a cold sunshine

there was a frost advisory for this morning. all i woke up to was cold sunshine. the guy who farms out here got some more of the corn off. he would have got it all off if it wouldn't have started raining. but, he got about 2 truck fulls off. hopefully there's about another 2 + left to take off.

Ohio State destroyed Rutgers yesterday 56-17. they are slowly reaching their potential.

ROH was excellent last night. i really enjoyed the match between Adam Cole and Cedric Alexander.

Nine Inch Nails was great on Austin City Limits. NIN is one of the bands i have always wanted to see live. hopefully i get to do that before i die.

the college football games were nuts as usual. i did catch the ending to the Florida St. and Notre Dame game. i was stunned the refs actually made the right call at the end.

i did get to see the season finale of The Knick finally. another great episode. i can't wait for the next season of that show.

today is my usual crazy shit mix of sports and Sunday night television. the Saints play at Detroit. hopefully they can get a road win. it should be an interesting one. i don't have many fantasy football players playing during the day today. most of them are tonight or on Monday night. so, i'm not expecting any fireworks today. the Rangers play in the late afternoon against San Jose. i'm going to try to catch most of that. they have juggled all the lines up, so i'm really interested to see how the new mix does against a really good team.

and then my usual clusterfuck of Sunday night viewing. Boardwalk Empire starts off my night. and then two episodes of Total Divas. then a piss break/fantasy football update until Last Week Tonight comes on. then, it's over to Showtime to watch Homeland and The Affair. i got some good sleep last night so i think i should be able to make it. of course, a couple of victory beers and all bets are off.

i still have to feed the cats and take the trash down. thankfully, breakfast has agreed with me this morning. but, i'd like to get all that done before noon so i'm going to have to wrap this little party up for now.

i'll be on here tomorrow probably after Manchester United plays in the afternoon.

hope everyone is doing great after their Saturday night of debauchery. of course, that could just be my imagination. 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:

Paul Thorn - Bull Mountain Bridge
The Band of Heathens - Hurricane
Rival Sons - Electric Man

"A desk is a dangerous place from which to view the world." - John le Carre

what to do in a traffic jam...

my patience was once again tested last night while driving home from Columbus. taking over 30 minutes to move 3 miles or so is not exactly what i wanted to be doing after a big meal at Waffle House. i joked with my mother and said that all this construction in the area will be done in one of our lifetimes. she said don't be so sure.

so, we got home about 45 minutes later than i was hoping to last night. i was able to catch the Foo Fighters show on HBO. it was excellent. but, i fell asleep before i could watch The Knick. so, i'm hoping to catch that sometime tonight.

Columbus beat Calgary last night 3-2. the first two periods were rather boring. Calgary found their legs in the third and made it really interesting. our next game up there will be on Halloween. that will be crazy as the Ohio Comic Con will be going on at the same time. parking will be a fucking disaster.

i still need to feed the cats before my lazy ass settles down for a day of sports. i spent the morning bouncing between work on the computer and watching Premier League games. plenty of red cards today, that's for sure.

Ohio State plays Rutgers this afternoon. hopefully i will be drinking a victory beer early this evening.

mom decided she wanted to go to the store by herself. i'm interested to see what she gets. she's not good at sticking to the list. i don't think her hearing aid is going to work for her. it was definitely sensory overload last night at the hockey game.

i believe Nine Inch Nails is on Austin City Limits tonight. so, i'll be watching that before ROH. that should be a fun two hours before i go to bed.

tomorrow is trash day, so i'll be up early getting all that work done before the football games start. so, expect a quickie from me early tomorrow morning.

i do hope everyone is having a great weekend. do check out the two previous posts from today. that's some work i'm really proud of. thanks again for allowing me to waste 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:

Eddie Vedder - Imagine (Live)
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Learn How to Love
The Killers - When You Were Young
Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
Shrug - Scratch

"Marriage may often be a stormy lake, but celibacy is almost always a muddy horse pond." - Thomas Love Peacock

The Vile Atrocities of Dr. Bile

my good friend and artist from Sweden, Janne Karlsson, has unleashed his Experiment in Terror. the cartoon we collaborated on, The Vile Atrocities of Dr. Bile, is part of the experiment. you can find it by going here:

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/u7k9v85npcw6ldp/AAC4V1p5j6foIRnY_N-A3esXa?dl=0#lh:null-dr%20bile1.jpg

The Vile Atrocities of Dr. Bile runs from page 12-15.

a frenzy

my poem "a frenzy" has been published in Hobo Camp Review #21. you can find the poem by going here: http://hobocampreview.blogspot.com/2014/10/jj-campbell.html

finally, the weekend...

amazingly, i got close to 6 hours of sleep last night. for me, that's the equivalent of getting almost 10. so, i was wide awake this morning. as i was getting ready to come down the stairs, i noticed 4 deer in the backyard. it was pretty funny as they were grazing along and then came up to the fence. i imagined that one of them said, who the fuck put this here. 5 minutes later, they were still figuring out how to get around it. as entertaining as that may be, i got on the computer as i wanted to get my shit done early this morning.

the Rangers won last night, 2-1 in a shootout. watching it was like trying to pull teeth. they were playing a team of guys that should be in the AHL, and were getting outplayed by a mile. but, 2 points is 2 points. here are the only highlights of the game that mattered:

i believe their next game is on Sunday against San Jose. they will have to play much better if they want to get a win in that one.

my mother was crushed by the Jets losing last night. she didn't expect them to win, but to get that close... i think i have created a monster now. she never cared about sports until my passion for them overtook the house. i laugh when my mother starts cussing at the television now. speaking of cussing, my running back from New England basically did fucking nothing last night. so, i'm trailing in both of my fantasy football matches. good times.

in a few hours i'll be on the way to Columbus to watch the Blue Jackets take on Calgary tonight. i have a guy on my fantasy team from each team. i do hope it is a little more exciting than the last one. since the Rangers aren't playing tonight, i won't be looking at the out of town scoreboard as much. not sure where we'll be eating after the game with my sister, but since she's driving, i suppose it's wherever she takes us.

hopefully i'll get home in time to watch the season finale of The Knick on Cinemax and the premiere of the Foo Fighters show on HBO. i get the feeling i'm going to be up late tonight.

thankfully, Manchester United doesn't play until Monday and Ohio State plays at 3:30 pm, so i'll be able to get some sleep.

i should be on here tomorrow before the Ohio State game, unless mom wants to go to the store and then who knows when i'll squeeze in a post.

hope everyone has a great weekend. 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
Nikki Lane - Right Time
Royal Blood - Figure It Out

"Betrayal is the only truth that sticks." - Arthur Miller

a happy birthday to my friend, Steve Burdine. be sure you check out his blog at:
http://artandfoss.blogspot.com/

testing every ounce of my patience...

here's a little slice of the last 18 hours of my life... i was up late last night doing some poetry work. i came up with 31 poems to send out. now, only 20 are going to get sent out here soon. decided to do a little future planning with some poems that will get sent out in 2015. basically, i wanted to thin out the unpublished file a little more. i will hopefully send the 20 poems out next week sometime. the reason i say hopefully will be revealed here in a bit. i got into bed around 3 in the morning. right as i was falling asleep, the muse calls around 4 am. she's crying and upset. i've lived long enough to know it is best to just shut up and listen. she gets it all out (more guy troubles) and she eventually has me pray for her. that was interesting to say the least. and just as i think i'm going to fall back asleep, the muse calls back two more times. so, now i'm up as i don't want the phone to wake up my mother. sure enough, the muse doesn't call back again. figures. so, i get maybe 2 hours of sleep total and get on the computer. and sure enough, it has a virus. just my fucking luck. so, from roughly 8:30 am to 2:30 pm, Frontier Communications took their sweet ass time getting rid of the virus. if i could ever help anyone bankrupt that company and watch every incompetent fucker they employ die a slow death, i'll be the first asshole in line.

the cats weren't exactly happy that i was feeding them nearly 3 hours later than usual. i was pretty sure one of them would try to take a shit on me, but i was wrong. i did give them a little extra, just in case one of those fuckers were thinking about revenge.

needless to say i've spent the last 3 hours trying to catch up on everything. i finally achieved that in time to try to write this before the hockey game comes on tonight. good times.

American Horror Story: Freak Show was excellent last night. i really enjoyed this episode much more than the first one this season. i'm really looking forward to the episode next week.

the New York Rangers play Carolina tonight. this is about as close to a MUST win game as you can have in October. hopefully the defense plays much better tonight. and i would like to have a victory beer tonight as well.

i will be paying a bit of attention to the football game tonight as i have a running back for New England. hopefully that will start my fantasy football week off on the right foot.

i'll be in Columbus tomorrow night for another hockey game. it will be the last one for us for a little while. i believe my sister is trying to figure out where we'll be having dinner after the game. that should be interesting for me as i won't be drinking. i have night driving duties for my mother.

so, i'm planning on being on here earlier tomorrow. maybe late morning or so. of course, that all depends on what madness happens to me tonight. i'm hoping for a quiet one.

that's all for me. i need to get going. i've got to get my rosters checked and it seems like my email fills up constantly now. how i wish it was people wanting to give me money.

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:

AFI - Silver and Cold
Broken Bells - Holding on for Life
Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground
Pulp - Common People (Full Length Version)
Grace Potter - I Shall Be Released (Live)

"Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes." - Oscar Wilde

one day the sun will rise again...

i felt like i did the right thing yesterday by waiting to leave for the hockey game. and for the first 5 minutes of the drive, i was right. and then it started to rain. and rain, and rain some more. it rained all the way to my sister's condo. and then it rained all the way to the arena. thankfully, my sister knows her way around Columbus. we avoided most of the traffic and got to the arena in plenty of time for the game. more on the game in a bit.

it rained for about 1/3 of the drive home last night. and it has rained on and off all day long here. to say i'm a bit gloomy and in pain would be an understatement. though, i did achieve a bit of joy by shooting my load into the middle of my chest earlier today. enjoy that visual as you read the rest of this.

the Blue Jackets lost to Dallas 4-2. i had a pretty good time, mostly because the 2 goals Columbus scored were by the guy on my fantasy team. though, my mood went to shit in the third period as i noticed the scoreboard and what was happening in the Rangers game. more on that in a moment. the next game we go to is on Friday. they are playing Calgary. i'll have fantasy interests on both of the teams that night. i did get to feel like i knew what i was talking about when i was telling my sister about the best players on Dallas. they scored all 4 of the goals.

the Rangers lost to the Islanders 6-3. thank fucking god i didn't watch that shit. Rick Nash scored 2 more goals, so that's really helping my fantasy team. but my goalie is fucking killing me. i know he starts off every season a bit slow... but giving up 6 goals in back to back games is a bit much. of course, after reading the game reports, his defense is doing him no favors. they play again on Thursday. maybe they will get a fucking win.

i watched a bit of The Voice on YouTube today. once again, none of the battles really blew me away. hopefully the good shit comes next week.

we ate at Waffle House last night around midnight. i felt sorry for the black woman working there. the town we live in has hardly any minorities. and the two white cooks weren't saying a fucking word to her. not even boring work chit chat. if i wasn't so fucking hungry i would have whipped out the charm... but the weather is doing me no favors.

i'll be watching a little hockey tonight, maybe some baseball, and eventually American Horror Story. that will get over in time for me to flip over to Foo Fighters week on Letterman.

i got most of the guys i wanted in fantasy football. now, i will have to come up with a plan to beat two opponents that are way better than me. hell, one is still undefeated. i have a feeling i'm going to come up short this week. hopefully my picks are good. i'm on a bit of a hot streak with those.

i'd like to go through my file of unpublished poems tomorrow and figure out what i'm going to send where. i'm hoping to send out some more submissions next week sometime.

that's all for me today. hope the weather is better wherever the fuck you may be. 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:

Cage The Elephant - Come a Little Closer
Morphine - You Look Like Rain
The Glitch Mob - Can't Kill Us
The Velvet Underground - Pale Blue Eyes
K's Choice - Not an Addict

"Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the torments of man." - Friedrich Nietzsche

a fresh slice of hell...

we've been battered with storms more or less for the last 12 hours. mostly just high winds but no damage that i can tell. the rain has been killing my back though. the last line moved through here about 30 minutes ago. i'm hoping it will be out of the area when we drive to Columbus in 45 minutes or so.

i'm not looking forward to the drive given the wind. now, if we don't come across too many 18 wheelers, it should be fine. but i know how this state is. construction areas, sleepy truck drivers, accidents. my fingers are fucking crossed.

the guy who farms out here did take off some of the corn before the storms hit. i'm guessing he needed some to fill up a truck. but, the harvest season has begun.

i did watch most of Gotham last night. excellent as usual. Monday Night Raw could have been so much better. i'm blaming it on lazy fucking writers. i caught most of The Voice on YouTube. i thought a couple of the battles were good but nothing blew me away. i'm going to miss the show tonight, so i'll be relying on YouTube again. The Big Bang Theory was pretty good last night. i caught that on YouTube after i watched the new episode of Video Game High School. one of my guilty pleasures on YouTube where i allow my inner geek to have some fun.

the Rangers play the Islanders tonight in a game where i would love to see the Rangers defense look much better than the last 2 games. i'll follow the game up in Columbus at the Blue Jackets game. thankfully, our seats on the club level aren't that far from the scoreboard for out of town results.

i'm hoping the game tonight is entertaining. maybe some goals, maybe some fights. maybe not as long a line in the restroom, etc. etc.

i won both of my fantasy football matches last night. now, i need to pull off some waiver wire magic as i have another bye week that's going to take out some of my good players.

i need to get in the shower so i'm going to cut this short. if anything interesting happens tonight, i might be on here later. if not, i'll do a nice long recap tomorrow. especially if i'm eating at Waffle House or Steak 'n Shake at 11 pm or later once again.

hope everyone is doing good. 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:

The Crystal Method - Busy Child
Tricky - Aftermath
DJ Shadow & Little Dragon - Scale It Back
The Horrors - Still Life

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." - e.e. cummings

exhausted

i didn't sleep well last night at all. not sure if it was what i was watching or the impending rain that kept me up. needless to say, i woke up this morning and felt like there was about 150lbs. of bricks on my back. like i told my buddy over the weekend, when it rains i go from being 38 to 83.

it was nice to have Paul over to watch some football yesterday. we jumped from game to game before settling on watching the Bengals game. he's a fan of them. he certainly wasn't thrilled when the game ended in a tie. but, the game going late got him out of grocery shopping, so he wasn't that upset. i'll probably see him again in two weeks when he doesn't have any kids again.

i did pretty well picking the games yesterday. both of my fantasy teams are leading going into tonight's game. i don't like my chances of winning, even with the players i have going tonight. i'll know by late tonight how it all shakes out.

the Rangers played like shit once again last night, losing 6-3 to Toronto. The King got pulled in the second period. the defense looks horrible right now. i've been watching hockey too long to panic, but this shit has to change soon. they play the Islanders tomorrow night. i won't get to see it as i'll be in Columbus to watch the Blue Jackets face the Dallas Stars.

the Sunday night shows were pretty damn good last night. Boardwalk Empire was great. 2 of the main characters got killed off, which took me by surprise. there's only two episodes left in the series. i have a feeling it's going to go out with a bang. Total Divas had me laughing, mostly because of how stupid they make the show. Last Week Tonight was a rerun, so i caught a little nap. i woke up in time to watch Homeland. it was great as usual. after that, i watched the first episode of The Affair. i think i'm really going to like this show. plenty of sex, some good story telling and a great cast.

tonight is clusterfuck Monday on television. the battle rounds start on The Voice. Monday Night Raw is in Atlanta. i need to keep an eye on Monday Night Football. i will try to watch most of Gotham, while hopefully catching The Big Bang Theory on YouTube. of course, i think mom won a free month of Hulu Plus at McDonald's, so maybe i'll watch it on that. who knows. there's also some baseball and hockey tonight. i guess i should get another nap in soon.

i won my week on fantasy hockey, 6-4. i'm in third place in the league to start out. better than i thought it was going to be that's for sure.

it's been unseasonably warm here today, around the mid 70's. been a painful mix of a little sun and a ton of clouds. my back is telling me that there is more rain on the way. at least i can turn the furnace off for a few days. that will save a few bucks.

i'll probably be on here tomorrow morning sometime. i have no clue when we're driving up to Columbus tomorrow. mom took the week off. i don't blame her, she has 10 weeks of vacation. she might as well use them. until then my friends...

hope everyone had a great weekend. 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:

The Pretty Reckless - Heaven Knows
Broken Bells - Holding on for Life
Josh Thompson - Way Out Here
Little Green Cars - The John Wayne
Joe Ely - The Road Goes On Forever (Live)

