrassment became to much for him to handle. He simply could not face his family with the growth on his face. So that leaves us with 8 moustaches.

Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Two down in one week

The Active Moustache contest has another casualty this week. Reportedly Mr O'Brien was pretty shaken up by the no trim rule. I guess he thought he would be able to keep his moustache neatly trimmed for the duration of the contest. Will there be a third this week? One of the contestants is missing from week 4 photos due to a large family reunion. There is a rumor that he will be coming back clean shaven. I believe he returns today, will be interesting to see if he was man enough to face his family with his new growth.

Monday, October 13, 2008

To Trim or Not To Trim

There has been much debate over one of the moustashe rules. The founding fathers of this contest set forth a rule that stated: "No trimming of moustache is allowed except outside the "lip-line". Once the moustache grows over the upper lip, this may be trimmed as well."

So as the interest/participation in the contest grew, so did the opinions about what the rules should be. On one hand some of the moustachians feel that they should be able to trim the moustache if it begins to grow below their top lip. Other moustachians feel if trimming is alowed, the contest could go on for years.

Last week, we all discussed this rull and it seemed like we all agreed that we would NOT trim. Well this week the topic has come up again as the trimmers seem to be very concerned about this adjustment to the rules. So I will put it to you. What do you think?


Man Down!!!


The Active Moustache contest has suffered it's first casualty. Mr. Tree has succumb to the pressures of society and has eliminated himself from the moustache contest. Was it the odd looks at the PTA meetings, pressure from the four women in his life, or did he just decide that he was not as creepy as everyone else in the contest? Either way, shortly after this decision he realized his mistake and tried to pass off this pathetic impersonation of the creepy man he once was.

Are Active Moustaches for Sale?

Friday, October 10, 2008

Active Moustaches were on display today

Come On In patrons had a bit of a treat today. Around noon, the Active Moustaches were on display. Oddly the nearby tables tended to remain empty. Go figure.

Week 4 Moustache Photos

Week 3 Moustache Photos

Week 3 photos. You may be wondering by now why one of the contestants still has more than a moustache. There was a special case made for him so that he could get married with at least a little dignity. Next week he will be back from his honeymoon. It is expected that he will remove what is left of his dignity and be looking as creepy as ever.

Week 2 Photos