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Weekends: Get up, shower, wet shave with a D/E razor (thanks for the suggestion AOM!), breakfast, teeth
i only have to shave a few times a week cuz im not manley enough to have facial hair that grows in every day....i cant wait till that happens when im about 30 or so haha
In the morning, I get up, urinate, put my contacts in, brush my teeth, and then attempt to tame my mane of hair. Then I usually try and get some clothes to match or at least look kinda good.
Of course, that's on a good day. On a bad day I stick her in her baby cage and grab another 20 min or so of sleep on the couch next to her, and then go through the rest of the day unshaven and stinky. :D
Take wife to work, come home and spent the day looking for work (I hate this economy) in the want ads, online, etc.
One constant is, grinding beans and conuming coffee.
On a good day, woken up by my grandaughter.
On a not-so-good-day but amusing, is to be woken up by a cat sitting on my face...
Get up, put coffee on, shower, shave, get a coffee/breakfast, brush teeth, grab whatever I need for work that day and hi the road. (with yet another cup of coffee in a travel mug).
the shower first is the key thing, im one of those people that within about 10 - 15 min of getting up I need a shower to wake me the REST of the way up.
this all changes of course when my German Shepherd decides that he doesn't care what time it is it's time for me to wake up and I get a 110lbs dog on my chest.
Significant other hits it.
Alarm goes off.
Significant other hits it.
Significant other attempts to leave bed (Restrained).
Significant other begins to take a shower.
Sound of water is reminder to get up.
Get up, go to shower, relieve self, take shower with significant other.
Brush teeth (floss, mouthwash).
Change cat litter-box.
Lay in bed, read book (20 minutes).
Hug/Kiss significant other goodbye.
Feed self breakfast (Mountain Dew + fruit bar).
Read things on internet (comics, slashdot, RSS feeds, newsmap).
Shave, if required (skin is now dry).
Dress self.
Prepare for work (grab any items needed, workout gear, iPod, etc.).
Drive to work (AM radio or iPod listening).
Get to work, fill up water bottle (flavor lightly with lemonade).
Check E-mail (may contain instructions for daily activities)
Work.
Grind some coffee beans and start brewing a cup
Relieve self
Take the dog out for his morning walk fresh coffee in hand
Prepare lunch for work
Shave and wash face
Look at my ol mug in the mirror wishing I had a handlebar mustache
Gather work clothes togther
Put on bathing suit
Leave
Drive to swimming pool. Swim 2000 km
Eat Breakfast
Done
If I only manage to get out the door with one S under my belt, it's probably best you stay away.
A much better day would start off with:
Snooze, Surf, Sh*t, Shower, Shave, Sex and a Sandwich.
This is an actual story based on true events, this is what happens here.
Exuding virility, my manly man comes down the steps to me ( his little geisha) waiting to serve him his morning coffee. After he's had his coffee while surfing the manly web, he is ready to get groomed for the day. I brush his long, flowing manly hair so he need not exert any energy. He will need that energy should he decide to play with me after he
brushes his teeth
everso meticulously grooms his beard
applies descenter to the underarm area
(if it is M,W or F, he may decide to shower)
Should he decide not to play with me, he then proceeds to our ivory and pink bedroom where his clothes have been laid out for him.
I would get extra kisses should I win this lovely little grooming set with the oh so cute man on it.
**I also registered on the forums so I can chat with you manly men!**
So, for all of my efforts, I have 4 big entries in the manly giveaway!
I really need to get back in the habit of shaving with a blade, but I have a few issues with that. It takes longer than the electric without getting noticeably closer. Blades and products cost more money. And my hair grows in thick and fast, so a daily shave requires at least a trim with the electric first to keep the blade from clogging. :p
Oh well. My ritual works for me.
I might do the 1st S....I might not....depends on if it's ready. It may not be done 'brewing' yet. I also might go for a jog....or not....depends on how lazy I feel.
Always do the the 2nd S...don't feel awake otherwise....and then 3rd S immediately after.
Into the monkey suit for work and then I'm off to the kitchem to make my lunch and have some coffee. Bananna for breakfast--either now or in the car or at work.
The Kids are just waking up around 6:30 when I'm getting ready to leave. I kiss the dog and pat the wife and head out the door.
Dragged a comb across my head
Found my way downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up, i noticed i was late
Found my coat and grabbed my hat
Made the bus in seconds flat
Found my way upstairs and had a smoke
Somebody spoke and i went into a dream
Ah
Shower while listening to some music. (Manly music of course.)
Get dressed. (In manly clothes.)
