a day of beautiful sunshine spent indoors

i have been swimming in the seas of poetry for the last few hours. here are your links for national poetry month:

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/4/24/harvard-write-poetry/
http://www.nashvillescene.com/countrylife/archives/2014/04/24/celebrate-poetry-month-tonight-with-poetry-bomb-and-poets-corner
http://www.stlamerican.com/entertainment/living_it/article_a1f58238-cb57-11e3-836b-001a4bcf887a.html

one of the places i sent some poems to a few weeks ago, The Blind Vigil Revue, closed up shop. so, i knew i had to find the five poems i had sitting there a new home. so, i've been busting my ass this afternoon and i think i have a plan for tomorrow. but, given the way i do shit, instead of just sending out the 5 poems in question, i'll also have 12 more i'll be sending out. more details on that tomorrow as i've got plenty of typing ahead of me.

i did watch the Yankees game last night, or at least the interesting parts. not sure what Pineda was thinking with the pine tar on the neck. he got suspended 10 games for that. the Yankees lost 5-1 and had to blow up their bullpen in the process. and with CC pitching tonight, it's a good thing they got some fresh arms up for tonight. they will most likely need them.

other than that last night, it was a matter of flipping between playoff hockey and basketball games. i did get to see a few overtime goals. those are always fun.

i did catch Legit and Ali G. last night. Legit was one of the funniest fucking things i have seen this year. to see Carrie Fisher say lick my pussy was a laugh out loud holy shit moment.

and it hit me last night that i completely forgot about Fargo on FX on Tuesday night. fuck. not sure how i'm going to catch up. of course, my Tuesday is fucking booked solid now. that might be something i wait until we move and just binge watch the season when we get better high speed internet.

tonight will be some sports and a new episode of The Big Bang Theory. i think SNL has some special on tonight as well i'll probably end up watching. unless the Yankees are somehow winning.

got some more of the shit i ordered from amazon.com today. i love how i asked for it to be the least number of packages possible and my shit is coming in 6 different packages. just fucking lovely.

but, i did get some music today. that will be below.

my mother has had a headache for the last few days. i'd like to think that it's because of the swelling from the surgery, but i don't think it is. i believe it is more stress related. i told her it would be much easier if she could smoke pot and allow her brain to escape. sadly, she's allergic, or at least that is what she claims. probably more of the goody two shoes coming out.

that's all for me today kids. i've got a shower to take and a shitload of typing to do. i may pull a late one and get most of it done tonight after midnight.

be well my enemies. peace and chicken grease...

music:

The Afghan Whigs - Do to the Beast
Johnny Cash - Out Among The Stars
Disturbed - The Lost Children
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin

"I want women to be liberated and still be able to have a nice ass and shake it." - Shirley MacLaine

April showers brings April mud...

first off today, 2 links for your national poetry month goodies:

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2014/04/03/national-poetry-month/7159929/

http://nhpr.org/post/dark-where-poem-wins-poetry-chris-locke

i sent out 10 poems today, 5 each to My Favorite Bullet and The Blind Vigil Revue. when i hear back from these places i'll pass along the verdicts.

another painful day on the farm with all this fucking rain and wind, let alone another injury to my fantasy hockey team.

the New York Rangers lost in a shootout last night after they tried to sit on a 2-1 lead in the 3rd period last night. at least they are one point closer to the playoffs now. hopefully Washington loses in regulation tonight and the rest of the season can be about getting healthy.

the New York Yankees FINALLY won last night, 4-2. was happy to see the 26 year old rookie (Solarte) come through huge with his first start. hopefully Joe is smart enough to keep playing him. tonight they are in Toronto. the first MLB start for Masahiro Tanaka. given the media attention on this one, if this kid throws a gem i will be overfuckingjoyed. he's been the real deal so far.

The Big Bang Theory was pretty damn funny last night.

i'm going to try to remember to watch Vice tonight as Sunday is going to be a little crazy.

the winds here today have been crazy. the internet has been running slower than shit. that made iTunes a ton of fun this afternoon.

oh well, hope everyone is looking forward to a great weekend. i'll be on here tomorrow after Manchester United plays in the morning. hopefully drinking a victory beer.

as usual, i listened to a shit load of music today given that i spent most of the afternoon typing. enjoy.

peace my enemies...

music:

The Airborne Toxic Event - Sometime Around Midnight
My Morning Jacket - Rocket Man
Jeffrey Gaines - In Your Eyes (Live)
Geto Boys - My Mind Playin Tricks On Me
Angel Haze & Sia - Battle Cry
DJ Shadow & Little Dragon - Scale It Back
Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Mother Love Bone - Chloe Dancer/Crown Of Thorns
Deer Tick - Goodbye, Dear Friend
Heterotic & Vezelay - Rain
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
William Fitzsimmons - Beautiful Girl
Grant Lee Buffalo - Fuzzy
Steve Earle - Colorado Girl
Grouplove - Ways To Go
John Michael Montgomery - Sold (The Grundy County Auction Incident)
Thriving Ivory - Angels On The Moon
Trixie Whitley - Breathe You In My Dreams (Live)
Will Hoge - Woman Be Strong
Pantera - I'm Broken

"I been in the blues all my life. I'm still delivering 'cause I got a long memory." - Muddy Waters

my 5 poems at The Blind Vigil Revue

my poems "only the guilt run out of fear", "avoiding conflict", "the rainbow", "to the other side", and "the invisible muse" have been published at The Blind Vigil Revue. you can find the poems by going here: http://blindvigilrevue.blogspot.com/2014/02/5-poems-by-jj-campbell.html

response from The Blind Vigil Revue

i heard back from Lee over at The Blind Vigil Revue on my poetry submission from 1/2/14. my poems "only the guilty run out of fear", "avoiding conflict", "the rainbow", "to the other side", and "the invisible muse" were accepted for publication. they should be up in a few days.

misery, snow, poems, and other forms of madness

when i woke up this morning, the clock read 4:18 am. i took my glasses back off and said fuck that. i didn't have to be up until 6 am. you guessed it, i woke back up at 7:30 am. needless to say, i wasn't pleased. i quickly flipped over to what i was getting up at 6 to see and got even more pissed.

team USA lost to Russia today 5-3 at the World Juniors. i only got to watch the 3rd period. once again the inability of team USA to stay out of the box was just mind blowing. but, i also have to give Russia credit for making them pay for their mistakes. i'll still watch the tournament but i doubt i'll make sure to be up to watch it live. the ouch part of all this was the player from Russia that really stood out today was a draft pick by the New York Rangers. hopefully he has that same kind of fire and skill when he's wearing a blue jersey.

so after that wonderful start to my day i started to pay attention to the weather. the snow kept steady but the winds kept getting worse and worse. the guy who farms out here plowed the lane. hopefully it will still be passable once the wind and drifting stops. like a dumb ass, i shoveled the sidewalks and put some ice melter out hoping it would make a difference. thankfully, my back felt much better today. i felt it a few times while i was shoveling, but it never felt like it was going to seize up and give out. of course, there is plenty of winter left for that to happen.

so after all that joy, i decided to send out some poems today. might as well do something in 2014 to get my mind off of shit. i sent out 11 poems today, 3 each to The Camel Saloon and Dead Snakes, and 5 to The Blind Vigil Revue. a big thanks to Russell at The Camel Saloon for the heads up about Blind Vigil. when i hear back from these places i will pass along the news here on the blog and all the other sites i whore myself out to.

i made the mistake of looking at the temps for the weekend and early next week. when i saw that one day the high temp is going to be -2, i just laughed. mom wants to bring the cats in and i told her no. we will get to see which ones really want to live now. hopefully the power doesn't go out and the propane is still full. i've got a feeling every damn heater we have in this house will be running.

i'm looking forward to The Big Bang Theory tonight. it's a new episode. other than that, i'll be watching some college sports. probably some NHL games as well.

spent most of last night flipping between college football and Aerial America on the Smithsonian Channel. don't ask. my brain is able to make sense of why i do the shit i do and that's all that matters.

hopefully i'll be able to get out to the post office tomorrow. and maybe tomorrow we'll get a paper as well. thankfully i didn't make the trip down the lane to check. the guy who farms out here was kind enough to do that.

alright, enough of my rambling. i'll be on here tomorrow with more stories about prepping for the great freeze of 2014. be well. peace and chicken grease...

music:

Smashing Pumpkins - Siamese Dream
Zac Brown Band - You Get What You Give
Beastie Boys - The In Sound From Way Out!

"People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do." - Isaac Asimov