yesterday was one of those days that had a little bit of everything. before i get into it, here are your couple of videos for this day of National Poetry Month:
NXT Stand & Deliver was really good yesterday:
night 1 of WrestleMania was amazing. hopefully, tonight will be even better.
the Yankees lost yesterday at home to the Giants, 7-5. hopefully, they will find a way to get a win today.
i did catch the highlights from the Final Four last night.
and i caught some highlights from the MLS games last night.
here are your NBA highlights from last night:
Saturday Night Live was pretty funny last night.
enjoy some music:
and now some of this and that:
on the DVR tonight will be Succession, Last Week Tonight, Power Book II: Ghost and Yellowjackets.
the New York Rangers play today at Washington.
the New York Knicks play at home tonight against the Wizards.
Manchester United is about to lose to Newcastle, 2-0. put it this way, i have had the game on mute for most of it.
i should be on here tomorrow after mom has physical therapy.
i hope everyone had a great Saturday. i hope your Sunday will be even better.
until tomorrow kids...
fight the power.
fuck racism.
fuck hatred.
fuck war.
fuck the police.
black lives matter.
stay healthy.
wash your fucking hands.
stay off the fucking streets.
get the fucking shot.
el viento finalmente se ha calmado
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:
Primal Scream - Movin' On Up (Live)
Melanie - Psychotherapy (Live)
Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy (Live)
Violent Femmes - Kiss Off (Live)
Marvin Gaye - Let's Get It On (Live)
"We will have a total chaos without books, literature, and library." - Anne Waldman
and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:
today is, at least for me, all about WrestleMania. this is the 35th incarnation of the event and i have seen every one of them. i think the show starts around 5 and will probably end around midnight. i suppose i should have got more than 4 hours of sleep.
last night was a little crazy. between the basketball games, the Yankees game and the WWE Hall of Fame incident involving a fan... let alone the NJPW/ROH show at Madison Square Garden, i think my internet crashed just from exhaustion.
i did see some of both college basketball games last night. it's hard for me to believe the refs in the Auburn vs. Virginia game missed a clear double dribble against Virginia that would have sealed the game for Auburn. instead, Auburn fouls Virginia shooting a last second three (correct call by the way) and the guy made all 3 free throws to win the game for Virginia, 63-62. in the second game, Texas Tech defeated Michigan State, 61-51. i joked last night that in the title game, between two great defensive teams, first one to 40 wins.
some fucking idiot attacked Bret Hart last night while he was giving his speech for the Hart Foundation being inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame. the feed cut out and it was fucking chaos. kudos to the wrestlers that beat the shit out of the guy. the event was really good, other than that. DX went a little long, but i was laughing most of the time, so i didn't mind it.
the New York Yankees won last night in Baltimore, 6-4. they go for the sweep this afternoon.
the New York Rangers won last night in Pittsburgh, 4-3 in OT. here's hoping the Rangers somehow manage to win the draft lottery.
Saturday Night Live was pretty good last night.
ROH was pretty good last night.
enjoy some music:
and now some of this and that:
on the DVR tonight will be Barry, Veep, Last Week Tonight, Billions and The Chi. i'll be watching WrestleMania on WWE Network for all of the evening.
my sister spent the night here last night. they brought me back some brisket from their lunch in town yesterday. it was good. it's nice to have something other than fast food in town now. my sister and i talked a little about her job last night. she had an amazing interview for another job and i think she might get offered something in management at a different company soon. of course, this comes after she got a 4% raise at her current job. i have no doubt she will make the best decision for her.
here are your videos for this day of National Poetry Month.
i have no clue when i will be on here tomorrow. it's supposed to be storming tonight and into tomorrow. all i hope is the internet doesn't go out like it did yesterday.
i hope everyone had a great Saturday. i hope your Sunday will be even better.
until tomorrow kids...
no hay tal cosa como demasiada lucha libre
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:
Motorhead - The Game
Mark Crozer - Live In Fear
Black Sabbath - Iron Man
"The mind that is wise mourns less for what age takes away; than what it leaves behind."
