hello frustration...

i got up early this morning for what i was hoping was going to be a pretty easy Manchester United win. as you might imagine from the title of the blog today, that didn't fucking happen. United pissed away chance after chance and an entire second half playing against a 10 men side and could only manage a 1-1 draw. now, if they were playing someone near the top of the league, i could stomach it. but, playing against a Bournemouth side that previously than today had never even scored a goal at Old Trafford, it's beyond frustrating. what makes it worse, it was United's best player this season that had his worst performance of the season today. Zlatan was awful today. and i'm sure he's going to get a nice long ban for the elbow to the head. that being said, i do hope the guy that stepped on his head gets a ban as well, as i believe that's why the elbow happened in the first place. yet another draw at home. so many fucking points dropped against teams that it should never happen against. it's days like these that make making the top 4 seem just like a fucking illusion.

Vice was pretty interesting last night. thank god i decided early on to never have children.

NJPW was really good last night.

Real Time with Bill Maher was very good last night as well.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Saturday Night Live and ROH.

the New York Rangers play tonight at home against Montreal. this is a potential playoff matchup for the Rangers, so i'd love to see them win tonight.

the Dayton Flyers finish their regular season tonight at George Washington. i'm hoping the boys want to ruin someone's senior night and play great in a building where they have stumbled time after time over the years.

it snowed this morning here. nothing more than a trace or so, but enough to cause accidents on the roads. i guess spring will come back sometime.

i hope everyone has a great Saturday. hopefully mine goes up from here. call if you need bail money.

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:

Dinosaur Jr. - Feel the Pain
The Afghan Whigs - Regret
Lucero - Can't Feel a Thing
Tobias Jesso Jr. - How Could You Babe

"The past is where its supposed to be." - Jason Newsted

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

what else can you do at the grocery store at 9 AM...

buy liquor of course. i decided to reward myself this holiday weekend with some booze. 12 bottles of beer, a bottle of spiced rum and a bottle of Jim Beam. that should make for a good weekend.

this was the first time i've been at a grocery store this early on a Saturday morning in years. mom wanted to beat the heat and the crowds. nearly $300 later, we were walking out. i guess we needed to stock up. of course, a chunk of that was gift cards. all in all, a good trip. i saw a few women that may become poems or a future ex-wife. i'm not quite sure yet.

NJPW was excellent last night.

the episode of VICE last night was so damn good that i think everyone on earth should be forced to watch it. i will NEVER own a cell phone after watching it.

i did watch most of Cleveland whipping Toronto last night. LeBron is going to his 6th straight finals. that hasn't been done in 50 years. simply fucking amazing.

the New York Yankees won last night 4-1. hopefully they start another winning streak this afternoon.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be ROH and American Masters: The Highwaymen.

i'm really looking forward to watching the Champions League final today between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. it should be an interesting one to watch. hopefully CR7 gets a goal or two.

team USA takes on Bolivia tonight in their final friendly before Copa America. if they get a win tonight, i'll think a little more highly of their chances in the Copa America.

i will probably also watch a little of Golden State and OKC tonight. if OKC wins that means Cleveland will have home court advantage for the NBA finals.

when i told mom it was 80 degrees in the house last night, she finally said to turn on the air conditioning. it certainly feels much better now.

i hope everyone has a great Saturday. call if you need bail money.

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:

Lord Huron - Fool for Love
Tobias Jesso Jr. - How Could You Babe
Sturgill Simpson - Turtles All the Way Down
Portugal. The Man - Purple, Yellow, Red and Blue
Asking Alexandria - The Black

"It is only to the happy that tears are a luxury." - Thomas Moore

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

and the results are in...

before we get to the state of my right ankle, welcome to the 4th day of National Poetry Month. today, i want to shine a little light on Chiron Review.

Chiron Review is one of the best poetry magazines to EVER come around. i highly urge all of you to go to the site, http://www.chironreview.com/, check out the current issues, BUY some back issues and really dig your teeth into one of the finest zines around.

so i got the x-ray results for my right ankle this morning. no fracture. but, a couple of spots showing bone spurs. fucking lovely. so, it all now comes down to pain tolerance or surgery. as i told a friend earlier that suggested i have the surgery... i have no idea how to live without pain in my life. so, as usual, i'll simply find the pleasure in the pain and march on. with a limp.

my sister and i started putting up some of the things in my room; posters, awards, shelves, etc. my mother looked at it and asked when i was going to grow up? i laughed and said i've been avoiding it for 39 years, why the fuck am i going to stop now. i found a nice little spot for the artwork i bought from Mr. Brainwash. i'll get some pics up when this all gets done.

i went over to the farm this morning to help load up a bunch of shit that needed to be taken to the county dump. i was a little surprised when my mother and sister took be back to the house and basically let me off the hook for the rest of the day. that did give me a chance to rest my ankle and catch up on some of the pro wrestling on the DVR.

it also gave me the chance to catch the second half of the Manchester United game. it wasn't exactly pretty but i'll gladly take the 3 points in the 3-1 win over Aston Villa. plus, the goal from Wayne Rooney was spectacular. here are some highlights from the game:

the Final Four starts tonight. i figure i'll watch most of that. the New York Rangers also play tonight. i'll have an eye on that as well. also, Saturday Night Live is new and the episode of Austin City Limits looks to be a good one. i guess the DVR is going to be busy tonight.

hard to imagine that the baseball season starts tomorrow night. i have no clue how the New York Yankees are going to do this season. but, i imagine if they miss the playoffs for the 3rd straight season, heads are going to fucking roll.

that's all for me today. i've got some icing to do and a nap to take. hope everyone is having a great weekend.

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:

Glass Animals - Gooey
Alabama Shakes - Don't Wanna Fight
Tobias Jesso Jr. - How Could You Babe
Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best
Beck - Blue Moon

"A bird doesn't sing because it has an answer, it sings because it has a song." - Maya Angelou

your pro wrestling video of the day:

and then life gets in the way...

i put some ice on my back last night as it was killing me, right around 11:30 or so at night. next thing i know, i wake up at 4:45 AM, all the lights still on and i'm wondering what the fuck happened. i completely forgot about the ice on my back, as i found that later in the afternoon, still in the chair. i suppose frustration, pain, life, etc. just all hit me at once. of course, i couldn't fall back asleep once i woke up. not even a damn nap this afternoon.

since i was up early, i listened to the new podcasts from Men in Blazers and Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast. both were excellent.

i found a few songs for FREE on iTunes last night. you'll see those listed down below.

my frustration last night came from the New York Rangers once again losing to the fucking Islanders, 4-1. at least they scored a goal this time. for some fucking reason, they think they can beat the Islanders with skill. will beats skill more times than people actually realize. but, hopefully the Rangers get that loss out of their system soon, as they are entering a stretch where they play every other day for awhile. next up is Montreal on Thursday.

by the way, you can now see the rest of my NHL All-Star game pics in the slideshow on the right hand side of this blog.

i was going to do my laundry today, but our water is just fucking nasty here lately. i changed the water filter and hopefully that will help it long enough for me to get a shower and maybe do some laundry. we just have so much fucking rust and iron in the water now that it's pretty fucking close to unbearable. so of course this happens as we're hoping to sell the place. life...

the USA Men's National team plays a soccer friendly today against Chile. i'm very interested to see how the boys do as 2015 is going to be an important year.

after that game, i'll be watching Lucha Underground. hopefully they have another great episode lined up for tonight.

i'd like to get some writing done tonight. i don't really have anything swimming in my head that needs to get out at the moment, so it should get interesting to see what i come up with on the spot. i don't really like to write like this but i've learned over the years that i'm good enough to make it work regardless.

if i do get a few poems that i like tonight, i'll mostly like do another submission in the next day or so. i've got 5 poems begging to get sent out soon.

that's pretty much all for me today. i'm thinking i will be on here early tomorrow as mom wants to go grocery shopping and there is a ton of shit on television tomorrow that i want/need to watch.

i hope this finds everyone with a stiff drink in your hand. 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:

Purity Ring - Obedear
Rogue Wave - Eyes
Sharon Van Etten - I Don't Want to Let You Down
Tobias Jesso Jr. - How Could You Babe
Houndmouth - For No One

"It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich." - Alan Alda