one of those days

when Manchester United got scored on 11 seconds into the game today, i almost chuckled. of course, there was a string of about 50 curses in a row instead of the laughter, but i should have known something like this was going to end this month. then Phil Jones couldn't figure out his own feet and scored on his own goal. well, fuck me, no point in watching the rest of the game. and i was truly hoping i could actually enjoy a little alcohol tonight. silly me.

Smackdown was pretty good last night.

i like the direction 205 Live is going in. a 16 man tournament to crown the new champion, with the final match being at WrestleMania. that works for me.

Baskets was pretty funny last night.

Hate Thy Neighbor was excellent last night, especially the last segment. the whole free speech debate in this country is fucking stupid. as the host put it, people have forgot how to mind their own fucking business. and since everyone thinks their opinion is more important than anything else, it's an endless cycle of bullshit.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, The X-Files and the season finale of Total Divas. i'll watch NXT sometime tonight on WWE Network.

well, the snot is no longer running down my throat. now, it is just sort of stuck around my nose. so fucking great. i'd love to break this fucking cold tonight so i could get back to everything i had planned for February. i doubt that's going to happen though.

it's been windy as fuck here today. nothing like going out to get empty trashcans going down the street in a winter coat and house shoes.

i have no damn clue when i'll be on here tomorrow.

uno de estos días dormiré por más de dos horas a la vez

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:

Royal Deluxe - I'm Gonna Do My Thing
Matthew Sweet - Sick Of Myself
The Black Angels - Half Believing
Talking Heads - Psycho Killer (Live)

"Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing." - Norman Mailer

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

slink off into the sticks

my poem "slink off into the sticks" has been published at The Apache Poetry Blog. the wonderful artwork with the poem is from my good friend Janne Karlsson. you can find the poem by going here:
http://www.devote.se/ApachePoetry/slink-off-into-the-sticks-poem-by-jj-campbell-30956065

sleep, an old friend

i actually managed something close to 5 hours of sleep last night. of course, i have to sleep in my chair instead of the bed. and of course, it wasn't 5 hours straight, but a hour or two here and there. honestly, i was just happy i was able to sleep more than 10 minutes without fucking feeling snot running down into my throat. i have turned to my old friend Sudafed to see if it can break this damn thing.

Monday Night Raw was pretty good last night. the match between Asuka and Sasha Banks was an instant classic. probably the only thing i didn't like about the show was John Cena beating Finn Balor in the main event. that made no fucking sense to me.

May It Last: A Portrait of the Avett Brothers was pretty good last night. i had heard of the band before but never really got into their music until the last few years. i wish it would have dug a little deeper into some of the darker songs, especially since that is where i tend to write from; pain, heartbreak, devastation, remorse and regret.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, Smackdown, Baskets and Hate Thy Neighbor. i'll watch 205 Live sometime tonight on WWE Network.

i will probably be on here tomorrow after Manchester United plays.

i need to round up the trash here and get all that out to the curb. i think most of it is just fucking tissues filled with snot. damn good thing i bought some on my last trip to the grocery store.

that's all for me kids. i need to get going and get a nice long, hot shower in sometime before the shows come on tonight.

enjoy that visual.

las drogas parecen gustarme

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:

Childish Gambino - Terrified
The Avett Brothers - No Hard Feelings
Fiona Apple - Shadowboxer
Bon Iver - Skinny Love

"Ask the right questions if you're to find the right answers." - Vanessa Redgrave

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

the children of today

my poem "the children of today" has been published at Rusty Truck. you can find the poem by going here: https://rustytruck.wordpress.com/2018/01/30/the-children-of-today-by-j-j-campbell/

no rest for the wicked...

i was hoping the NyQuil was going to help me sleep. sadly, all it really did was increase the amount of drainage and give me a nice buzzed feeling as i was taking a shit at 4 in the morning. nothing like coughing loud enough to wake your mother up 3 rooms away. i think i have got 8 hours sleep in the last 3 days. not exactly the right recipe to beat a cold. good times. and just when i was getting some sleep this morning, i had a fucking cramp in my left leg wake me up.

i actually let mom drive today to the local drugstore. i was worried but she's a fucking adult. if i didn't feel like she was up to it, i would have played the role of the asshole son. of course, she was gone longer than i thought she was going to. and when the phone rang, i figured it was going to be the police to tell me about an accident. thankfully, it wasn't. she went to the grocery store next to the drugstore to get a few things. i was happy she was able to do that today as i was going to do it, but i feel fucking miserable today.

USA men's soccer team played last night against Bosnia & Herzegovina. the game was a 0-0 draw. glad to see i didn't miss anything.

the Royal Rumble last night was excellent. both Rumble matches were good. there was just enough surprises i thought in both matches, although i would have loved to see a few more women from NXT get in that match. but, to see Trish and Lita wrestle again was pretty fucking cool. and i totally didn't expect Rey Mysterio in the men's match. i loved that they had Asuka and Shinsuke Nakamura win the Rumble matches. i certainly wasn't expecting Nakamura to win, that's for sure. especially when he had to eliminate Cena and Roman Reigns to get the job done. Ronda Rousey showing up at the end of the show was a bit of a clusterfuck, but i guess she's signed a full time multi-year contract with WWE. it will be interesting to see how they use her on the road to WrestleMania. all in all, i thought the show was worth my time, and given how sick i am, that's saying something.

the season finale of Shameless was really good last night.

The Chi was excellent last night. the ending was damn near perfect.

Divorce was good last night.

Crashing was really good last night. it was great to see Bill Burr again.

i didn't watch much of the Grammy Awards last night. from everything i have heard and the clips i've seen on YouTube, it's probably a good thing i didn't see it. i love Bruno Mars but there's no fucking way in the world that album was better than Kendrick Lamar's album. no fucking way at all.

i did watch a little of the NHL All-Star game yesterday.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight and May It Last: A Portrait Of The Avett Brothers. i'll be watching Monday Night Raw for most of the evening.

mom's already cancelled all her appointments this week, so basically i'm hoping i can beat this cold this week without having to make a trip to the doctor.

i guess i should actually go get the damn mail before it's completely dark here.

i hope everyone had a great weekend.

no hay descanso para el malvado mi amigo

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:

Turnpike Troubadours - Come as You Are
Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy (Live)
Lorde - Royals
Kendrick Lamar w/U2 - XXX

"Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out." - Anton Chekhov

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

embracing the struggle

nothing quite like going to bed at 3 in the morning and wake up every 10 minutes because you're choking on snot. i eventually had to try to sleep in my massage chair. that has a heating element with it, so i think i was able to trick my body a bit and get a few hours. i suppose this is my punishment for being out in public. and as much as i would like to embrace death, dying from my own snot is not the way i would like to go.

i have a conspiracy theory this season with the Dayton Flyers. the administration has told Anthony Grant that the team doesn't need to be great until the renovation of the arena is done. by then, the team has to be back in tournament. i don't want to believe it but after the game yesterday against Saint Louis, i'm starting to. i have never seen a coach in my 42 fucking years of watching basketball go an entire game without calling a timeout. and then the asshole after the game, when asked by the media about not using a timeout, says he'll look at it and maybe he should have. jesus fucking christ. as one fan put it yesterday, he better get great players here because coaching is obviously not going to be what gets them to the next level. to watch Dayton go from a double digit lead to trailing by halftime to getting back even and then just pissing the game away... i'm getting fucking tired of watching it. and now they get a week to sit on this loss. Saint Louis won 75-65.

Saturday Night Live was great last night.

ROH was excellent last night.

Austin City Limits was fucking brilliant last night.

