Taking the Plunge
I’m finally doing it…I’m entering the land of blogdom. I’ve been an active reader of blogs for the past year or so, but now I’ve finally got one going of my own. The purpose of this blog is not to write amazing spiritual insights, formulate theology, or to inform about the ways of the Christian faith…the point of this blog is to interact with people about life. Therefore some posts will be serious and about serious things…others will be about nothing in particular. Now for my first topic in the land of Blog:
My friend who set this blog up wrote me a verse from Genesis at the top of my page: Jacob said to Rebekah his mother, “But my brother Esau is a hairy man, and I’m a man with smooth skin.” Genesis 27:11
My response to this obvious attack on my manhood:
1) My family has a proud heritage of Native Americans from the Cherokee tribe - my great-grandmother was full Cherokee, and as such, the men in my family don’t have tons of facial hair. If you’re man enough to tell a Cherokee warrior that he doesn’t have quite enough testosterone, be my guest, but be ready for a new hair style!
2) You can’t grow grass on steel.
3) My wife prefers the smooth-skinned look anyway, so I got lucky there…
I prefer smooth skinned myself — as the matter of fact, I prefer men with both smooth skin and short hair!! My husband keeps bugging me to let him grow a beard. I say, “NO WAY” and so he remains a smooth skinned man
Very smart…..very smart indeed!
haha, for some reason your husband and a beard don’t even seem right in the same sentence!!!!
how this turned from an attack on (the deserving youth pastor) ryan to one on (the undeserving) husband of donna I do not
know. clearly this blog thing can get out of control quickly :-). all i can say is that i am sure donna’s husband would look quite distinguished with a beard! if i remember correctly, esua the hairy one was the more honest of the two brothers…
Donna, your man needs a goatee. Real men wear goatees. Ryan, I look forward to reading more.
Ryan with facial hair would make his “backwoods hick” look complete. I don’t think he needs to be encouraged to pursue that; he already camps, hunts deer, and wore a turkey hat at the Halloween party last year! A beard would make him a true lumberjack. (hah)
Esau was honest…but the smooth-skinned one got the blessing!
Hey its michael I really want a beard so I can rub it. when I shave it off I could make it into a bow string and then grow another one
“They must not shave their heads or let their hair grow long, but they are to keep the hair of their heads trimmed.” Ezekiel 44:20
Personally, if Ryan grew a beard, it would look ; IT WOULD MAKE HIM MANLIER. If I grew a beard I don’t know what it would look like. It would be light, so it would blend in with my skin€”eh; but then I would have long hair€”so when I’m jamming, I could do some INSANE head banging. Oh yea€¦..
And another thing, wearing the fake hunting turkey on your head was made by me and Joel. In smallgroup (6th grade, this was when Ryan was livin’ in that townhouse) Joel and myself went into a room in the basement and we saw these fake turkeys. We thought that they were hats, thus, we put them on. We didn’t know that they were supposed to be used for hunting until Ryan started laughing at us!
–Donna’s husband, growing a beard— that would just be wrong. Haha
and no, i would not use it for a bow string Stegeman. (sp)?
YAY IT WORKS!!! cool blog ryan!
beards are wierd. And you can get the food you eat in it.ICKY ICK ICK! This is fun. i could do this all day… but then i would creep myself out. alot. hooroo GOD. see all you all sunday
“Gresham” only wishes he were lumberjackish enough to have a beard. Some guys can pull it off, but those guys have to be Calvin Klein models. Not lumberjacks, like Ryan (cough cough).
Linnea, your words are like flaming arrows shot deep into my soul…but…I kind of like the lumberjack thing…it works for me
I think the reason bigsky wants a beard is because he thinks his sexuality is in question during the Christmas season when he wants to wear half zip up sweaters and listen to classical music. Don’t worry, Dad, we know you are strong and tough, with or without a flock of sheep on your face.
Linnea, I shot a deer Saturday morning and had to track it into the woods…you should try it sometime. We’ll have you over for some venison steak this winter!!!
Moe - I think half zip up sweaters and classical music are very manly, however, I have to agree with your dad that a “flock of sheep” would really complete the look!
I want a beard so i can stroke it at night then i can think that im a man unlike this wanna be man ryan
Dude. . . Ryan -
Why do you even dream of growing a beard? I know that you like to doze off imagining that you had that 5 o’clock shadow, but come on man — get used to the picture: you cannot grow a beird. Besides, you’re already starting to lose the hair on the top of your head (check out your hairline in the mirror dude).
(stifled laugh)
Joelman - I don’t dream of growing a beard - cherokee warriors don’t need facial hair to intimidate their foes…all I need is a look and my enemies fall before me!!!! And for the record, I’ve had this hariline since high school man!
Oh, sorry about saying that Ryan. I didn’t know you’ve had that hairline since high school. Have you tried any hair grower stuff for your premature hair loss? Maybe you could try using “miracle grow”. Trust me, it probably will take a miracle, but why not try it?
ha!!
ryan, what doesn’t kill you,will only make you stronger? is that how it goes?
haha, thanks Irish, that’s right! I have to live by that in this bussiness or I’d never make it!
All right: I think that I am done picking on Ryan. I have to admit he didn’t really deserve what he got. Who should we pick on next? Anybody got any suggestions?
No Ryan, don’t just blurt out my name.
ok, so i have a funny story…me and my friend were walking down the hall to class, and we overheard this freshman girl asking her teacher what kind of facial hair he prefered…needless to say, it was pretty wierd…
Ryan,
I kind of like those pizza-like beards. I saw a music vid of Disciple, and the lead guitarist, Brad had this pizza-cut shaped beard thing going on. I thought it looked tight. If you grow a beard, grow one like that.—i can’t b/c i has light hair.
eh
Who thinks i can’t be manly enough to be a lumberjackman>?!—
..Linnea………
i’m a man *winks* *laughter*
Ryan,
I kind of like those pizza-like beards. I saw a music vid of Disciple, and the lead guitarist, Brad had this pizza-cut shaped beard thing going on. I thought it looked tight. If you grow a beard, grow one like that.—i can’t b/c i have light hair.
eh
i love diciple!
That’s the good stuff morgan.
!!WERE”RE ‘BOUT TO RISE UP!!