Semper erit aestas.

via dinomight.

Mar 30th

Every time I go home for the...

…holidays or even just a quick weekend, I barely make it through the door before someone is...

Mar 30th

(via lfarm) Montauk in winter.

Mar 30th

This look by Ralph Lauren for spring 2009 has been for the...

Mar 30th

On empty nest syndrome, helicopter...

Mom: Oh, and Cary?
CR: Yes?
Mom: BE CAREFUL.
CR: Huh?
Mom: Yes, be very careful! You don't live in the nicest neighbor---
CR: Mom, I'm lying on the sofa.
Mom: Well I don't care, I want you to BE CAREFUL.
CR: No literally. I am lying prone in my apartment. What on earth do I need to be careful about?
Mom: ...
Mom: Don't turn over too quickly or you'll throw your back out!

Mar 30th

Mar 30th

“After a long silence during which we contemplate our...”
— Bret Easton Ellis, American...

Mar 29th

A foggy day in New York town.

Mar 29th

This is the foyer in my new friend AS’s apartment...

Mar 29th

“Change before you have to.”
— Jack Welch (via simko)

Mar 29th

With the arrival of spring comes the inevitable urge to...

Mar 28th

“When I was first aware that I had been laid low by the...”
— William Styron, Darkness...

Mar 28th

“First a howling blizzard woke us, Then the rain came down...”
— Lilja Rogers

Mar 27th

Watch

soupsoup:shebs: MGMT’s “Electric Feel” performed by The Rock-afire Explosion

Mar 27th

In other news, I need a tan.

Mar 27th

"You need that every...

…once in a while in the City,” said KB, and she was right. When KAM and I ducked into...

Mar 27th

Watch

via cackipants. Shot of the Night: Missouri’s Marcus Denmon

Mar 27th

Photo taken at McFadden’s last night. “As he...

Mar 27th

I am now Twittering. I haven't the slightest...

Mar 26th

“When I’m at a bar and I run out of things to say to...”
— The man, the myth, the legend,...

Mar 26th

(via girlwearsmascara)

Mar 26th

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T’Pau: “Heart and Soul” “…and don’t you make me beg for...

Mar 26th

Things I think about while standing in...

I wonder if my mom has ever had food poisoning.
Would it be economically wise to buy new razor cartridges, or should I just get a new Mach 3?
I could kill for a tuna salad sandwich right now.
Does bread have eggs in it?
I need new shorts.
Did Calvin Klein design the wardrobe for Sliding Doors, or did Donna Karan?
No, Donna did Great Expectations.
I know way too much about Gwyneth Paltrow's movie attire.
I wonder if my hair is long yet or still just medium.
Tan Jack Rogers or silver?
Or both?
I haven't taken any pictures in a while.
I haven't had a White Russian in a while.
Which reminds me that I need a new bathrobe.

Mar 26th

“But remember, Cary, that you have a HUGE ego.”
— Mom

Mar 26th

Tonight: Missouri Tigers v. Memphis Tigers, 9:37 EST,...

Mar 26th

“He shouldn’t be here, but he is. Maybe that’s why, when...”
— ESPN’s Gene Wojciechowski,...

Mar 25th

Gratuitous Picture Of Yourself Wednesday: Because everyone...

Mar 25th

“I love to run. When I stop loving it, I will stop running....”
— Cary Randolph

Mar 25th

The former roommate and I will be cheering on our Dear Old...

Mar 25th

In the past few days I have received...

I run four to five days per week.
I average 25 miles per week.
I average 7.5 minutes per mile.
I always start slow to end fast.
I never run more than three days in a row.
I always take one rest day each week.
I lift weights two days a week, focusing on core and upper body.
I alternate long runs with short ones.
I complete one long run each week (long = eight to twelve miles)
I don't drink on nights before long runs.
I don't have a set time for when I run; I fit it into my schedule however I can, but I always set aside time for at least three miles.
I listen primarily to a mix of 80s and 90s pop ("Rhythm Nation", anyone?), clubby guido dance remixes, and whatever I hear on Z100. Also George Strait, TV on the Radio, Coldplay, and Motown.
I wear Asic Gel Cumulus, size 10. I have also tried and approve of Mizuno.
Despite the enormity of my shoes I still lose toenails on the regular because I curl them when I land on each step.
I never run in tee shirts. Cotton does not breathe and slows me down.
Treadmill workouts can break up the outdoor pattern. Run .5 mile intervals at alternating speeds.
I consume an average of 3,000 calories per day. This seems like a lot until I do the math and realize that at 150 calories per mile, I'm burning 3,750 calories per week.
I love to run. When I stop loving it, I will stop running. When it gets boring, I take breaks. When I become tired, I slow down, and when I feel like shit, I hit the pavement.