Eat breakfast (3 helpings of bacon, with steak and eggs) while checking my RSS feeds It's like a modern version of sitting down with the newspaper. (Makes me feel manly.)
I then make my lunch (more bacon and beef) and head to work. (To my manly job.)
Hehe, well, half of that's true anyway. =)
Brush my teeth and hair and head for work.
wash my body
shave with my sweet brush and blade
shampoo
dry off, put on robe
brush teeth
take meds
comb hair
get dressed
pack bag for work
grab some fruit for breakfast
pick a podcast to listen to for my walk to work
head out the door
Restroom (While the shower warms up)
Brush teeth and shave in the shower
Deodorant
Clothes
Hair
Breakfast
Brush teeth
Scoop cat litter box.
Brush teeth
Turn on kettle for coffee. Put grounds in press, grinding beans if necessary.
Read webcomics while kettle heats. Pour hot water into press.
Read rss feeds while coffee steeps, and while drinking first cup of coffee.
Shower. Make lather for shave, apply to face, cover with hot towel.
Read rss feeds while pre-shave lather softens stubble.
Shave with 1962 Gillette adjustable. If I have time, four passes, plus cleanups on trouble spots.
If the weather is good, pack my work clothes in my bag and dress in shorts for biking to work. If it's bad, dress in my work clothes, and ride the bus to work.
Go to work, one way or another.
-Morning scripture study
-Exercise for about 30 minutes
-Make breakfast (usually eggs and fruit), read newspaper
-Shower
-Brush teeth
-Shave
-Comb hair
-Iron shirt, while listening to a podcast
-dress
off to work
After I wake I up I'll head to the bathroom and brush my teeth. In the meantime, I'll run the water on hot for my cast iron bathtub, a wonderful experience I may add. As I spit out the toothpaste, I'll drop the water from all hot to all cold in the last few minutes. I'll get in the bath, relax for a few minutes and soak in the hot water.
I'll use regular bar soap for my body, and on my face I'll use a facial cleanser. I'll then shampoo. I rinse off, dry off, and then it's onto shaving. I shave with my 'Art of Shaving' non-scented cream and badger hair brush, something I got into over Christmas. I'll rinse my face off, apply aftershave, put deodorant on, and a bit of lotion--particularly on my hands.
Afterwards I'll dress and be ready to go.
-roll over and turn the alarm off and grab the remote and point it towards the tv and press a few buttons till the thing comes on.
-search for glasses so I can see the tv.
-lay in bed and watch tv for another 15 mins to catch the weather and traffic.
-get up to take care of the first S.
-go to the sink and switch the glasses out for contacts.
-since I take a shower before I go to bed I have to re-wet my hair and put on a ball cap to get rid of the bed head.
-put on boxers and undershirt
-plug ipod in to download new podcast
-dig around in the closet for pants and a shirt
-fix hair
-put on socks and shoes
-take meds and brush teeth
-load pockets up, get ipod
-get my motorcycle gear ready
-head out the door
-take cover off of bike and put in trunk of car
-start bike up, wake up neighbors :o)
-put on helmet, vest and gloves, jacket if it's cold.
-ride off into the sunrise
5 days a week like clockwork
Pet the first cat that came in when the alarm went off.
Pet the second cat, who waited patiently for me to be done petting the first cat.
Pet the kitten, who came flying in late, careening across the tile floor, slamming into the wall before jumping up on the bed.
Get up - always before the alarm goes off again, mostly due to laughing at the kitten.
Go turn on the coffee pot I set up before bed.
Shave (Like a man! DE safety razor)
Shower.
Take my vitamins.
Brush my teeth.
Face the day.
Alarm goes off at 4:40am
Go downstairs, bathroom, then check email
Head to the gym or go outside and run (if I don't do it the very first in the morning, it won't happen)
Shower, shave, brush teeth, get dressed (I packed my clothes in my gym bag the night before, so that's part of my routine, too.)
Head to Caribou Coffee for a medium dark roast, while spending time reading my Bible and getting ready for the day.
shave
drink a glass of water
take a sh**
rinse my face
put exercising cloths on
feed dogs
5:00-read (books or blogs)
6:00-run
7:00-eat
shower
get ready for work
8:00-clean room or put stuff away
9:00 leave for work
Get up around 5-5:30am
Put on gym clothes, head to the YMCA to workout
Come home from YMCA, drink coffee, eat breakfast
Pack panniers
Kiss my wife and kids goodbye
Ride to work
Cool off for @45 minutes
Shower in work gym
Get dressed
Every once in awhile I'll shave. I've been going for the grizzly adams look lately.
