there's always time to panic...

i actually did get out and take some pictures yesterday. got a few good ones that i really like. here's a few of them. the rest can be seen in the slideshow on the right hand side of this blog.

i picked the NFL game right last night. my kicker got 4 points, which is much better than what i was fearing was going to happen when it looked like he would get none. i'm trailing in both of my fantasy matches but it could be much worse. Green Bay found their running game last night. that helped me greatly.

mom decided she needed to get out of the house today. so, we decided to go out to lunch to the one sports bars she likes. this would also allow her to test her hearing aid. we started to drive and it started to rain. i haven't driven my mother's SUV in the rain before. so, once i figured out the wipers, i figured all would be well. not so much. we were on the highway, in the construction zone, and all hell broke loose. a thunderstorm out of nowhere was bringing down buckets of rain. i'm trying to get the wipers to move faster and the fucker in front of me decides to slam on his brakes. luckily, i'm not a person who panics. i applied the brakes, slowly, to hopefully not spin out or flip since we were on wet pavement. and just like that, the rain became drizzle. anyone who questions me when i say i'm here for god's amusement is a fool.

lunch went well. i made sure to start drinking so i wouldn't be driving back home. i don't care for the highway, especially when it's always under construction. thankfully, the alcohol helped with my bad back.

tonight will be another clusterfuck for me. the New York Rangers play another preseason game tonight against Chicago. at the same time, there is a wrestling ippv on YouTube that is free tonight that i really want to watch. so, i guess i will be swiveling in the chair from the tv to the computer. good times. and hopefully all that is over in time for me to watch The Knick tonight. i can't wait to see how my back feels after this tonight.

i'm planning on being on here tomorrow morning before Ohio State plays at noon. of course, that all depends on how i'm feeling as it is supposed to get down into the 30's tonight once this cold front moves through. good times.

i hope everyone has a great weekend. remember to only drink and drive if you're good at it and only fuck the ones that cough.

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:

Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy
The Stone Roses - Love Spreads
FIDLAR - Cheap Beer
The Black Angels - Evil Things

"I think anybody who bets on horses and says they win is probably a liar." - Clive Owen

a creative outburst

i was a busy boy last night. i ended up writing 7 poems. i really like a few of them after i typed them up this afternoon. that will give me plenty of bullets to start sending out poems in a few days.

also, broke out the camera today and took some photos:

the rest of them can be seen on my Google+ page and i'll put them in the slide show here on the blog sometime soon.

the New York Rangers won 5-0 last night. a very convincing and satisfying win.

as for the Sunday night shows, Shameless was great. House of Lies was as well. both of them set up nicely for the season finales next week. Vice was awesome as usual. and after nearly forgetting, Total Divas had me laughing once again. and another strong ending to the episode. good stuff.

as for tonight, the usual Monday struggle between The Voice and Monday Night Raw. i've got a feeling YouTube will be used later tonight. also, since baseball is going again, i may squeeze in some of that, especially if i need a nap.

i advanced to the finals of my fantasy hockey tournament. hopefully my team will keep on clicking until the end of the season.

also, my good friend Janne Karlsson sent me some of the comic strips he's coming up with out of the work we did last year. some realy good shit is going to coming out here soon.

that's all for me today. i'll be on here tomorrow sometime after Manchester United plays and before the New York Yankees and New York Rangers take over my Tuesday night.

i listened to a ton of music today (i'm a slow typer) so enjoy my insanity below.

peace and chicken grease...

music:

The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight
The Allman Brothers Band - Whipping Post
The Black Crowes - Oh Josephine
Brett Dennen - Queen of the Westside
Florence & The Machine - Addicted to Love
Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy
Jeffrey Gaines - In Your Eyes (Live)
Muddy Waters - Mannish Boy
My Morning Jacket - Rocket Man
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
Radiohead - Fake Plastic Trees
Social Distortion - Bakersfield
Thriving Ivory - Angels on the Moon
U2 - Bad (Live)
William Fitzsimmons - Beautiful Girl
Lonesome River Band - Perfume, Powder & Lead

"I just go where the guitar takes me." - Angus Young

when you don't sleep it all becomes a nightmare

i might have got 3 hours of sleep last night. so i spent all morning taking little cat naps trying to catch up. during one of those naps, the phone rings. it's the mechanic and my truck is finally ready. so, that set forth a manic plan to get the paper, mail, hit the bank for a post birthday deposit, get my truck, get gas, and hopefully get back in time to watch Manchester United this afternoon.

when we hit the mechanic's place up, i knew i was going to miss most of the first half of United. but, i really didn't mind. the truck is like brand fucking new. new tires, a major tune up, oil change, fixed the shitty steering and holy shit, thing rides like a dream. well, a dream built in 1992. but, it should last me for a few more years.

got back home in time to see that United had scored. then like the assholes they are, they tried to sit on the lead for the next 90 minutes. all they had to do was score another one in regulation and the game would have been over. but no. so, on to extra time where United's goalie makes a horrific mistake with only 1 minute left. thankfully, Chicharito scores in the final seconds to send the game to penalty kicks. for some fucking reason Moyes sends up 3 defensive players out of the 5 to take kicks. as any child could figure out by now, United loses and is eliminated from the Capital One Cup. this season is beyond a fucking nightmare now. they could buy the entire Spanish national team this transfer window and it wouldn't help. LOST FUCKING CAUSE.

on top of that misery, the New York Rangers decided to shit all over my birthday last night by blowing a 2 goal lead to the fucking Islanders, losing 5-3. fuck me. thankfully, they traded the massive fucking headache Michael Del Zotto to Nashville today for the steady and signed for the next 4 years Kevin Klein. i like the trade, mostly because it gets rid of wasting talent. they play the Blues tomorrow night. another tough one.

i will not be going to the Dayton Flyers game tonight against VCU. 1) it starts in 15 minutes. 2) the weather is supposed to take a shitty turn tonight and we take nothing but back roads there. no thank you. especially not when all the towns around here have already said they are low on salt and are only going to treat the main roads. joy.

but, today was not all gloom and doom. i got off my lazy ass and got my new camera figured out. it's a Nikon CoolPix S3500. here are 3 of the 11 pictures i took today.

i will load the rest of them in the slideshow on the right hand side of this blog sometime soon (they are in the slideshow now). you can always see the rest of them on my Google+ page.

after the Dayton game tonight, i'll be watching Duck Dynasty and one of my favorite shows, American Horror Story.

lastly, i want to thank the New York Yankees for my birthday gift, although it was a day late. the 7 year, $155 million dollar contract to Masahiro Tanaka. thank you. now go win some fucking games.

hope everyone is well. my mother got me some stronger sleeping medicine, so my fingers are crossed that tomorrow i won't be whining about the bags under my eyes. peace and chicken grease.

music:

Metallica - Death Magnetic

"A picture is a poem without words." - Horace

winter wonderland

it snowed all night here. a very light, wet snow. probably no more than 2 inches so far. when i went out to feed the cats this morning, i did manage to take some pictures. here are a couple of my favorites:

the rest of the pictures can be seen in the slideshow on the right hand side of this blog. they also have been posted on Google+.

i now know i will not be going to the Dayton Flyers game this evening. mom's check engine light came on last night. this was just a few hours after she got it back from the mechanic. i've got a funny feeling that we're going to have to replace 2 vehicles here soon. good times.

so, the rest of my day will be watching sports, and probably doing some shit i would normally do on Sunday morning today (trash, dishes, etc.). i know Saturday Night Live is new tonight. and there should be another good episode of ROH as well.

i will probably be back on here sometime before Manchester United plays tomorrow morning.considering it is a fantasy football playoffs Sunday, i'm sure my anxiety will have me awake around 6 in the morning.

hope you enjoy the pictures. be well, stay warm, drink one for me.

music:

Youth Lagoon - The Year of Hibernation
The Chemical Brothers - Dig Your Own Hole

"Nothing ever quite dies, it just comes back in a different form." - Lester Bangs

too good to be true

so the other day my artist friend from Sweden said that he missed my rants on Frontier Communications. i laughed and said they hadn't fucked up here lately but i was sure they would show their true colors around the holiday shopping season. funny, just 2 days later and the internet was out for almost 9 FUCKING hours today. it just came on a little but ago. i guess it was out all over the area as it was out in town as well. around 8 tonight i asked mom if she thought anyone actually told Frontier that it was out to begin with. she laughed and called just in case. thankfully it's back on tonight.

so, to waste time today i've had a couple glasses of wine, carried some shit in for my sister (she's down for the weekend), watched a little college hockey and listened to some music. right before the internet went down i posted some pictures i took today. 24 of them to be exact. my sister joked that i crashed the internet myself. who knows, she could be right. here are my favorites from today. the rest of them can be seen on my Google+ page or in the slideshow on the right hand side of this blog. enjoy.

