my long nightmare is over

as soon as the hockey game ended last night, i uttered the following words... thank fucking god, my nightmare is finally over. after waiting for nearly a decade, after seeing them invent ways to lose in Columbus, the New York Rangers finally won in that building with me in attendance. it was a 2-1 win. it should have been 3-1 but the NHL has bad eyesight and can't tell when a puck is struck underneath the crossbar. but, ask any Rangers fan, we already know the NHL doesn't like the team. to the left of me for most of the game was a Rangers fan. she was drinking and was pretty good looking so i thought this was going to be a really good night. of course, then i see a guy bring her another beer that's more or less a meat head. i figure that's her boyfriend and that would leave all the small talk to game and team related shit. sure enough, that's what happened. but, it was a good night. i'll come up with a poem about when she asked me to watch her foam Rangers finger and make sure nothing bad happens to it. i can't imagine where my mind is going to go with that one. here are some highlights from the game:

the Rangers play again tomorrow afternoon at Pittsburgh. i'll be back on here before that game tomorrow.

so, after the game we went to Waffle House. pretty uneventful until i heard our waitress laugh. i described it to my sister as the sound of two dolphins fucking. it's the kind of laugh you will hear in your nightmares or use to strip off paint from a wall. fucking hideous. so, there's another poem i need to write.

my sister gave me my birthday gifts last night, as she won't be able to be here on my birthday (Jan. 21st). she shocked the shit out of me with some Beats headphones and a bottle of rum. that definitely gets the birthday off to a great start.

mom and i got home a little after midnight. i did get to watch most of the new episode of Treehouse Masters.

as i was having my victory beer i decided to take 2 pain pills to help me sleep. i know, i know, i shouldn't mix drugs and alcohol. i only got around 3 hours of sleep anyway, so whatever ills might have come to me, they unfortunately didn't.

i got up this morning and immediately had a cramp in my left leg. that's a sure fire way to wake up pissed off. thankfully, the cramp didn't last long. i checked my emails, made a little breakfast, fed the cats way earlier than usual, and got ready to watch at least some of the Manchester United game.

Manchester United had a boring ass first half against QPR. too many fucking turnovers and not enough chances. thankfully, they did a little better in the second half. Fellaini scored before i had to leave the house. i found out in the car on the way to the basketball game that James Wilson scored late for a 2-0 win. here are some highlights from the game:

it was ugly, but i'll gladly take the 3 points and a victory beer.

we got to the Dayton Flyers game way later than we normally do. we had to park way back in section c, instead of the handicapped parking. mom is having a hard time walking with her pulled groin muscle, so that was a fun walk. at least the weather was really fucking nice for this time in January. i was very happy to get in the arena and see the student section packed. as much as they have tried to turn the school into a school for nerds, this team is keeping them coming out in droves. the opponent today was Saint Louis. they fucking suck and everyone knows that. i knew this was going to be an ugly game and Saint Louis made damn sure it was. no flow at all. of course, Dayton played along by missing too many threes and fucking free throws. but, once again, Dayton proved to be a great second half team. they took a 5 point lead at halftime and turned that into a 16 point win, 61-45. here are some highlights from the game:

after the game was over, mom and i went out to eat. both of us were pretty fucking drained from two sporting events in under 20 hours. plus, with the way my arm feels, driving has been a fucking pleasure beyond belief. nothing quite like having your left arm start throbbing as you are trying to pass semis on the highway at 90 m.p.h. good times.

after a stop by the post office, we came back to the farm. thankfully, a good portion of the ice has melted from today's sunshine. that should make walking out here a little easier.

i have one more victory beer coming to me tonight. i'll drink that while watching Saturday Night Live and ROH late tonight. in the meantime, i see some dinner, some college basketball and hopefully a nap in my future.

i hope everyone is having a great weekend. 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:

Florence + the Machine - Dog Days Are Over
FIDLAR - Cheap Beer
Butthole Surfers - Pepper
The Crystal Method - Busy Child
Muddy Waters - Champagne & Reefer (Live)

"You can get much father with a kind word and a gun than you can with a kind word alone." - Al Capone

my 5 poems in ZYX #69

my poems "a maddening joy", "like a sledgehammer", "a bloody red sky", "for someone out there", and "a tropical beach in some foreign land" have been published in ZYX #69.

to get a copy of the issue, send a couple of bucks to:

ZYX
c/o Arnold Skemer, Editor
58-09 295th Street
Bayside, NY 11364

others with work in the issue include: B.Z. Niditch, normal, Alan Catlin, T. Kilgore Splake and many more.

my crazy weekend begins now

and since i'm going to be running crazy for the next few days, i didn't sleep worth a shit last night. i tried to actually sleep in my bed and that lasted no more than 30 minutes. i have to basically numb my left arm to get any rest at all. that's fun. so, when i'm sitting at a hockey game tonight, unable to numb that arm, it's going to be really interesting. hopefully the New York Rangers play well so i have some adrenaline pumping. if they play like the last two games, i'm going to be fucking miserable.

before i get to the details of another Rangers loss... the trip to the grocery store. mom wanted to go early in the afternoon. of course, that didn't happen as she had much more work than she thought to get done. so, we left late in the afternoon. more like early evening. we had to get the paper and mail and check the new house for mail as well. we got to the store and i'm planning on how we can get in and out of this place and get back home in time for the game. after waiting for almost 20 minutes to get her medicine, i knew any chance of getting home in time was gone. so, i basically turned it into a chance to do some people watching. i noticed plenty of women wearing stretch pants in the store. not a good look for everyone. but, for the ones that it is, i thank you. i did write a poem about it late last night. i'll hopefully be sending that out soon in another submission. i typed it up this morning and it's a good one. we got what we came for and a few other things and got back home a little after the game started.

