and then there's snow in April...

i woke up this morning to see a decent amount of snow in the grass. thankfully the pavement and sidewalks were still too warm for the snow to stick. and they are saying that by this time tomorrow, we'll be having thunderstorms. welcome to the fucking apocalypse.

here is your poetry for this day in National Poetry Month:

and a link for you as well:
http://michiganradio.org/post/high-school-muskegon-looks-poetry-change-citys-rough-image

saw my new favorite at the bank today. one of these days i will confess to Alexis just how beautiful she is.

the New York Yankees were humming right along yesterday, up 4-1 over Toronto. then the usually steady bullpen shit the bed and gave up two massive home runs over the next 2 innings to turn a sure victory into a defeat, 7-4. the Yankees were supposed to have their home opener today, but the snow nixed that. so, they are going to try tomorrow afternoon to have the opener against Tampa Bay.

i spent a good portion of yesterday going through my records, sending out queries to all the places i had submitted to over the last year or so that i haven't heard back from. i figure if i don't hear back from someone after this query, i'll simply try to send the poems somewhere else and never bother to submit to that place again. i sent out 8 queries and heard back from two of them within a hour of sending the email. this is the job of being a poet that i wish i was rich enough that i could have that little boy that Bukowski said wrote his poems keep track of this shit for me.

Our Cartoon President was hilarious last night. the season finale next week should be great.

Homeland was fucking crazy last night.

Billions was excellent last night.

Here and Now was great last night.

Barry was really good last night.

Silicon Valley was really funny last night.

Last Week Tonight was fucking brilliant as always.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, The Voice and King in the Wilderness. i'll be watching Monday Night Raw for most of the evening.

i might watch some of the national championship game tonight between Michigan and Villanova. hopefully it's as good as the women's national championship game yesterday.

i will probably be on here early tomorrow as mom has physical therapy in the afternoon. this is a pretty busy week as i have a doctor's appointment on Wednesday and mom has one with a different doctor on Thursday. good times.

i hope everyone had a great weekend.

follar la nieve

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:

Zapp - More Bounce to the Ounce, Pt. 1
Counting Crows - Round Here
Reignwolf - Are You Satisfied?
Prince - Sometimes It Snows In April

"I am an artist... I am here to live out loud." - Emile Zola

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

goodbye to the playoff beard

as i watched the New York Rangers lose last night, all i could think about is how damn long it has been since they have won the Stanley Cup. 1994 seems like forever, especially when i think i was 3 weeks graduated from high school when they won it. 3-1 loss. too many damn injuries to really have a shot. not enough depth and not nearly enough of cashing in on your chances. doesn't help the refs completely missed a 4 minute penalty on Boston as well. oh well. it will be interesting to see what changes are made in the summer.

i did watch the Champions League finale. although the team i wanted to win didn't, it was a great game to watch.

the Yankees had a great come from behind victory yesterday only to lay a fucking turd today. they did win the series, the first time in that dump in Tampa in over 3 years.

Ring Of Honor last night was excellent. i look at all the WWE stars that used to be in ROH and wonder how many of these current ROH stars will make the jump one day. i think a few should already be there.

funny side note on god's wicked sense of humor. after shaving off the playoff beard, i took a shower. the local rock station was playing blocks of songs. and they of course played Aerosmith as i was in the shower. so, now god is rubbing my nose in the Rangers loss to Boston by playing a Boston band. fuck me.

did watch a little Formula 1 this morning and the Indy 500 this afternoon. i'm really happy for Tony Kanaan. that win is long overdue. i imagine i'll watch a little NASCAR this evening to finish off race day.

the weather has been flawless today. it's supposed to rain tonight and most of tomorrow. that figures. it would be impossible to have 3 great days of weather on a holiday weekend.

i hope everyone is having a great weekend. i hope to not be on here for any reason tomorrow. so look for a Tuesday blog about Yankee updates against the fucking Mets, The Voice, Monday Night Raw, maybe a little playoff basketball, some pictures perhaps and who knows what else. of course, the creativity bug could strike and i would have no choice then.

until next time...

music today:

Tom Waits - Small Change

"I am an artist... I am here to live out loud." - Emile Zola