The Big Bang Theory last night was fucking hilarious. i love the writing on that show.

my kicker paid off for me last night in fantasy football. i'm up by 12 points in both matches.

i also wrote a poem today that had been swimming in my head for almost a week. hopefully that opens the floodgates.

big sports weekend kicks off tomorrow. Manchester United in the morning. Ohio State in the afternoon, which i will miss most of because i will be at the Red and Blue game for the University of Dayton basketball program. i can't wait to see how the new players look.

not sure when i will actually blog tomorrow. i'm guessing in the evening. hopefully it will be after a few victory beers.

hope everyone has a great weekend. and hopefully your internet service provider is better than the piece of shit service provider i have.

music:

Stone Temple Pilots - Core
John Mayer Trio - Try! Live in Concert
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes
N.W.A. - Straight Outta Compton
Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily

"I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours." - Hunter S. Thompson

so much for the much needed relief

i went out this morning to feed the animals and take out the trash and within 2 minutes i was sweating up a storm. and today is the cool day as the next 5 days are all supposed to be in the 90's. great.

the Yankees disappearing offense made an appearance yesterday as did 3 Phil Hughes mistakes that ended up in the seats as the Yankees lost 4-1. the last game before the all star break is coming up in a few minutes. i really couldn't give a shit at the moment what happens today with them.

thankfully, team USA had a better day yesterday, beating Cuba 4-1. they played great in the second half and have now qualified for the quarterfinals in the Gold Cup. next match is on Tuesday against Costa Rica. winner wins the group.

after that game, my mother decided she wanted to go out for an early dinner. we went to a place we hadn't been to in awhile. pretty decent and happy hour was still going on. so i was drinking on the cheap. she certainly didn't mind that.

got back from that and i went through some old shit that was in a closet mom was cleaning out. i am a notorious asshole who doesn't throw shit away. especially like envelopes and responses from places i have sent poems to or from bands that have sent me music from back when i did reviews. so, in the pile of all that was some emails from 1999. from a former girlfriend at the time. who would later be known as the only woman i have ever given serious thought to marrying and having kids with or the woman that still owes me $2,000. talk about a mind fuck with those.

it didn't lead to any poems as i have written about her so much over the years, but i'm sure eventually i'll squeeze a few out. i did fall asleep last night while watching ROH. nothing against the product, i was just spent. woke up at like 2 am, hopped online, checked some emails, saw the verdict in the case in Florida and that the guy from Glee had died. i imagine there's a poem in there somewhere.

tonight i'll watch a little Big Brother, The Newsroom, and Ray Donovan. hopefully while enjoying a victory beer. underneath a fan. cool.

i did manage to take a few pictures while i was out this morning. below are my 3 favorites. the other 6 can be seen on my Google+ page.

i do hope everyone is having a good weekend. and hopefully the weather isn't a form of hell where you are at.

music today:

John Prine - In Person & On Stage
Guy Clark - Songs and Stories

"I love mankind; it's people I can't stand." - Charles M. Schulz

knee high by the 4th of July

i figured i would try to write this post before all the rain came. i actually got out this morning and took some pictures. below are 3 of the 15 i took. the rest can be seen on my Google+ page.

the Yankees got another win last night, 3-2. that was the 200th win of CC's career. they go for the sweep this afternoon. hopefully they can stay hot for a change.

my mother and sister are on their way to their vacation in the south. i really hope they don't encounter too much rain or shitty driving conditions. so, i'm home alone for the next 6 days or so. 20 years ago i would have been pumped. now, it's more of oh well, i can play the music a little louder i guess. i do believe i will whip out the watercolors sometime soon. i haven't done any of those in quite some time.

got my 2nd load of laundry going. wouldn't mind getting that all done before the rain comes either.

Big Brother didn't disappoint last night. the look of shock on the faces of some of the women after the first elimination was hilarious. conveniently, the shocked ones are now in power after the new head of household competition. that should make it really fun, especially if the secret guy group stays safe. so far so good for one of my few guilty pleasures.

not exactly sure what i'll be watching tonight. i think there might be some live music on one of the channels. chances are i'll be checking that out for most of the night. i might watch some fireworks, might not. the fascination of my inner child has been stomped out. most likely in my early 30's. right around the time i should have died.

these rainy days are getting to me.

i hope everyone has a great 4th of July. the corn is knee high here, so things are looking good.

music today:

Fitz And The Tantrums - More Than Just A Dream
Shooter Jennings - Put The O Back In Country

"I haven't always done a good job, and I haven't always been successful - but I know that I have tried." - George Steinbrenner

which way would you like your coup?

sort of been watching the news most of the day. not that the goings on in Egypt interest me much, i'm just the kind of asshole that wants to know what's going on at all times. my brain refuses to not be working 24/7.

i looked at myself in the mirror this morning and laughed. my right arm is sunburned and my left is not. i guess i'll have to do some driving in the next few days to even them out.

the weather forecast isn't looking great for the 4th of July. looks like almost a full day of rain. personally, i couldn't give a shit as i'm not much of a fireworks guy or a holiday guy for the most part. my worry comes that my mother and sister will be driving in that rain.

i'm hoping to get some pictures of some new flowers out here on the farm before all this rain hits. if i get them later today i'll try to post them tomorrow.