Mar 25th

bunkercomplex: Original grill.

Mar 25th

Runners: More Attractive Than Most?

Mar 25th

“Nothing is more hopeless than planned happiness.”
— John Patrick Diggins (via...

Mar 25th

misscollinsnyc: Hydrangeas are my all-time favorite...

Mar 24th

MUST. HAVE. THIS. WATCH. IN. EVERY. COLOR.

Mar 24th

I've gotten a little cocky while...

…running lately. I run in the street, I run through red lights, I run late at night by the...

Mar 24th

randyhaddock: Bush Deficit vs. Obama Deficit in Pictures ...

Mar 24th

“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and...”
— Charles Dickens

Mar 24th

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Mar 24th

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Mar 23rd

WTF, Jesse McCartney was in my 'hood, making...

Mar 23rd

“Big Bunny Sister, I am missing you in Aruba! You would be so...”
— Sister JBF, keepin’ it...

Mar 23rd

“Carefree! Your blog post made me tear up - literally. Maybe...”
— KB

Mar 23rd

Any amateur can play God for five minutes: You walk into a...

Mar 23rd

aliexplainsitall: How sweet it is!  For the first time...

Mar 23rd

Home is where the Beam and cupcakes are. (Right, KB?)

Mar 22nd

26.bar review:

KSG and I went to Apotheke last night. Neither of us had been before and we wanted to try their...

Mar 21st

KSG’s birthday party is tonight. There will be...

Mar 21st

On this day in 1983 one of my greatest, oldest, most...

Mar 20th

Mar 20th

Mar 20th

FRATTY FRIDAY...

…got old quickly. I wish I could give you, my sweet, sweet readers, a full calendar of theme...

Mar 20th

turnlizer:photoholic:theanimalblog:MickiP65 Today. Three...

Mar 20th

“The first day of spring was once the time for taking the...”
— E.B. White

Mar 20th

Bowlmor, work more.

Coworker: Did you have fun tonight?
CR: More than visiting the dentist but less than prom.

Mar 20th

Because I always keep my promises...

…here is another Girl Scout cookie recipe (remember, I’m hunting them down one and all)....

Mar 19th

I want to paint my new bedroom walls Behr’s...

Mar 19th

“Gray’s Papaya is like dog treats for boyfriends.”
— MHL

Mar 19th

There is a restaurant two blocks down...

Mar 18th

Gratuitous Picture Of Yourself Wednesday: Gazing into my...

Mar 18th

“The most important things are the hardest to say. They are...”
— Stephen King

Mar 18th

Just because I cannot...

…eat chocolate for another three weeks, four days, thirteen hours, and seventeen minutes does...

Mar 18th

(via jlovely) I don’t have a choice but to post all...

Mar 17th

Try explaining to your colleagues why you’re taking a...

Mar 17th

via dogs-looking-like-people. I don’t celebrate Saint...

Mar 17th

"Why the GOP Can't Win With Minorities"

Mar 17th

CR: Mom, I am a planner. I plan things.
Mom: I know you are. But do you have to plan for thirty? Why not just this weekend?

Mar 17th

I wear a pinkie ring. My full name is Cary Randolph...

Mar 16th

Mar 16th

TMIGchat:

CCC: I'm going to bring some toilet paper when we move in tonight because that is important.
CR: That is number one on the list.
CR: Or number two.
CR: HAHAHAHAHA;LKDFJA;DLKFJA;DSLFK

Mar 16th

Too much time spent this past...

…weekend thinking. Too many repeats of “Heart of Gold”. Too much alone time with...

Mar 16th

26.ten songs I cannot live without...

10. TI: "Dead and Gone"
9. TV on the Radio: "Crying (Telepathe Remix)"
8. The Killers: "Losing Touch"
7. The Four Tops: "Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch"
6. Mel McDaniel: "Louisiana Saturday Night"
5. Coldplay: "Life in Technicolor ii"
4. The National: "Brainy"
3. Hall and Oates: "I Can't Go For That"
2. TV on the Radio: "Love Dog"
1. Neil Young: "Heart of Gold"

Mar 16th

Mar 16th

My Saturday afternoon. While listening to Neil Young on...

