hello darkness, my old friend...

the problem with living and dying with your favorite sports teams has always been the dying part. and last night gave me a feeling i haven't had in 16 years. watching the US Men's National team somehow find a way to lose to Trinidad & Tobago 2-1 while Panama and Honduras won was fucking surreal. that all means the United States will not be in the 2018 World Cup in Russia. this is exactly what i feared when they lost the first two games of qualifying. and now the unthinkable has happened. it's the first time the USA won't be in the World Cup since 1986. i'm truly hoping that US Soccer does the right thing and burn the fucker to the ground and build it back up the correct way. and it's such a fucking shame that one of the best young players on the planet, Christian Pulisic, won't be able to show the rest of the world what he's capable of. i was hoping to wake up this morning to the news of resignations from the head coach and president and just about everyone else in US Soccer. of course, that didn't happen. i'm not sure what is going to have to happen for them to recognize their own fucking arrogance.

the New York Rangers lost last night to St. Louis 3-1. they ran into another hot goalie, which they can't help. they can help having the right players playing, but AV refuses to allow that to happen. when there are 5 guys playing that should be in the minors, you're not going to win games against good teams. plain and fucking simple.

last night was the end of the blind auditions on The Voice. now the good shit starts.

The Jim Jefferies Show was fucking great last night.

Smackdown was pretty good last night. i absolutely love Sami Zayn and Kevin Owens being together again. endless fucking possibilities of where that could go.

205 Live was pretty good last night as well. i'm hoping that the reports of Neville walking out of the company aren't true. if they are though, i can't blame him. being asked to lose to Enzo more than once would be a little too much to ask for for any wrestler/performer with any fucking pride.

American Horror Story was excellent last night. they started the show off with a disclaimer and said they edited some of the gun violence for what happened in Las Vegas. so, when they showed a woman blowing her brains out later in the show, i laughed. i guess not all gun violence needs to be censored.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, Lucha Underground, the season finale of Mr. Mercedes, You're the Worst and Total Bellas. i'll watch NXT sometime tonight on WWE Network.

i did listen to the latest Jim Norton & Sam Roberts podcast this morning. you can find that by going here: https://soundcloud.com/jimandsamshow/js-podcast-lawrence-odonnell

the New York Yankees play Game 5 tonight in Cleveland. since they have won the last 2 games with me not watching, i won't be watching tonight either. as i told my mother, if me not watching helps them win a championship, so be it.

i'm doing this a little early today as i need to go to the grocery store. well, actually stores, since one of them has a better price on mom's vice of choice, Diet Coke.

i have no clue when i'll be on here tomorrow. i'm in one of those moods where i can't guarantee i won't end up being arrested at some point today.

la vida es una mierda y luego te mueres

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:

Social Distortion - Bad Luck
Bob Seger - Beautiful Loser
The Doors - The End

"I try to leave out the parts readers skip." - Elmore Leonard

and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day: