i woke up to the phone ringing this morning. it was 8:45. i believe i finally fell asleep around 3 in the morning. so, on the bright side, i did get more than 5 hours of sleep for a change.
the basketball games yesterday were not good. Florida Gulf Coast destroyed Fairleigh Dickinson 96-65. honestly, the game never felt it was even that close. in the second game, Wichita State started the second half out on fire and eventually buried Vanderbilt 70-50. the section i was sitting in was next to the Vanderbilt fans. talk about a bunch of sad rich kids by the end of the night. i think i might have smiled for the first time in weeks.
tonight could be more of the same. Southern plays Holy Cross and Tulsa plays Michigan. all i really hope for is 2 games that are a little more competitive.
after we got out of the arena, it was after midnight. we went to Waffle House and then got some gas. it was well after 1 in the morning when we got back home.
instead of going right to bed, i actually checked my emails and caught up on some shows. i had 112 emails, so it's a good thing i did.
Total Divas was its usual hot mess. The Voice was pretty good. the person i follow on Google+ made it through, so i was happy about that.
i had to take mom to another physical therapy appointment this morning. why she didn't change this from a day we had games on is beyond me. after that, i had to take her into work to get some things done. i get a feeling this is going to be my life for as long as she continues to work. well, at least i wrote 6 poems while waiting for her at the physical therapy place. i'll type those up sometime this week i suppose.
enjoy some music kids:
and now some of this and that:
on the DVR tonight will be Lucha Underground. i'll watch NXT on WWE Network sometime after i get back home.
the New York Rangers start a west coast trip tonight at Anaheim. they really need to start winning some games if they want home ice in the playoffs. the west coast wouldn't be my choice to start that streak, but they don't have a choice. hopefully i will get to see the last few minutes of a win when i get home from Waffle House tonight. lord knows, i could use a victory beer.
i will probably be on here tomorrow sometime after Manchester United plays Liverpool. i will most likely be in a shitty mood, either for my tournament bracket already having some losses or United has been knocked out of the Europa League. good times.
that's all for me kids. i hope this finds everyone doing something or someone fun.
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:
Thunderbitch - Closer
Justin Townes Earle - Midnight At the Movies
Butthole Surfers - Pepper
"While playing golf today I hit two good balls. I stepped on a rake." - Henny Youngman
and your whatever the fuck i wanted you to see video of the day:
2015 will be remembered by me as the year my biggest obstacle to actually enjoying life finally left this earth. my father, his demons, and every little nugget of hate he poured into me finally had the chance to be erased from my brain when he died in late April. now i'm pretty sure it will take the rest of my life to un-fuck him from my brain, but at least the possibility of hope now exists. of course, i still haven't been to the graveside yet, so i'm not 100% sure that fucker is in the ground. and since the calls have stopped asking me to pay his bills, i am 100% sure that he left me absolutely nothing, if he even had a will. maybe when i turn 40 i'll have an exorcism and see if suddenly my life will turn around. it surely wouldn't hurt anything.
i will also remember 2015 as the year i left the farm i so dearly loved to move next door to the parents of the cousin that molested me. my mother did apologize to me the other day in a peculiar kind of way for never doing anything when i told her about what happened. of course, she did it while telling me that my sister is worried i'm going to kill her one day because she didn't do anything. i wasn't sure if i should take that as a compliment that my sister thinks i'm capable or be insulted that she thinks it's even possible. i would kill myself before i would kill any of my family, except maybe for a certain person or two.
and lastly, 2015 will be remembered as the year my writing and this blog took, what i would like to believe, is a giant leap forward. while i haven't been as prolific with my writing as in previous years, i do believe my writing is better. i attribute that to doing this everyday. it not only keeps my brain active, it also flushes out other things that eventually end up in poems. feel free to use the contact form to tell me otherwise.
now, onto the crazy happenings from last night...
