now this is the weather i love...

 it has been a sunny day here. not hot, so i could actually open up the house and let the light breeze in. these are the days where i would love to fall asleep in the sun for a few hours and truly relax. i did make it to the bank today. i drove around a bit afterwards, just allowing my mind to escape a bit i guess. plus, there is enough construction around here, i have to go all these different ways to everything it seems.

here are your 3 videos for this day of national poetry month:

the Yankees lost yesterday at Cleveland, 8-7, in 10 innings. they start a series tonight at Toronto.

i spent most of yesterday going through some baseball cards that the girl that grew up next to me had as she is moving. i guess her now ex-husband left them behind. she wanted to know if there was anything good in them. there was probably close to a thousand cards, all sports. if they would have been in better shape, there would have been plenty worth some money. i told her i found about 50 of them that she could probably sell and get a little money for. the highlight was definitely the Shaquille O'Neal rookie card.

A Gentleman in Moscow was very good last night.

The Sympathizer was excellent last night.

Last Week Tonight was BRILLIANT as usual.

here are your NBA highlights from the last day of the regular season:

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Monday Night Raw and The Voice.

the New York Rangers play tonight at home against Ottawa. this is the last game of the regular season. if they win, they get everything they played for in the regular season; win the division, win the conference, win the President's Trophy, #1 seed overall in the playoffs. so yeah, i am really hoping they win tonight.

i should be on here tomorrow after i take mom to her ear doctor.

i hope everyone had a great weekend.

a big thank you to everyone for checking out my latest published poems:

https://synchchaos.com/poetry-from-j-j-campbell-103/

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.

ahora este es el clima que amo

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:

Tagua Tagua - 4 AM (Acustico)

Joe Marson - Lost in the Sun (acoustic)

Blackberry Smoke - Ain't Much Left of Me (Acoustic)

Beth Orton - Concrete Sky (Acoustic)

Gary Clark Jr. - When My Train Pulls In (Live) (Acoustic)

"Life is a predicament that precedes death." - Henry James

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

before i face the heat of hell

 it is supposed to be hot and fucking humid today, so i'm not exactly looking forward to this fresh slice of hell.

the Yankees lost last night to Seattle, 8-6. they will hopefully win the series this afternoon, but i won't be holding my breath.

after the game, i heard about the death of Vin Scully. that is a voice that still rings in my head from watching many baseball and football games in my youth. 

NXT was really good last night.

Deadliest Catch was excellent last night.

What We Do in the Shadows was fucking hilarious last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, Big Brother and AEW Dynamite.

i didn't watch the TBT final last night. at least the Red Scare lost to the team that won the championship.

mom has a doctor's appointment for tomorrow morning. so, i'll probably do the blog when we get home from that.

ok kids, i'm off to do the grocery shopping. the real feel temp outside right now is 98. i guess i'll put on some sunscreen today.

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 socially distant.

get the fucking shot.

el calor del infierno

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:

Metallica - Fade to Black (Live)

Plains - Problem With It

The Harlequins - TIME

Shovels & Rope - Birmingham

Blackberry Smoke - Good One Comin' on

"Without an open-minded mind, you can never be a great success." - Martha Stewart

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

slogging through the pain

i've been achy all day long. but, there's shit to do, so, as usual, just ignore the fucking pain and move on. i'm sure one day this will catch up with me. but, luckily for me, i'm not interested in living forever.

i sent out 15 poems today. 5 to Horror Sleaze Trash, 4 to Hobo Camp Review and 3 each to Yellow Mama and Dead Snakes. when i hear back from these places i will pass along the verdict.

first up for Flashback Friday is my poem "beautiful devastation" from back in 2012. well, it was published then, but i'm pretty sure i wrote it back in 2010. you can find that poem by going here: http://www.zygoteinmycoffee.com/100s/issue137beautifuldevastat.html

next up is my poem "longwinded". this is from back in 2005. this poem has Janne Karlsson animation written all over it. you can find the poem by going here:
http://www.myfavoritebullet.com/Campbell_longwinded.html

and while we're on poetry, here's one from one of my favorites:

Big Brother went as i expected last night. John got evicted and then walked right back into the house. sadly though, Vanessa is the new HOH. but, there's another double eviction coming up so this could be their chance to finally get her out.

Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll was excellent last night. so was Married.

tonight on the DVR will be NJPW and Treehouse Masters. i will be watching the New York Yankees play down in Atlanta, at least until they start playing like shit and i find something else to watch.

and now some music:

and now some other random shit:

that's all for me today. i really hope everyone enjoys their weekends. call if you need bail money or help burying the bodies.