i guess the Minnesota Twins are exactly what the Yankees needed. another win last night, 7-3. too bad they can't play them all the time. hopefully CC pitches well tonight and the Yankees can win the series. of course, winning 3 games in a row might be too much to ask of these guys.

i must have really gotten too much sun yesterday. my stomach is now upset and i've got the shits. my apologies for that little bit of vomit that is now in your mouth after reading that last sentence and failing to fight off the visual.

another great episode of Deadliest Catch last night. would have loved to seen the look on that greenhorn's face when he opened his bag and found the octopus inside of it. he got what he deserved though.

i'm really looking forward to the first elimination on Big Brother tonight. although it isn't what i wish they would do, if chaos ensues after the "surprise" elimination, i'll be ok with it. Big Brother After Dark has really disappointed me now. being censored was bad enough. now, to be showing commercials as well... count me out. i'll just have to make part of my morning routine going to the sites to read about what happened in the house the previous night.

hopefully i will feel better by tomorrow. of course, if we get all that rain, my back will be in misery.

until tomorrow...

music today:

Sia - Some People Have Real Problems
Blakroc - Blakroc
Pearl Jam - Yield
Nine Inch Nails - And All That Could Have Been (Deluxe Edition)

"A book must be the ax for the frozen sea within us." - Franz Kafka

now it feels like spring

the sun is out, flowers are coming up, caught a skunk eating the cat food, and saw my cat Rita Dove lying on her side in the igloo in one of the stalls. got a little closer and realized she was nursing what looked like 3 kittens that she must have had in the last few days. just great.

i tried to get a picture of the groundhog that lives out here on the farm but the fucker was already gone by the time i got the camera out. but, since i had it out, i figured i might as well take some pictures. below are 2 of the 10 i took. the rest can be seen on my Google+ page.

the only reason i watched the NFL Draft last night was to see how the Manti T'eo bet would play out on the Dan Patrick Show. other than that, it was boring beyond belief.

the New York Yankees had a nice 5-3 come from behind win last night. always nice to win when you start off in a 3-0 hole. home runs from Wells, Cervelli, and Cano do the trick. hopefully this home stand can get them in a groove and right into a better May.

the New York Rangers got off to a great start last night. then pissed it all away. then tied the game late. and then Captain Cally does what every great captain should do. score the winning goal in overtime to clinch a playoff spot. highlights below:

the poet of the day on my Google+ page is Melanie Browne. i have always enjoyed her work when i have come across it. a quick Google search should yield you a few links to her work that are different from the ones on my page.

hope everyone has a great weekend.

music today:

Foo Fighters - Wasting Light
Ivan & Alyosha - The Cabin Sessions
Jamey Johnson - That Lonesome Song

"What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us." - Helen Keller

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/26/showbiz/music/obit-george-jones/index.html

a cold spring morning

nothing like starting a spring morning off with a freeze warning.

glad to see the manhunt in Boston is over. and i was really happy to see that it ended in time for me to catch a good bit of the Yankees and Rangers games last night.

the Yankees got some strong starting pitching once again and got the long ball from a few players as well. a nice 9-4 win to start the series with Toronto. they have a day game here in a little bit, hence why i'm writing this post now.

the New York Rangers won another MUST win game last night, 8-4. they were up 6-0 at one point. very nice to have a laugher at this point of the season. another MUST WIN game tomorrow against the Devils. here are some highlights from last night.

the poet of the day on my Google+ page is my friend Mather Schneider. i really enjoy Mather's work. we have been published together since back in the 90's amazingly enough. you can find some of his best work here: http://www.myfavoritebullet.com/PPschneider.html

i got out the camera this morning and took some pictures out here on the farm. below are 2 of the 11 i took. the others can be found at my Google+ page.

i hope everyone has a great weekend. until tomorrow...

music today:

Jimi Hendrix - Band of Gypsys

"You have to believe in yourself" - Sun Tzu

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here's what happens when boredom meets the sun

or i could have titled this what happens when you watch another basketball pick blow up in your face.

say hello to more pictures

my cat Irvine Welsh trying to hide from me

my cat Phantom of the Opera in the window of one of the barns

another picture of my cat Kit Kat, i think she is winking at me

a few random views from around the farm

prepared for the snow, cartoon style

a typewriter

and finally, Glory Glory Manchester United

i might need that hat when the snow comes. hope you enjoy the pictures. i believe i am done for the day.

picture day

the sun was out and i was bored, so i got out the camera and went outside. below are the results.

hope you enjoyed. other than the wind, it was pretty nice outside. hopefully i will take some more shots in the coming months.

music today:

Rage Against The Machine - Renegades

"As you grow older, you learn to understand life a little better." - Solomon Burke