NXT Takeover: Philadelphia was great last night. the main event might have been the best wrestling match i have ever seen in NXT. and the show certainly set the bar pretty damn high for the Royal Rumble tonight.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be the season finale of Shameless, The Chi, Divorce and Crashing. i'll be watching WWE Royal Rumble for most of the evening on WWE Network.

i might try to watch a little bit of the NHL All Star game this afternoon.

i know team USA is playing a soccer friendly tonight against Bosnia and Herzegovnia. i'll probably see the highlights. i'd love to see them win, mostly because i could use some Jack Daniels tonight.

i'm probably going to miss most of the Grammy Awards tonight. i figure i'll catch the highlights on YouTube during my insomnia tonight.

i figure most of today i'm going to either be trying to get a nap in or having snot drain and racing to a sink. i don't have a fever or anything else, so i think it's just the classic head cold. i figure i'm going to have to break out the NyQuil tonight to get some sleep. a little of that and some Jack Daniels should do the trick.

at least i did manage to get my laundry done yesterday.

i hope everyone had a great Saturday. hopefully your Sunday is even better.

solo yo aquí en mi locura

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:

Chris Stapleton - Midnight Train to Memphis
Sturgill Simpson - Long White Line
Shooter Jennings - Gone to Carolina
Tyler Childers - Nose On the Grindstone

"Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative place where no one else has ever been." - Alan Alda

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

nothing like clearing snot for 20 minutes in the morning

i didn't sleep worth a shit last night. it was a battle to breathe with this damn cold and then a battle with the comforter for a good 3 or 4 hours. it didn't help that it was fucking raining as well. eventually at 6 this morning i gave up and just decided i guess i'm going to be up forever today.

and between clearing snot and watching some soccer from over in England and Germany, i think most of my morning was spent on the fucking toilet. as my grandmother would put it, get the poison out any way you have to.

hopefully i'll get some more sleep sometime today.

the final two episodes of Mosaic last night were fucking excellent. i definitely could see people binge watching this series and enjoying it. even after watching it, there's still 3 people i think could have done the murder.

NJPW last night was a rerun of two matches i had already seen from Wrestle Kingdom 12.

Vice News Tonight had another great week of shows.

Treehouse Masters was very interesting last night. i never thought i'd see a damn sauna in a tree.

Real Time with Bill Maher was fucking hilarious last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Saturday Night Live, Austin City Limits and ROH. i'll be watching NXT Takeover: Philadelphia for most of the evening on WWE Network.

i did make it back from the grocery store yesterday in time to watch Manchester United play. Alexis Sanchez looked great out there with his new team. he will certainly be a welcome addition. United won 4-0 yesterday, advancing to the next round of the FA Cup.

the Dayton Flyers play today at Saint Louis. Dayton has won 7 straight games in this series. i'm hoping today will be the 8th in a row.

the NHL All Star and NFL Pro Bowl festivities are this weekend. i doubt i watch much of either.

i think a good portion of today is going to be me in pain, struggling to do my laundry while arthritis laughs in my face. good times.

i did get some excellent FREE music on NoiseTrade last night. below is the link:
Caroline Rose - LONER - Singles

i hope everyone has a great Saturday. call if you need bail money.

lloviendo y tosiendo, qué buen comienzo para mi sábado

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...

Grateful Dead - Stella Blue (Live)
Otis Redding - Chained and Bound (Live)
Tom Waits - Make It Rain (Live)
Dana Fuchs - I'd Rather Go Blind (Live)

"Sometimes the solitary voice can be the best one." - Frank Miller

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

sometimes the words just get stuck in there...

i think the mixture of alcohol and some random phrases put me to sleep last night. i think i got a solid 5 hours or so. add that to a cup of coffee this morning, and i think i'm about as fresh as my ass is going to get.

those random phrases turned into a 4 page poem this morning. that's easily one of the longest ones i've written in about a decade.

i did watch most of the New York Rangers game last night. they certainly tried to piss away another lead last night. but, they held on to win 6-5 over San Jose. that ends their losing streak and sends them into the All Star break 1 point out of a playoff spot.

Mosaic was excellent last night. i can't wait to see what the final two episodes have in store tonight.

