Semper erit aestas.

“Boys with small talk and small minds really don’t...”
— Sheila E(sposito)

May 31st

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“The Glamorous Life” by Sheila E. is one of my all-time favorite songs of all time.  I...

May 31st

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May 31st

(via corndujour) Oh KG, I love your humor.

May 30th

I remember being six...

I remember being six and running across the yard To the river where the oyster shells Closed like...

May 30th

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It’s been a long (four day) week, so here are some classic Nickelodeon intro clips to get you...

May 30th

I was strollin'...

…down Cherry Street to meet KLG for lunch yesterday, just bebopping along in my swingy navy...

May 30th

Because it’s the last weekday in May and the last day...

May 30th

What a great Southern hunk of MAN.

May 30th

…and just for good measure…

May 30th

Ehhh...

CR: Why do you say "ehhh" about [Redacted]?
RTC: It's one step away from owning a strip club. That is within the realm of possibility for this guy.
CR: Ouch.
RTC: Just real talk. It's like if he was an "actor" like [Redacted]. He's one step away from porn. Again, in the realm.
CR: Me no likey that comparison.
RTC: My new name is Justhe Facts.
CR: My new name is Ineeda Date.
RTC: Nope, your new name is Imfinewith Cary Randolph.

May 29th

“There was Julia, who was a little too good for anybody and...”
— F. Scott Fitzgerald, “A...

May 29th

My little bunny sister JBF (on the right) is coming to visit...

May 29th

This picture is really too small to do him justice, but the...

May 29th

May 28th

“Feel free to blog about me.”
— PAP

May 28th

Dear Tom Ford, Please switch teams.  You won’t be...

May 28th

It dawned on me that despite my love of...

May 28th

26.Top Forty

Annie: "Heartbeat"
Jay-Z: "99 Problems"
Eric Prydz: "Call on Me"
Rod Stewart: "Forever Young"
Chemical Brothers: "Galvanize"
Van Morrison: "These are the Days"
Jackson Browne: "Running on Empty"
Prodigy: "Smack My Bitch Up"
Billy Idol: "Rebel Yell"
Notorious B.I.G.: "Mo' Money, Mo' Problems"
Dire Straits: "Money for Nothing"
Dire Straits: "Sultans of Swing"
Junior Senior: "Hip Hop a Lula"
The Temptations: "Everything is Alright"
The Spinners: "Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch"
The Faint: "Southern Belles in London Sing"
Girl Talk: "Overtime"
The Hipnecks: "Everything"
Fleetwood Mac: "Secondhand News"
Roxette: "The Look"
Robert Palmer: "Simply Irresistible"
Beach Boys: "Help Me, Rhonda"
Ace of Base: "The Sign"
Abba: "Voulez Vous"
Eric Prydz: "Proper Education"
Depeche Mode: "Policy of Truth"
Depeche Mode: "John the Revelator"
Sheila E.: "The Glamorous Life"
Huey Lewis and the News: "I Want a New Drug"
David Bowie: "Modern Love"
Stevie Nicks: "Stand Back"
Muse: "Knights of Cydonia"
Fleetwood Mac: "Little Lies"
Out Hud: "Dear Mr. Bush..."
Moby: "Ooh Yeah"
Moby: "James Bond"
Rihanna: "Umbrella"
Wyclef Jean with Akon: "Sweetest Girl"
Strokes v. Christina Aguilera: "Stroke of Genius"
Talking Heads: "Once in a Lifetime"
Although these songs are not meant to enlighten but to simply add a boost of inspiration on the tough hills and hard climbs, let's face it: I have really schizophrenic and terrible taste.

May 28th

Luisana Mendoza, former accessories director for Vogue. File...

May 28th

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May 27th

I’d like to see a little more of this guy. Gloomiest....

May 27th

Party Cove, chapter two

On Saturday we loafed around the condo, watching trash TV and painting our nails (my fingers sported...

May 27th

“It’s a sure sign of summer if the chair gets up when you do.”
— Walter Winchell (via simko)

May 27th

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rtc: “You’re through with being a playa and a balla”- CRF “Broken glass everywhere If it...

May 27th

Party Cove, chapter one

Noon on Sunday: Boats crept wakeless into the cove, their engines idling, bikini-clad girls on their...

May 26th

“He who does not feel me is not real to me, Therefore he...”
— Jay Z “Izzo...

May 26th

The Dude aka Lebowski aka Jeff Bridges. Memorial Day...

May 26th

Lately my hairdo...

…has looked more Kelly Kapowski than Carolyn Bessette Kennedy.  (See below and slightly...

May 23rd

Indiana Jones.  TGI Beefcake! (I will be so glad when...

May 23rd

Welp, my sabbatical lasted all of 39-ish...

