another piece of the past is gone

so mom and i drove past the old farm today. the bank barn was completely gone and just the frame of the hog barn was up. mom later drove back there by herself as she wants a couple rocks from the foundation of the bank barn to put out here at the new house. mom said she believes they tore them down just to have more farm land. i told her it's a damn good thing she didn't put a ton of money into fixing them over the years.

that trip coincided with going over to the guy who used to farm for us and signing paperwork for 2014 about the farm. hopefully we get a little money back from that. but, it involves the government, so i'm not expecting shit.

got another call from the state of Ohio asking if i am the one in charge of handling my father's estate. my sister got a call as well. i believe she told them that his "wife" died on July 4th. apparently, they didn't know that. i still have no clue if they were legally married or if my father had a new will. amazingly, mom has a copy of one from 1980 that he did. i'm starting to get the feeling that that one is going to be the one used. of course, i still believe i end up with a bill out of all of this. that's part of the reason why i have nothing in my name at the moment.

time for some music kids:

Monday Night Raw was pretty good last night. the tribute to Roddy Piper was perfect:

the matches were pretty good for the entire show. the divas matches were pretty good. i especially liked the match between Neville and Seth Rollins. plus, anytime you have Paul Heyman on a microphone, it's like listening to god speak:

now, let's enjoy some funny shit:

tonight will be a busy one. the New York Yankees start a series at home with the last place Red Sox. on the DVR will be Deadliest Catch, WWE Tough Enough, Total Divas and Tyrant. hopefully i'll be enjoying a victory beer while watching the shows.

heard from a couple friends today. that was pretty cool.

sorry to cut this short, but i have trash to pick up and i get the feeling that i'm making dinner tonight. frozen pizza, here i come.

hope this finds everyone with a cool drink or a bong in their hands.

i think i got a sunburn today while i was fucking withe the bird feeders. hopefully that isn't too bad. not sure what visual you got from those last two sentences, but run with it and see where it gets ya.

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 Crystal Method - Busy Child
Tom Waits - Goin' Out West (Live)
Lindsey Stirling - Crystallize (Live)
Empire of the Sun - Alive
Caribou - Can't Do Without You

"Poetry is a sword of lightning, ever unsheathed, which consumes the scabbard that would contain it." - Percy Bysshe Shelley

and your pro wrestling video of the day:

swimming in the river of nostalgia

so i survived yesterday much better than i expected. it was kind of funny how people were shocked to see me. most of the people i hadn't seen since graduation, some 19 years ago. i came close to actually having fun. might have even sold a book or two and got this blog a little more exposure. but, it wouldn't be my life if there wasn't something negative to balance all the positive out. as i was leaving the stadium, i started to feel a bit queasy. i decided to head back to the farm instead of going to BW3 with the rest of the gang as i didn't want another one of these situations:
http://www.zygoteinmycoffee.com/100s/issue117socialanxiety.html

by staying in i did get to see the Yankees actually play a decent game. Nova pitched great AGAIN, the Grandy man shook off some more rust, and the hammer of god got another save. a nice 3-0 win. hopefully they can win today and get the series. Hughes is on the mound, so i hope the offense feels like scoring today.

ROH last night was really good. just love to see an organization give a spotlight to good tag team wrestling. as a child that grew up on The Rock n Roll Express, Midnight Express, The Road Warriors, The Fabulous Freebirds, and The Rockers, i definitely don't mind seeing great tag teams wrestle. it's sadly a lost art. i enjoyed the episode enough to watch it again today at noon.

i figure i will bounce around some sports this afternoon. a little golf, NASCAR, some baseball, maybe some soccer, all while the house is airing out. always nice when the windows can be open during the dog days of summer.

tonight will be my usual Sunday night viewing of Big Brother, The Newsroom, Ray Donovan, and Total Divas. of course, with shark week starting up, i may flip in some of that as well.

after i mow the grass tomorrow i'm planning on going through some poems and getting a couple submissions out this week.

hope everyone is well. to those of you checking out this blog for the first time, welcome. hope you enjoy. feel free to leave a comment or email me what you think of it. it truly was very nice seeing some people that i have some really fond memories of yesterday.

of course, i got a phone call from my sister this morning bitching about the facebook shit storm i caused with my appearance yesterday. she was getting phone calls at 8 this morning wondering if that was me in some pictures posted. that really made me laugh.

until we meet again...

music:

Jason Isbell - Southeastern
The Dirty Guv'nahs - Somewhere Beneath These Southern Skies
Niki & The Dove - Instinct

"When my cats aren't happy, I'm not happy. Not because I care about their mood but because I know they're just sitting there thinking up ways to get even." - Percy Bysshe Shelley