Lip Sync Battle was pretty good last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, NJPW, Mosaic, Treehouse Masters, Real Time with Bill Maher and High Maintenance.

Manchester United plays today on the road in the FA Cup. they should win today, but i've thought that plenty of times this season and they haven't.

after that (or before if i get a wild hair up my ass) i'll be going to the grocery store. at least i got the prescriptions out of the way yesterday.

i'll probably be on here early tomorrow. i would assume long before Dayton plays on the road tomorrow afternoon.

i hope everyone has a great weekend.

bailar desnudo bajo la luna de su elección

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:

Stephen Kellogg & The Sixers - Start the Day Early
The Black Crowes - Good Friday
Marilyn Manson - I Don't Like the Drugs (But the Drugs Like Me)
Counting Crows - Perfect Blue Buildings

"If you don't have enemies, you don't have character." - Paul Newman

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

squeezing the marrow out of life...

today has been a pretty busy one. tonight should be just as busy. so, here's a half ass attempt to recap what has gone on so far...

i wrote 8 poems between last night and today. i typed those up between doctor's appointments for mom. i do like a few of the poems. i'm pretty sure that puts me at over 30 poems for the month. so, that's a goal to cross off.

mom's physical therapy went well today, i guess. we went to lunch at Applebee's after that. her visit to the eye doctor went well. nothing is detached. and nothing looks any different than before. so, she just has harmless floaters in her left eye.

NXT was pretty good last night. i'm really looking forward to Takeover: Philadelphia on Saturday.

Total Divas was pretty good as well last night.

The X-Files was fucking great last night.

Mosaic was excellent last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, Mosaic and Lip Sync Battle.

the New York Rangers play tonight out in San Jose. i'm hoping they end their fucking losing streak tonight.

i woke up this morning with a bit of a sore throat. i figure i'm probably coming down with a cold. figures. i read the stories of people dying from the flu with envy. good times.

i'm going to try to be on here in the morning tomorrow. that way i can watch Manchester United play in the FA Cup and then go to the grocery store and not feel like i need to rush back and get a blog done before the weekend hits.

i did listen to Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast today. you can find that by going here:
http://notsam.com/wrestlingpodcast/2018/1/25/wrestling-podcast-170-jbl-bruce-prichard-eric-bischoff

see you in the morning kids.

moriré con un bolígrafo en mi mano o en mi culo

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:

Nightwish - Ghost Love Score (Live)
Grateful Dead - Morning Dew (Live)
The Doors - The End

"You cannot find peace by avoiding life." - Virginia Woolf

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

sometimes the blind squirrel finds the nut...

i did go to the basketball game last night. i basically went to see the halftime act, Red Panda. i figured Dayton would lose to Davidson. well, well, well... Dayton started off much better than i expected. i thought it was going to be a great night as the asshole that normally sits next to me wasn't there by the first tv timeout. and just as i got happy, i saw the motherfucker walking with his beer up the steps. fuck me. Dayton was leading at halftime. the second half was a game of runs. sadly, i think Dayton's coach had them playing not to lose instead of trying to teach them the urgency of now. somehow Dayton got a little lucky and somehow survived a last second shot by Davidson. the shot actually should have never happened as Dayton still had 2 fouls to give. that would have eaten up the 3 seconds left rather easily. for some reason, i doubt the Dayton coach even mentioned that to his players. Dayton won 65-64. they play Saturday on the road against Saint Louis.

Smackdown was pretty good last night.

205 Live was pretty interesting last night. i'm really intrigued to see who they pick to be the GM of the show. i figure it will be a big name. that should help clean up the Enzo mess.

Mosaic was excellent last night. i can't wait to see what happens tonight.

Hate Thy Neighbor was as crazy as i expected it to be last night. i never understand why people disguise their hate as the word of god.