- William Wordsworth
and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:
my sister came down to the house today. she was going to a book signing close to here and came back to the house after she was done. mom talked to her about the new BBQ place in town and about going there for lunch. i told mom i wasn't going because i had the blog to write. her and my sister haven't been out without me tagging along in quite some time. plus, this gives me the chance to actually be in the house by myself for a change. not that anything crazy is going to happen. just nice to be able to scream if you need to and not be rude about it.
NXT Takeover:New York last night was fucking great. every match was at worst good. the main event between Adam Cole and Johnny Gargano did not disappoint. and by the time the show was over, i was in tears. the storytelling done between Gargano and Tomasso Ciampa has been fucking amazing these last few years. and to see them embrace at the end of show was the cherry on top.
Vice News Tonight had another great week of shows.
the 3 episodes of NJPW were really good last night.
Real Time with Bill Maher was pretty good last night.
Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas was great last night.
the New York Rangers lost in a shootout last night to Columbus, 3-2. thankfully, the Rangers season ends tonight in Pittsburgh.
enjoy some music:
and now some of this and that:
on the DVR tonight will be Saturday Night Live and ROH. i'll be watching WWE Hall of Fame ceremonies on WWE Network for a good portion of the evening.
the New York Yankees play tonight at Baltimore. it would be nice to see them actually win two games in a row at some point this season.
the Final 4 is also tonight. first up will be Auburn vs. Virginia and then it will be Texas Tech vs. Michigan State. i'll probably catch at least some of both games.
here are your videos for this day of National Poetry Month.
i'm sure at some point tonight, my sister and i will shoot the shit over some alcohol and probably some murder mystery show she's obsessed with.
i will be on here tomorrow in the morning, mostly because WrestleMania is going to take up most of my Sunday.
i hope everyone has a great Saturday. call if you need bail money.
el hermoso sonido del silencio
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:
Disturbed - Are You Ready
Billie Eilish - you should see me in a crown
Slipknot - All Out Life
"I have three kinds of friends; those who love me, those who pay no attention to me, and those who detest me." - Nicolas Chamfort
and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:
i did not sleep well last night. i'm not sure what it was this time. my best guess is the holiday. i'm not a real big fan of any of them i suppose. just way too much dysfunction as a child i guess.
i was up in time to watch Manchester United take on Swansea this morning. United started early with a goal from Lukaku five minutes into the game. and then Alexis Sanchez finally scored in the 20th minute to put United up 2-0. from that point on, United basically put it on cruise control and won 2-0. hopefully that will be a sign of things to come this weekend.
the New York Yankees won last night 4-2. the big hitters for the Yankees did nothing last night. it was all Drury and Wade coming through for the runs last night. Chapman made it interesting in the 9th. Tanaka had a great start, retiring the last 13 batters he faced. the Yankees will go for the series win later this afternoon. this is the first time the Yankees have started a season 2-0 in 13 years.
the New York Rangers lost to Tampa last night 7-3. it was pretty weird to see Miller, Girardi and McDonagh playing for the other team at MSG last night. the Rangers play again tonight in Carolina. considering Carolina is (barely) still in the hunt for a playoff spot, i expect the Rangers to be up against it tonight. hopefully AV is smart enough (he isn't) to let the kids gain some valuable experience tonight.
enjoy some music:
and now some of this and that:
on the DVR tonight will be Operation Odessa and ROH.
i will probably watch some of the Final Four games tonight as well. Loyola Chicago takes on Michigan and Kansas will play Villanova.
i figure the rest of my day will be lounging, watching some soccer. i'm currently watching Bayern Munich destroy Borussia Dortmund.
mom is busy in the kitchen getting stuff ready for the Easter weekend. i'm not sure what time my sister will be here today.
i hope everyone has a wonderful Saturday.