of course, by the time i turned the game on, the Rangers were already losing. the game was on the NHL Network and they were using the Boston announcers. needless to say, i'd rather brush my teeth with a shotgun than listen to those fucking clowns, so most of the game was on mute. that didn't help much as the Rangers once again couldn't do much of anything against a good team. yet another 3-0 loss. as much as i want for them to win tonight while i'm in attendance, i really hope they just fucking score. The King will be in goal tonight for the Rangers. he wasn't last night nor the other game the Rangers played in Columbus.

so after the game and a quick bite to eat, we have to get back home and more or less get right to bed. that of course won't happen, but in a perfect world it would. we have a college basketball game (Dayton vs. St. Louis) at 12:30 on Saturday afternoon. the game is on national television, so it's going to be a full house. mom wants to take some clothes to the charity we drop our clothes off to before we go to the game. to toss in more of a clusterfuck, Manchester United plays at 10 in the morning. so the next time i will be on here will be sometime Saturday afternoon or early evening.

i'm thinking i may have to give in and take some strong shit for my arm this weekend. that should make for some fun.

i'm going to miss the debut of NJPW on AXS TV tonight. i'm hoping they put some of it on YouTube but i'm not holding my breath. hopefully i'll get to watch it next week. i'm guessing i'll catch Treehouse Masters late tonight as i'm struggling to fall asleep.

on the bright side, it's starting to warm up a little out here. of course, it's still slicker than shit in the lane, but hopefully that changes. if it doesn't, taking the trash down will be a fucking adventure.

so, i hope everyone has a great weekend. love the one you're with or have enough money to love the one you want. and i'd suggest getting your birthday cards to me in the mail soon. not that i'm expecting you to get me anything (HINT, HINT). most of all, have a safe, fun 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
Hot Water Music - Drag My Body
Rival Sons - Electric Man
The Verve - Drugs Don't Work
Mastodon - The Motherload

"I'm always astonished by the confidence my readers put in me." - Mary Karr

sunshine and soon to be melting ice

i actually got some sleep last night. and it wasn't from drinking myself to sleep. i do have a victory beer waiting for me. i decided not to drink it last night. i would like to actually enjoy it.

i was drained after the basketball game last night. it wasn't the game that did it to me, it was more the pain in my left arm. it's this persistent fucking annoying pain that won't go away. i can take pills, i can rub on ointments, and i can still feel the fucker. now, it gets to the tricky part of all this. with my birthday coming up, with the NHL All-Star game coming up, more basketball games, etc., i want to just ride this pain until next month and then maybe i'll give up and see a doctor. but, as i sit here and struggle to type this up, i do know this is going to test all the pain tolerance i have. good times.

as for the basketball game last night, Dayton struggled again in the first half, trailing at halftime by 2. whatever their coach said at halftime truly worked. they beat LaSalle at every aspect of the game, rebounding, defense, fast break points, etc. it was a pleasure to see. Dayton's point guard erupted in the second half and scored all 16 of his points in the final 20 minutes. i'm hoping the injury scare last night with Dayton's lone senior is nothing major. they can't stand to lose anymore players. Dayton won 61-50. they next play St. Louis at home on Saturday.

we made it back home in time to catch American Horror Story and Lucha Underground.

American Horror Story was excellent. the show had a few more deaths and a few more twists and turns as well. i really have enjoyed what Neil Patrick Harris has brought to the show. i can't wait for next week's episode.

Lucha Underground was excellent as well. i really enjoyed all the matches. i'm hoping this promotion really starts to catch on with other wrestling fans.

speaking of wrestling, i listened to the Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast with Jim Ross this morning. i highly recommend this episode. i also listened to the Nerdist podcast with Gillian Anderson. i enjoyed that as well, though i do regret never getting into the X-Files back in the day. i think my 38 year old self would enjoy it now. #XFiles2015

i believe mom wants to go to the store later today. i know she has some pills to pick up. i'm planning on tagging along as i need to do some people watching to get some words flowing in the head again. not sleeping in my bed has somewhat extinguished any poems here lately. now, a sane person would just bring their notebook down to the chair they are sleeping in. the writer would then protest about how he only writes the "good shit" up in his room. hence my dilemma.

the New York Rangers play up in Boston tonight. i'm hoping they can get back to their winning ways as i don't see want to see them start slumping going into the All-Star break.

other than that tonight, i might mix in some pro wrestling. i know i am planning on watching Dan Patrick on The Late Show with David Letterman.

i will probably be on here early tomorrow as we will be leaving in the afternoon to travel to Columbus to see the New York Rangers play the Columbus Blue Jackets Friday night. hopefully i'll finally get to see them win there in person. more on that tomorrow.

i need to get going and feed the cats. they are probably sleeping in the sun at the moment. i'm going to be the asshole to wake them up.

i hope everyone has a good day. 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:

John Prine - It's a Big Old Goofy World
The Afghan Whigs - Come See About Me
Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel
The Stone Roses - Love Spreads
ZZ Ward - Blue Eyes Blind

"You can always be a little bit better." - Drew Brees

back to reality

there's something about waking up at 5:15 in the morning to take a piss that lets me know i truly am getting to be an old motherfucker. what i truly don't appreciate is not being able to fall back asleep. if i had words swimming in my head or something else creative to do, i'd be ok with it. but when it's just checking emails and reading depressing news stories, i think i'd rather sleep. oh well.

this will be a short one today as last night was beyond fucking fruitless and i have somewhere to be in a few hours.

the New York Rangers got completely outplayed and beaten last night by the fucking Islanders, 3-0. hopefully it's just a minor blip in the grand scheme of things, but the Rangers looked like shit last night. they play again tomorrow night in Boston. that starts 3 games in 4 days. i'll see them in Columbus on Friday night.

other than the hockey last night, i was flipping between PBS and some college basketball.

one thing about waking up early in the morning, it does give me some time to fuck around on iTunes. you'll see some of the fun i had this morning below.

tonight, the Dayton Flyers are back home to take on LaSalle. hopefully, the winning continues for Dayton.

i'm hoping i get back home in time to see Lucha Underground and American Horror Story tonight. this is really why i would love to have a DVR. if i make it back home in time to see the shows, i'm going to be up until 2 in the morning to do so. it would be lovely to sleep and just watch them in the afternoon.

that's all for me today. i'll be on here tomorrow sometime, hopefully with some good news, etc., etc.

