Enga mellom fjella

Mustache?

Appearances:

I commented on Thunderpen 's fb post: "LOL ...tightly trimmed staches are cultural as well. But... someone uber-sensitive to how they are perceived by others can have issues. Like either being uber-people-pleasing or a con-man hiding behind appearances. CEOs come to mind. They dress in whatever uniform is expected of them. What you see is their accountant, their maid, their butler, their gardener... never who-they-are underneath. They are to the manor born. Kinda like Willard (a.k.a. Mitt who's running for prez; although in his case there seems to be a man behind the masquerade er... mask). I would suggest then that someone who is overly concerned with appearances seem to be insecure. If they are super fastidious they are at either end of imagination. An artist or the most boring person you'd ever want to meet."

Me:

My beard will go when I'm back in Montana. Skin gives me trouble once in awhile. Exposing it to the dry Montana autumn air will probably cure it.

Then I'll grow it back. I look better with a short beard. When it's long I look like Santa Claus.

I've rarely cut off my mustache though.

Costa Rica v Montana:

Beards and mustaches are preferably well trimmed in Costa Rica and not exactly in fashion right now. Pencil thin is fine.

Handle bar staches and long growth is more acceptable for Montana mountain men.

Appearances:

In Norway ...nice shoes. In Costa Rica ...you'd better not smell. In the U.S. the wrong appearance can send messages that end up with a bar fight or worse. Racial and social profiling are commonplace. Even by police (who may deny it).

Me:

I compromise. I prefer to wear black with red when I present poetry. When I go to town I don't want to smell and look like a bum. I'm a bit more careful in Costa Rica than in Montana. I don't like dressing up though,so I rarely do and don't have the proper wardrobe either.

Except for football games. Then I know enough to wear maroon.

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