when the rain feels like laying on a bed of nails

i told my mother today the topic was going to be pain. the shitty feeling i had yesterday that cut this blog short had to have been the fucking cold front that moved through today. i was so drained last night that i think i fell asleep before midnight. i didn't even bother to turn the lights out in the house. and of course, the rain came while the handymen that mom hired were here today. mom doesn't trust me on a ladder, mostly because if i fall she has no prayer of helping me back up. and my back is so damn bad now that if i do fall, i will probably break something. so, the two guys she hired hung up just about everything we needed to have hung. that includes all my sports shit and my bar sign, so i'm ready for business i suppose. i told mom when she dies i'm turning the living room into a pool hall. all i've wanted since i was 18 was a damn pool table in a house i live in. 21 years later and i'm still trying to figure out how to do it. if i ever get the pool table, all i would need is a good stereo and quite frankly, i may never be on the internet ever again. i could play pool for days on end and never think about another fucking thing. maybe that's why i don't have one.

i was not surprised when the only black person on The Voice last night got eliminated. that tends to be how the show has gone for the last few seasons. i think i have at least 1 person on each team i think can win. Emily Ann on Blake's team. Madi on Pharrell's team. Jeffrey on Gwen's team. and Amy and Jordan on Adam's team. anyone outside of those 5 winning it and i will be shocked beyond belief.

i didn't watch much of the USA vs. TNT yesterday. i was hoping for at least a point and they got that with a 0-0 draw. people who did watch it said it was fucking boring. so, i suppose i missed nothing.

i did watch a good portion of college basketball last night. i know Dayton beat a shitty Alabama team, but honestly, not one fucking person talking about it on the station it aired on. i suppose when Dayton makes another deep run in March, the fuckers at ESPN will be surprised. honestly, if i could never watch ESPN again but still get all the sports i love, i'd sign up for that in a second.

The Muppets were very funny last night. i would love to have seen what Scooter would have done if the show was on HBO or something. Scream Queens was good as well. i'm very interested to see what happens next week.

i got some FREE music on NoiseTrade today from one of my favorite bands. i'll put the link below.

enjoy some music kids:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be American Horror Story and You're The Worst. i'll be watching NXT on WWE Network and probably some hockey as well tonight.

checkout this book just out by Ally Malinenko:

go to http://allymalinenko.com/2015/11/18/how-to-be-an-american-is-now-available/ for more info.

i'm not sure if i'm going to like the new Google+ or not.

my uncle had his first round of chemo today. he did surprisingly well (so far). hopefully that continues as he gets on a schedule.

not sure when i'll be on here tomorrow. i've got podcasts to listen to, poems to type up and god knows what else to do. i suppose i should get started thinking about what i'm getting people for Christmas. if you'd like to be on my list to get something (poems, stickers, filth) for the holidays, email me and i'll gladly send you something.

that's all for today. i hope it didn't rain all fucking day where you are.

be well. be creative. be cool. be quick to send me CASH, panties, hate mail, love letters, broken promises and dirty pennies from heaven.

peace and chicken grease...

music:

The Jayhawks - Live at the Belly Up

"An eye for an eye only leads to more blindness." - Margaret Atwood

i'm going to switch this up now, as instead of getting pissed at not being able to put the wrestling video i want here, i'm just going to make it whatever fucking video i want to share of the day: