pleasantly surprised

so my sister came down for the weekend today. she brought lunch with her, which i guess is my birthday lunch. it was good. and i finally got to open my presents from my birthday. 6 days late but who's counting... i got some great music, a book i have a poem in and plenty of clothes. my sister also brought me some alcohol from her trip to Puerto Rico. all in all, a pretty good birthday.

i wrote 4 more poems last night to go with the one i wrote the other day. i typed those up this morning and really like them. speaking of poems, i heard back from Beautiful Losers on my poetry submission from a few weeks ago. they decided to pass on the 6 poems i sent. my unpublished file is getting large, i guess i need to do a round of submissions soon.

Fuck, That's Delicious was excellent last night. i would love to go to Japan at some point in my life. i suppose i should get a passport first.

The Pizza Show last night was very good.

Lip Sync Battle was pretty fucking funny last night.

Caraoke Showdown was ok last night. i'm not sure if i'm going to watch the show much more. it's not bad enough for me to enjoy it and it's certainly not good enough for me to spend time watching it.

Baskets was fucking hilarious last night. a good sudden death that you think might be coming but not when it does always makes for great television.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

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

the Dayton Flyers play tonight at VCU. if Dayton loses, they are back in a first place tie. if they can get a victory, they will have a clear path to the regular season championship in the A10. the game tonight is on ESPN2.

i'm not sure when i'll be on here tomorrow. most likely it will be the morning, but who knows.

we got a little snow this morning. there's a chance of snow the entire weekend. good times.

i hope everyone has 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:

A Tribe Called Quest - We Got it From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service
Various Artists - The Hamilton Mixtape
The Orwells - They Put a Body In the Bayou

"If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there." - Lewis Carroll

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

driving in the rain

it's been some time since i was caught driving in one of these classic Midwestern holy shit storms. but, i was trying to get some shit done today and got caught in a storm that made me laugh. i could barely see anything it was raining so bad. of course, i kept driving. i figured i was on roads i knew like the back of my hand, so i'm good; just slow down. plus, i figured the rain would get all the salt and dirt off of the vehicle. of course, i wasn't planning on another downpour hitting as i was at the takeout window placing an order. that was fun.

i sent out 15 poems today. 6 each to ZYX and Beautiful Losers and 3 to Yellow Mama. when i hear back from these places i will pass on the verdicts.

after i left the post office, i was on a mission to find some cheap picture frames. i only found 2 of the 5 i needed, so i guess a trip to a craft store is coming up soon. mom wanted me to get some cash out of her account. thankfully her bank has an ATM in the next town over. that's way better than driving 20 miles out into the sticks to get the money.

the arthritis in these rain storms is almost a dull ache anymore. what that tells me is my pain tolerance is still top notch. of course, it's not fun when the arthritis is bad enough that typing and writing is a fucking chore.

i was really looking forward to the Dayton Flyers game last night. they were getting back their best player and was playing at a place they haven't won in the regular season since 2004; the perfect time for revenge. instead, Dayton went out and played like absolute shit. foul trouble, turnovers, stupid fucking decisions, more turnovers, did i mention turnovers? (Dayton had 19 turnovers in the game). that all lead to a 67-55 loss to UMass that never really felt that close. Dayton plays again on Saturday at Duquesne, so hopefully they get this bad taste out of their mouth quickly. the A10 is full of landmines this season, and Dayton just hit one last night.

the mid-season finale of Lucha Underground had a few holy shit moments last night. the show comes back in the summer.

NXT was excellent last night. i could watch The Revival wrestle #D.I.Y. all day long and never get bored.

Total Divas was fucking ridiculous as usual.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, Life in Pieces, Fuck, That's Delicious, Lip Sync Battle and Caraoke Showdown.

i guess my sister's job interview went well this morning. she's supposed to hear back by next week if she's got the job or not. i think she wants it as i don't think she wants to be unemployed too long. i believe her financial planner is thinking the same thing.

i know i have to go to the grocery store tomorrow as i have my own pills to pick up. plus, since there's a damn ice storm coming Friday night, it should be a shit show of panicky motherfuckers buying groceries like the world is coming to an end. i'll be in the liquor store, that's for sure.

i did listen to the latest Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast today. you can find that by going here:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/sam-roberts-wrestling-podcast/id934576040?mt=2

that's all for today kids. we just had a cold front move through and it's gone from 60 to 39. good times.

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:

Queen - Who Wants to Live Forever
Indigo Girls - Least Complicated
Filter - Hey Man, Nice Shot

"The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time." - Jack London

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

heavy breathing

my poem "heavy breathing" has been published in Beautiful Losers #0. you can find the issue by going here: http://beautifullosersmag.com/issuezero/ my poem is on page 16.

response from Beautiful Losers

i heard back from Beautiful Losers on my poetry submission from last month. my poem "heavy breathing" has been accepted for future publication.

quick update

so i got the wild hair up my ass again and decided i would send out some poems before the end of the month. so i sent out 5 poems to Easy Street and 6 poems to Beautiful Losers. when i hear back from these places, i will pass along the verdicts.

now i'm off to go eat dinner and try to figure out who the Yankees got in their trades today.

i wasn't surprised that Manchester United really didn't do anything today. they made their 4 signings count early. so fucking refreshing.

carry on my people.