sigue bebiendo hasta que todo tenga sentido
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:
Jimi Hendrix - Wild Thing (Live)
Macy Gray - Creep
The Afghan Whigs - I Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe
Chromatics - I'm on Fire
Disturbed - The Sound of Silence
"I don't need to be made to look evil. I can do that on my own." - Christopher Walken
and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:
to say it's windy today would be like saying shit stinks. the fucking wind is blowing hard enough today that we've had shit blow off the house. good times. and it's supposed to be like this for hours. joy.
for National Poetry Month today, i give you:
NXT Takeover:Dallas was truly fucking amazing last night. a couple of title changes and easily, the match of the year between Nakamura and Sami Zayn. that match might have been one of the best ones i have seen in years. as i said online last night, if that was Sami's last match in NXT, he couldn't have gone out a better way. hopefully everyone at WrestleMania tomorrow decides they want to be better than the NXT show. i doubt they can, but i'd love to see them try.
NJPW last night was excellent.
luckily, i had the DVR set to record ROH at noon today and it did. a really great show that was full of very good matches. i highly recommend it.
mom and i went to the grocery store this morning, before the death winds started up. thankfully, we didn't have much to get.
enjoy some music kids:
and now some of this and that:
on the DVR tonight will be the movie Trainwreck and Saturday Night Live.
i will be watching the WWE Hall of Fame ceremonies tonight, taking a long stroll back into my youth. with Sting, The Fabulous Freebirds and Stan Hansen going in this year, that makes up a good portion of the wrestling i watched as a child. it should be a pretty good ceremony.
i did watch the second half of El Clasico today. good to see CR7 up to his old tricks.
i got my order from WWE Shop today. so i'll be wearing some new wrestling shit for WrestleMania tomorrow.
the New York Rangers play tonight against Buffalo. i really hope the Rangers win so they can clinch a playoff spot and i can have a fucking drink.
i doubt i watch much of the Final Four tonight. i have North Carolina winning it all but most of my brackets turned to shit last week.
that's all for me kids. i will probably be on here tomorrow after Manchester United plays Everton. hopefully i will be in a good mood.
i hope everyone has a great Saturday. call if you need bail money.
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 Flaming Lips - Do You Realize??
The String Cheese Incident - Betray the Dark
Empire of the Sun - Walking On a Dream
"Who isn't fascinated by evil?" - Marvin Gaye
and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:
today on the 5th day of National Poetry Month, i'd like to shine a little light on another zine i absolutely fucking love, Nerve Cowboy.
Nerve Cowboy is one of the zines i am most proud of to be published by. the quality of the work within each issue is on par with ANY zine in the world, small press, academic, snob poetry, etc. do yourself a favor and go the site, http://www.nervecowboy.com/, click on chapbooks or subscriptions and support this wonderful magazine. it will be well worth your time and money.
i went over to the farm this morning to get all the trash down to the end of the lane. there was a ton of it. i'm sure the garbage men are going to be thrilled. of course, since today is a holiday, my sister and i got into it. my sister likes to think she runs shit when she comes down here. mom allows her to think that way too much (my opinion) so, every once in a while, i try to bring my sister back to reality. but god forbid tell her to shut her mouth when it comes to shit i want to keep at the new house. as i warned my mother, allowing my sister to buy her this house was going to give her full reign in her mind to do whatever the fuck she wants with it. and sure enough, slowly this is becoming like her place. i don't think my sister knows i heard her this morning after our little argument when she asked my mother if she has her will done or not. i took that as yet another shot at me and my depression and whatnot. i would think my sister and my mother would both know by now i will kill myself before i would do anything to them. they have already showed what i mean to them over the years by making sure to celebrate each holiday with the cousin that molested me. i'm the one that gets to grapple with loneliness. good times.
so, on that lovely note, on with this shit...
the New York Rangers whipped the shit out of the Devils last night, 6-1. that gives them 50 wins for the 4th time in franchise history. here are some highlights from the win:
i did watch most of the Final Four last night. i wasn't shocked that Wisconsin beat Kentucky. i was a little shocked at how easily Duke won. the Kentucky loss killed my main bracket, so i have no interest in the title game on Monday night. thankfully, there will be plenty of other shit on to watch.
i'm trailing badly in my fantasy hockey championship match. hopefully in this final week, the worm will turn.
for those of you concerned, my ankle is still attached to my body. it feels a little better today. i'm guessing that's because there's no rain in the area. now, most of next week i will be a pissy mess as it's supposed to rain just about every single fucking day. good times.
that's all for today. hope the Saturday night hangover isn't fucking with you too bad today.
