Anyway, here are the photos. There are more shots of me with a beard because I coincidentally happened to be around digital cameras more often in recent months and years when I was sporting the beard; the number of photos per category isn't meant to sway you either way. The gallery:
The slightly thicker beard, and my sister's eye:
The solid, somehow studious beard:
The thinner, more trimmed, half-drunk beard:
The thinner, oddly happy beard:
No beard, making a stupid face and regretting my bulbous nose:
No beard, happy, being ominously touched on the shoulder:
No beard, wearing a pink shirt and okay with it:
I'm of two minds about the whole thing, since I've recently been told I "pull off the beard better than most men," but also that sporting just the goat makes me "more approachable" and also displays my dimples, which are my face's "best feature" (given the aforementioned bulbous nose and inability to see beyond 3 inches without the aid of corrective lenses, this seems pretty obvious). So, that's pretty much it. Any and all feedback is welcome. Keep in mind that your opinions could very well change my life and shape my future, unless I decide to completely ignore them. Also, "clean shaven" for me means going down to just the half-goatee seen in the last few photos; that's as hairless as I will allow my face to get, since otherwise I look 11 years old and stupid. And just so you know, I'm currently sporting the full goatee (mustache + chin), and it doesn't look half bad.
[UPDATE: I should point out that the photos of the "thinner, half-drunk" beard and the "thinner, oddly happy" beard are taken from the same event, and as such are pretty much the exact same thing. One's just a side view, is all.]
Now: Vote.