Let the dog out so she can take care of her first "S"
Kiss the wife goodbye as she goes to work
Take a shower (and shave in there)
Take vitamins
Eat breakfast/grab it on the way out
I then do 20minutes of H.I.I.T. and some pushups
Then I shower
Shave
Groom (eyebrows, eyelashes, fingernails)
Eat Breakfast
Use the Restroom
Make my bed
And finally go on with the day
And, since I grow facial hair like a 10 year-old school boy, I only need to shave every other morning; unless I have a meeting that day - then I shave.
So, the ritual is usually: Breakfast with a side of Sportscenter and local news, Shower, shave (if it is that day). Wake the wife and son. Get to work, then the last "s" typically occurs. Amazing what some coffee will do to the human body.
Slam off the alarm clock after having hit snooze about three times. Slide out of bed and head for the bathroom. Use the toilet and brush my teeth. Turn the shower on. Fill up a cup with hot water for my razor and brush so they can soak nicely while I shower. Hop in the shower. Hop out of the shower. Lather up, and shave. Rinse my face in cold water and add some after shave and deodorant. Back to the room to get dressed for work. Eat a quick breakfast, grab the paper, and drive off. Exciting!
Make coffee, pee and check personal emails
5:30a walk to gym and work out
7am return just in time for the morning crap
Wash face with hot water
Apply shaving gel then shaving cream. (Have a heavy beard need the extra stuff for close shave and without the razor burn)
Brush teeth for 2 minutes (timer in toothbrush) while face is full of oil and cream
Shave
Shower
Use face scrub in shower
Dry off and moisturize face with after shave cream to prevent prickly heat
Dress and off to work by 8a
Great Giveaway, I would love to win...I have signed up to your rss feed through email since this is a great site to frequent!!!
I imagine it would be really nice to wake up and take a long shower. Spend a leisurely fifteen minutes to shave properly (badger and blade), before joining my loved one in the kitchen for coffee and the morning paper. Finally getting dressed and heading to work, finishing the paper, and making notes to myself to prepare the day while sitting on the train.
But I sleep in, or procrastinate (read blogs, or whatever), and so am always running late.
If I shave at all, it's a hasty electric touch up just before I shower, grab whatever clothes I didn't wear the day before (sometimes I have time to steam out wrinkles from a shirt, but usually it's a bit rumpled), before grabbing a fedora and dashing to the corner only to miss my bus and walking to the train station.
I do at least get to read the paper on the train, if its not too crowded. Coffee is acquired at the Starbucks on the ground floor of the building - and I don't get a chance to really enjoy it, since I'm inevitably nearly late for a meeting.
Any chance the ritual products also add an hour of free time in the mornings? That would be lovely.
Then I take the dog out and have a cigarette
Then I brush my teeth and take a shower.
Throw on some clothes... Lock up the gun safe, and I'm off!
I get up at 4:45. I head to the shower. I soak my shaving brush and add a bit of water to the shaving soap. I let that sit while I shower. I then make up a lather and shave and then dress for the day.
My mornings aren't always the same, so breakfast isn't a definite thing, however I usually do make time for a quick bowl of oatmeal.
2. Shower that includes shaving and teeth brushing in-shower.
3. Contact insertion
4. Hop on bike for ride to work
2. Shower/shave
3. Work
Perambulate
Expectorate
Mictorate
Exfoliate
I hit snooze once, but rarley am still in bed when the second alarm sounds (make sure to turn snooze off so as not to wake the wife who gets up about 2 hours later than I do).
Into the bathroom: start shower to get it hot. Stand in front of mirror staring blankly and wondering where my youth went and when did my belly get so big.
Get in shower and just stand beneath the hot water for at least 10 minutes without so much as picking up the bar of soap. Almost always take care of the morning piss right in the shower. Have never understood getting out of the shower to go pee.
After I'm sufficiently wet, I brush teeth and rinse with orange flavored mouthwash.
Then I shampoo my bald head and just use the same shampoo as a body wash. Lather face with shampoo and shave in shower with old fogged up mirror.
Total time spent in shower is usually close to 25 minutes.
Out of shower and dry off. Pluck any stray nose and ear hairs. Wonder if those hairs in my goatee are officially white or gray.
Throw on the same pair of jeans I wore yesterday (since the belt is already looped, the wallet is still int the back pocket and my knife is in the front.
Pick out a clean t-shirt for the day.
Kiss the wife on the cheek on my way out of the bedroom.
Downstairs to feed the dogs and grab my lunch (packed the night before) from the fridge.
Throw on my boots, head out to garage, jump on motorcycle and head out to work.