"I hate small towns because once you've seen the canon in the park there's nothing else to do." - Lenny Bruce

my 3 poems at Napalm and Novocain

my poems "dripping from your lips", "the same lucky stars", and "dance in the glory" have been published today at Napalm and Novocain. you can find the poems by going here:
http://napalmandnovocain.blogspot.com/2014/10/three-poems-by-jj-campbell.html

my 3 poems at Pyrokinection

my poems "plan accordingly", "a spree of some kind", and "the crazy life" have been published at Pyrokinection. you can find these poems by going here:
http://www.pyrokinection.com/2014/10/three-poems-by-jj-campbell.html

a wasted Saturday night

before i get a little pissy in my review of the Rangers game last night, let me pat myself on the back for a second. this blog has now passed 1,000 posts and 20,000 views. not too shabby considering i had no fucking clue what i was doing when i started this. THANKS to everyone who has helped along the way. hopefully this blog will continue to get better and bigger in the future.

now, on to the fucking horror show in Columbus last night. the game was a sell out. the crowd was intensely into the game. i might have enjoyed them if the Rangers weren't playing like shit. they started off flat with no fucking jump at all. needless to say, the 5-2 loss was exactly what they fucking deserved. the only thing i liked about last night was when i was waiting in line for a urinal to open up. every fucker in there saw i was wearing a New York Rangers shirt. every drunk fucker wanted to say something but all of them, and i do mean ALL of them literally bit their fucking tongues and didn't say a word. one of the few joys i have left in life is my ability to intimidate people without saying a fucking word.

the Rangers play their home opener tonight against Toronto. hopefully they know the effort will have to be about 100000000000000000000000% greater tonight. i'll try to watch as much of the game as i can.

we have two more hockey games up in Columbus later on this week. against Dallas on Tuesday and Calgary on Friday night. i guess i'll get some practice with night driving. and hopefully i will enjoy these games more since i'll have no dog in the fight.

looks like i missed an incredible Saturday for college football. figures.

i did catch some of Saturday Night Live this morning on YouTube. i did laugh really hard at a few of the bits. looks like Bill Hader did a great job as host.

we did get home in time last night to catch ROH. helps that i only look at the speed limit in this state as a suggestion, not a law. ROH was excellent, as usual. i enjoyed the rumble match. and i'm happy they finally showed Jay Briscoe winning the title from Elgin.

my buddy Paul is coming over in a little bit to watch some football. after my sleepless night and truly needing to get some aggression out; i hope today is a hard hitting mess. plus, it would help if my fantasy team did well.

i didn't get the guy i wanted in fantasy hockey. that was how i started off my morning. good times.

i have trash to pick up and cats to feed. so i'll try to sum this shit up quickly.

i'll hopefully get to watch Boardwalk Empire, Total Divas, Homeland, and The Affair tonight. not sure if i will make it through all of them without a nap this afternoon. that won't be happening though.

i might post some of the pictures from last night later on in the week. but, given that they lost, don't count on it.

hope everyone had a better Saturday than me. and hopefully, your Sunday will be good as well. 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:

JJ Grey & Mofro - This River
Chris Whitley - Big Sky Country
The Verve - Drugs Don't Work

"Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones

5 poems / Midnight Lane Boutique

my poems "park bench", "keepin' it real", "pretty girls", "the dreamers", and "how to survive life on the street" have been published at the Midnight Lane Boutique. you can find the poems by going here: http://midnightlanegalleryii.wordpress.com/tag/j-j-campbell/

i will have another 5 poems published on the site in November.

the long weekend...

i woke up early this morning, too early if you ask me. but, i knew i had plenty of shit to do before i embark on the trip up to Columbus for some hockey. most of that is done, thankfully.

i did watch Landon Donovan's final game last night with team USA. he nearly scored, which would have brought the house down. he did help set up the only goal scored for the USA. they ended up drawing with Ecuador 1-1. a great lesson of what happens when you don't take advantage of your opportunities. but, all the praise that Landon got and it still getting is deserved. he has taken soccer to heights in this country that have never been seen before. hopefully all of us are better off for that.

The Knick was excellent last night. if anyone wants to know what being an addict is like, last night's episode should be exhibit A. i can't wait to see what happens on the season finale next week.

instead of watching college football today, i'll be on the way to Columbus to see the New York Rangers take on the Blue Jackets. we got an email from my sister yesterday warning us about all the other shit going on (pregame, outside, etc) so we should get there early. it's windy and chilly, so hopefully it warms up nicely. though, the advantage to being fat and hairy is the cold doesn't bother me at all. i'm more thinking about my mother.

i doubt i will be home in time to watch Saturday Night Live. i'll have to hope for a little YouTube help on that one. hopefully i will get to catch the new episode of ROH late tonight.

my buddy Paul is coming over for some football on Sunday. more or less, about 5 hours of us sitting around shooting the shit and bitching about our fantasy football teams.

i messed around with my fantasy hockey roster last night. nothing quite like sitting at the computer at 1 in the morning wondering which guy do i take... i usually will quickly remind myself of an old adage.. think long, think wrong.

i need to get a little lunch in me and get a shower. i will probably be back on here early Sunday morning to provide the aftermath of the game tonight. i'm really hoping i get to enjoy a victory.

hope everyone has a great weekend. enjoy it. have a few drinks. fuck a beautiful person. laugh like a lunatic and don't forget to hide the evidence well.

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:

Portugal. The Man - Purple, Yellow, Red and Blue
Gov't Mule - War Pigs (Live)
Barbarian Overlords -  The Harvester
Iron Maiden - The Trooper
Saliva - Ladies and Gentlemen

"Comedians, we're just people who whine. But we happen to be funny when we whine." - Artie Lange

a victory beer solves everything...

there was more persistent drizzle today. but. my back didn't feel nearly as bad as it did yesterday. i'm guessing it was the victory beer.

the New York Rangers started their season off with a tough task, win in St. Louis. thankfully, they did just that. the top line was brilliant and the goaltending was top notch as well. a big 3-2 win to start the season.

that's the first goal of the season by Rick Nash. his next one was the game winner...

i'll get to see them play tomorrow night in Columbus. two undefeated teams in a building where i don't think i have ever watched the Rangers win in person. hopefully that changes tomorrow. the backup goalie is playing. who knows, maybe that's a good thing.

i picked the football game right last night. sadly, my WR didn't do much of anything in the game. so, i know damn well i'm swimming upstream in a river of shit in that matchup now.

mom changed up her plans today and went into work. so, i changed up mine and got my haircut today. the old guy that has been cutting my hair since damn near my birth did a pretty good job. i can't stand when my hair gets over my ears. it drives me nuts. so i basically get it really close on the sides and a fucking mess up on top.

tonight will be the final national team game for Landon Donovan as the USA plays Ecuador. hopefully he goes out in style. it will be sad to see him leave but he gave us all enough memories to last forever...

after i get done wiping my tears and hopefully drinking a victory beer, i'll be watching The Knick on Cinemax.

did a little poetry work as well today. i think i may have found another place to send some work to. other than that, it was alot of porn and suddenly realizing i'm getting low on lotion.

enjoy that visual.

i'll be on here sometime before i leave to make the trip to Columbus with my mother tomorrow. i hope everyone has a great Friday night and weekend. 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
deadmau5 - Raise Your Weapon
Jamey Johnson - In Color
Elvis Costello - Veronica
Volbeat - A Warrior's Call

"I don't know what other people are doing - I just know about me." - Thelonious Monk

not exactly what i was hoping for...

i woke up this morning and nearly every bone in my body was aching. i figured it was raining. even after taking my pills, that agony has lasted all day long. add on top of that, mom decided to work from home today, and all plans i had for today were thrown out the window.

i didn't start my laundry until mom got done with her conference calls. her hearing is really starting to go. i figured a washer and dryer wasn't going to help her any. and given the pain i've been in all day long, the only time i went outside was to feed the cats. so, i'm thinking i may get a haircut Saturday morning. i would say tomorrow but mom has already told me we have a road trip up north to go on. i think she has to get something from a doctor up in Troy. that basically means more driving for me on the highway in the rain. i'm so looking forward to that.

add to that misery some poems being rejected... i heard back from Carolina Quarterly on the poems i sent back in April. they have decided to pass on them. so, i now have 6 poems that i really like to send out to different places. what i can't stand is how thick my unpublished file is getting. i guess i need to seek out some new places to send to.

so, since i was indoors most of the day, i found some awesome music on NoiseTrade this afternoon. i'll post the links below in the music section where you can find the FREE music.

