2024-06-01 - Let's Get it Started in Here
- Lather: A A Shaving - The Hunt
- Razor: Schick Injector #RUSTYBUTTRUSTY
- Brush: Qshave Pure Badger #WEDONTNEEDNOSTINKINGBADGERS
- Post Shave: Lothur - Oregon
- Fragrance: INeKE - Idyllwild
Pack it up, boys and ladies! You're reading the first post of this year's Games'
winner! Seriously, give up now. That way, I can half-ass this thing and still
come out on top!
I'm not really planning on exerting much effort this time around,
but I still find myself starting this June with several new tubs of soap that I
don't need, because I'll be damned if I'm not going to fill the calendar!
What's that? No, you're the one with a problem!
Side note: Did you know that June is Men's Mental Health Awareness Month?
Just want to put that out there, because certain members of this sub think it's
a funny little joke to shit on people who try to support men's mental health.
Bonjour, Lather Games: With three new sponsors this year,
none of which I've previously tried, it just came down to a roll of a
three-sided die. Or whichever one I didn't pick for a different day.
I don't know; roll a two-sided die.
Either way, A A Shaving is new to me.
Challenge Accepted: Purchased shortly after last year's Games,
this razor sat in a drawer for about 9 months, like some backward gestation
before the end of my injector virginity... "Injector virginity." Um... Huh.
Anyway, it took me no more than a handful of seconds to work out the angle at
which to hold it, but I do not like that the head has nearly no mass at all;
I prefer a more massive head. Um.... Huh.
Side note: That's a pretty sweet patina.
I'm not sure why there's been such an emphasis on
rust for patinas (patinae?),
much less the emphasis on green coloration;
I have the impression that there was a chain of false transitivity somewhere.
You can have a non-green patina on clean, rust-free metal.
But, if you insist, it's literally rusty, too.
Unifying theme: Wooded West-coast Locales
Oregon and Idyllwild are obviously named after such locations,
and The Hunt is inspired by the woods of Cascadia.
Incidentally, I was literally planning on relocating to the PNW this summer, but
I'm going to remain for a while longer here in the Wasteland of Fire and Death,
where it has already been summer for several months and will be for many more.
But I digress.
#FOF
Anyway, the scent of pine is dominant in The Hunt, with what I take to be
ozone imparting a welcome, damp airiness. Leather, moss, and musk keep
it grounded, even dark.
Oregon presents a brighter green, perhaps—I suspect—from a
greater prominence of citrus notes. It represents a rather stark contrast
to The Hunt's depth.
Idyllwild is also lighter than The Hunt, but is also more generally
woody, rather than being so pine-heavy. Idyllwild includes a
smokiness that balances well with its lightness, which makes
me realize that Oregon doesn't seem to ground its own aggressive
brightness.
#photocontest Birds
I have mixed feelings about this contest. On the one hand, the photos are one
of my favorite parts of the Games. On the other hand, I was so insistent on
hitting all of the themes in last year's contest that I feel my photos suffered
for it. So I'm still doing this, but I'm not hunting for all the things
(no pun intended), especially if I think I have an otherwise good photo.
This one just happens to have a bird.