Getting to know you...

What the hell figured I'd do this since there's nothing else to do at work right now....enjoy....

Full Name: Justin Michael Randolph

Birthay: Feb. 2

Sign: Aquarius

Eye Color: Blue

Hair Color: dark blonde

Height: 5'11

Hometown: Zanesville, OH

Current living place: Bowling Green, OH

Current time: 10:25 a.m.

Favorites...

Color: hunter green

Type of food: Italian

Soda (or Pop depending on where you're from): It's SODA...and coke

Movie: Closer, Stealing Home, Serial Mom, Y tu Mama Tambien, and Serial Mom are all movies I could watch (and sometimes do) OVER AND OVER again.

Type of music: Opera, jazz, oldies, good musical theatre, and some top 40 stuff

Band/Group: Travis, Dave Matthews Band

Singer: Opera-Angela Gheorgiu, Robert Merrill, Joan Sutherland, Marylin Horne, Renee Fleming, Nicolai Gedda, Sherrill Milnes, and Maria Callas. Non opera/classical-Bernadette Peters, Diana Krall, Jane Monheit, Jack Johnson, Damien Rice, Karen Carpenter, K.D. Lang(*sigh*)

Television show: Will & Grace, Nip Tuck, Six Feet Under, Roseanne, Growing Up Gotti, Airline

Perfume or Cologne: I love my Armani, but I'm a huge fan of Curve, Cool Water, and well anything that smells good. Those may be old school, but they're still yummy.

Clothing line: Not too specific here-just kind of all over the board.

Place to shop: I love FINDERS, and I also love Trader Joes and Whole Foods Market these are stores I could spend HOURS in.

Thing to do in spare time: Yoga or workout.

Actress: Kathleen Turner

Actor: Jude Law

Radio Station: mmm 93.5 here I guess...and 107.3 when I get into columbus area.

Restaurant: the pizza people come home for--Adornetto's in Zanesville...mmm mmm mmm.

Magazine: Classical Singer

Have you ever/Do you.........

Have you ever...

Told a lie?: yes

Cheated in a relationship?: no.

Been in love?: I don't know.

Been hurt by a relationship ending?: Oh yes.

Been cheated on?: yes.

Dumped someone?: yes.

Kissed someone and melted?: haha ummm yes.

Had sex with someone in a public place?: yes

Become a member of the mile high club?: ohh yes.

Smoked?: yes.

Done an illegal drug?: yes.

Drank too much?: yes.

Do you....

Have a crush?: mm....

Have a best friend?: yes

Have a sould mate?: I don't believe I've met that person yet.

Have a tatoo?: yes

Have a piercing?: yes

Have a boyfriend/girlfriend?: no

Enjoy these surveys?: sometimes

What turns you on?: committment, integrity, kindness, artistry, and honesty

What turns you off?: lying

I'm back blues

back in bg
went to bed at 8:00 last night
too much sleep
anxious to get to work
miss everyone here
confused about next year
germany in July
Italy hopefully after
lost
lost
lost
anxious
kicking my ass
haven't worked on papageno as much as I should be
need a break
feeling good health wise
hittin the rec later
shopping for a few things
bored
work is dead
looking at pics of greg on the front of our brochure
makes me laugh
nephews and niece cried when I left
I cried as I pulled out of the driveway
I love them so much
they will probably be the only resemblence to children I will see
do I want to be a father?
someday I think
don't want to screw up a kid's head
need the career
things for myself first
be able to give the kid everything and more
too young to think about now
i'm like a woman sometimes
worry that all of that won't happen until i'm like 50
if at all
life changes
started studying buddhism again
so enlightening-literally.
"live always in the moment justin!"
working out
eating right
feels great
new years is approaching
scary about a couple resolutions
I know I can do it.
No plans as of yet-
things are up in the air.
quiet evening-part of me desires
completely buggered-other part of me desires
don't work tomorrow
don't know what I'll do
no work on Monday
long weekend
visit friday from mio bello
my friend sarah won a big voice competition
lots of money and good recognition
she's had way too much rejection
finally a small payoff
hopefully the same will happen to me
I need to practice...
XOXO
justin