American Horror Story was good last night. there was just enough blood and gore to keep me interested. just enough. i'm really hoping the next few episodes get much better and faster paced. my old ass is usually seeking a nap around 10 pm. perhaps that's why i'm up to 3 am...

tonight the New York Rangers start their season against St. Louis. i'll be glued in to that. hopefully they get off to a better start than they did last season. i'm going to be really interested to see how the new pieces fit in, especially since i will be seeing them on Saturday night in Columbus.

at the same time that the Rangers are on, i'll be paying a little attention to the NFL game. i have a WR playing for the Texans. i've picked the Colts to win tonight. all i really want is for my WR to do better than the "experts" are thinking he will. my fantasy football teams are in the mid-week injury scare mode. it's slightly driving me nuts. (stop laughing)

i did watch a little soccer in Europe this afternoon. watching Spain lose did bring a bit of joy to my world. but only for a minute or two.

i have no clue when i'll get on here tomorrow. maybe after the adventure with my mother. i think we have to go to the store as well. it's supposed to rain for much of tomorrow, just like it did today. i'm not sure how long i can play the martyr and not start taking the hard shit to take away the pain.

i certainly know i won't be moving to the Pacific Northwest or a rain forest any time soon.

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:

Isaac Joel - Until I Find You
Kevin William - Current Fears
Addison Mills - Wonder
Emily Wolfe - Roulette

"Time you enjoy wasting, was not wasted." - John Lennon

let the freak show begin...

i decided i better let myself cool down after my little adventure today. the way some of the assholes out there were driving, i thought the lord might be telling me NOW is the time to start running motherfuckers off of the road. but, i was in my mother's SUV, so that wasn't going to happen. now, if i was in my shitty truck, i might be in jail right now.

but, on the bright side of life, i made $41 selling some music off today. that means i can actually get a haircut before the weekend comes. plus, i might just have enough left over to have a beer at the hockey game.

i didn't watch much on television last night. some PBS, a little baseball, some of The Voice recap and that was about it.

tonight is the start of the NHL season. i'll be flipping between games until 10 pm. then, i'll be watching the new season of American Horror Story. it looks like it's going to be really fucking weird, so i'm guessing i'm really going to enjoy it.

my fantasy hockey lineup is in order. i'm going to be really interested to see how they start the season. i've got some kids on the team that haven't exactly proven themselves at the NHL level just yet. i'm hoping they get off to a good start as i don't want to spend the first month rebuilding my team like i needed to last season. plus, after 2 straight years of losing in the finals, i'm really hoping to get that shitty taste out of my mouth.

i'm holding my breath over a fantasy football injury scare today. when you hear you best WR was carted off the practice field this afternoon, you know it's not good. i do have options to replace him if he can't play this Sunday, but i'd rather not have to do that. fingers are crossed...

so it looks like my tomorrow will be a morning of laundry, a haircut in the afternoon, and the start of the New York Rangers season in the evening. i'll squeeze in a blog post in there somewhere. i'm guessing the morning as i'm waiting for my underwear to get clean.

enjoy that visual...

the cats didn't look pleased with me today when i fed them 2 hours later than i usually do. i was busy burning music. i gave them a little extra. i am pleased that the young ones have realized how important water is for them. of course, that probably means the little fuckers are going to make it through the winter.

for some reason, mom brought home Chinese food for lunch today. and guess what, there was so much, that is what i'm having for dinner as well. sesame chicken. i'll have to pair it with something. perhaps a strong beer...

there was a young girl in this area that committed suicide at school the other day. i have a good feeling i know what i'm going to be writing about in the coming days. so, here's my little warning to all the editors out there... get ready for some fucking DARK poetry.

that's all for me today. thanks again for allowing me to waste a few minutes of your 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:

Saliva - Ladies and Gentlemen
Florence + the Machine - Dog Days Are Over
The Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
Wolfmother - Joker & The Thief
Paul Thorn - Bull Mountain Bridge

"If you cannot be a poet, be the poem." - David Carradine

rainy days and me don't get along...

i went out to feed the cats today and it was drizzling. by the time i got out to the barn most of them stay in, it was pouring. thankfully, i was wearing a hoodie so i wasn't going to get fucking drenched. but, bending down to put in food and water wasn't much fun.