Baskets was pretty funny last night.

the New York Rangers lost yet again last night out in Anaheim, 6-3. they play tomorrow night in San Jose, hoping to not make it a completely fucking worthless road trip.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, Mosaic, Total Divas and The X-Files. i'll watch NXT sometime tonight on WWE Network.

it's been somewhat rainy/snowy all fucking day. i fucking can't stand these dreary winter days.

mom has an eye appointment tomorrow afternoon. so it looks like i'm going to be driving her around for most of the day. physical therapy in the morning. eye appointment in the afternoon. pick up pills after that. i suppose i will try to squeeze in a blog after all that. i guess i probably should take a shower tonight.

and part of me thinks i should get the damn grocery shopping done tomorrow. but, it's also supposed to be 50 fucking degrees on Friday, so i might wait.

that's all for me kids.

¿A dónde van a morir las almas solitarias?

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:

Morgane & Chris Stapleton - You Are My Sunshine
Conor Oberst - A Little Uncanny
Run The Jewels - Legend Has It
UB40 - Here I Am (Come and Take Me)

"Enjoy every sandwich." - Warren Zevon

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

random thoughts on a Tuesday afternoon

i wrote 4 poems today while mom was in her physical therapy session. i typed those up when i got home. i really like them. that puts me at 30 poems for the month. so, i'm hoping to write a few more and then start mapping out the February submissions and getting a book proposal together.

mom's physical therapist is concerned that mom might have a detached retina in her right eye i believe. good times.

Monday Night Raw was good but certainly not great last night. with all the hype that was put into it, which i completely understood given the 25th year anniversary of the show, there was no fucking flow or rhyme or reason to much of the show. i did enjoy Stone Cold coming out and whipping some ass. i did enjoy The Miz winning the Intercontinental Championship once again. and i did enjoy Elias beating up John Cena. it didn't help that we had thunderstorms rolling through last night either. that knocked out the satellite a few times. i honestly thought they would do more to perhaps tease some of the performers from the past, both male and female, of showing up at the Royal Rumble ppv this Sunday. i guess that would make too much sense and get in the way of just 3 hours of fucking nostalgia.

Mosaic was really good last night. i think i'm really going to enjoy this show this week. i am certainly intrigued to see what happens tonight.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, Smackdown, Baskets, Mosaic and Hate Thy Neighbor. i'll watch 205 Live sometime tonight on WWE Network.

the New York Rangers play tonight in Anaheim. it would be nice if they would end their losing streak tonight.

the Dayton Flyers play tonight at home against Davidson. i still haven't decided if i'm going to the game tonight or not. i still have a few things to get done before i can even really think about it.

most of that is picking up the trash here and next door. i have no damn clue how long that is going to take since i didn't do it last week.

it has been raining here for most of the day. my arthritis certainly made lunch interesting today. nothing like having salad dressing slip out of your hand and on to the carpet. sometimes my arthritis simply decides that my hands are going to be useless at a time where i really need them. and yes, your dirty minds are also correct.

that's all for me kids. if i do go to the game, i'll be sure to give a horror report tomorrow and what i am expecting to be yet another loss.

supongo que solo los buenos mueren jóvenes

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:

DJ Shadow - Midnight In A Perfect World
The Rolling Stones - Sweet Virginia
Candlebox - Cover Me
Cowboy Junkies - Sun Comes Up, It's Tuesday Morning

"If you want to live your life through to the end, you have to live dangerously." - Jeanne Moreau

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

where does the time go

it's been raining most of the day and my arthritis has me feeling like i'm fucking 80 years old. that's not good on a day where i have places to go and i have to deal with shitty fucking drivers.

i got mom to her test on time and thought i had plenty of time to get to the bank, get some gas and then get the blog done when i got home. little did i know i would drop shit in the bank parking lot. thankfully, the roll of change didn't break open. the hose for the gas at the gas station wanted to fight me today. thankfully, none of that ended up in my eyes. and i had so many fucking emails by the time i got home, there was no fucking way to do the blog then.

mom's test went long. when i picked her up she wanted to get some food and go home. so i had dinner at 5 pm today. i might as well get used to it.