when the Dayton Flyers were up by over 20 points early last night, i reminded myself that there is no fucking chance it's going to be this easy. when Arkansas was leading in the second half, i figured that Dayton would come back. when Dayton forgot to foul when up by 3 points with 4 seconds left and Arkansas hit the 3 to send the game to overtime, i was pretty sure Dayton was going to fucking lose this game. when Arkansas was up by 4 in OT, i was really worried. when Dayton kept missing foul shots after somehow getting the lead back, i was hoping they wouldn't piss away another lead. thankfully, they didn't. Dayton won 85-81 in OT. that was coach Archie Miller's 100th win at the school. Dayton is now 10-2 and start the A10 schedule this Saturday at Duquesne.
so while at Waffle House after the game, and this pretty much sums up my life, we were getting ready to leave and this stunning looking woman walked in. now stunning from where i live is someone who's probably a 6 or 7 in the regular world. i kept trying to make eye contact, but it never happened. i really need to get a damn vehicle so i can actually go places by myself again. rather, i need mom to get herself a new vehicle so i can have the one she has now.
we didn't get home until after midnight. i turned on the NHL Network to check out the New York Rangers highlights. much to my surprise, they beat Tampa last night 5-2. i was really, REALLY happy about that.
sick hands from Dom on that winning goal from last night.
i woke up this morning in plenty of time to catch team USA beat Denmark 4-1 in the World Juniors over in Finland. the New York Rangers goalie prospect Brandon Halverson started the game and was really solid in net. the boys finished in second place in the group. they will play the Czech Republic on Jan. 2nd. they have to win that game to advance to have the chance to bring home a medal.
enjoy some music kids:
and now some of this and that:
the rest of today is going to be about football and drinking. i have a few victory beers to catch up on and the college football playoff is today. i have no clue who is going to win the national championship this year. since Ohio State isn't playing for it, i really don't care.
tomorrow is going to be a busy one as well. Ohio State plays Notre Dame in the Fiesta Bowl.
the Winter Classic is also tomorrow, as the Boston Bruins take on the Montreal Canadiens outdoors in Boston. i always try to catch some of that.
so i imagine i'll be on here sometime tomorrow, maybe in the early evening. i always try to do some writing as well on the first day of a new year. of course, that usually happens in the early morning hours while drunk, so i might have an update for you by waiting to the evening to blog.
i hope everyone has a great night. if you have already celebrated 2016 coming in, i hope you are safe and happy. if you are planning on going out tonight to party, be safe, call if you need bail money. and if you are like me and have no one to celebrate the ball dropping with a kiss, grab a bottle of lotion and remember the time you were in a car in a public park at 6 in the morning with one of the most beautiful women that would ever talk back to you. that has worked for me for the last 18 years.
most of all, enjoy another year gone. soon we'll all be dead. might as well live it up while we're here.
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: (my top 5 songs of the year)
The Struts - Could Have Been Me
Lucero - I Woke Up In New Orleans
Thunderbitch - Closer
Dawes - All Your Favorite Bands
Lana Del Rey - High By the Beach
"Creativity takes courage." - Henri Matisse
and your whatever the fuck i want you to see video of the day:
we didn't get any snow last night, but it was in the mid 20's when i woke up this morning. i figured i better put on some pants to go out and get the paper this morning. usually i just go out in shorts. i also filled the bird feeders as i figured those clueless creatures will probably be hungry in the cold.
the New York Rangers played a crazy game last night. every time the Rangers got a lead, the Panthers would come right back and score. when the Rangers got a 2 goal lead in the 3rd period, i thought finally, they would put the game away. i was completely wrong as the Panthers scored 2 goals late to send the game into OT. thankfully, Rick Nash finally came alive and got his hat trick in OT for a 5-4 Rangers win. i saved that victory beer for today.
Saturday Night Live was really good last night. Adele was pretty amazing as well.
