well, at least i got it all done before the rain started...

 i went to the bank today, the post office and then to Rite Aid to get my prescription. i was in the parking lot when i got text from mom saying that her pills were ready at Kroger and she had cancelled physical therapy today. so, i went back to Kroger to get those. after that, i went back home. it has been trying to rain all day long. just in the last few hours, it has finally started.

the New York Yankees came from behind yesterday and beat the Texas Rangers, 5-3. they are off tonight and start a series tomorrow at Oakland.

AEW x NJPW Forbidden Door last night was fucking great.

VICE was excellent last night.

The Righteous Gemstones was fucking hilarious last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Monday Night Raw.

i did listen to episode 453 of Notsam Wrestling today. you can hear that by going here:

https://www.stitcher.com/show/sam-roberts-wrestling-podcast/episode/who-should-win-money-in-the-bank-notsam-wrestling-453-304759330

i hope everyone had a great weekend.

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

https://lothlorienpoetryjournal.blogspot.com/2023/06/four-poems-by-jj-campbell.html

i should be on here tomorrow in the afternoon after i take mom to the podiatrist. 

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.

me sentí como un niño otra vez anoche

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:

Europe - The Final Countdown

Living Colour - Cult of Personality

Ayumi Nakamura - Kaze Ni Nare - the King to the World

Hiss Golden Messenger - Nu-Grape

Grace Potter - Good Time

"The true measure of a man is what he would do if he knew he would never be caught." - Lord Kelvin

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

of course, it had to be raining...

 i swear it has been raining for the last 2 days. my arthritis is fucking killing me. good times. i was going to do this blog early today, but i knew there was no way i could get it done before the Manchester United game, so fuck it, wait until it is over. i'm glad i did.

before we get to all of that, your poet of the day for this day of National Poetry Month is Todd Cirillo. i don't think i have been published with Todd before, but i do enjoy his poetry whenever i come across it. he is definitely one of the better ones out there.

https://www.toddcirillo.com/

https://lovebooklet.com/2018/12/20/todd-cirillo/

https://heroinlovesongs.com/2021/03/26/two-poems-by-todd-cirillo/

night 1 of WrestleMania was awesome last night. other than the weather delay to start the show, i thought it went way better than i was expecting. Bad Bunny absolutely stole the night. and i am so fucking happy for Bianca Belair.

ROH was good last night.

Austin City Limits was the Janelle Monae show i mistakenly deleted awhile back.

Saturday Night Live was pretty funny last night.

the Yankees lost yesterday to Tampa, 4-0. i'm hoping they won't get swept today. it isn't looking good, so far.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be The Nevers, Last Week Tonight, VICE, the series finale of Shameless, City on a Hill, Desus & Mero and Batwoman. i'll be watching night 2 of WrestleMania 37 on Peacock for most of the evening.

the New York Rangers play tonight at the Islanders. hopefully, they get another win.

Manchester United came from behind to defeat Tottenham today, 3-1. i only got to see the second half of the match. i am really happy United won.

a big thank you to everyone that has checked out my latest published poem:

https://horrorsleazetrash.com/2021/04/11/j-j-campbell-52/

i missed the first half of the United game because i was watching the Stone Cold interview with Chris Jericho. that was a fun 2 hours for sure.

my package from Topps never arrived yesterday, even though it was supposedly on the truck and to be delivered. hopefully, i'll get it on Monday.

i have no clue when i will be on here tomorrow.

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

until tomorrow kids...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

wear your mask.

get the shot.

al menos sé que tengo un trago esta noche

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:

Anderson East - Tupelo Honey (Live)

Biffy Clyro - Many of Horror (Live)

Mandolin Orange - When She's Feeling Blue (Live)

Hiss Golden Messenger - Jesus Shot Me in the Head (Live)

"Poetry is, first and last, language - the rest is filler." - Mark Strand

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

what a crazy day...

so, i got to bed before 5 this morning, which was a minor miracle. i was hunting for this damn mini Jose Canseco card (1997 Fleer) i knew i had. after looking in 12 different albums, i finally found it. i'm just about ready to start unleashing what i have to sell to the world...

i had to go to three different stores today to get everything on the grocery list. the first two are normal, but i didn't expect Kroger to not have any Zyrtec at all. so, i had to go to the drugstore to get that one. i picked up some baseball cards while i was there. the pack i got had a couple hits in it, but not the card i am hunting for.

Deadliest Catch was really good last night.

Dirty Jobs was pretty funny last night.