1) Roll out of bed (literally)
2) Shower
3) Defecate and or urinate
4) Dry off, get dressed, eat (this step tends to get compounded and they get omitted in reverse order)
5) Select shoes (based on Time To Class less than 20 minutes its Crocs and God do I hope FDR forgives me for admitting that)
6) Haul ass to class.
I'll put on an icepack while doing my stomach crunches.
I can do a thousand now.
After I remove the icepack, I use a deeppore cleanser lotion.
In the shower, I use a water-activated gel cleanser.
Then a honey-almond bodyscrub.
And on the face, an exfoliating gelscrub.
Then I apply an herb mint facialmasque,
which lleave on forten minutes while I prepare the rest of my routine.
I always use an aftershave lotion with little or no alcohol,
because alcohol dries your face out and makes you look older.
Then moisturizer,
then an anti-aging eye balm,
followed by a final moisturizing protective lotion.
There is an idea of a Patrick Bateman.
Some kind of abstraction, but there is no real me.
Only an entity-- something illusory.
And though I can hide my cold gaze...
and you can shake my hand and feel flesh gripping yours...
and may be you can even sense our life styles are probably comparable,
I simply am not there.
6:01 up, use restroom
6:03 microwave bowl of oatmeal
6:05 shower, shave in shower
6:20 dry off, eat oatmeal with blueberries or bananas
6:20 watch TiVoed show
6:50 dress
7:00 out the door
What follows is the typical morning and mine is anything but the 3 S's. But as they say, mileage may vary.
My wife wakes me up at 6 AM every morning. I then proceed to the kitchen to make a good pot of coffee. When that's done, my wife and I sit down to talk while drinking our coffee. Our 6 year old is usually up at this time and if he's not watching some TV, he's sitting on my wife's lap (or mine) getting in some cuddle time before his siblings get up (we have 5 children).
Around 6:30, I get my nice hot shower, you know the kind where the steam is so thick it sort of hangs in the doorway when the door opens. I put my night clothes back on and proceed to the kitchen to make everyone's breakfast (what can I say, I love to cook).
Breakfast is a wonderful time. By then 4 out of 5 of the kids are up (our 8 year old boy LOVES to sleep in), so we all sit down to eat breakfast together. I really love this time together with my wife and kids before I go off to work; it helps me face the day.
After breakfast, if I have the time, I load the dishwasher for my wife. Then I proceed to get ready for work. If I need to, I shave my neck and cheeks (I have a full beard and mustache which are trimmed every Saturday morning) and then splash on the aftershave. Next come the contact lenses and the teeth and mouthwash. Then come the clothes, nice and pressed, if need be (thanks to my wife).
Then I kiss all the kids and my wife and head off to work. It's a very relaxing routine, all in all, so there you have it.
7:50 groggily stand around wondering what I'm supposed to be doing
7:51 shower
8:05 check irc and email messages, ignore them, check programming.reddit.com
8:10 dress and wander downstairs
8:11 eat some cereal while yawning and reading yesterday's paper
8:25 look in the fridge and pack a lunch for work if anything looks good
8:35 pack shoulder back with laptop, camera, headphones etc
8:40 leave for work
Stagger to the bathroom, answer the call of nature.
1/2 hour shower of power, shave, polish canines.
Attempt to dress myself, stagger out of home and into car.
Run approximately eight people off of road, pull into Dunkin Donuts.
Medium Hazelnut, cream only. Run another four people off the road, pull into work.
Simmer and glare for approximately one hour until wake up.
My morning coffee and oatmeal comes when I'm booting up the computer.
- rise before the sun does
- eat a hot bowl of oatmeal
- exercise at least three mornings out of the week (see crossfit.com)
- shave with a brush and safety razor; thickness of lather is the key
- take a utility shower (short as possible while getting the job done)
- change gears and be productive for a half-hour, either with reading, woodworking, praying/meditating, cleaning, or something of the sort
- go face the day with satisfaction that you've done more before 8:00 than most jokers do by dinner time
One, which involves waking up very early to continually prove myself. I am a rower, and as I'm sure many people know, most rowers are very early risers.
Often my coaches prefer practicing in the afternoon, or evening, but if there are time trials, or a need for a double practice, I wake up at 4:30 a.m. I eat an apple as I get my bag ready, get my clothes on and wake up. I go to practice, row my heart out, and return around 7:30 (later if I drive a friend home), to shower, clean up, and begin my day...again.
