making a game out of insomnia...

my subconscious is this evil fucker who loves to see me suffer. i couldn't sleep worth a shit last night. i went to bed around 2 and first saw the clock at 2:30. when i saw the clock again at 3:15, the asshole deep within decided to have fun and make a game out of it. so, i saw the clock about every 10 minutes for the next couple of hours. eventually, around 5:30 i said enough, and turned my fan on in the room. that was enough white noise i guess that i was able to get almost 2 straight hours of sleep. i woke up at 7:30 and remembered i didn't check my email before going to bed. joy.

i had an email this morning from a publisher in England i contacted out of the blue yesterday about possibly doing a chapbook. i figured this would be a way to get my ass in gear if the publisher was interested. he just happens to be interested, so this morning was a bit of a rush getting some poems together for a possible chapbook with Analog Submission Press. i've got 20 poems together and a kick ass title in mind. now, i'm just waiting for the cover art from my good friend and killer artist Janne Karlsson.

i figured out where my next 31 poems will be going for my next round of poetry submissions. hopefully, the chapbook and the poetry submissions will go out sometime this week.

the New York Yankees fell behind early last night to the Mets. the Yankees scored when i wasn't watching, so my superstitious ass didn't watch the game until there was 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th. by that time, the Yankees were up 4-3. and thankfully, they won the game 4-3. they can go for the sweep of the shitty Mets tonight.

Justify did win the Triple Crown yesterday by winning the Belmont Stakes. it did so rather easily, leading the entire damn race.

amazingly, the USA held France to a 1-1 draw yesterday. i couldn't believe how good the kids for the USA did. of course, part of the blame goes on France as well. i don't put much stock in it from their point of view, as i know none of the French players wanted to get injured before the World Cup. but, i'm really proud of the kids that played for the USA as they showed they have a bit of talent at their young age to actually compete at a high level. just imagine what they could be when those 19 year olds are 23 and 24.

ROH was really good last night.

the finale of Patrick Melrose was great last night. any award this series comes up for, they should win. every episode was great.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be the season finale of Billions, I'm Dying Up Here, Westworld, Succession, Last Week Tonight, Drop the Mic and Total Bellas.

we're supposed to have another rainy day today, so i get the feeling i might spend a good portion of today with ice on my back in the massage chair. good times.

yesterday was a tough day for Debbie. she could use any help you can give. donate by going here:
https://www.gofundme.com/5m0wfqg

my sister was here for a little while yesterday. she brought down this tool she has to do her gutters and decided to do mom's gutters, between storms. it's something mom and i should probably get so we can do the gutters ourselves.

that's all for me kids. happy birthday to my first girlfriend, who i still very much love. stay beautiful.

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

el amor es una señora hecha jirones que lleva un cuchillo

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:

Cigarettes After Sex - Crush
Matt and Kim - Forever
Bad Wolves - Zombie

"My best attribute is knowing when not to answer stupid questions." - Gina Gershon

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