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:

Traffic - Dear Mr. Fantasy
Novo Amor - Welcome to the Jungle
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeroes - 40 Day Dream
Alabama Shakes - Always Alright
Lou Reed - Heroin (Live)

"I think people should feel encouraged to be themselves." - Dave Grohl

still getting used to my new face

i'm currently doing some laundry as this fucking cold weather has me wearing layer after layer when i'm outside. plus, i'm guessing the people i sit around at the basketball games would appreciate some clean clothes.

what a night last night. i was probably at the height of my intensity when Ohio State turned the ball over for the fourth fucking time. i believe you could hear me yell JESUS FUCKING CHRIST a few farms over. but, thanks to a defense that plays with a great fuck you swagger and a running back that picked the right 3 games to have his coming out party, Ohio State whipped Oregon last night, 42-20. as i kept telling my mother all throughout the game, all Ohio State has to do is keep punching Oregon in the mouth. they WILL fold like they always have against OSU. and sure enough, that's exactly what they did.

i really loved when all the Oregon fans complained about Ohio State scoring their last touchdown with 20 some seconds left in the game. and they wonder why they have never won a national championship. so, after watching a bit of the post game festivities, i decided it was time. here is a picture of me after the win:

and here i am after a few victory beers and a shave:

it feels really fucking weird not to have a long goatee anymore. my mother said she liked it. i told her to wait 9 months and see what she thinks then as i will not shave. i figure i have another 30 or so years on this planet. i might as well go out as a fucking freak show.

time will tell i guess. i really didn't give a shit about anything else last night. i caught bits and pieces of Monday Night Raw and Men in Blazers during commercials and timeouts. i was way too into the game to have my mind anywhere else.

and the best thing about Ohio State's win last night... they are favored to do it again next season. this team is really too young to know what they just did. the majority of great players on the team are only sophomores and freshmen. the future is really fucking bright. and they have the perfect coach to do it.

so, a big ass thank you to Ohio State for giving me an early birthday present.

now, as for tonight...

there might not be a team i hate more on earth (ok, there is at least two more that i hate more) than the New York Islanders. and the fact they are in front of the New York Rangers in the standings pisses me off. of course, the Rangers have played 3 fewer games. tonight, the two teams meet at Madison Square Garden. this is a HUGE game. a chance for the Rangers to close the gap and really prove that their recent great run isn't a fucking fluke. i will be glued to that game.

how i'm still awake is a fucking mystery. i might have got 3 hours of sleep last night. might is a big leap actually. i figure with the emotions of the hockey game tonight, hopefully a victory beer, etc., i will be in a coma by midnight. sadly, i tried sleeping in my bed last night and couldn't. my left arm is so bad i can't find a comfortable spot for it to fall asleep. so, i guess the bed is just for jerking off now. enjoy that visual.

i will be on here tomorrow in the afternoon as we have a basketball game to go to tomorrow night. i don't like that the Dayton Flyers are starting to get some good national press on their amazing winning streak. that's usually when the bad shit happens. oh well.

i hope everyone is doing good. if not, make yourself something stronger and pretend your wife is someone else for the evening. 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:

Charlie Mars - Hell Yeah
Filter & The Crystal Method - (Can't You) Trip Like I Do
Life Sex & Death - Fuckin' Shit Ass
Marilyn Manson - The Dope Show
Shinedown - Sound of Madness

"We must become more comfortable with probability and uncertainty." - Nate Silver

tonight's the night

the propane tank is full. the ice has been cleared off the sidewalks. the cats and birds have been fed and forgotten about. i'm effectively blocking the pain in my arm and back with adrenaline and hope. tonight's the night. i know there are only so many times in my life i get to watch the team i have rooted for since my birth to have the chance to go win a championship. to have it be the first one decided in a playoff, which makes it a "true" championship... priceless. there's also the little vow of mine if one of my teams wins a championship, this goatee i've been growing since the last championship will come off. the caveat of course is i will NEVER shave again. so, tonight has many, many consequences. here's the hype video Ohio State put out for the game. needless to say, i'm ready to run through a fucking wall:

hopefully tonight goes much better than yesterday did. Manchester United controlled just about all 90 minutes. they forgot to just keep it simple stupid and score. so, of course, they lost to a team they shouldn't have. they are still in the top 4, barely. i was beyond pissed for most of the rest of the day.

i did get to watch the episode of ROH i slept through. a great episode to start off 2015.

the NFL playoff games were good. i split on picking the games. i'm now 6-2 in the playoffs.

i watched a little bit of The Golden Globes. i did laugh at some of it. i did love Jeremy Renner's line about J-Lo.

the Sunday night shows were pretty good. Girls had a great ass eating scene and not much else. Togetherness i really liked. i think that show will be really good. Shameless was great, as usual. loved the nudity and flirting. House of Lies was good if you remembered last season. Episodes was pretty good. Total Divas was more mindless shit, though i wouldn't mind seeing the uncensored version of it.

other than the game tonight, i might check out Monday Night Raw and the Men in Blazers if the game is going bad for Ohio State. i know "Macho Man" Randy Savage is supposed to be announced for the WWE Hall of Fame tonight. hopefully they do that before the game starts. he's one of my favorites of all-time.

i had a horrible time falling asleep last night. between my bad back and this shitty weather, i might have got 3 hours at best. if Ohio State wins tonight, i doubt i will get that much.

i have no clue when i will be on here tomorrow. it will be sometime before the New York Rangers game, i do know that.