However, if I have school, work, or nothing else that day, I'll sleep in...for a few more hours. Many years of rowing, I can't often sleep past 9 anymore. I'll wake up, and shower right away to get myself going. Then I'll drink a glass of apple or orange juice (water if we're out) while I check the weather, news, and my email. Next comes a breakfast usually consisting of eggs and toast, though sometimes cereal, or pancakes. Finally, get dressed, and head out to begin my day.
As much as it pains me to say this, the first choice is preferable. Yes, you get less sleep. Yes, it hurts to wake up that painfully early. But the sweat dripping down your face, as you pull as hard as your body possibly can, just as the sun is coming up over the horizon? Nothing, absolutely nothing beats that.
Go to the john and let nature take its course
Make breakfast and pack lunch
Brush my teeth
Take my vitamins
More nature taking it's course in the john
Shave
Slap on some cool after-shave
Put on my suit or semi-formal attire for the office
Fix my thick, course asian hair with some spray gel
Spray on some manly cologne
Drive to the office which is 50 miles away
My commute crosses pretty historical sites such as the Battle of Shenandoah. Mighty fine and pretty cool.
Shower, shave, but the s**t usually has to wait because the sound of the flushing commode will wake everyone up!
take my meds.
shower first. Nioxin shampoo + Old Spice body wash.
brush teeth. sonic + colgate.
stare at the mirror and do the following affirmation: "In spite of your faults, blemishes and weaknesses, I love you, sundar", 20 times.
shave -- i'm a gilette man.
decide if I feel like working or not.
go work on a cool project.
or go to school to take courses.
I arise cracking early each fine morning rested and ready for the day. The early bird gets the worm, as they say! After a vigourous CrossFit workout to keep my body tuned and humours balanced, I retire to the bathing room. A hearty scrub leaves me refreshed and my skin glowing. I then proceed to the sink to tame my wild whiskers. I apply a frothy lather to my face and crown and guide my honed steel with the grain as to not irritate the sensitivities of the dermis. I splash with warm water, lather again, and followup then against the grain for smooth and shining features. Then it's a dash of aftershave to sooth the skin, a dab of medicated tonic to battle unsightly blemishes, and a dallop of cream to leave my features radiant. I then consume my balanced breakfast (with a spoon of cod oil for virility!) and a quick cuppa vigorizes me for the day. I apply deodorant to my underarms to prevent any offending odours, and then don my undergarments, socks, slacks, belt, undershirt, dress shirt, and knotted necktie. After a glance in the mirror to ensure this Daniel is truly dapper, I gather my bags and locute to work posthaste ready for the challenges of the day!
Yes, the dry shave freaks out my 22 year old son. :)
Now I shower, brush teeth and shave with a straight razor :-) Not that huge of a change overall but shaving has become much more of an activity and a ritual than it used to be. It puts me in a great mood to start the day.
Oh, I also now drink a liter of water 45 minutes before any other drinking/eating in the morning. I think I saw that tip in somebody's comment somewhere here and I've really been noticing the effect of it. I almost never get headaches anymore and I have a lot more energy throughout the day.
After showering I dress for work while watching the mornign news and then go to the kitchen where I try to make something remotely healthy for breakfast. A short meal and leftovers for previously mentioned pooch and I'm out the door.
My final S usually shows up around 10am and I proudly head to the restroom at work with a magazine under my arm. I spend roughly 10 minutes in my other office and dare my coworkers to say a word. After 8 years their silence confirms that i should be 'out and proud' and not sneaking off to the McDonald's restroom on my lunch break.
Next, I cook myself some breakfast - be it a couple of eggs and toast, bacon and waffles, or any other combo of breakfast foods (cereal for those lazy mornings), munch away, clean up, BM if I have to, and bike off to the university or work.
I have fun with shaving because this month I am growing a "Zorro" style mustache. I have to shave every day because I am a high school teacher and don't want my students seeing my grey beard. But my mustache is a different story, they get such a kick out of my different styles. Next, I have breakfast and my digestive system does not kick in until after I have my morning coffee, unless of course I have my Espresso. Then it kicks in pronto and I can't wait until I get to work to have a bowel movement. Normally, after my coffee it takes about 30 minutes to have a bowel movement, but because I do yoga, walk extensively and eat Flax cereal with Bran, when I do have a bowel it is enormous. But you probably don't want to go there. So, I practice Shave, Shower and Shit in the reverse order of this time honored tradition. Thanks for asking.
set of pushups
set of sit ups
set of lunges
repeat 5 times each time with different form
5-20 reps of each exersizing depending on what kind of workout I have for the rest of the day
Shower and grooming
Read a chapter in the bible- I like the open to the random page method.
Then I read a couple of pages from a disign book by Chan and asociates called 100 ways to peace
THEN Breakfast.
finally my day starts at 7am
Relieve self
Brush Teeth
Wash Face
Shave
Apply aftershave
put on deodorant
wax hair (on some occasions)
go to desk to write in daily journal
have breakfast
go to work.
getting to be my age though, they seem to occur earlier and earlier each year. Now, ready for the day's action by 6am....
It's usually pretty easy to predict what type of S1 is involved. A review of previous evenings intake helps, but more important is the relative feeling of bloatedness and an aural assessment of any noises coming from the internal pipes.
First, it is essential to allow pockets of trapped air to escape. This in itself is an excellent predictor of what is to follow. Loud and staccato is good, sloppy and silent implies a trickier process to follow.
Taking all factors into account, evacuate completely.
Then get out of bed, get dressed and go to work.....
I don't get coffee til I get to work, usually. But that's the next thing. Must have coffee.
1. Quick exercises.
2. Brush teeth and scrape tongue
3. Soak Badger Brush in warm water
4. Shower
5. Whip up Castle Forbes or Taylors Shave Cream and enjoy a fine relaxing shave.
6. Dress
7. Plan the most important items of the day
8. Think of some things I'm grateful for.
9. Enjoy breakfast
10. Launch into the day!
5:15 alarm goes off
5:21 alarm goes off
5:27 alarm goes off
5:30 stumble into kitchen
5:32 pour cereal into bowl, add milk
5:33 alarm goes off
5:34 "reading time" while cereal achieves desired sogginess
5:40 eat cereal
5:45 shower, including shave (soap in a $0.25 mug bought from a thrift store + faux-badger hair brush + Gillette Fusion Razor)
5:55 dress
6:00 read, make lunch, play baseball on PlayStation, blog, whatever (as long as it's quiet and doesn't wake up the family)
7:15 open front door, forgetting to disarm ADT protection system
7:15:01 alarm goes off
Morning: I get up, wash my face and wet down my hair, shave (electric shaver), put in my contacts, put a moisturizer on my face, eat breakfast, take my vitamins, brush my teeth, pack my pannier with lunch and work clothes, hop on my bike and ride to work or to my personal trainer.
Enter the bathroom, double checking for a handy, fresh roll.
Focus. Drain the main vein and then some.
Light a match.
*break* for nicotine rush.
Power-shower, but for no more than a quarter-hour.
Bust a move for that fresh towell.
Get my shave on. Aloe anyone?
Work the pitstick.
*break* for a creative, fast breakfast.
Mult-vitamin, 'C', and zinc, 16oz of H-two-O.
Rock the block with some wake up jams.
Put on those treads and paste-up dem purley-whites.
Loop the tie, straighten the collar and get the follicles in order.
*break*
Get the mega-head-start, early-bird, home-court advantage on another righteous day full of success and pure Manliness, oh yes.
7:31 - downstairs to feed the dogs and let them do their business
7:45 - relieve myself, maybe shave (I keep a beard so occasionally it needs a trim), and shower.
8:05 - get dressed, pick out a tie that doesn't clash too horribly
8:10 - finish brushing teeth, splash on some cologne drive to work
10:00 - realize I haven't eaten anything yet - grab a late breakfast
2. Pry one eye open, adjust to light, 5 minutes
3. Pry other eye open, adjust to light, 5 minutes.
4. Swing legs over edge of bed, hard, or I'll decide it's easier to stay there.
5. Stumble to bathroom.
6. Splash face
7. Brush teeth
8. Stumble to edge of bed, sit
9. Wonder why I don't sleep more
10. Profit
You know why? Because yesterday, everything I own on this trip to Peru was stolen during the bus ride from Ica to Nazca. I currently have no clothes, no toiletries, and nothing more than what I´m wearing plus my Lonely Planet guidebook and copy of Ulysses. I could really use some nice manly grooming products to pamper myself when I get back home on August 13th. I just thank the good Lord that I´m a guy, and it is possible for me to live without that stuff.
Brush teeth.
Body wash, shampoo, conditioner, and preshave face scrub.
Quickly dry my hair and body, but not my face.
Work lather of Trumper's Almond with badger hair brush.
Shave.
Baxter of California aftershave.
Get dressed.
Bowl of strawberry and oats cereal.
Sprint to the the bus stop to barely catch the last of one of the two buses I eyed the night before to take.
Wake up, (think about throwing the alarm clock as far as I can!)
Take my pills (oh disgusting !!! water magnifies morning breath)
Get in the shower (almost drown because I'm still asleep)
Shaving time (try to avoid cutting half of my upper lip)
Too hungry to take a step further without eating : two toasts with Phillie cheese.