Mar 14th

“Love. Of course, love. Flames for a year, ashes for thirty.”
— Giuseppe de Lampedusa

Mar 14th

Running in Battery Park - twelve miles around the island...

Mar 14th

Rufio: Boil-dripping, beef, fart-sniffing bubble butt!
Lost Boys: Bangarang, Rufio!
Peter: Someone has a severe ca-ca mouth, you know that?
Rufio: You are fart factory, slug-slimed, sack-of-rat-guts-in-cat-vomit, cheesy, scab-picked, pimple-squeezing finger bandage. A week old maggot burger with everything on it and flies on the side!
Peter: Substitute chemistry teacher.
Lost Boy: Come on, Rufio, hit him back.
Rufio: Mung tongue.
Peter: Math tutor.
Rufio: Pinhead.
Peter: Prison barber.
Rufio: Mother lover.
Peter: Nearsighted gynecologist.
Rufio: In your face, camel cake!
Peter: In your rear, cow derrière.
Rufio: Lying, crying, spying, prying ultra-pig.
Peter: You lewd, crude, rude, bag of pre-chewed food dude.
Thud Butt: Bangarang, Peter!
Rufio: You... you man! Stupid, stupid man!
Peter: Rufio, if I'm a maggot burger why don't you eat me! You two-toned zebra-headed, slime-coated, pimple-farmin' paramecium brain, munchin' on your own mucus, suffering from Peter Pan envy!
Lost Boy: What's a paramecium brain?
Peter: I'll tell you what a paramecium is! That's the paramecium! It's a one-celled critter with no brain, that can't fly! Don't mess with me man, I'm a lawyer!
Lost Boys: [chanting] Banning, Banning, Banning is bangerang.
Rufio: Rufio! Rufio!
Peter: Oh, Rufio, why don't you just go suck on a dead dog's nose.

Mar 14th

aliexplainsitall: Leo Lyons and Mizzou Tigers and Baylor...

Mar 14th

Today:

Cary Randolph: My purse was stolen this afternoon.
Daddy: Madoff took it!

Mar 14th

I just won five tickets to the Circle...

Who wants to join? I’ll have two left over. Celebrate because I never win ANYTHING.

Mar 13th

This is fun to send to friends’ work email accounts...

Mar 12th

J. Cruel

Mar 12th

“Love your blog - especially the picture of the hamster. It...”
— Mom (via Facebook?!?!?!?)

Mar 12th

26.life goals (besides the obvious...

PhD in American literature (I want to write the definitive biographies on William Styron and John Cheever)
PhD in Russian history (Stalin's nationality policies before 1930)
Fifty marathons in all fifty states
Write a Great American Novel
Write one of those ridiculous Vogue articles about, for example, my trek across Manhattan to find the perfect cardigan or pedicure, and how it represents the Way We Live Now
Climb the presidential mountain range
Plant, grow, and sustain for more than one season a sizeable vegetable garden
Learn how to operate a lawn mower (again)
Learn how to cook a steak
Learn how to gut a fish
Learn how to test the chlorine in my parents' pool (again)
Learn how to give myself a perfect blow-out
Make so much money from my definitive Styron and Cheever biographies and my novel and their respective screenplays and royalties from their Oscar-winning film adaptations that I don't have to learn how to mow the lawn, cook my own steak, check the chlorine, or blow out my own hair (but I still want to gut my own fish)
Yacht
Own summer homes in Maine and Virginia with long docks and wide wrap-around porches (and vegetable gardens)
Watch all three Godfathers in one sitting
Understand fully what a hedge fund does
Track down all my favorite lipstick shades that have been discontinued and buy lifetime supplies of each
Underwrite the construction of a new football stadium for my alma mater and name it after something ridiculous, like the hamster I wish I had
Become more realistic, recognize my limitations, and lower my lofty goals

Mar 12th

SIMILAR...BUT DIFFERENT.

Mar 12th

"In Springfield, Mo., cashew chicken —...

Mar 11th

TGIGchat:

KAM: What about that party tonight? I was thinking I maybe need a night off.
CR: I absolutely want to go.
KAM: I need to do yoga and save moolah. I'm down for going out after maybe?
CR: Okay, good. Remember, we're 23! Now is the time go out and worry about it later.
KAM: Yes. I just need to repeat that to myself.
CR: We repeat the same bullshit at work every day, BUT WE CANNOT REPEAT PARTIES.