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:

Barbarian Overlords - The Harvester
Volbeat - A Warrior's Call
Powerman 5000 - Bombshell
Kiss - War Machine
Saliva - Ladies and Gentlemen

"Your anger is a gift." - Zack de la Rocha

and here comes the ice...

another day, another threat of a winter storm. yesterday was a total fucking drain. by midnight i was just about comatose. so much to get to...

mom and i went to a home improvement store to look for some moving stuff; boxes, bubble wrap, etc. plus, she wanted to get some paint chips to get some ideas of what color she wants the foyer at the new house to be. while we were walking around, a guy asked us if we wanted a kid. he pointed to what i guess was his son, saying he was needy. i said no and laughed. i then turned to my mom and said how much you wanna bet that in 15 years that kid is murdering his father.

after that we went to lunch. we were seated close to a large group of people, i'm assuming a family. i have a habit of listening to all conversations while i'm in a public place. if you ever want to know how i come up with 60% of my poetry, you now know. it was a good lunch.

after that, it was to the grocery store. you would think the world was coming to an end. the store was fucking packed. we were in there for 2 fucking hours. we got everything we needed though, although somehow the bread my mom had in the cart never got rung up and didn't make it home with us. i guess the people behind us got it. we got back home and the groceries put away before missing too much of the football games.

both playoff games were good last night. i picked both correctly, which i'm a little shocked at. hopefully the games today are good as well.

the Dayton Flyers came out flat as hell last night. of course, given the traveling problems they had and the obvious tired legs, i gave them the benefit of the doubt. the game was tied at halftime. well, i don't know what they did at halftime, but it worked. Dayton beat the shit out of Fordham in the second half. it was like they couldn't miss. 25-25 at halftime turned into Dayton winning 76-58. here are some highlights from the game:

the New York Rangers finished off their California sweep with a 3-1 win over San Jose last night. they are simply on fucking fire right now. i'm a little amazed that only Rick Nash got selected to the All-Star game. i was hoping for more players since i will be at the game for the first time in my life. oh well. here are the highlights from the game:

i was completely in and out of Ring of Honor last night. i was so fucking tired. i'm going to try to catch some of what i missed later today. of course, that all depends if Manchester United takes care of business early.

Manchester United faces Southampton today. they are finally getting healthy, so i'm a little interested to see what the team looks like today. hopefully, it's a team that has full intentions of getting all three points.

other than the other two NFL playoff games today, all the Sunday night shows start back up. Girls, Togetherness (new show that i hope i like), Shameless, House of Lies, Episodes, and Total Divas. plus, the Golden Globes are on tonight. yet another night where i could use the DVR.

i still owe myself a victory beer from last night. so, i will definitely make use of that today. i have to get out to feed the cats before the weather turns to shit today. plus, i'm going to get the trash picked up but i'm not going to bother putting it out. with another storm coming, it will just end up all over the fucking place. this will become much easier at the new house when it's just a driveway and not a quarter mile lane to drive down.

that's all for me today. i hope everyone had a wonderful Sunday. make sure the girl you picked up last night is still alive and buy her breakfast you cheap fuck. 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:

Dr. Dog - Too Weak to Ramble (Live)
Grouplove - Let Me In
John Prine - Jesus the Missing Years (Live)
Broken Bells - Holding on for Life
Blackberry Smoke - Ain't Much Left of Me (Acoustic)

"I wanted an electric train for Christmas but I got the saxophone instead." - Clarence Clemons

off to go freeze to death

i decided to write this early today as i have a ton of shit to do today. first off, i really need to clean off the sidewalks, etc as we have to go grocery shopping today as there is a big fucking ice storm coming. second, i have to get on dead cat patrol here soon as i go out to feed them. it got down to about -20 with the windchill last night. the smell of death is at the point in the house where i'd actually rather be outside at the moment. also, i think mom wants to go shopping for shit we'll need at the new house as she is hell bent on getting there as soon as possible. needless to say, i'm preparing to be in pain by the time i get back home in the afternoon.

i really just bounced around the channels last night; a little college hockey, a little pro wrestling, a little basketball, and then i watched Treehouse Masters. i so wish i had some fuck you money where i could build a fucking treehouse like the one last night. a window wall that turns into an awning. copper roof. floating bed. 150 foot bridge to it. i guess i should start lining the poetry books with cocaine. that might do it.

after the running around today, i'm planning on enjoying some time in my chair. there are 2 NFL playoff games that i plan on watching today. also, the Dayton Flyers play at Fordham tonight. they are favored to win that game as well. if they do, i believe that would be 6 straight wins. also tonight, the New York Rangers play at San Jose. i would love for them to finish off the California portion of their road trip with a sweep of the teams. that would be awesome. hopefully i will be enjoying a couple of victory beers when i'm watching a new episode of ROH late tonight.

i will probably be on here in the morning tomorrow as Manchester United plays late in the morning. so it might be one of those as soon as i wake up blogs. good times. but i do know i have a busy ass Sunday ahead as well, between sports, shows, Golden Globes, trash day, approaching storm, etc. etc. i suppose the assholes are correct; there is no rest for the wicked.

that's all for me today. i hope everyone has a great start to their 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:

Dinosaur Jr. - Feel the Pain
Saliva - Click Click Boom
Ned's Atomic Dustbin - Grey Cell Green
The Twilight Singers - Powder Burns
AFI - Silver and Cold

"Imagination, the traitor of the mind, has taken my solitude and slain it." - Robinson Jeffers

the smell of death in the walls

the beauty of my mother's hearing going is her sense of smell is through the fucking roof now. so, we had the heating and air guy out today because both of us thought the smell of death in the house was coming from the furnace. the guy looked and looked and found nothing more than some debris. we concluded that something must have died in the walls of the old bathroom. well, at least we got the furnace cleaned. the smell doesn't really bother me as i have lived out here for 17 years and understand that death is part of the process. mom, on the other hand, is on the verge of puking anytime she smells it. the kicker in all of this is her bedroom is right next to the old bathroom. at least i believe i have convinced her we're not tearing down walls to go find something. hopefully.

