Aug. 2, 2022 - A Sad Day For AA
It's day two of AA, and regrettably I've decided to throw in the towel. It turns out #rawhoggin + #GEMsOfWisdom = Nightmare Mode Prepare to Die Edition. I picked a scrubby brush to attempt the rawhoggin challenge and it only took two shaves to realize I'm not going to make it to the end of the month. The brush is hungry. The soap is thirsty. It's not a good combination. I spent 40+ minutes face lathering two days in a row and it messed up my face. I kept adding water trying to get the lather hydrated. As water was added, lather would get lost in the knot, the sink, my neck, etc. So, I'd load more soap which needed more water. It was a lot of scrubbing. The shave was rough the first day with multiple nicks. I chalked it up to my lather being under-hydrated.
Today, the scrubbyness of the brush was enough to open some cuts back up. I hadn't even started shaving. The lather was better today, but my face was already hurting before I had begun to shave. The razor hurt. There was more blood. I haven't had such a rough shave since the broken Clog Pruf I mentioned yesterday. I'm wondering if I got a bad blade, or if it's just from my face being scrubbed raw. Either way, I didn't complete the second pass. The skin around my chin was red and too sensitive to shave. Last year, the shaves started to get uncomfortable during the third week. That was using a Synbad knot. I knew the end was near, and pressed on, then. I shudder at the thought of scrubbing my face again tomorrow. I don't want to shave for a few days. Having this much discomfort this early is a clear sign I need to quit. Sadly, quiting rawhoggin means I've broken ultra nightmare mode and can't complete GemsOfWisdom, either. I'm disappointed I won't be upgrading my flair. I feel like I should resign my MMOCWhisperer out of shame. I don't know if it's possible to change hardware and complete /u/JoboozeRum's #MammothMafia challenge.
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