Shameless was excellent last night. the season finale next week should be amazing.

The Chi was fucking great last night.

Crashing was pretty damn funny last night.

Divorce was good last night.

i did watch some of the football games last night. it was funny watching karma kick the Vikings in the ass. of course, i know the New Orleans Saints would have done better in the game. so it's the Patriots vs. Eagles in the Super Bowl. hopefully, the commercials are good.

i stayed up last night and watched the New York Rangers piss away a 2-0 lead and lose to the Kings 4-2. at this point, i almost hope the Rangers miss the playoffs so they are forced to make some fucking changes.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight  and Mosaic. i'll be watching Monday Night Raw for most of the evening.

i'll be on here tomorrow after i take mom to physical therapy in the morning.

i hope everyone had a great weekend.

¿Alguien sabe un lugar bueno y seco?

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:

Orgy - Blue Monday
The Civil Wars - Disarm
Pixies - Head On
The Lemonheads - Mrs. Robinson
Fiona Apple - Across the Universe

"Love will find a way through paths where wolves fear to prey." - Lord Byron

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

happy birthday to me

today marks 42 years on this fucking planet. probably 42 more than i ever wanted. but, so far the day has been better than i was expecting.

i did write 3 poems this morning as i once again couldn't sleep worth a shit. the poems are really good. that brings me to 26 poems for the month. so i am right on schedule.

lunch with my mother and sister went pretty good. they got me way more than i was expecting with gifts this year. plenty of music and clothes, that's for sure.

the rest of today is going to be a little birthday cake and probably some football. plus, it would be nice if the New York Rangers decided to win on my birthday out in Los Angeles.

Saturday Night Live last night was fucking hilarious.

Austin City Limits was very good last night. every once in awhile, i think everyone needs to listen to some jazz.

ROH was excellent last night.

i was hoping to shoot the shit with my sister last night. but, sleep is more important to her than anything. i believe she said this morning she got 10 1/2 hours of sleep last night. i almost got 4.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Shameless, The Chi, Crashing and Divorce.

i have no damn clue when i'll be on here tomorrow. i have to take mom to get a test done. it's 3 1/2 hours long. so, i'm going to try to get the blog done while i'm back home waiting to go pick her up. i also need to hit the bank tomorrow at some time.

thank you to everyone for all the birthday wishes. i really do appreciate it.

i hope your Saturday was great. hopefully your Sunday will be even better.

deja que comience a beber

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:

Stone Temple Pilots - Dead & Bloated
Aaron Lewis & Fred Durst - Outside (Live)
The Afghan Whigs - When We Two Parted
Metallica - Am I Evil?

"If you risk nothing, then you risk everything." - Geena Davis

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

response from Pyrokinection

i heard back from A.J. at Pyrokinection on my recent poetry submission. my poem "dripping from the ceiling" has been accepted for publication. it's slated to appear on February 3, 2018.

one way to waste an afternoon...

i warned my sister as we were driving to the basketball game, i didn't think Dayton had much of a chance today. what we witnessed in the following 2 hours fully encapsulates why this team drives me fucking nuts. Dayton got off to a good start. and then quickly fell back into its usual rut. relying way too much on the jump shot and piss fucking poor defense. Josh Cunningham had a great game but no one else on Dayton played worth a shit. even Rhode Island's coach said they were going to let Josh go crazy, the only way they thought they would lose is if Dayton hit a bunch of threes. that didn't happen, mostly because of the 21 fucking turnovers Dayton had today. Rhode Island is easily the best team in the A10. but quite frankly, that's not saying much. the whole damn conference sucks. Dayton lost to Rhode Island 88-74. Dayton plays again at home on Tuesday against Davidson. i haven't decided if i'm going or not yet.

the New York Rangers lost to Colorado today 3-1. i caught some of the game after i got home from the basketball game. it's not exactly how i wanted them to start this road trip.