Here and gone

Ok I can't believe Christmas has already come and gone. It's insane! I've had the most relaxing time since I've been home-for many reasons. This is the first time I've stayed home this long in a LONG time, and I'm really dreading going back tomorrow. I've enjoyed not having much responsibility--just laying around the house watching tv with my mother, drinking wine, talking, eating GOOD home cooked food. I adore my two nephews and my niece-it's been great seeing them--and they've asked me to spend the night with them EVERY NIGHT I've been home. Though I would love to say I had the energy, I could only muster enough up for three nights since I've been here. My oldest nephew is now 10, GOD I feel old--I remember how special it was when he was born and now he's turning into a little man. He's obsessed with Star Wars. Last year I got him the old trilogy on DVD--hoping he would give me back my original trilogy VHS tapes he had stolen. haha Those videos were seriously some of the first to come out in the 80s. Hunter (my nephew) now has ME obsessed with Star Wars. I had never seen ANY of the newer ones, and really had no clue what they were about. Well I've seen the first and third one and I really enjoy them...so I may have to invest in getting all of these and having a Star Wars marathon sometime. Anyways...
Christmas eve was fun...Christmas eve has always been when the Randolph's get together. Unfortunately there's not many of us left in the area--everyone in Ohio has either died or moved away and the remaining family is in the good old South-where we come from. My step sister (who I adore) and her daughter flew in from Colorado (now moving to Florida) and so it was great to see her...but then my step mom informs us that all of her family will be joining us for Christmas eve. I really do love her family--but with her family generally comes a lot of drama. So I started drinking a bottle of wine around 4:30 on Christmas even...went to church (I'm bad...I was a tad intoxicated in church) and then drank a 24 before going into the house. So needless to say I was very well equipped for what would be an interesting evening. It was rather enjoyable with the usual food that I always look foward to...turkey, ham, oyster soup, lobster, potato salad, my sister's delicious broccolli caserole, tons of pies, and so much more). My buzz was killed around 9:00 and that's when everyone pretty much took off.
It has been a tradition for the past 4 years that my mom and I stay over at my brother-in-law and sister's house because my adorable nephews and niece always used to beg us to be there in the morning when they opened gifts. And since my mom and I are the single ones in the family we've made a tradition of it. I went over and spent the night when them only to wake up wide awake at 2:30 a.m. I couldn't get back to sleep and didn't want to wake everyone else up so I decided to go back over home (about 6 minutes away) and watch tv and then just come back in the morning before everyone got up. I ended up going home and not being able to get to sleep until 5:30...YIKES! I woke up at 7 a.m. to a sweet text message that made my day, and then rushed over to my sisters to find that everyone had JUST woken up. The kids got a TON of presents! I mainly got $$$$ which I needed and several other essentials and extras that made me happy. The rest of the day was like CARB HEAVEN...I totally ate way too much food--but I decided to not care yesterday. It was a great day with the family. I came home and went to bed early, only to be awakened by a phone call from my dear friend Hunter Douglas who lives in San Diego. We talked for two hours...it was great and I didn't realize how much I missed him until last night. I promised to visit sometime in the spring--who knows maybe that's where I should be next year.
Well anyways...all this holiday stuff is great--when you're single it pretty much sucks! haha It's so nice to be with family, but I found myself thinking so often how nice it would be to just be with someone special on the holidays.......
LOVE to all!!! Happy new year!
XOXOXOOXOXO
Justin

Home

Back home on Friday
relaxing
quiet
slower pace
spending lots of time with nephews and niece
fun
working out a lot
feel better
better mood
visit from Michael
I miss him
eating lots of good food
Mom's birthday today
weird energy from her
all week
beginnings of boredom
began Papageno work
He's going to be a blast
Tons of time to think
Good things
Setting goals
Have a Merry Christmas EVERYONE!
XOXO Justin

Tuesday...