Mar 11th

itsmescooter:bowlsby: WHITE TRASH SCORING BREAKDOWN: ...

Mar 11th

A few things for this sunny Wednesday morning: I’m...

Mar 11th

“[Baby Sister] is pissed because you are naming your rodent...”
— Kid Sister

Mar 11th

Oooh, freaky! My second lap in last night’s...

Mar 11th

Joy and Cake

Mar 10th

Shut the Fuck Up, Marrieds!

Mar 10th

Sunday afternoon ten-miler

internetrunningclub: Who: Cary Randolph What: Ten miles When: 2:55pm; 1:41:28 hours Where: From...

Mar 10th

Mar 10th

This is Yogi, BNB’s new Pomeranian pup. (Note his...

Mar 10th

IT IS RANDOM PICTURE DAY ON 26.STYLE...

Mar 10th

sarahchristine:bg5000:tristanjay7: F Minus 

Mar 10th

I am creating my list.

katiebeck: ellenclare: You know, my top five allowed cheating celebrity list. No, it’s not...

Mar 10th

Ha! Red velvet cupcakes are...

Mar 9th

My newest cedar chip-scented guilty pleasure.

Mar 9th

The look on CCC’s face when I told her I want to get a...

Mar 9th

Mar 9th

“There really is no reason for you not to go. None. You...”
— Paragraph two of a party...

Mar 9th

gluttonyisabliss:icookstuff I’m closing in on week...

Mar 9th

Sunday run along the Reservoir, view from the east.

Mar 9th

“Oh, those suburban Sunday nights, those Sunday night blues!...”
— John Cheever “O Youth...

Mar 8th

sunnynsassy:r3d:zoee: NOTE TO SELF.

Mar 6th

kathlellen:delbertshoopman. This takes me all the way back...

Mar 6th

Randolph's New Fratty Dictionary

AEB: What exactly does "brodeo" mean? Is it a combination of bro-style a la Brody Jenner and western?
CRF: A party full of bros, fratty 23-year-old dudes. A la Brody Jenner. Exactly. Imagine an Irish pub full of Brodys.
CRF: Oh wait.
CRF: You've been to Harpo's.

Mar 6th

“Cary, Hi! So glad that you’ve made the jump to NYC...”
— ESK, chapter president at the...

Mar 6th

Fratty Friday, Version 3.0

Mar 6th

Huey Lewis: the mic-wielding King of Frat.

Mar 6th

Girls’ night at the Cary household: Pinot, Brie, and...

Mar 6th

Is it too late to make New Year's...

Because I just thought of one: FIGHT. An old flame told me repeatedly, “Whenever you feel like...

Mar 5th

After two long months RTC finally posted photos from New...

Mar 5th

Watch

Sophie Ellis Bextor: “Murder on the Dance Floor” via girlwearsmascara. 

Mar 5th

“What better way to spend my cab ride to the airport than...”
— CCC (roommate as of 03/15/09)

Mar 5th

missface:

Mar 5th

“March is a month of considerable frustration - it is so near...”
— Thalassa Cruso

Mar 4th

This is Millesime Imperial by Creed. I gave it a test-spritz...

Mar 4th

I have had writer's block since May...

caryrandolphwrites: I cannot write a page without screaming in frustration. My computer died a...

Mar 4th

On the excessive hype surrounding Minetta...

Mar 4th

REGISTERED! This will be an interesting summer…

Mar 3rd

I want to get stoned and watch this.

Mar 3rd

“Every mile is two in winter.”
— George Herbert

Mar 3rd

I don’t know who Alexandra Vickers is (left side, long...

Mar 3rd

NCAA Field of 65 "still fuzzy"

According to Sporting News’ Ryan Fagan: “Forget, for a moment, about the bubble boys. ...

Mar 3rd

“I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure...”
— Andrew Wyeth

Mar 2nd

via Gchat:

CR: I am so emo lately.
AEB: Cary, scars on your wrists are so not fun in the summer.

Mar 2nd

katiebakes:tesslynch: Oklahoma

Mar 2nd

Lonely little love dog that No one knows the name of I know why you cry out Desperate and devout...

Mar 2nd

Fuck you too, Frosty.

Mar 2nd

“Any man can write a novel. It takes an artist to make a...”
— Angela Landsbury,...

Mar 2nd

via georgiegirlnyc. I have the jeans, but quels chaussures?...

Mar 2nd