Manchester United won 1-0 today over Burnley. i did get to see the goal before i left to go to the basketball game. Martial scored a beauty. and now it looks like Alexis Sanchez will be a Manchester United player before too long. that should make things interesting.

Vice News Tonight had another great week of shows.

NJPW was really good last night.

Treehouse Masters was really good last night.

High Maintenance was excellent last night.

Real Time with Bill Maher was fucking hilarious last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Saturday Night Live, ROH and Austin City Limits.

i'm not sure what my family has in store for me for my birthday tomorrow. i figure we're going to go out to eat in the afternoon probably. other than that, i have no damn clue.

i'll be on here tomorrow in the afternoon most likely. hopefully i'll be drunk.

i hope everyone has a great Saturday night.

cuando una hermosa mujer dice hola, asegúrate de no estar soñando

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:

Sofi Tukker - Best Friend
Garbage - #1 Crush
DJ Shadow & Little Dragon - Scale It Back
The Crystal Method - Busy Child

"Negativity is the enemy of creativity." - David Lynch

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

great time for the power to go out...

so i was in the shower early this afternoon. i had everything ready to go to the post office and the grocery store. and just as i started to shampoo my hair, the fucking power goes out. now, if i still lived on the farm, i would truly be fucked, as the water would have shut off as well. thankfully, here in suburbia, i could at least finish showering, albeit in the damn dark.

the power was out for 30 minutes. i have no fucking clue why it was out. i'm just happy it wasn't out for a long time.

some poetry news first... i heard back from The Homestead Review on my poetry submission from back in October. while they enjoyed my work, they decided to pass on the poems. well, at least i know i have 5 poems ready to go in February.

i sent out 25 poems today; 3 each to Pyrokinection, Rusty Truck and Mad Swirl; 5 each to Nerve Cowboy and Easy Street; and 6 poems to The Stray Branch. when i hear back from these places i'll pass along the verdicts.

the New York Rangers won last night over Buffalo 4-3. Rick Nash scored 2 more goals. that was the first time in 4 seasons he's had back to back multi goal games. of course, they lost Kevin Shattenkirk to a knee injury last night. great. more injuries right before a road trip. lovely. i believe they play at Colorado on Saturday.

Lip Sync Battle was really good last night.

Will & Grace was hilarious last night.

The Big Bang Theory was very good last night.

Young Sheldon was really good last night.

Life in Pieces was very funny last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, NJPW, Treehouse Masters, Real Time with Bill Maher and High Maintenance.

my sister is planning on coming down here in the morning. so, i will probably end up doing a blog sometime in the late afternoon/early evening, if i do one at all. i suppose that's the good thing about having your birthday on a weekend. the whole damn weekend can become a party if you want. if the New Orleans Saints would be playing on Sunday, it truly would be.

i do plan on watching a little of Manchester United tomorrow morning.

and then hopefully the Dayton Flyers won't get the shit beat out of them by Rhode Island tomorrow.

i think my sister and i are coming back home after the game to have lunch with mom. probably after that i will do a quick blog while hoping to have many victory drinks later in the evening.

i hope everyone has a great weekend. call if you need bail money.

solo follar a los que tosen

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:

Bad Wolves - Zombie
U2 - With Or Without You
Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy

"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity." - Edgar Allan Poe

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

never try to con a con man

whenever the doorbell rings here, i always figure it's either someone from next door or kids trying to sell shit to raise money for school. the doorbell hardly ever rings in the dead of the winter. so when it did ring this afternoon, i was curious to say the least. i opened the door and there was this black woman bundled up holding a little bottle of Dawn. in my mind, i was thinking what the fuck is this? she asked if i knew what the Dawn was for? i said yes, i use it on the dishes. full disclosure, we don't have a dishwasher in this house, so we actually do use Dawn to help clean the dishes. she then handed me the bottle and said she was going to get her boss lady so they could show us what to do. in my head, i'm thinking, i'm 41 years old. i'm pretty fucking sure i know how to clean dishes. she went down to the end of the driveway and yelled across the street. i saw some white lady jumping into her SUV to come over. i simply shut the door and locked it. i didn't bother to open it back up when they rang the doorbell again. i got the Dawn and they didn't get to see what is inside this house. i'm going to take that as a win for me. eventually, they left and god knows where they went next. they certainly weren't still in the neighborhood when i went out to get the mail. so, i can't imagine they are pissed about the bottle of Dawn. it's the type of bottle you get in the dollar stores.