Tuesday...
GOOD
Ehhh
TERRIBLE
Relaxing
sleeping in was good
jury was nerve racking
went well though
felt that I sang well
dinner and drinks afterwards
very tipsy trip to marble slab
home
huge fight with roomate
not pretty
fiery side of me I rarely let come out
painful words of truth
human nature often sucks
left angry
no real plans
long but theraputic and much needed phone convo with David
always makes me laugh
enjoyable evening with Michael
lots of listening
wish I had hours to listen
he needs to teach an opera lit. class
Didn't want to get up this morning
nice having a friend there
acting final
not bad
costume fitting
ehhhh fun
Back to work
good to see everyone
miss my fin. people
Lots of new years res. afloat
major one is to give up two things that I enjoy
not doing me any good
massive one is to get in shape
need to be healthier
flatter stomach
somehting of an ass
awww it will happen
off for home Friday morning
can't wait
Madisan, Cole, and Hunter
brighten my life and my day
Merry Christmas
Goodnight
XOO
Justin

Winter wind

COLD!!!!
Humidity in my room is very low
Need new filter
Need more $$$$
Week has gone by
SOME relief
Went to Windsor tonight for some time away
Sad to have lost a small amount of money
Fun though
Too much smoke-contacts way too dry
GREAT lessson yesterday
SURPRISE to me
Too much music on jury sheet
Still feel unprepared
more prepared than last week
HOME
Wanting the tase of Adornettos badly
Tom's Ice Cream
La Paloma
The tastes of Z-ville
Hate the town, but love the food
Can't wait to sit in the basement
watch the big screen
in pajamas
drinking wine
talking to my mother
or silence
those moments are always special
usual Christmas eve
church and then dinner
sleeping at niece and nephews house
always a blast-they never want to go to sleep when I'm there
Makes me wish I was a child again
Need to get a few BGish things as gifts
ALWAYS goes over really well
Year ago was surprise 50th party for mom
Weird how much has changed since then
Two Terry's out of our lives (not bad though)
1 marriage
Few words spoken
I miss that closeness with my cousin
Time changes things
Drank a lot of wine that night
terribly drunk in front of people
people who saw me in diapers
*Sigh*
Off for a week home to literally do nothing
back to work and make $$
Need to save and figure out what I'm doing
Learn Papageno over break
get back to my favorite thing-YOGA........
Different time, different place
Frightened to think about it
exhilerated to experience new freedoms
COME READY AND SEE ME is my theme song this week
Cried in lesson because I was so involved in this aria
awesome experience-never happened before
Get up early for church
dreaded early morning...$$$ is good though
LONG day
Brush teeth, wash face, iron clothes, BED!
XO
Justin

All of the above

Stressed
me right now!
too much going on in the brain-
too much information for one person to hold
not enough time to just relax
haven't done yoga in TOO long
this weekend will be my yoga.
lots of memorization to do yet. Enough for now.
I found a poem Iwrote last year...he he enjoy.
Justin

Sitting there baby in arms
I see your face
So warm
Your eyes so dark
Your hair so black
And your lips soft and red with pleasure
You hold him as if days go by
He’s not yours I whisper
You sigh with a glance in your eye
A glance that makes me wish there could be more
Sitting there baby in arms
My face is warm
My eyes are dark
My hair black
And my lips soft and red with pleasure
I hold him as if days go by
He’s not yours you whisper
I sigh and with a glance from my eye
A glance that tells you I love you
A glance that wishes I could hold you in my arms
Like the baby as if days go by
I want to hold the baby in our arms
I want to be as if days go by
I want to touch your soft red lips
I want to breathe life into you that you’ve never had
Why can this not be I ask…
You respond with a glance
As if days go by

Today

This sums up my week...year...and life

"I worry too much about tommorow. I thought the world could be perfect. I was wrong."--from Sondheim's SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE