sarah
it's been a long time... i shoudn't have left you... without some fine mens to obsess to. Man Candy alert!!
it must be the warm weather and the fact that men are now walking around with big, shiny muscles in thin, tight tank tops, but i have been quite the hound dog lately. whether it be a shirtless man on Instagram or a tall chocolatey man in cargo shorts glistening in the sun at the wine mixer but i got my creep shades on and i'm giving every fine man a #HeyBoo.
TV has also been good to me. between summer tennis, watching the NBA playoffs by proxy, and the upcoming Olympics, i'm checking out all the hard bodies. and you should too. let me help you out.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
nicknamed the Muhammad Ali of tennis, the Frenchman got pretty far at the French Open at Roland Garros this year. coming so close to beating that a-hole Djokovic, he lost 4 match points in the quarterfinals. i was heartbroken. he's so cute! there's always Wimbledon...
yummy
Serge Ibaka
you should already know by now that i don't really care for basketball although i have date quite a few players. these days, i leave the athletes alone but still pine over their long and lean bodies when i'm forcibly watching the game while at the bar or with my man. enter the OKC Thunder. touted as a young team with a lot of heart, they are currently in the NBA finals against the Heat. One of the key players is power forward Serge Ibaka of Congolese-Spanish decent. what a yummy combination.
#HeyBoo
Tyson Gay
really looking forward to the Summer Olympics. i was watching a promo for it and saw the yumminess that is Tyson Gay, track & field sprinter for the US Team. he has won numerous medals and has beaten Usain Bolt. an injury kept him from competing at his best at the Beijing Olympics, but really looking forward to what he can do this summer. oh, and this...
hi
there you have it. summer man candy. enjoy, like a slow melting ice cream cone.
sarah
so, i was watching TV and on the rare occasion that i had to sit through a commercial1, this ad came up:
i am not in the market for a car, but at that moment i wanted to jump up and buy one if it meant that this dude was part of the package deal. They don't even know me, but they knew how to pull at my heartstrings by taking a fully padded and grimy athelete and cleaning him up in a nice sharp suit. so, i rushed to my phone (hooray!) and googled this kid. Turns out he is a wide receiver for the Detroit Lions, whatever that means. the stats i only cared about was him being 6'5" and 240lbs. yum. too bad he is only 25... and out of my league. bah! enjoy!
Calvin Johnson
and i said to myself, self! why is a half naked man on a natural hair blog and why does it not matter right now?? oh... pecs, that's why. seriously, doe! i stopped staring just long enough to read that he is a male model and artist. explains the exposed Calvin Kleins. or not, who cares. but he is definitely selling something to me. all the women who commented on the blog mentioned what a nice person he was and how powerful his painting are, and all i could think of is how well he fit into those jeans. but, much to my pleasure, he can also hang a suit ;-)
Ibrahim Baaith
1 i have a DVR, so most shows i watch are pre-recorded to some degree which allows me to skip commercials/save time. sometimes, i watch a show while one is recording so i can conserve time, like watching 5 1-hour shows in 3 hours. it's a problem. but i miss a lot of commercials, so when my friends ask me stuff like, "Have you seen that Doritos commercial? It's hilarious!" i give them the stuck face. the only time i do not do this is if i am watching TV with my friends. my bff and i, since we live far apart, watch the same shows at the same time and text/tweet our commentary to one another. it sounds lame, but at least we've ended up on Texts From Last Night. i'm famous.
sarah
i don't get to see commercials very often. i have DVR and it rocks. most days, i get home around 7p or so and have about 3-4 hours to watch TV before i pass out, so i have to cut out as much commercial time as possible. my personal best is watching five 1-hour shows in less than 3.5 hours. but, some days i watch TV in real time, like on Tuesdays for Glee when i watch TV with Tiffany. she lives in Alabama and i miss her terribly, so we watch certain shows at the same time and text message our witty banter to one another, but this means i HAVE to watch the commercials, but i am glad i did last week because i would have missed the beauty that is Victor Ross in the Motorola Xoom Vendetta commercial :-)
oh wow. nevermind the beautiful piece of technology being advertised... look at the beautiful man. i didn't know who he was at first, but thank God for google searches.
which brings me to another tenderoni, Isaiah Mustafa.
you know... the Old Spice Guy, the guy you wish your man could smell like. bit of irony here, this guy looks a lot like my ex AND my ex used to only wear Old Spice deodorant. and he smelled delicious. sigh.
sarah
just like with the Superbowl edition, i did not watch the Grammy's this year. in fact, as a rule, i don't watch awards shows. i feel the real reward i bestow upon celebrities is that i listen to their music, watch their movies/TV shows, and spend a half an hour a day getting familiar with their unique brand on crazy on TMZ. i'd rather not watch a group of them pat themselves on their backs.
anywho, i rather like seeing men in nice suits. i used to work at the Gap while in high school, where i was the men's specialist, meaning i can help a man find his ideal cut, size, and color of jeans and khakis while coordinating them with a shirt and belt combo. in undergrad, i worked holidays at Nordstrom in the men's shoes department. along with way too many years of retail experience under my belt and being the fastest cashier in the east came a real appreciation for men's apparel. in fact, one of the real joys i get out of being a girlfriend is being able to dress my boyfriend up like a human sized, anatomically correct Ken doll. in fact, my ex enlisted my services after we broke up when he needed work clothes for a new job. that good.
this year, at the Grammy's, pickings were SLIM. it's like there was a memo for the men to try to hard to look as if they weren't trying hard at all. i'm looking at you Usher, with your blazer, ringer tee, spatted boots ensemble. the scruffy faces i'll forgive, because frankly it turns me on just as much as ashy hands (no joke), but i digress.
Mario Lopez
the best accessory Mario is giving the gunmetal gray slim suit with retro black tie are those dimples. ain't he cute?!
LL Cool J
he's mostly on here because, i mean, it's LL! his suit is fitting a little snug on his arms, but that only points out that fact that his biceps are that freaking juiced.
Lil Wayne
okay wait. before you say anything, let me just remind you that PICKINS WERE SLIM. okay, now, i'm actually feeling this look from Weezy. i lurve sweaters on men because they highlight the shoulders, the sexiest part on a man, and the cut and color of this cardi is working well with his white tee and tats. still not buying it?? well, his swag on a hundred though!
Jesse Williams
all of this is working for me. the style and color combo of the suit, the white Oxfords, and that face. yeah. McSexyFace.
Tinie Tempah
okay. so, i know that this isn't his look from the Grammy's, but it was some variation of this and i don't care. he is sexy. and i love that blazer on him. and the glasses cover those rather large, but silky, eyebrows. i also love retro glasses on a man. in fact, i'm feeling this whole 50s suit trend going on right now. let's hope it stays along with horn-rimmed glasses.
sarah
are you ready for some football?!
well, i'm not. i don't watch football. i don't watch sports at all really, except for the occasional tennis match. but, i do watch sports players. back in the day, i dated football and basketball players exclusively. not really by choice, but i've always been attracted ΓΌber tall and muscly men and they usually turned out to play some sort of sport. now, i tend to lean towards more hunky and husky, but i still like 'em tall, since i'm kinda tall myself.
but, to kick off my man candy series, which i'll do every week, i thought it would be appropriate to feature some football players since the season just ended (inner smile).
Ray Rice
standing at 5'8", this 24 year old running back for the Ravens is the best thing about Baltimore. though he is the same height as me, i'd gladly wear flats when i'm out with those biceps.
Ed Dickson
there is plenty tight about this Baltimore Ravens tight end. all 6'4" and 249lb of him can get the business... even though his is only 23 years old.
Patrick Willis
great Scott! everything about his upper body is making me want to drive to San Francisco right now, since he an inside linebacker for the 49ers. this chocolaty masterpiece is 26, 6'1" and 240lbs.
Mike Neal
congrats boo! i hear you just won the superbowl. and at the tender age of 23. but there is nothing tender about those biceps, which are just as big as those weights.
Golden Tate
aww, look at that smile! this southern boy is a wide receiver for the Seahawks. even though he's 22 and only 5'10", i'd be allllll over that gorgeous face of his.
Braylon Edwards
last, but not least... Lawd amercy, look at those shoulders! i can barely compose myself. i don't really want to have kids, but if they'd come out as beautiful as this masterpiece, who is a wide receiver for the Jets, i'd do it au naturale. he's 27 years old, 6'3" and 214lbs. that makes him beyond perfection in my book. especially with that Come F*ck Me stare he has going on.
well, that's it for this edition. check back next week and feel free to leave any suggestions in the comments :)
