world’s greatest shave
Letter From The Editor
1:21PM Jess McGuire | Hola, readers!
Just a quick note to let you know that last night I carried through with my threat to shave my head for the Leukemia Foundation, and I am now sweetly buzzcut all over. Except for a small patch on the top of my head, which is somehow slightly longer that the rest of my hair and results in me rockin’ the Alfafa from The Little Rascals look.
Thanks for all the kind words of support, folks who emailed in! And thanks to those who sponsored me in this quest for baldiness. You are too awesome. It’s probably not too late to throw some cash in the direction of the Leukemia Foundation though, so if you’ve got a credit card and feel like donating now that you know I’ve actually gone through with this thing, go nuts.
Interestingly, a friend commented last night after the shave “Wow, I feel like I’ve already seen you with no hair”, so spot on was the brilliant Elspeth’s caricature of my shaved new appearance.
Another nice bonus of having no pesky ponytail getting in the way of things? Hats, dudes. I can wear a whole assortment of headgear I’d never been able to comfortably don in the past!
THIS IS YOUR CAPTAIN SPEAKING. HAVE A FUCKING SWEET WEEKEND.
Sure, Yacht Rock is soooo last year (soooo the year before last year, actually) but I don’t care. I can wear a captain’s cap now to my heart’s content and I am bloody well pleased about it.
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PS: I feel totally Renae Lawrence-y at the moment. Big ups to my Kerkoban Prison homegirls! More » 
Letter From The Editor
3:19PM Jess McGuire | Hello loyal and ridiculously attractive looking readers!
How are we all?
READERS: GET ON WITH IT
Fair enough.
To save time, I am simply going to cut and paste from the description section of the Facebook group “JESS IS SHAVING HER HEAD FOR CHARITY (AND BECAUSE SHE IS SLIGHTLY MAD)” – can you tell what’s coming?
At approximately 7:15pm EDST on Sunday 3rd February, I was suddenly struck by the overwhelming urge to sign up for the World’s Greatest Shave.
I don’t know why, I cannot explain it. I think it was a directive from The Gods and who am I – a mere mortal – to scoff in the face of their logic?
So I will be raising money for the Leukemia Foundation, which is nice. You can sponsor me online via my MyShave page -
http://www.worldsgreatestshave.com/profile.php?id=390400
- or you can wait until I pounce upon you outside your house and mug you for your cash. Your choice.
You can join this group even if you can’t afford to sponsor me. I will take it as a sign of support, and you can still turn up to wherever the fuck it is I decide to rid myself of my beautiful girlish hair. I suppose it will be a place which serves alcohol. I may return to drinking (one night only stylez) in order work up the courage.
I will look alright bald, won’t I? I figure it will give my eyebrows a chance to shine like the sculpted fierce displays of follicle wonder they are.
(Feel free to give me wigs and beanies and shizz. I keep visualising myself with no hair, and in my head I immediately morph into a Hare Krishna. I DON’T WANT TO DRESS LIKE THEM!)
You can also use this group to contribute amazing photos of bald/insane/bald and insane celebrities for inspiration.
So there you have it. If you would like to help me raise money, you can sponsor me here and if you’re on Facebook, you are most welcome to add the “event” to your diaries.
I am a bit fucking nervous about this, you know.
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