Who woulda thunk?

So, I have decided to take the epic journey of growing a beard for the winter. I'm about 3 weeks in and after tossing around some design options I took my search to the interwebs and found some great shit! Check out these links....

http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/

http://www.akbeardclub.com/judgingcatergori.html

http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&hl=en&safe=off&q=crazy+beards

So, should I bow up and make a run for the world championships in Alaska in 2009?