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:
Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
Joe Bonamassa - Midnight Blues (Live)
Michael Burks - Cross Eyed Woman
Brian Keith Wallen - Truth Is...
Tinsley Ellis - In From the Cold
"Poems in a way are spells against death. They are milestones, to see where you were then from where you are now. To perpetuate your feelings, to establish them. If you have in any way touched the central heart of mankind's feelings, you'll survive." - Richard Eberhart
before we get to the state of my right ankle, welcome to the 4th day of National Poetry Month. today, i want to shine a little light on Chiron Review.
Chiron Review is one of the best poetry magazines to EVER come around. i highly urge all of you to go to the site, http://www.chironreview.com/, check out the current issues, BUY some back issues and really dig your teeth into one of the finest zines around.
so i got the x-ray results for my right ankle this morning. no fracture. but, a couple of spots showing bone spurs. fucking lovely. so, it all now comes down to pain tolerance or surgery. as i told a friend earlier that suggested i have the surgery... i have no idea how to live without pain in my life. so, as usual, i'll simply find the pleasure in the pain and march on. with a limp.
my sister and i started putting up some of the things in my room; posters, awards, shelves, etc. my mother looked at it and asked when i was going to grow up? i laughed and said i've been avoiding it for 39 years, why the fuck am i going to stop now. i found a nice little spot for the artwork i bought from Mr. Brainwash. i'll get some pics up when this all gets done.
i went over to the farm this morning to help load up a bunch of shit that needed to be taken to the county dump. i was a little surprised when my mother and sister took be back to the house and basically let me off the hook for the rest of the day. that did give me a chance to rest my ankle and catch up on some of the pro wrestling on the DVR.
it also gave me the chance to catch the second half of the Manchester United game. it wasn't exactly pretty but i'll gladly take the 3 points in the 3-1 win over Aston Villa. plus, the goal from Wayne Rooney was spectacular. here are some highlights from the game:
the Final Four starts tonight. i figure i'll watch most of that. the New York Rangers also play tonight. i'll have an eye on that as well. also, Saturday Night Live is new and the episode of Austin City Limits looks to be a good one. i guess the DVR is going to be busy tonight.
hard to imagine that the baseball season starts tomorrow night. i have no clue how the New York Yankees are going to do this season. but, i imagine if they miss the playoffs for the 3rd straight season, heads are going to fucking roll.
that's all for me today. i've got some icing to do and a nap to take. hope everyone is having a great weekend.
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:
Glass Animals - Gooey
Alabama Shakes - Don't Wanna Fight
Tobias Jesso Jr. - How Could You Babe
Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best
Beck - Blue Moon
"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." - Maya Angelou
i woke up this morning with a knot in my back the size of a basketball. it hasn't got much better. and on top of that, i got the shits this morning as well. these are the days when i know i'm being punished for ignoring the 8 year old me that wanted to die.
the New York Yankees won last night 7-3. Tanaka pitched well once he got over his nerves and the offense came through in big spots. of course, the first injury of the season also happened. and it had to be at the spot where they have no depth, first base. fuck. so, this afternoon the Yankees go out and lose 4-0. Pineda pitched well enough to win. the offense was lost for most of the day and couldn't get a hit when it mattered. the one time they did instant replay fucked that up for them. why have the shit if you still can't get the calls right? anywho, another day game tomorrow which will start my jam packed Sunday.
the New York Rangers play at home tonight against Ottawa. if they win, they clinch a playoff spot. so, i'll be a little jacked up for tonight's game.
thankfully, i was able to watch ROH today at noon. another great episode with amazing matches. Hero defeated Strong and the Young Bucks beat Red Dragon for the tag team titles. if you have a chance to catch the episode, do so.
i believe Saturday Night Live is new tonight. after that airs, i'm thinking i'm going to try to sleep for more than 6 hours for a change.