last night was a pretty damn good one for me. The Big Bang Theory was pretty fucking funny. i got to see all of it because the Dayton Flyers have finally shred their mentality of playing down to their competition. of course, it also helps when you make 14 three pointers and use a junk defense with speed to confuse a 7 footer who should dominate a group of 6 scholarship players no taller than 6'6". hats off to Bobby Wehrli for his 9 points last night. not bad for a walk on pressed into playing close to 20 minutes every night. here are some highlights from the 78-61 win:

after that game, i enjoyed a victory beer and settled in for the New York Rangers game. when the Kings scored 2 quick goals in the first period i started having flashbacks to the playoffs. thankfully, these Rangers didn't do the same. they scored the next 4 goals and eventually held on for a 4-3 win. here are some highlights from the game:

that victory beer hit the spot a little too well. i had to piss around 3 in the morning. thankfully, i was able to fall back asleep afterwards. almost got 5 hours of sleep total. still, not nearly enough.

the weather here is in the process of going back into the deep freeze. we hit our high today of 22 around midnight. it's currently 8 degrees. i guess it's another night of well below zero again.

i don't have anything i'm planning on watching tonight. i'll probably bounce between some college hockey games and Treehouse Masters later tonight. i do know that i'm planning on taking a nice long shower after dinner. hopefully some hot water will do something for these old bones.

let's start the weekend with some humor. i watched this today and laughed my ass off. i hope you enjoy:

i hope everyone has a great weekend. hopefully it will be full of sunshine and warmer temperatures than here. 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...

REMINDER: if you'd like to be so kind and get me something for my birthday (January 21st), please feel free to get me ANYTHING from my Amazon.com Wish List. you can find a direct link to it on the right hand side of this blog. THANKS.

music:

The New Basement Tapes - Down On the Bottom
Bruce Springsteen - I'm on Fire
Los Lonely Boys - 16 Monkeys
Joe Bonamassa - Driving Towards the Daylight
Arcade Fire - Wake Up

"Nothing is stranger to man than his own image." - Karel Capek

surviving the bitter cold

you could say i was somewhat shocked when i didn't find any dead cats today. it got down to at least -30 with the windchill last night. fuck, i was fucking cold and i was in the heat. i have no clue how they all stayed alive last night. i guess the force is strong with them.

mom went to a meeting today and left me her vehicle to use. instead of being a complete degenerate, i decided to get some shit done. so, i did the grocery shopping so mom wouldn't have to come out in this weather. i got what we needed and kept it under $40. that's good i suppose. she was a little shocked when she came home. of course, imagine my surprise as i thought i was picking her up and had just finished jerking off when she walked in the door. that's one feel to feel like a teenager again.

tv last night was good. some parts really good. let's start with...

Lucha Underground was great last night. the whole concept of the title match and the fact that it took up the entire hour was great. i'm happy with who got the title and hopefully there are many more shows to come. here are some highlights:

TNA was good last night. it was my first time watching this company in years. some of it was a pleasant surprise and more of it was why i stopped watching years ago. i'm not sure if i'll keep on watching it, but at least i know i get the channel it is now on.

American Horror Story was fucking creepy last night. Neil Patrick Harris knocked his role out of the park. plus, yet another great ending. easily, one of the best shows on television.

by the time that got done, i was able to watch most of the rest of the New York Rangers game last night. talk about a great way to start a road trip. a very convincing 4-1 win over one of the best teams in the league. hopefully they will have some more in the tank when they have the Stanley Cup Final rematch tonight against the Kings. here are some highlights from last night:

tonight is another clusterfuck of sorts for me on television. the Dayton Flyers play on the road here in a few minutes. the game is on tv, but will clash with The Big Bang Theory. so, now do i listen to the game on the radio or do i flip back and forth like the asshole i am. i suppose you know what will happen. hopefully Dayton gets a win tonight. if they can win games on the road shorthanded like they are, i will be very impressed.

after The Big Bang Theory and god knows what else tonight, i'll be watching the Rangers game for sure. and then hopefully getting some sleep. i could use something more than 4 hours or so. hopefully a couple of victory beers do the trick tonight.

i spent a little time on iTunes today fucking around. you'll see some "new" music down below.

thanks to Janne Karlsson for the great comments on my latest poems. i truly do appreciate them.

that's all for me today. i hope this finds everyone warm or with a drink in their hands. 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:

Shinedown - Sound of Madness
Alabama Shakes - Live at Third Man 9/20/2011 Single
Hot Water Music - Drag My Body
My Morning Jacket - Suspicious Minds (Live)

"Ambition is a dream with a V8 engine." - Elvis Presley

Je Suis Charlie

it's good to stay busy when it's really fucking cold

i set out this morning to get the poems out nice and early. little did i know that my stomach had different plans. but, once i got that handled, it was typing time.

i sent out 23 poems today. 3 you might have already seen, as they were published at Dead Snakes. i sent out 5 each to Horror Sleaze Trash, Trailer Park Quarterly, Conduit, and Carcinogenic Poetry. when i hear back from these places i will pass along the verdicts. i've sent to a couple new places to me, so i'm hoping for some good news.

mom was busy/sick today, so i did most of the running around. i knew i better get some cat food as i was really low. i managed to get that. i do love how i intimidate people in public. grow a long goatee and watch people think they better not fuck with you. good times.

i had one young cat die on me today. it must have died overnight as i remember it eating yesterday afternoon. the scary thing is it only got to around -5 with the windchill this morning. i'm wondering how many are going to die when it hits -30 with the windchill tonight. i guess i better bring a shovel along with me tomorrow when i go to feed them.

my left arm isn't getting any better. i'm trying my best to not use it much. i know i see the doctor in a few months. my stubborn ass will probably wait until then, or at least until it falls off.

i watched a few college basketball games last night. i took it as a great sign that the same Ole Miss team that Dayton beat almost won at #1 Kentucky last night.

tonight is another crazy night of television for me. first off will be Lucha Underground. i'm really looking forward to that. then, i'm going to give TNA a shot on their new channel. hopefully it won't be a waste of my time. after that, i'll be watching American Horror Story. i'm so happy that is back. but, of course, i have something else i need to watch at the same time. the New York Rangers are out on the west coast tonight and tomorrow. Anaheim should be a good test for the boys. needless to say, i'll be up late tonight. hopefully drinking a victory beer. mostly to stay warm.

i've done my best to make sure none of the fucking pipes freeze tonight. that's the last fucking thing i need with the farm right now. now, hopefully the electricity stays on all evening.

i have no clue when i will be on here tomorrow. i suppose sometime after dead cat detail.

i hope everyone is warm and enjoying life or perhaps just this moment. 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:

Deep Purple - Perfect Strangers
Noah Gundersen - Ledges
Walk The Moon - Shut Up and Dance
Lamb of God - Redneck
Muddy Waters - Champagne & Reefer (Live)

"Every great story seems to begin with a snake." - Nicolas Cage

my 3 poems at Dead Snakes

my poems "the first moments of dawn", "they tend to get a little rowdy", and "so many years ago" have been published at Dead Snakes. you can find the poems by going here:
http://deadsnakes.blogspot.com/2015/01/jj-campbell-three-poems.html

say hello to snow

so, the "experts" were partly correct with the weather forecast. it did snow. thankfully, we only got three inches of it. here are some pictures of the first snowfall on the farm in 2015:

you can see the rest of the pictures i took in the slideshow on the right hand side of this blog.

thankfully, the snow was pretty easy to shovel. of course, i managed to injure myself anyway. i think i pulled something in my left arm. i probably hurt it yesterday trying to change the water filter in the cellar. thank god i have a wonderful pain tolerance.

it's supposed to get really fucking cold tonight, well below zero. i might have to sleep with the wool socks on tonight.

the World Juniors gold medal game last night was crazy. i stopped watching when Canada got out to a big lead and then i turned back and Russia had cut the lead down to 1. i watched most of the game from there. Canada won 5-4.

Monday Night Raw was disappointing last night. i'm reserving complete judgment to see if all the bullshit from last night leads to something good. of course, given what i think of the company, i don't have much hope for anything good happening.

thankfully, Gotham was fucking awesome last night. the episode had so many twists and turns... edge of the seat type shit for the entire hour. one of the best shows on television.

i think i found the checks i'm going to order when we move. i definitely have to get the Batman checks i found today. too fucking cool.

i have no clue what i'm going to watch tonight. probably some college basketball. maybe i'll catch up on some reading.

i'm planning on breaking out the first poetry submissions of 2015 tomorrow. so, hopefully my arm isn't killing me too much as i have some fucking typing to do.

hope everyone is doing good. hopefully it is warmer where you are. if not, break out the hard stuff for tonight. 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...

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music:

My Morning Jacket - Acoustic Citsuoca (Live) EP
Hayes Carll w/Caitlin Rose - Love Don't Let Me Down
Thriving Ivory - Angels On the Moon
Over the Rhine - Ohio
Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea

"Nothing happens unless first we dream." - Carl Sandburg

and here comes hell...

the doomsday local media has done its job well today. i drove past the local store when i was out getting the mail at the post office and the parking lot was packed almost out to the street. we supposedly have 3 to 5 to holy shit inches of snow coming tonight and into tomorrow morning. so, of course everyone had to go out and stock up for the end of days.

i'm not sure i have caught up on my sleep yet, but i'm still kicking. i'm drained beyond belief. that should be the perfect mix for shoveling snow tomorrow.

i did watch Total Divas last night. i think i'm really going to enjoy Paige on the show. you can tell she totally has a 'i don't give a fuck attitude' that i love. she should make this shit enjoyable for me.

i spent most of today just lounging in front of the television. i did get a good laugh when i saw the next round of the FA Cup draw. Manchester United is on the road yet again, against the lowest ranked team left. hopefully they can get the job done easier this time.

tonight is back to my usual Monday night clusterfuck. Gotham comes back on tonight. i'm pumped to watch that again. at the same time is Monday Night Raw and the gold medal game of the 2015 World Juniors between Russia and Canada. the New York Rangers have 3 prospects in that game that will play a major role. so, the plan i have in my head is to watch Gotham and flip between wrestling and hockey during the commercial breaks. just a few more weeks and hopefully i'll be moved and that whole home DVR will be taking care of these problems for me.

it did get pretty damn cold last night. it's supposed to get even colder the next few days. i turned the heat up in the house as mom thinks she's coming down with something. i had a hell of a time changing the water filter in the cellar today. the perfect time for my bad back and arthritis to collude against me. but, i got the fucker changed after 10 minutes of cussing and wondering if i was going to snap a pipe in two. hopefully we don't have any frozen pipes in the next few days.

i saw most of the cats today. the next few days will be interesting for them. if we do get the snow these assholes are saying we will get, this will be the first significant snowfall some of them have ever seen. i'll definitely have to be on the lookout for dead cats in the next few days. i've already had one freeze to death earlier in the season. i'm not doubting there will be a few more that don't make it.

i'm not sure when i'll be on here tomorrow. i figure it depends on the weather and how bad it truly does get. i'm expecting i'll have some shoveling to do. hopefully my back holds up.

my uncle goes in for surgery on his hip tomorrow. mom wanted me to go over and say hello to him. i asked if it was just in case he doesn't make it through the surgery. she said yes and i refused. i told her to tell him i didn't come over to say hi because he's not going to die. he got a good laugh out of that.

that's all for me today. hope everyone had a great weekend, a better Monday and... ah, who gives a shit. hope this finds you alive. 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:

Alabama Shakes - Always Alright
Mastodon - The Motherload
TV on the Radio - Careful You
Justin Townes Earle - Racing in the Street
Broken Bells - Holding on for Life

"The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race." - Don Marquis

i'll sleep when i'm dead

i figure with the way i have lived/living my life, all i really need anymore is a few good cat naps and i'm good to go. of course, i know i'm fooling myself and will probably die in my 40's because of this... but honestly, do you think i fucking care? after a delirious night of no sleep, i understand the whole line of better to burn out than to fade away.

i somehow managed to stay up and watch that NJPW ppv last night, Wrestle Kingdom 9. it was fucking awesome. i've seen bits and pieces of wrestling from Japan over the years, but last night was my first full live show. i would have to rank it in the top 5 wrestling ppv's i have EVER seen. the matches were great. the storytelling was top notch. to hear Jim Ross call matches again was great. i'm not going to spoil any results for anyone who might be getting the replay tonight. all i will say is do yourself a favor and get the ppv and enjoy the hell out of it.

the ROH show last night was a clip show of the top matches of 2014. since i had seen all those matches, i took that as a chance to get a quick nap in. other than the 2 hours i got this morning, that's all the sleep i've had. good times.

my friend Paul came over to watch the Bengals playoff game. it was good to see that he's better now and out of the hospital. of course the Bengals lost. he left before the game was over. i can't blame him. it was starting to snow and he had other shit to do. we did talk about going to some soccer matches in the future. that should be some fun.

Manchester United won today in the FA Cup 2-0. of course, they looked like shit doing so. and they also have 2 more injured players. thank fucking god the January transfer window will soon be open. goals today from Ander Herrera and Angel Di Maria.

now, let's rewind to yesterday...

the Dayton Flyers took Duquesne behind the woodshed and beat the shit out of them yesterday. of course, it took them awhile to get going, but once they did, it was awesome to watch. Dayton won 81-55. honestly, for most of the game it never felt that close. their next two games are on the road. and since this is the season of being challenged, Dayton lost another player yesterday for the season to concussion symptoms. sadly, it also ends his career as he was a 5th year senior. so, with the other players gone and injuries, Dayton has 7 guys more or less. i'm so proud that this team has basically said fuck it and accepted the challenge. here are some highlights from yesterday:

after the game we went to the new house to look for a few things. i guess the furnace hasn't been cleaned for more than 5 years. good times.

we made it back to the farm in time to watch the NFL playoff games. 

the New York Rangers beat the shit out of Buffalo last night, 6-1. the power play is finally clicking and i'm loving it. Buffalo took three straight penalties and the Rangers scored on all 3 power plays. hopefully this is a good sign of things to come, especially with a west coast road trip coming up. here are some highlights from last night:

i was sad to hear about the death of Stuart Scott today. i can remember watching all those SportsCenters when i got off from work and he was definitely one that entertained me. fucking cancer takes another good one. do any bad people die from cancer?

once i get done with this, i'm planning on watching the rest of the Dallas playoff game, maybe some World Juniors hockey, and the new season of Total Divas starts tonight. the rest of the Sunday night shows start back up next week.

i guess i should eat something as well. lunch kind of just blew past me today.

thankfully none of the snow is sticking but it is certainly getting fucking cold. i might actually have to get a blanket out for sleeping in the chair. 

i hope everyone is having a great weekend. hopefully you didn't lose money betting on the wrong UFC fighter last night. 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:

Drivin' N' Cryin' - Straight to Hell

Pixies - Hey (Live)

Tricky - Aftermath

Kiss - War Machine

Arcade Fire - Wake Up

"I'm tired of being this solemn poet of the masses, the enigma shrouded in a mystery." - Michael Stipe

if you would like to get me something for my birthday or maybe just because you like me or you like this blog, feel free to get me ANYTHING from my Amazon.com Wish List. you can find a link to it on the right hand side of this blog. 

thank you.

peering through the rain and fog

so i slept a little better last night. i got almost 5 hours, which for me is like a normal person getting close to 8 hours. i did feel a little refreshed when i woke up this morning and i knew it was more than just the shower i took last night.

it rained all damn night. thankfully, none of it was frozen. my body is telling me it's going to rain most of the day. this will be fun.

the Dayton Flyers open up A10 play today at home against Duquesne. it's a game Dayton should win easily, but nothing comes easy for any damn team i root for. the game is on national television, airing on NBCSN. hopefully i'll be drinking a victory beer later today.

i caught up on some podcasts last night, notably Talk is Jericho and The Art of Wrestling. i finally took the time to actually start subscribing on iTunes to the podcasts i listen to all the time via rss. i also started deleting shit from my library on my computer. nothing like getting rid of shit you don't use anymore.

after the game, we're coming back home because the NFL playoffs start today. that will start off a crazy day for me on tv. after the two NFL playoff games and the New York Rangers game, i'm planning on watching the new episode of ROH. i believe it's all highlights from 2014. now, if i'm somehow still awake (i'm hoping to nap during the football games) i'm hoping to watch the NJPW ppv (Wrestle Kingdom 9). it starts at 2 in the morning here. i'm trying to force myself to stay up because this is basically the Japanese Wrestlemania. and all the matches look like they are going to be fucking awesome. and with it being the first time on American television... you get the point why i want to stay up. now, here's the kicker. the show will get over around 6 in the morning. at 10 in the morning, Manchester United will be playing. do i stay up, take a nap, say fuck it to everything and just sleep for 10 hours... decisions, decisions. seeing that the ppv is $45, if i'm getting it, i'm staying up to watch it.

i fed the cats this morning. i think they were a little surprised to see me that early. no dead ones, as of yet. i saw that in the middle of next week the lows are supposed to be below zero. that's when i'll truly be on alert for dead cats.

that's all for me today. i have to get ready to leave. and you know how concerned i am with my public appearance. stop laughing.

hope everyone has a great weekend. hopefully the weather is better where you are. 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
The New Basement Tapes - When I Get My Hands On You
Volbeat - A Warrior's Call
Butthole Surfers - Pepper
Love and Rockets - So Alive

