sometimes the pain starts at the base of the neck...

i usually can know right when i wake up in the morning, how the day is going to be for me physically. i don't think i have had a good night of sleep in over 30 years. i know if i wake up in pain, it's going to be a long day. today was one of those days. but, like most of my Fridays anymore, there was shit to get done. and i know one thing, the older i get, the harder it is for me to still find pleasure in the pain.

i did get the 9 poems i wrote yesterday at mom's physical therapy typed up this morning. i really liked most of them. that puts me at 54 poems through Feb. 15th. that's a pretty insane pace.

the grocery store today wasn't too bad. my neck was killing me for most of the time in there. and i'm sure there were some beautiful women in there, but my pain wasn't exactly allowing me to browse. i kept everything under $100, at least for the food. my prescription was $30 and a bottle of gin and Jack Daniels Honey ran me over $40. but, i need to keep the bar stocked.

Vice News Tonight had another great week of shows.

Lip Sync Battle was pretty good last night.

Will & Grace was hilarious last night.

Gotham was fucking great last night, especially the ending.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be NJPW, WOW, Real Time with Bill Maher and 2 Dope Queens.

the New York Rangers play tonight at Buffalo. i'll probably watch some of the game.

here are your links for this day of Black History Month:
https://blackfacts.com/fact/louis-armstrongs-hello-dolly
https://blackfacts.com/fact/cole-nat-king-1919-1965
https://blackfacts.com/fact/black-abolitionists-invaded-boston-courtroom-and
https://blackfacts.com/fact/morris-robert-sr-1823-1882

the weather has shifted back to winter today after being almost 50 degrees yesterday. i guess the water problem here has been solved for now. of course, people were still buying bottled water at the store like a fucking hurricane was coming or something.

part of me really wants to go to the Dayton Flyers game tomorrow against VCU. part of me also knows that with this weather change, there's a decent chance i'm going to feel like shit tomorrow and just watch the game on television. hopefully, i wake up tomorrow and feel better. (stop laughing)

i hope everyone has a great weekend.

until tomorrow kids...

a veces sé que nunca fui destinado a ser amado

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:

Cardi B. & Bruno Mars - Please Me
Ray Charles  - That Lucky Old Sun
TV on the Radio - Will Do

"For a black male, the sound of the blues is pre-Civil Rights. It's oppression." - Gary Clark Jr.

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

more snow on the way, great...

i saw the weather forecast last night and figured the grocery store this afternoon was going to be a fucking zoo. i was pretty close to being correct. more on that later.

i wrote 11 poems yesterday while in the waiting room of my mom's physical therapy. i typed those up last night and really like a few of them.

our lunch was pretty good yesterday. it was definitely better than the trip to Toys R Us. right when we got to the store, i saw a sign that said contrary to what you might have seen, we do not know when the liquidation sales will begin. we apologize for any inconvenience. i looked at mom and laughed. the old bait and switch. there were certain items that were on clearance. of course, most of those were already gone. i found a couple Funko Pops that were a good price and a little Batman toy that was a decent price. but the rest of the "good shit" was way too expensive. we found out as we were checking out that the vendors came in last week and got all the baseball cards. that pissed me off as i was really hoping to find some of those at a good price. oh well. that was my first time in a Toys R Us in probably 20 years. sadly, it looked about the same. no wonder they are going out of business.

i did watch a little of the basketball games last night. let's just say the entire left side of my bracket is now over with. i figure tonight will most likely take care of my right side. joy.

Atlanta was excellent last night.

Lip Sync Battle was crazy last night.

Gotham was fucking great last night.

the New York Rangers lost last night to Philadelphia 4-3. the refs blew the call on what would have been the tying goal in the game. so, a big thank you to them for that fuck up.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, 2 episodes of NJPW, Real Time with Bill Maher and the season finale of High Maintenance.

the grocery store was definitely picked through by the time i got there today. anytime the weather forecast is doom and gloom, i know the store is going to be a fucking zoo the following day. thankfully, i didn't have a scroll of things to get today. sadly, the toy selection at the grocery store was better than that at Toys R Us. and yes, i got them at a discount. all in all, my 2 prescriptions cost almost half as much as the fucking groceries. but, i got out of there with only spending a little over $100. now watch, it won't fucking snow.

mom had the closing of the sale of the other home she owned today. i can tell that's a whole ton of stress lifted off of her now. i'm hoping my cousin will do a good job of taking care of it. she owns it now.

i didn't watch much of the New York Yankees game today. i saw they were losing to Boston and just moved along, scanning the channels. i can't wait for the season to start. 6 days away.

i have no clue when i'll be on here tomorrow. kind of depends on how shitty the weather actually gets tonight.

i hope everyone has a great weekend.

best of luck to Trotwood in the Division 2 state championship tomorrow.

terminar el trabajo chicos

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:

YUNGBLUD - I Love You, Will You Marry Me
Bruno Mars w/Cardi B - Finesse (Remix)
Panic! At the Disco - I Write Sins Not Tragedies
Ray LaMontagne - Such a Simple Thing

"I promote my own self-hatred." - Jonathan Ames

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