a productive day

i got a line stuck in my head last night that i absolutely loved but had to get down on paper as quickly as i could. around 3 in the morning, i kept repeating the line and then a story came out. i wrote it down and it became my first 2 page poem in god knows when. i really, really LOVE this poem. i have no clue where i'm going to try to get it published since it is so long, but i will hopefully get that done before the end of the year. if not, maybe i make up a broadsheet or something and try to sell the fucker around. or a Christmas gift. who knows.

i had to get gas for my truck and the lawn tractor today. of course, i had to put air in my front tires before i could go do that. nothing quite like the joy of sweating your ass off while trying not to fuck up your back putting air in the tires. now, hopefully i will get a chance to mow the farm before it fucking rains again out here. the grass hasn't grown at all, but the weeds are fucking impressive looking right now.

mom had a long doctor's appointment today. she told me what the doctor told her and i'm not really happy about it. let's just say i really hope her disability insurance doesn't try to fuck around with this shit.

the Yankees played like absolute shit last night. you know the season is over when they can't beat last place teams. lost 9-4 to the shitty Red Sox. they play again tonight. i almost could give a shit.

i got home from getting gas today just in time to see the goal the USA scored to beat the Czech Republic for the first time ever today. what i really loved was just how young the team was. many were making their first appearance for the USA. winning 1-0 in Europe is always a good thing, no matter who they play. i really like the direction this team is going in for 2018.

tonight on television i will be watching Caleb be a complete pussy on Big Brother. and hopefully another outstanding episode of The Bridge.

after watching Inside the NFL and Hard Knocks last night, i'm really ready for the season to start. my two fantasy teams are in order. hopefully, i get off to a good start.

that's pretty much all for me today. thank you for allowing me to waste a few minutes of your precious time.

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 my enemies...

music:

Tom Waits - Mule Variations
Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw & The Cooked
FKA Twigs - LP1

"You either love or you hate. You live in the middle, you get nothing." - Charlie Sheen

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just typed up the 4 new poems i wrote over the last few days. i think i might have a couple of winners here. not sure where i will send them as i'm waiting to hear back on a few submissions still.

i noticed gas prices shot up today. the day i needed to get gas of course. oh well, luckily i only fill up maybe once a month or so. helps when you have a truck that you are so unsure of that you really don't drive any farther than into town.

i watched a little of Champions League play today. just to get the juices flowing for Manchester United tomorrow.

good test for the New York Rangers tonight up in Boston. get this win and i'll start to think they really have found their groove. and hopefully the game goes a little longer than normal so i miss most of the political theater tonight.

not sure when or if i'll be blogging tomorrow. between Manchester United and the Dayton Flyers later in the day and i believe my sister is coming down, not exactly sure when i'll find the time. but, if something comes up i just need to share, i imagine i'll find a way.

hope this finds everyone well.

be sure to check out my latest poems published at The Camel Saloon
perfectly imperfect
the once dearly departed

music today:

Fine Young Cannibals - The Raw & The Cooked
LL Cool J - Bigger And Deffer

"Where there is no vision, there is no hope." - George Washington Carver

a productive day

always love when the words hit me out of nowhere and then holy shit, 4 poems i like are sitting in front of me just like that (snaps fingers). i guess i might as well use those 4 poems for the poetry contest i got in the mail yesterday. i haven't done a contest in a decade but i figure, what the fuck. the winner gets $5,000, so i might as well just press my luck.

on top of that, went through all my other poems and i now have my nice big batch of poems to send out, later this month most likely. always good when the factory keeps churning out a good product.

did my part for the economy and got gas today and placed an order on amazon.com. say goodbye to my health care refund check.

music for today:

John Prine - Souvenirs
Dawes - Nothing is Wrong
Nine Inch Nails - And All That Could Have Been

"There is something curiously boring about somebody else's happiness." - Aldous Huxley