Time for the first S. (just isn't right if I don't)
Dress up and leave for work.
Don't mess this order or you'll get me kinda destabilized for the rest of the day.
1) 5:30 - get up to my dog (a 6-month old weimaraner) ready to go for her morning pee.
2) 5:35-6:30 - go back to bed.
3) 6:30-6:50ish - shower...Paul Mitchell Teatree Shampoo, Kheil's Facial Fuel face wash, Kheil's Ultimate Man body scrubbing bar.
4) 6:50-7:00 - shave...CO Bigelow Shaving Cream and Aftershave, Kenneth Cole Reaction Cologne, Tom's All-Natural Deodorant.
sulk, shower, sun salute
settle in simplicity
sometimes sin, and smile
Then there are the days where I wake up 10 minutes before class, and none of that happens. I throw the clothes I wore yesterday on, grab a Mt. Dew, grab my bag, and head out.
I then look out the left window to see if the cardinals have hatched or hatcheted their eggs, look out the right window and see if the deer are scarfing up breakfast in the upper or lower pasture, or if they're running helter-skelter from the coyotes.
Once I have splashed enough water in my face to re-moisturize the Empty Quarter, I stumble in to the kitchen where the "giver of the elixir of life" lives--the coffee machine. I know where this is by built-in radar!
After dumping about "yo-much" coffee into the cute little white cupcake-holder-looking-paper-thingy and pouring about "yo-much" water into the-big-black-water-gulping-plastic-thingy, I collapse onto the couch.
Once I have re-educated myself on the magical goings-on of the TV remote, I turn on the news to see what-fools-have-done-what-to-which-other fools.
(I don't hear what they say the first 15 minutes anyway--I'm checking out the sexy wardrobe of the gorgeous female newsperson--ain't that whatcha 'sposed to do? If not, make them wear long dresses with collars up to their necks. I mean, gee whiz, fair is fair!)
By the time I have re-sorted out which planet I'm on, which country I live in, and what my first name is, the coffee is ready. To me, coffee is nothing but black blood--if my red blood isn't half coffee, it sure isn't because I haven't tried--God knows I've drunk enough the 'morning after' to turn me into the "Creature from the Black Lagoon."
Where was I? Oh yeah, morning.
Once I'm again amongst the human race ('bout a pot and a half of Holy Nectar later (that's coffee to you lesser Earthlings)), I do all of that other stuff: shave--mainly, most of it, all that I can reach quickly anyway; I'll run the electric razor over it later before I go out again anyway, so who cares.
Then, I wet both hands, wipe down both sides of my hair, and out the door to tackle the world once again!
Oh wait; damn. My office is downstairs--where am I going?
Fall back asleep till second alarm at 7:10
Actually get up at 7:15
Shower, Shave, Hit the Road by 7:40
5:00 get up and let dog out
5:01 feed dog - he eats while I pee
5:02 he waits while I still pee
5:03 he pees while I wait
5:06 he goes back to bed and I hit the shower, shave and shake
5:15 dry off, brush teeth, get dressed
5:16 kiss wife, pet dog (he is now lying in my spot on bed)
5:17 drive to work...
I get up, use the restroom, and shower. I don't shave everday like I should, so just go slightly scruffy on the days I don't. ;-)
So, I shave (with a Gillete Quattro and whatever cream I decided to buy at the store!), wash my hair and body in the shower (using a fog resisant mirror for the shaving part). If I think I need to smell particularly nice that day, I use Oxy bodywash, which also is supposed to aid against pimples, as does their face wash I use. Now whether it really works or not is another question....
I usually use Pert and some other shampoo such as Suave as well as Proactiv shampoo occasionally to break things up. I often use like Ivory or whatever for bar soap.
After that, I dry off, use some kind of deodorant (often Right Guard, etc.), get dressed, maybe a bit of cologne, and I'm off to work.
If I feel like it, I use a bunch of Proactiv products to attack my pimplifurous face. Very expensive, yes, but what can I say? I'm 19. 'Nuff said. :-D
Anything more than that, no one needs to know. ;-P
Spencer
7 Put baby bottle on to heat, boil kettle for tea and make toast with marmalade for wife ( helps greatly with the morning sickness if eaten before even trying to stand up).
7.10 Give breakfast to wife and feed baby
7.30 Shower, shave, dress
8.00 Have breakfast
8.20 Do house work before leaving for work any time between 8.45 and 9.30 (hurray for flexible working hours.)
I'll do the 3rd S shortly after arriving into work, I'm convinced the vibrations from my motorbike give my bowels a good kick start in the morning.