ROH was great as well. the match between Jay Lethal and Roderick Strong showed exactly why ROH is one of the better wrestling companies on earth.
enjoy some music kids:
and now some of this and that:
on the DVR tonight will be Homeland, The Affair and Last Week Tonight. i will be watching Survivor Series on WWE Network.
after the Thursday NFL game, i'm an even bigger underdog in my 3 fantasy matches today than before. so with the New Orleans Saints on a bye this week, i may just end up watching soccer today.
hopefully, i also catch up on some sleep today.
that's all for me kids. i believe breakfast is getting ready to end up in the toilet. good times.
i hope you have a great Sunday.
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 Black Crowes - Cursed Diamond
Josh Thompson - Way Out Here
Thunderbitch - Closer
"My psychiatrist told me I was crazy and I said I want a second opinion. He said okay, you're ugly too." - Rodney Dangerfield
and your whatever the fuck i want you to see video of the day:
so today was the day for my mom to deliver me some news about her health. she had a doctor's appointment today and they don't know what the fuck she has. could be irritable bowel, could be lupus, could be who the fuck knows. i will be driving her to all her tests and appointments she has coming up. good times.
i'm sleeping even worse than i was before now. i felt a hand on me last night. i woke up and i was alone in the room. i felt it on my shoulder. today is a day i wish it was around my neck.
i'm not stressing about my doctor's appointment yet. but i do understand that things come in threes.
American Horror Story was excellent last night. Angela Bassett still does it for me. she looks amazing. and the back story of the cross dresser was fucking great. such a great show. You're The Worst was bizarre and fucking brilliant last night. i really do love how they are handling depression on the show.
NXT was saved by the main event last night. the show was just sort of blah but the main event sets up a ton of directions they could go in.
enjoy some music kids:
and now some of this and that:
on the DVR tonight will be The Big Bang Theory and Life in Pieces. i will also have to pay attention to the battle of Ohio tonight as i have players on the Bengals and Browns on my fantasy teams.
i got a decent afternoon nap in today. what always works for me is put on a soccer game with two teams i don't give a shit about and within 20 minutes, i'm out.
had a why i hate living in a neighborhood moment this morning. while mom was out at her appointment, the doorbell rang around 10 AM. i looked out and saw an old man at the door. i laughed and said this is like living at the farm. they were from Indiana and had brought food for our neighbors and they weren't home. some of the food had to go in the refrigerator. i said sure, i could take it. when mom got home, i told her and asked if she had noticed if the neighbors were home. that's the one joy of spending most of my time in the back of the house. we took over the food and of course were invited in and asked to sit and talk. this is why i would love a basement. i'd never come up. mom did all the talking and we got out of there after a few minutes. i suppose the one good thing about living near the elderly, you're bound to have new neighbors before too long.
yes, i know, i'm going to hell. imagine a few reasons why i should care.
that's all for me today kids. i have no clue what time i will be on here tomorrow. i'm sure i'll have some calamity to talk about.
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:
Charlie Mars - Hell Yeah
Lucero - I Woke Up In New Orleans
Thunderbitch - Closer
"Not everything happens for a reason. Sometimes life just sucks." - Alexa Chung
my uncle was supposed to have gall bladder surgery today. he felt fine the last few days and none of us thought anything about it. and then my mother gets a text this afternoon that he didn't have the surgery, they found cancer when they opened him up. they believe it came from the colon, which, if true, would mean my sister and i now have colon cancer on both sides of our family. good times. my mother is a wreck right now as she certainly didn't move next door just to see her brother die. i'm pretending to hope for the best but i'm not a fucking fool. he's 80 years old. i figure in the next day or so we'll know more about all of this. needless to say, my computer dying has been shifted down the importance list.
i put iTunes on my mother's laptop that i'm using. after 30 minutes of trying to figure out how the fuck to allow this computer to play music i had downloaded to another computer, i figured it out. so, at the very least, i do have some music on here now.
the New York Rangers ended their losing streak with a masterful 4-0 win over San Jose last night. i do like that this team is excellent in the 2nd game of back to backs. plus, it was the first start for their backup goalie they got from Chicago. he's the first Ranger goalie to get a shutout in his debut with the team since 1957. that was a sweet tasting victory beer.
The Voice last night was really good. one battle was fucking amazing.
Gotham was awesome last night. the show just keeps getting better each week. The Big Bang Theory was pretty funny. Life in Pieces had me laughing as well. and Men in Blazers was hilarious.
i won all 3 of my fantasy football matchups, one by just 1 damn point. the Giants QB last night did just enough for me to win. my picks for the week though were 7-7. that's fucking horrible for me.
Monday Night Raw was good last night. you could see they were swinging for the fences bringing back so many past stars for the show. not sure if it worked or not, but i will certainly be watching Hell in a Cell this Sunday.
enjoy some music kids:
and now some of this and that:
i watched that Star Wars trailer at halftime of the football game last night and i was just waiting for someone on ESPN to say the nerds are winning. you could see they all wanted to.
on the DVR tonight will be The Voice and Scream Queens.
i will probably be on here tomorrow sometime before Manchester United plays in the Champions League.
i now have trash and recyclables to pick up here and next door.
i hope this finds everyone with a healthy sense of humor and a hard drink in their hands.
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:
Thunderbitch - Closer
The White Stripes - Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground
"Life is the farce which everyone has to perform." - Arthur Rimbaud
i caught the weather forecast last night and thought oh shit, here comes everyone getting sick. it's been somewhat warm for the last week or so and now here comes a cold front and temps in the 40's and 50's. i'll enjoy the weather but i'm surrounded by old people. this is the weather they all detest. maybe some of them have places in warmer climates and they won't be around here. of course, that's most likely wishful thinking.
the New York Yankees continued their slide into pissing away a chance at the playoffs by losing to Boston last night 10-4. i think i might have turned the game off in the top of the 1st inning. the magic number though is down to 2. so, maybe they just backslide into the playoffs with all the other wild card teams beating each other up. sadly, if they do make it and win that playoff game, they will have to face the Blue Jays. i doubt that series lasts long. the Yankees face Boston again tonight if mother nature cooperates. Tanaka is supposed to go tonight. it's a big start as this lines him up for that wild card game. figuring their luck here lately, tonight gets rained out and they have a doubleheader tomorrow.
for some reason the DVR didn't record the first 9 minutes of The Voice last night. judging from what i could figure out, i didn't miss much. my favorite performance last night was an easy one to choose. anyone who is smart enough to do a John Prine song is a winner in my book:
The Muppets was pretty funny last night. Scream Queens was once again so damn bad it was great. Total Divas was nearly a waste of time. i was more interested in Tyson Kidd's injury but the whole show was basically about Paige being scared to settle down and Dolph Ziggler "trying" to get back with Nikki Bella. it was one of those hours where you remember that reality shows aren't actually reality.
time for some music kids:
and now some of this and that:
on the DVR tonight will be You're The Worst. i'm looking forward to NXT tonight on the WWE Network as this will be the last show before the next live event.
Manchester United plays Wolfsburg today in Champions League group play. this is a MUST WIN game for United. i'm not sure how much i will get to see of it though as mom will be getting out of her conference and heading back home pretty much at the same time the game is going on. she wants to meet at the car rental place so she can turn it back in early.
the New York Rangers play their final preseason game tonight vs. Boston. i can't wait for hockey season to start back up.
that's pretty much all for me today. the rain has finally stopped but my body is still aching. maybe a long hot shower will do the trick. of course, the phone will ring in the middle of that shower. i learned a long time ago, if you're waiting for something to happen, go do something else. when i lived alone at the farm and was waiting for a phone call, i'd either go take a shower or a long shit. it never failed, the phone always rang.
not sure when i'll be on here tomorrow. when i do get back on here, i'm hoping i have nothing but good news to report.
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:
Tom Waits - Make It Rain (Live)
Dawes - All Your Favorite Bands
The Struts - Could Have Been Me
Gary Clark, Jr. - Bright Lights
Thunderbitch - Closer
"Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act." - Truman Capote