i did a little poetry work last night and i believe i know where my next 25 poems are going to go. if i get my ass in gear in the morning, they will go out tomorrow. this also means i will have to make a stop at the post office before i go to the grocery store. at least it's supposed to be warmer tomorrow.

the Dayton Flyers started off well last night but forgot that you actually need to play defense to win unless you're just going to score on every possession. sadly, Dayton went cold from 3 and sure enough, St. Joe's pulled ahead and stayed there for the rest of the game. it got so bad that Dayton's coach started playing the walk-ons with 7 minutes to go in the game. and when one walk-on scores more points than 3 regulars combined, you know it was a shitty game. St. Joe's won 81- 65. Dayton plays again on Saturday afternoon at home against Rhode Island. as of right now, i'm going to the game with my sister. i'm almost hoping she doesn't want to go so then i have an excuse to just watch them get killed on television.

NXT was pretty good last night.

Total Divas was pretty good as well last night.

The X-Files was fucking nuts last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, Will & Grace, The Big Bang Theory, Young Sheldon, Life in Pieces and Lip Sync Battle.

i did listen to the latest Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast today. you can check that out by going here:
http://notsam.com/wrestlingpodcast/2018/1/18/wrestling-podcast-169-woken-matt-hardy

the New York Rangers play at home tonight against Buffalo. hopefully the Rangers can get another win before they start their long ass road trip.

i think it's supposed to get damn near 50 degrees by my birthday on Sunday. that should melt the snow and probably get everyone sick as well. good times.

i will probably be on here tomorrow when i get back from the grocery store.

si la vida es un sueño, entonces ¿qué hay para temer?

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:

Morphine - Cure for Pain
The Band - When I Paint My Masterpiece
Nine Inch Nails - Something I Can Never Have

"I haven't celebrated coming in No. 2 too many times." - Mark Messier

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

feeling poetic

i wanted to get to bed early last night as i really wanted to get some decent sleep before i had to drive mom to her physical therapy today. but of course, instead of going to sleep early, my brain was occupied on writing a poem. i got that done and went to sleep. while sitting in the waiting room today, i wrote 11 more poems. i typed up all 12 this afternoon and actually like a few of them. i should have enough now for another round of submissions before this month is over. and if i get a wild hair up my ass, i'll do that before my birthday in 4 days.

the New York Rangers won last night at home against Philadelphia, 5-1. it would be nice if that team shows up for the rest of the season. they play again on Thursday at home against Buffalo.

Smackdown was good last night. i was a little surprised they spent most of the night on the US Championship tournament. i do like Bobby Roode as the new champion though.

205 Live was pretty good last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, Total Divas and The X-Files. i'll watch NXT sometime tonight on WWE Network.

the Dayton Flyers play tonight at St. Joe's. they haven't won there in almost 18 years. hopefully, tonight is the night they can end that streak.

hopefully it's going to get a little warmer as we get closer to my birthday. this shit of the single digits for most of the day fucking sucks.

mom and i did go out to eat after her physical therapy today. she told me to think of it as my birthday meal. i would have if i would have been drinking. but, since i'm the only driver in the house now, those days are gone forever. well, at least until she dies.

i'll be on here tomorrow sometime in the afternoon.

pensamientos sucios en una sala de espera, tanta alegría

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 Tragically Hip - Grace, Too
Broken Social Scene - Sweetest Kill
Concrete Blonde - Tomorrow, Wendy
Violent Femmes - Add It Up (Live)
Superchunk - What A Time To Be Alive

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing." - Benjamin Franklin

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