Monday Night Raw was very hit and miss last night. the parts that did hit though, were fucking great. The Rock coming back out of nowhere to confront Rusev and Lana was awesome. i love when i can mark out like a kid at something i've been watching for more than 35 years. Dean Ambrose was fucking awesome last night. that guy is going to be a legend by the time his career is over.

The Voice was pretty good. i caught most of it on YouTube.

Gotham was great last night. the ending was fucking perfect. i love this show.

The Big Bang Theory was pretty good last night. i caught most of that on YouTube late last night.

Men in Blazers was pretty funny last night.

i have no clue what i'm going to watch tonight. maybe some baseball, maybe some PBS. maybe i'll do the smart thing and get some fucking sleep.

i did win my fantasy football match last night. i quit watching the game when Seattle's kicker got me the points i needed to win. i've got some tricky roster decisions to make for this upcoming week. needless to say i'll be up late tonight to see if i get lucky in waivers or not. i need some running backs immediately.

mom and i went to Waffle House tonight for dinner. i figure that beats fast food for the evening. then, we stopped by the store in town. i always love the looks i get when i'm in there. like they haven't seen some bearded dude wearing a black Gremlins shirt before.

i need to get some music together to sell sometime tomorrow. hopefully it won't be raining as i don't want to drive my truck that far in the rain. hopefully i can make enough money to get a fucking haircut before i go to the hockey game this weekend. considering i'll be wearing the Rangers colors in an enemy building, i'd like to look my best while being an asshole.

that's pretty much all for me. i'll be back on here tomorrow after i have a little adventure. of course, if for some reason that doesn't happen, i'll be on here in the afternoon as usual.

thanks again for allowing me to waste a few minutes of your 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:

Nikki Lane - Right Time
Butthole Surfers - Pepper
Steve Earle - Colorado Girl
The Crystal Method - Busy Child
Shovels & Rope - The Devil Is All Around

"I don't want to be a passenger in my own life." - Diane Ackerman

response from Raw Dog Press

i heard back from Gerry at Raw Dog Press on my poetry submission from the other day. my poem "the old souls" has been accepted for publication. it will appear in November 2014.

where do the hours go...

we had a nice thunder and lightning show here last night. so when i woke up this morning and my back was tighter than normal, i figured it must have rained overnight. sure enough. it's struggled to get to 60 degrees today. the seasons have officially changed.

the New York Rangers made their final cuts today. i'm really happy that a few of the kids have made the roster. of course, with Stepan being injured, everything will change when he gets back. i'll have to try to remember to take my camera when i see them play in Columbus on Saturday.

i did pretty damn good picking NFL games yesterday. if Seattle wins tonight, i'll go 12-3 for the week. that's a nice rebound from last week. i have won one of my fantasy matches by 17 points. i'm trailing the other by 2 points, but i have Seattle's kicker tonight. so, hopefully that will be another win. sort of amazing if it does happen as i had two players get zero points yesterday.

the New Orleans Saints won in OT yesterday, 37-31. as entertaining as it was frustrating, i was happy to have that victory beer after that one. i truly needed it.

the Sunday night shows were excellent. Boardwalk Empire had a nice little twist at the end of it that should set up the next few weeks. The Strain was brilliant. and it ended with the perfect cliffhanger for next season. Total Divas was interesting for me, mostly because of the behind the scenes details with Daniel Bryan's injuries. Last Week Tonight was funny and eye opening at the same time. and finally, Homeland was great. the show certainly started a little slow but quickly picked up the pace that then lasted for the next 90 minutes. next week should be good.

tonight is another clusterfuck on television for me. i'll hope that YouTube helps for what i miss on The Big Bang Theory and The Voice. i'm hoping to watch most of Gotham and Monday Night Raw. then, i'm hoping to catch the Men in Blazers show at midnight. and sometime in between all that, watch a little baseball and football. the Elvis wall of televisions would be good for tonight.

my back has been really in misery since i did the dishes this morning. i don't think i pulled anything or anything like that... i just think the weather is kicking my ass again. hopefully i can get a good stretch in here soon.

well, i need to go do some fantasy hockey homework and think about what we're doing for dinner tonight.

i hope everyone had a great weekend. 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:

Love and Rockets - So Alive
Will Hoge - Woman Be Strong
Young Summer - Blood Love
Lovelife - Nova
My Best Fiend - On the Shores of the Infinite

"Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like everyone else." - Margaret Mead