Stockton On My Mind was excellent last night. i know so many damn white people that are so afraid of what this documentary shows. an educated black man with such radical ideas of helping people and it fucking works. god forbid. i recommend this one to every ignorant fuck in this world.

both Ohio teams lost last night in the MLS. both lost in the penalty kick shootout at the end of the game. both teams had the chance to win. like a punch to the nuts.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Vice News Tonight, NXT and AEW.

the Yankees play tonight in Baltimore. hopefully, they will get a victory. and not sick.

the New York Rangers play tonight in Toronto against the fucking Islanders. this is their warm up game before their playoffs begin against Carolina on August 1st.

i have no damn clue when i will be on here tomorrow.

i need to get some poems written as i haven't written shit this month. my head is swimming with some ideas.

until tomorrow kids...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

wear your mask.

y habla cada vez que tengas la oportunidad

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:

Arlo McKinley - The Solo Sessions
Mayer Hawthorne - Rare Changes
Ani DiFranco - Skinny Love (Live)
Hiss Golden Messenger - Jesus Shot Me in the Head (Live)

"Writing a book of poetry is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo." - Don Marquis

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

so i decided to do the shopping one day early...

i thought it would be less crowded at the stores. of course, i guess everyone else had the same damn thought. thankfully, i did find everything that mom had on the list for the most part.

i did take a shower yesterday and i felt a little better. of course, i then checked my email and had 3 poems rejected. Corey at Red Eft Review said that one of the poems came really close... too bad this isn't fucking horseshoes... oh well.

here is your video for this day of National Poetry Month:

and here are a couple of links to poems you should be reading:
http://www.yourdailypoem.com/listpoem.jsp?poem_id=1898
http://trailerparkquarterly.com/volume-2/karl-koweski/

The Masked Singer was good last night.

NXT was really good last night.

AEW was excellent last night.

we had some really strong storms roll through here last night. i was amazed the power never went out and neither did the satellite.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Will & Grace, Indebted, Vice News Tonight, Better Things, Cake, Total Bellas, Desus & Mero and two episodes of Shelter in Place w/Shane Smith. i did watch NXT UK this afternoon. it was a look back on the past 3 years of matches. i'm assuming they never got the chance to film a ton of matches ahead of time to have new material during this lockdown.

i watched this woman try to pull a scam today at the grocery store. it was painfully obvious that she didn't know how to do it correctly. she was walking around looking for her cart and told one of the bag boys that it was right here and then wanted to see a manager. well, the manager happened to be the cashier of the checkout lane i was in. she looked at the woman's receipt and said this isn't even a Kroger receipt. i knew right then and there what trick she was trying to pull. i'm not sure why you would try to pass a Family Dollar receipt as one from Kroger, or why you would ask to speak to a manager when all you were trying to do was get some free food.

as i will say a million times, this is why i will probably never move from this state. the poems just write themselves.

i went to bed around 2 last night. i felt fucking refreshed when i woke up. i looked at the clock and it said 4:10. fuck me. i'm not sure why i even bother anymore.

i believe my sister is coming down on Easter Sunday. i got a nice ham for that dinner. she's happy since she thinks she will be taking some home with her.

i have no damn clue when i will be on here tomorrow. i'd love to say i'm going to sleep in and lounge around, etc. etc. but anyone who knows me knows that's not going to fucking happen.

until tomorrow kids...

¿mencioné que hay una posibilidad de nieve esta noche?

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:

John Prine - When I Get To Heaven
Travis Meadows - Pray for Jungleland
Hiss Golden Messenger - Lost Out in the Darkness (Live)
Youth Lagoon - Ghost To Me (Live)

"Always be a poet, even in prose." - Charles Baudelaire

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

at least the sun is out...

i know i said i was going to do a new SoundCloud recording today. sometimes life just gets in the fucking way of my creativity. that being said, since insomnia is running my life at the moment, expect something in the middle of the fucking night.

here is your video for this day of National Poetry Month:

and here are a couple links to poems you should be reading:
https://redeftreview.blogspot.com/2020/04/havahart-by-michael-estabrook.html
https://ryethewhiskeyreview.blogspot.com/2020/04/quarantined-by-todd-cirillo.html

The Masked Singer was pretty good last night. i have known who the white tiger has been since the first episode of the season.

NXT was really good last night, especially the main event.

AEW was really good last night as well.

i did watch NXT UK this afternoon. it was really good.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Young Sheldon, Total Bellas, Cake, Better Things, Indebted, Desus & Mero and Vice News Tonight.

i'm not really looking forward to grocery shopping tomorrow. the weather is supposed to be pretty nice, which probably means more people than there should be will be out tomorrow. and i'm sure by the time i get to the store, the elderly will have ransacked the fucking place.

i've got 3 checks i need to write tonight to pay down some credit card bills and i know i need to get some writing done and some recording done.

so yeah, that's all for me kids.

i hope everyone is doing well and is staying as healthy as possible.

until tomorrow...

bienvenido a tu nueva normalidad

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:

The Marcus King Band - Rita Is Gone (Live)
Amos Lee - Baby I Want You (Live)
Fantastic Negrito - An Honest Man (Live)
Hiss Golden Messenger - Jesus Shot Me in the Head (Live)

"We will have a total chaos without books, literature, and library." - Anne Waldman

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