"Laziness is nothing more than the habit of resting before you get tired." - Jules Renard

arthritis is kicking my ass

if the first 2 days of 2015 are a clue to what the whole year is going to be like, this is going to be my year of pain. i suppose this will be my true test of my pain tolerance. if i make it to the other side, there will be a new me. if i don't, enjoy the poems along the way of my demise. the fact that it's somewhat painful to type this at all is a wonderful sign of things to come.

other than the pain, i'm still riding the high of Ohio State upsetting #1 Alabama last night in the Sugar Bowl. that was an instant classic. the highs, the lows, my incessant cussing out of coaches for play calls, the touchdown run to seal the win, one of the best victory beers of my life. Ohio State won 42-35 and will now play for the National Championship against Oregon. hearing all these fuckers from down south so pissed off last night made me laugh all night long. the myth of the SEC has now been broken forever. thank god.

it took me forever to fall asleep last night and then i got a whole 2 hours of sleep before i woke up to do the dishes. two days in a row of being up before the sun. i guess i'm suddenly in my 60's. i'm going to try to sleep in my chair tonight. i cat nap in the fucker most of the day anyway. hopefully i'll be able to get a few more hours and hopefully my shoulder will feel better as well.

i'm planning on taking a nice long shower after this. enjoy that visual.

Frontier Communications finally got around to fixing our shit. i guess some mice were the culprit on the other main road out here in the sticks. of course, when it gets really cold here in a few days, i expect our service to go out again.

i guess mom is now targeting late January to start the moving process.

after a little nap earlier today, i watched team USA play Russia in the 2015 World Juniors. Russia eliminated the USA once again from this tournament, 3-2. that's 2 years in a row. the two New York Rangers prospects on Russia played good. i think they definitely have two future NHL players in those two picks. as for the USA, there was something missing with this team for sure. when i saw the end of the game and tempers were flaring and no one came to help one American player, it became easy to see that this was a team of individuals. hopefully they learn from this painful lesson, but i seriously doubt it.

i have no clue what i'm going to do tonight. i might pour me a tall glass of whiskey and start sending out poetry submissions. or i might just watch some television and hopefully fall asleep. either way, i'm really looking forward to that shower.

i'll be on here early tomorrow as we have a basketball game at 1 in the afternoon. it's supposed to be raining cats and dogs. hopefully the freezing rain will have moved on by then. the weather is going to get pretty fucking crazy around here in the next 48 hours. from thunderstorms to snow and single digit temperatures. good times.

one the cats has not been eating much the last few days. i figure the ground is just about frozen solid, so it will be dying soon. they rarely die when i can bury them somewhere. i figure once there is a few inches of snow on the ground and we have some snow drifts out here, that's when the damn cat will die. that's certainly one thing i won't miss at the new house. of course, it really just means i'll end up talking to myself more.

that's all for today. i'm thinking i'm going to do a little shaving before i get in the shower. on my face you perverts. i hope everyone had a great day. if not, drink something stronger. 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:

Kelly Sweet - In the Air Tonight
Rival Sons - Electric Man
Mischa "Book" Chillak w/Esthero - Ready or Not
The Glitch Mob - Can't Kill Us
DJ Khaled w/T-Pain, Ludacris, Snoop Dogg & Rick Ross - All I Do Is Win

"Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers." - Isaac Asimov

happily ever after

my poem "happily ever after" has been published by NewPoetry.net. you can find the poem by going here: http://www.newpoetry.net/npen/71.html

not sure why i expected something different...

i was so hoping that 2015 was going to get off to a good start for me. but, while laying in bed last night, my left shoulder started to ache. i figured no big deal. 3 hours later and i still hadn't fallen asleep, i figured fuck. i tricked myself into sleeping for about 30 minutes before i came downstairs to put some ointment i have in the freezer for pain. when i said a few weeks ago that my body only responds to cold i wasn't joking. i rubbed that shit on and the smell basically made it clear that i wasn't going to be able to fall back asleep. so, i was up 2 fucking hours before the sun was to start off my 2015.

Manchester United got yet another draw on the road today at Stoke. i wasn't pleased when they fell behind 90 seconds into the game. thankfully Falcao scored 25 minutes later. United didn't do much in the second half. neither team really did as the weather turned to shit. but, that's typical for England... all the time. once again, i'll keep the mindset that it's better to get one point than no points. i believe they have the FA Cup match coming up this weekend. that should be interesting.

the New York Rangers got back to their winning ways last night with a 5-2 win in Florida. here are some highlights from the game:

Canada beat team USA 5-3 in the 2015 World Juniors yesterday. the last 3 minutes of the game were fucking nuts. but, the result pretty much went how i thought it would go. now, the USA will have to beat Russia tomorrow to have a chance at a medal. and then of course, they would have to beat the two unbeaten teams left, Sweden and Canada, to win the gold. i'll be shocked if they actually play for a medal.

i didn't do much last night. after the hockey game, i listened to the Sam Roberts Wrestling Podcast and then did a shot of whiskey and grabbed a beer and waited for the ball to drop. i'll be 39 years old on the 21st of this month and i've never had a kiss at the stroke of the new year. just typing that makes me want to go put a shotgun in my mouth. i keep hearing this myth that life actually begins at 40. why do i have the funny feeling that i'm going to be the exception to the rule? of course, this could just be the pain talking.

after i get done with this, i'm going to settle in to watch some of what's left of The Winter Classic and some of the college football bowl games. hopefully i get a good nap in before Ohio State takes on Alabama tonight. if Ohio State can pull off that upset, then they will have a chance to play for the national championship. hopefully i'll be savoring a victory beer late tonight.

hopefully your 2015 has started way better than mine. if not, i'm sure there is enough room in this river of misery for both of us. 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:

John Prine - Clay Pigeons
The Black Crowes - The Last Place That Love Lives
Grace Potter - I Shall Be Released (Live)
JJ Grey & Mofro - This River
Trampled By Turtles - Alone

"I'm sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody." - J.D. Salinger