May 23rd

Funniest. Blog. Ever. (Next to mine, of...

May 23rd

“My best friend lived a hemisphere away…and though we...”
— Emily Gould...

May 23rd

I’m going to take a break from the ol’ blog for a couple of days.  I feel incredibly...

May 21st

May 21st

On my way home from the gym...

TRJ (via text): Went to Morimoto, then Gansevoort, then Rose Bar. Pretty pedestrian, but Rose Bar is cool. [EDIT: I GAVE HIM THE TIP ON ROSE BAR AND HOW TO GET A RESERVATION.]
TRJ: What is the name of Paris Hilton's d-bag guy friend who yelled about LiLo's fire crotch? (And you thought I didn't pay attention when you watched those entertainment channels.)
CR: Brandon Davis! He's greasy and gross.
TRJ: I pet his bulldog puppy. He's had it two days. We're pals now.
TRJ: And he's gay.
CR: Really? Homo gay or stupid gay?
TRJ: H-O-M-O (all caps).
Now you know.

May 21st

“I like to think of my idols as Jay, Sinatra, and John...”
— RTC, via text message, January...

May 21st

John F. Kennedy, Jr.: Grade A American Prime. I would have...

May 21st

FreeRice: Productive Procrastination

May 20th

I desperately want...

…one of these petits princes. An English springer spaniel.  I love spaniels because they are...

May 20th

Throw up the kick stand and ring your...

Today I did something totally new and nerdy: I stuffed my North Face backpack with a skirt and...

May 20th

“You’re a rich girl, but you’ve gone too far and you know it...

May 20th

When my mother was pregnant with me...

…she met Mick Jagger in the Barbados airport.  He was leaning against an information desk in...

May 19th

Alright, alright, alright! I'm sorry I...

I’m clearly just envious because I still haven’t hooked up my TV in my new apartment and...

May 19th

I preferred him as Paul (Fred) Varjak in Breakfast at...

May 19th

“Sex is good, but not as good as fresh sweet corn.”
— Dr. Ruth Westheimer

May 19th

Things I am over...

…are greatly outnumbering things I am not over these days.  To wit: 1. Sack dresses.  They...

May 19th

via saramcpherson.  For my adorable kid sister EAF, who is...

May 19th

What I am hearing.

May 18th

What I am watching.

May 18th

What I am reading right now.

May 18th

At some point I will have to get out of...

But my body is telling me, “Hell no.”  I want to run, lay out by the pool with my book...

May 18th

Weekend beefcake. via maryrambin: This is the first thing...

May 17th

My text conversation with Sister's...

Cary Randolph: Wow. I just saw a great douchebag. 5 earrings, shaved head, and a tee that says "You're better off without me."
PAP: Good thing you're single.
CR: Oh please. I already took care of that.
PAP: No randos! What happened to saving yourself for me?
CR: I'm saving my HEART for you, PAP. Not my body.
PAP: Ha ha ha ha, that is a great quote. I'm going to forward that back to you tomorrow!
CR: Do it! I'm ready.
PAP: I have a feeling you are going to be apologizing for drunk texting again tomorrow, ha ha ha ha.
CR: No apologies. Cold sober.
PAP: Well that is lame. I thought you were cooler than that! I miss [Sister]:(
CR: Word. I miss her more. She is [one of] my favorite sister(s).

May 17th

I'm goin' goin' back back to Cali Cali...

May 17th

Stuff I need in my life:

This dress: These shades (for the umpteenth time): And these dudes at this party (while wearing...

May 16th

“I don’t know if you realize this, but I am pretty damn...”
— PAP (sister JBF’s BF),...

May 16th

I am useless...

…I just blew $1.70 on a cup of iced coffee I didn’t want just so I’d have an...

May 16th

Me.  3 a.m.  July 2006.  The West Side Highway. If I am not...

May 16th

Watch your back, Rachael Ray...

Even though my readers are basically just tourists to my private universe, I still aim to please...

May 16th

Cheer up, Dylan McKay.  It’s Friday!

May 16th

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I miss my Mom.

May 15th

“PONGO: Put Out ‘N Get Out”
— Malty

May 15th

Today is May 15, 2008

5 things I don’t understand: God; Google Friend Connect; how John McCain has any energy...

May 15th

Nacho Figueres: Champion polo player.  The face of Ralph...

May 15th

Dear everyone I annoyed with persistant...

I’m not sorry because I genuinely meant everything I was finally telling you.  I’m...

May 15th

Tonight, this one is mine.  You can get your own.

May 14th

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During the last 10-K I ran, I played this song on repeat for the entire 6.2 miles.  That’s...

May 14th

This morning, hunched over cubicle...