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:

Blackberry Smoke - Good One Comin' on
Gorillaz - Clint Eastwood
Primus - Have A Cigar
Gary Jules - Mad World
J.D. McPherson - North Side Gal

"I think music should be scary. Music is an exorcism." - Florence Welch

and your pro wrestling video of the day:

and here comes the ice...

another day, another threat of a winter storm. yesterday was a total fucking drain. by midnight i was just about comatose. so much to get to...

mom and i went to a home improvement store to look for some moving stuff; boxes, bubble wrap, etc. plus, she wanted to get some paint chips to get some ideas of what color she wants the foyer at the new house to be. while we were walking around, a guy asked us if we wanted a kid. he pointed to what i guess was his son, saying he was needy. i said no and laughed. i then turned to my mom and said how much you wanna bet that in 15 years that kid is murdering his father.

after that we went to lunch. we were seated close to a large group of people, i'm assuming a family. i have a habit of listening to all conversations while i'm in a public place. if you ever want to know how i come up with 60% of my poetry, you now know. it was a good lunch.

after that, it was to the grocery store. you would think the world was coming to an end. the store was fucking packed. we were in there for 2 fucking hours. we got everything we needed though, although somehow the bread my mom had in the cart never got rung up and didn't make it home with us. i guess the people behind us got it. we got back home and the groceries put away before missing too much of the football games.

both playoff games were good last night. i picked both correctly, which i'm a little shocked at. hopefully the games today are good as well.

the Dayton Flyers came out flat as hell last night. of course, given the traveling problems they had and the obvious tired legs, i gave them the benefit of the doubt. the game was tied at halftime. well, i don't know what they did at halftime, but it worked. Dayton beat the shit out of Fordham in the second half. it was like they couldn't miss. 25-25 at halftime turned into Dayton winning 76-58. here are some highlights from the game:

the New York Rangers finished off their California sweep with a 3-1 win over San Jose last night. they are simply on fucking fire right now. i'm a little amazed that only Rick Nash got selected to the All-Star game. i was hoping for more players since i will be at the game for the first time in my life. oh well. here are the highlights from the game:

i was completely in and out of Ring of Honor last night. i was so fucking tired. i'm going to try to catch some of what i missed later today. of course, that all depends if Manchester United takes care of business early.

Manchester United faces Southampton today. they are finally getting healthy, so i'm a little interested to see what the team looks like today. hopefully, it's a team that has full intentions of getting all three points.

other than the other two NFL playoff games today, all the Sunday night shows start back up. Girls, Togetherness (new show that i hope i like), Shameless, House of Lies, Episodes, and Total Divas. plus, the Golden Globes are on tonight. yet another night where i could use the DVR.

i still owe myself a victory beer from last night. so, i will definitely make use of that today. i have to get out to feed the cats before the weather turns to shit today. plus, i'm going to get the trash picked up but i'm not going to bother putting it out. with another storm coming, it will just end up all over the fucking place. this will become much easier at the new house when it's just a driveway and not a quarter mile lane to drive down.

that's all for me today. i hope everyone had a wonderful Sunday. make sure the girl you picked up last night is still alive and buy her breakfast you cheap fuck. thanks again 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...

music:

Dr. Dog - Too Weak to Ramble (Live)
Grouplove - Let Me In
John Prine - Jesus the Missing Years (Live)
Broken Bells - Holding on for Life
Blackberry Smoke - Ain't Much Left of Me (Acoustic)

"I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead." - Clarence Clemons

another holiday weekend

had a crazy night last night with my shitty finances, so i decided to just lay low today and do close to nothing. little did i know, i should have just stayed in bed or swallowed a shotgun.

i'm pretty low on gas and since they normally raise prices through the roof on holiday weekends, i figured it would make more financial sense if i just stayed home today. i tried to make a little money on surveys, to no avail. i do have some checks coming. hopefully they come EARLY next month. had to have mom make some payments for me as i'm pretty sure those checks aren't in the mail today. i'll know for sure whenever she gets home.

i watched a little college football last night. was shocked at what Texas A&M did. i guess that offense won't miss Johnny Football after all. i did like the new SEC Network. that will take some getting used to.

Big Brother went as expected last night. they finally had an endurance HOH competition last night. if you've been following the show, you can imagine who won that. Sunday will be another boring episode.

Married was really good last night. You're the Worst was great and filthy last night. i really love that show.

had a long day today. sometimes i get to talking to myself about my past, about my future, etc., and it tends to always get me in a pretty dark place. that always makes it interesting when one of my friends needs my counseling. there's nothing worse than two stubborn people arguing about the same point they agree on... it's this slow realization that my parents did absolutely nothing when i told them i was molested by my female cousin that is crushing me. i never wanted to believe it. i never wanted to think i wasn't worth their love or their effort to defend me. but, that's the reality i'm stuck in. when you look back and know that your chance to have a "normal" life stopped at age 4, it gets a little heartbreaking. but, i suppose i truly understand why i write. it's much easier than killing people.

the Yankees play tonight in Toronto. this is a MUST sweep series. hopefully they start that process tonight.

other than that tonight, i'm hoping to get to bed early as Manchester United plays in the morning. i guess i will do my blog after that as Ohio State and the Yankees play tomorrow afternoon. here's hoping United wins or that blog is going to be a fucking vicious rant.

that's enough soul baring for 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... enjoy the holiday weekend.

music:

Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Blackberry Smoke - Ain't Much Left Of Me (Acoustic)
Portugal. The Man - Purple, Yellow, Red and Blue
The Blackout City Kids - Wrong Turn
Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground
Blackberry Smoke - Come Go With Us
The Stone Roses - Love Spreads

"Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him." - John Locke