Manchester United used a GREAT game from Juan Mata today to destroy Newcastle 4-0. Mata scored 2 with Chicharito and Januzaj getting the other 2. that should give the team some good momentum heading into a must win game in Germany on Wednesday. i won't think about that game until then. instead, i will enjoy this victroy beer.
i do plan on watching the Final Four tonight although i'm sure i'll be thinking what if since Dayton got so close this year.
today is kind of sad as i think back 20 years ago. Kurt Cobain had a huge influence on my writing, my musical tastes, the way i dressed, how i smoked my cigarettes, and how badly i wanted to try heroin. fast forward to today and i no longer smoke, still haven't tried heroin, but will still bust out a flannel now and then. yet, that music still resonates with me and my writing. and i still remember exactly where i was when i got the news. i remember the tears and the song. the Trotwood, Ohio library parking lot and the song was Come As You Are.
maybe i'll do a little writing tonight.
that's all for me kids. be well and i will be on here sometime tomorrow, hopefully after a Yankees victory.
peace and chicken grease...
music:
Nirvana - Unplugged in New York
"Wanting to be someone else is a waste of the person you are." - Kurt Cobain
it was raining when i woke up this morning. i knew as soon as i put my left leg down on the floor. when my scar tissue tingles like that, i know it's really raining. i don't need to look out the window. soon after i got done feeding the cats, that rain turned to a wet snow. i just love spring in Ohio.
what really made me laugh was the sunshine when i turned on the Manchester United game. i suppose the bizarre weather switch could be a good sign that maybe Dayton will beat Florida tonight. or maybe i'm reaching for hope.
United got off to the usual slow start, giving up a goal to Aston Villa in the first 15 minutes. thankfully, that woke the team up. 2 goals from Wayne Rooney, a goal (finally) from Juan Mata and then Chicharito finished it off late. a nice 4-1 win that was much needed as the best team in Europe is coming on Tuesday. and as much as i want to believe they have a chance against Bayern Munich, i know damn well they don't.
looks like the fiasco between my doctor's office and the pharmacy has been figured out. i'll start the arthritis medication tomorrow as i want to take it each morning with breakfast. and since that's the only meal i eat around the same time each day, my doctor advised doing it then. and i try to be a good patient, most of the time.
the New York Rangers lost last night, 4-3. they picked the wrong night to do so, as every other team around them in the playoff race won. sadly, they actually got the lead in the 2nd period but the defense slipped into a coma and turned 3-2 into 4-3 for Calgary. they next play Sunday night.
i did do some writing last night, after Kentucky blew up my brackets for good. i busted out 3 poems that i really like. i typed them up a few hours ago and i like them even more now. i'd like to have one more writing session and then i'll start sending out submissions again. you have been warned.
i am as ready as i'm going to be for the Dayton Flyers vs. Florida tonight. i believe Dayton has a chance, but they will have to play their A+ game to do it. all i really want from them tonight is to give themselves a chance to win the game. if they can do that, regardless of how it works out in the end, i'll be happy. they have gone so much farther than anyone expected. but, if they do make the Final Four, it will be the first time they have made it since 1967. and if they do win tonight, i will be sky fucking high for a week.
so far my nerves are holding up pretty well. i've been watching soccer all day long. i'm sure the butterflies will come in a few hours.
after the game, and depending on my mood, i'm looking forward to watching Saturday Night Live tonight. mostly due to Louis C.K. also, if i can stay awake, there's a new episode of ROH tonight. there's a better chance i catch that tomorrow at noon.
that's all for me party people. hope everyone enjoys the weekend and i do hope the weather is better in your neck of the woods. until tomorrow my enemies.
peace and chicken grease...
music:
AC/DC - Back in Black
Guided By Voices - Human Amusements at Hourly Rates
"Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first." - Pearl Bailey