Mommy MCF: I love your blog. Love, love, love it. And you want to know why?
Cary Randolph: Yes. Why?
MCF: Because you NEVER TALK ABOUT YOUR RELATIONSHIPS. You just don't. That's a good thing because honestly, people don't actually care.
CR: About my relationships?
MCF: No, they don't. Except yourself. And me.
CR: Sometimes.

May 14th

Ten years ago today, Francis Albert Sinatra passed on to...

May 14th

I'm afraid to check my bank balance.

I haven’t looked at it online since last Thursday, and I don’t plan to either, not till...

May 14th

Yesterday was my BFF MEE’s 23rd birthday.  I love you,...

May 14th

Kirk Cameron (a.k.a. Mike Seaver): Grade A, prime cut...

May 13th

One of my biggest, most damaging...

…is a good cracker.  I don’t mean poor white trash, I mean a rhombus of whole wheat...

May 13th

“Here’s to Hell. Let’s hope the stay there is as fun as the...”
— Anonymous (via hydeordie)

May 13th

This answers so many questions.

May 13th

Happy Tuesday! (It is Tuesday, right?)

May 13th

Okay, I am phoning this one in: Warren Beatty is our...

May 12th

Oh my gosh!  Beautiful!

May 12th

Click here if you want to cry at work. (I...

May 12th

Let's shake hands and agree to...

This past weekend RTC wrote an open letter imploring me to get the hell out of the Midwest and...

May 12th

Wishing you a very happy Monday. Kisses, Barry Gibb?

May 12th

Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman. American Psycho? ...

May 11th

Last night's family dinner...

Cary Randolph: I need more money. I've decided to sell my eggs.
Daddy: I think you should just buy Exxon.

May 11th

My mom and me after my first marathon, Houston 2005. I love...

May 11th

“A mother is a person who, seeing there are only four pieces...”
— Tenneva Jordan

May 11th

I love my parents...

Daddy: To paraphrase you, it was a real pain in the ass.
Mom: Actually I think that's a direct quote.

May 10th

saramcpherson: vinh

May 10th

And our afternoon Beefcake is…(drumroll,...

May 9th

Things I Did Last Night.

May 9th

May 9th

For the girl who wants everything...

May 9th

Eric Zinterhofer, a.k.a. Mr. Aerin Lauder, is my beefcake of...

May 9th

“I am so proud of you.”
— AV, last night That is such an...

May 9th

Paul Newman.  For your Thursday night.  No need to thank me....

May 8th

“Cardinals games are so fucking boring. Inject me with vodka...”
— KB

May 8th

I officially proclaim May BEEFCAKE...

Every day for the rest of the month, I am going to post new and exciting beefcakes to rev your...

May 8th

Mr. Clive Owen. Mrs. Clive Owen. Mrs. Cary Randolph Owen....

May 8th

Blue eyes, blue shorts…blue balls? Naaaahhhhh! I love...

May 8th

On my lunch break I stood in the grocery...

May 8th

Why does Stuart Weitzman need to rip off Jack Rogers?  And...

May 8th

On the marrying age for men,...

CR: My dad didn't get married till he was 37.
KB: Well, that's because your dad is a baller.

May 8th

This is a cute li'l site to make you laugh at...

May 8th

Oh, Jesus.  Happy Hump Day, Aaron.  I’ll give you...

May 7th

“It may be possible to do without dancing entirely. ...”
— Jane Austen

May 7th

The first bar we terrorized last Saturday had a terrific and...

May 7th

My best friend, why he is...

CRF: How many times will I have to call on my friends for pep talks to prop me up?
RTC: As many times as it takes.

May 7th

I wrote this the summer after high...

How do I put my loves into words? Or numbers?  How does one year’s love Equal heartbreak?...

May 7th

You know what the worst thing is?  This won’t make...

May 6th

Christy Turlington Burns for the win at the Costume...

May 6th

Doutzen Kroes has long been my favorite supermodel. ...

May 6th

Dear Clive, DO ME. Best regards, Cary Randolph

May 6th

Holy shit.  To have that body!  And that man!  And all that...

May 6th

“To be in your heart, I failed my own. Love says nothing...”
— Dylan

May 6th

“I think the hot thing about handcuffs/rope is the...”
— WhateverLolaWants.tumblr.com

May 4th

I cannot possibly explain...

…how tired I am.  I can count on one hand the number of hours I’ve slept in the past two...

May 4th

After a lay-over at LAX and emergency...

…that resulted in three more hours on the tarmac, my plane touched down in STL at 3:05 a.m. I...

May 3rd

San Francisco is beautiful.

It smells like jasmine (and lighter fluid).

May 2nd

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I found this on Simko’s blog and laughed out loud in my lonely hotel room.

May 1st