{"id":93552,"date":"2023-01-10T11:42:33","date_gmt":"2023-01-10T10:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/?p=93552"},"modified":"2025-07-12T21:58:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T20:58:47","slug":"i-grew-a-beard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2023\/i-grew-a-beard\/","title":{"rendered":"I grew a beard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So this happened.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-1.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93553\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-1-335x680.avif\" alt=\"My face with a beard\" width=\"335\" height=\"680\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-93553\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-1-335x680.avif 335w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-1-443x900.avif 443w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-1-768x1560.avif 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-1-756x1536.avif 756w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-1-172x350.avif 172w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-1-738x1500.avif 738w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-1.jpg 945w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then this happened.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-2.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93554\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-2-383x680.avif\" alt=\"My face with half a beard\" width=\"383\" height=\"680\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-93554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-2-383x680.avif 383w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-2-506x900.avif 506w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-2-768x1365.avif 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-2-864x1536.avif 864w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-2-197x350.avif 197w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-2-844x1500.avif 844w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-2.jpg 1148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And now I&#8217;m all smooth again \ud83d\ude42<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93555\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-3-383x680.avif\" alt=\"Baby faced Ryan\" width=\"383\" height=\"680\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-93555\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-3-383x680.avif 383w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-3-506x900.avif 506w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-3-768x1365.avif 768w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-3-864x1536.avif 864w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-3-197x350.avif 197w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-3-844x1500.avif 844w, https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/files\/2023\/01\/my-face-3.jpg 1148w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So this happened. 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