I wake at dawn. The air has a stillness and a dryness only found on this plain, only at this time of the season. It feels good in my lungs. I lift the mosquito netting, roll out of the tent, and begin the fire. I prepare the coffee for it. Then gather the water from the salt lick for my shave. The straight razor feels strong and wet across my beard. It is a good feeling. It is right. I continue over the ears, across the top of the head, and down the back of the cranium. I wax my mustache, then apply a salve that the natives have given me of berries, mixed with beetle dung, to sooth my weathered face and scalp. It burns, slightly. The coffee smells strong in the morning breeze. It fills my nostrils with life.
I pick up my rifle, and ready it for the kill. The heaviness of the strap across my shoulder, the smell of the gun oil so close to my face, are full with memories of my youth, tinged with sadness.
The hunt commences. Somedays it's kudu. Others hyena or rhino. Most days only opossum or squirrel. They like the backyard the best. Gentle reader, do not judge. I kill them not for the thrill. Not for the sake of the killing itself. I kill them to give the squirrels...the opossums...maybe, the occasional salamander...the dignity of a death they so richly deserve! After which, I empty my bowels, almost ritualistically, in the chamber pot. Then I make a morning meal of salt-cured, cold smoked kippers, as I drink the steaming, bracing coffee in the morning air. It feels good to be alive. To be a man.
4:30 - early AM bathroom & then back to bed
8:00 - hit snooze
8:45 - shower, shave, dress in business casual/very casual, eat breakfast
8:55 - leave the house
9:00 - arrive @ work
...actual times may vary, sometimes he doesn't have to work until 10...
Meanwhile, I'm up at 6 AM to shower, dry hair, style hair, apply makeup, try on 5 pairs of pants to see which one still fits, end up in some sort of acceptable business wear & heels, run out the door with a piece of bread & jam in hand, and make a 30-minute drive to work before 8, thinking on the way about how he kept me up late & is still soundly sleeping...
Not sure yet how we are going to mesh those morning rituals if we decide to take that big marriage leap...
Turn on a show for my girls, who get up WAY too early (so my wife can snooze a little longer)
Head to the bathroom with a book (aka the library)
Do my stuff on the toilet, reading my book until my legs fall asleep (I love to read)
Shower, and while in the shower I brush my teeth and shave.
Get dressed. Head out to my home office in the garage.
I usually grab a breakfast bar and drink on my way out and eat when I have a break.
That's about it.
Thanks!
Jason Ellis
jasonellis@gmail.com
Hit the restroom and complete 1st S...
Put on deoderant.
Get dressed.
Put on hat and go to work.
15 minutes tops!
let that work on me for about 10-15 minutes, then head off to take care of the first S
hit the shower, where I shave my dome with my HeadBlade
get out of the shower and shave my face, minus the 'stache and goatee
get dressed, grab some food, kiss the wife and kiddies and I'm off for the day
Every morning (after the fight with the alarm clock) I'll take my morning shower.
Every 2nd day I'll do a shave.
I never seem to have the strength for the third 's' though. Maybe I need to do some morning exercises?
Roll out of bed and hit my knees for a quick moring prayer. Put on shorts and run outside the get the paper and then read the sports, business, and funnies while taking my morning dump.
Have a shower, get dressed and grab my bible, my bagel, and kiss my baby before locking myself in my home office and having a quick breakfast and scripture read before starting work.
OK, so that was just a Beatles reference.
"The day breaks, your mind aches..."
OK, no more songs:
03:50 Clock radio chimes (snooze)
03:59 repeat
04:10 cell phone chimes
04:15 start coffee
04:20 shave (I shower at night)
04:30 dress / while scanning e-mail
04:40 bowl of cereal, vitamins, supplements
04:55 in the car, starting my 2 hour commute.
2 hours! Yikes. Just out of curiousity where are you comuting to and from? I'm assuming it's somewhere in PA.
Barely wake up. Shave. Take a dump. Shower and brush teeth in the shower.
However, what I don't understand is why this contest information is so out of date being that it closed July & we are now in August? Or do you guys over in USA work on a different date?
Thoughts' anyone...?
Mike
We ran this contest last month. It has indeed concluded.
- 0505- breakfast/ proitien shake
- 0510- shower and shave ( mirror in shower)
- 0520- press uniform
- 0530- hair done, shoes shined
- 0535- feed fish/ kiss wife good bye
-0545 - leave for work and face the day!/ take on the world!
snooze
alarm
snooze
alarm
off
get out of the bed and straight into the shower
get out piss and shave
put some music on
get dressed
check the headlines
out the door