3 hours of sleep again...

 it is still in the single digits here. i laughed when i saw the news last night and they said by next week at this time, it should be close to 50 degrees. i guess everyone will be sick soon as well.

Smackdown and NXT Level Up were both pretty good last night.

AEW Rampage was really good last night.

Real Time with Bill Maher was hilarious last night.

here are your NBA highlights from last night:

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be AEW Collision, Saturday Night Live and Austin City Limits.

the Dayton Flyers play at home today against Rhode Island.

the USMNT play a friendly today against Slovenia.

the New York Rangers play at the LA Kings tonight.

i will probably watch both NFL playoff games today. Texans at Ravens and Packers at 49ers.

i will try be on here in the morning tomorrow. but, given that it is my birthday, i'm hoping i will still in bed at this hour tomorrow.

i hope everyone has a great Saturday. stay warm.

until tomorrow kids...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck war.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

stay off the fucking streets.

get the fucking shot.

tres horas de sueño otra vez

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:

Black Tiger Sex Machine, Kai Wachi &Wasiu - Skull Machine

The Black Crowes - Wanting & Waiting

Mumford & Sons & Pharrell Williams - Good People

Marcus King - Fuck My Life Up Again

Evan Nicole Bell - Runaway Girl - EP

"Negativity is the enemy of creativity." - David Lynch

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

response from Synchronized Chaos...

 i heard back from Cristina at Synchronized Chaos on my recent poetry submission. my poems "seeking ghosts", "another excuse to get depressed", "the never-ending chaos of the world", "ever dreamed about dunking" and "take secrets to the grave" have been accepted for publication.

of course it had to be this way...

 so, around noon today i called Rite Aid to see what was up with my Trulicity prescription. well, it seems like the manufacturer has limited the production of it, so the wholesaler that Rite Aid uses has none and that means they can't fill my prescription. my doctor's office gave me the choice of calling my insurance and seeing if i can switch to one of the other drugs (Ozempic, etc.) or up my intake of my Glimepiride. i chose the Glimepiride as i have the pills here at the house. so, now i will take that after breakfast and after dinner for the time being. i'm hoping the Trulicity delay doesn't go on forever. i finally found a drug that worked for me and of course...

we did get some snow overnight. i'm guessing we got a couple of inches. joy.

the New York Rangers got their asses handed to them last night at Las Vegas, 5-1.

NJPW was excellent last night.

here are your NBA highlights from last night:

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Smackdown, AEW Rampage and Real Time with Bill Maher. i'll watch NXT Level Up sometime tonight on Peacock.

i should be on here tomorrow before the Dayton Flyers play in the afternoon at home against Rhode Island.

i haven't slept well the past couple of nights. i'm chalking it up to my back pain. 

i'm not sure what mom has planned for my birthday. i'm not expecting anything crazy given the snow on the ground.

i made chicken and waffles for dinner last night. i've been trying to switch it up a bit here lately. mom made the roast i got earlier this week for tonight. so, this should be a good night of eating.

until tomorrow kids...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck war.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

stay off the fucking streets.

get the fucking shot.

Por supuesto que tenía que ser así.

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:

IDLES w/James Murphy & Nancy Whang - Dancer

The Jesus and Mary Chain - Chemical Animal

Real Estate - Water Underground

The Melos - I Don't Wanna Be

Red Wanting Blue - Goliath

"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity." - Edgar Allan Poe

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

poetry update

 i just sent out 10 poems, 5 each to Synchronized Chaos and that poetry project i talked about in the previous blog post. when i hear back about these poems, i will pass along the verdicts.

like an elephant sitting on my back

 it seems like i have had a bad back forever. it is probably more like over 20 years now. i have a knot in the middle of my back that i can't get loose. warm water didn't help. stretching, ice, etc., nothing. so, today has been one of those pain management days. joy. just what i wanted 3 days before my birthday.

i did have a very good conversation with an old friend this morning. she wants to give me a birthday present. now, i just have to figure out how to get to where she lives. good times.

AEW Dynamite was very good last night.

I Can See Your Voice was good last night.

here are your NBA highlights from last night:

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be NJPW.

the New York Rangers play tonight at Las Vegas.

got some good news last night on a potential poetry project. i have a good feeling about this one. hopefully, it will be coming out in late spring (fingers fucking crossed). i have to send some more poems, which i should get around to later tonight, most likely.

we are supposed to get some snow, so i figure when it gets bad, that will be when Rite Aid texts me to let me know my prescription is ready to pick up. and considering it is the shot i take for my type 2 diabetes, i kind of have to go get it.

i should be on here tomorrow in the afternoon. 

i hope everyone is staying warm and is safe.

until tomorrow kids...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck war.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

stay off the fucking streets.

get the fucking shot.

como un elefante sentado en mi espalda

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 Last Dinner Party - Nothing Matters

Creekbed Carter Hogan - If I Was

Buffalo Tom - Late At Night

Talking Heads - This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody) (Live)

Adrianne Lenker - Sadness As a Gift

"No sensible author wants anything but praise." - A.A. Milne

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

a cold sunshine...

 it actually didn't feel too bad in the cold sunshine today. now, when the wind started blowing, you knew exactly how fucking cold it was today. good times.

the grocery shopping went well today. got everything that was on the list and managed to keep it under $200. i figured Kroger would be busy today since it is supposed to snow in the next 4 days. and i admit, i did get a few things in case it is snowing on my birthday. i usually will order a pizza, etc. i figured if it is bad out, we can just make that shit here at the house.

the Dayton Flyers won last night at home against Saint Louis, 70-65.

the New York Rangers won last night at home over Seattle, 5-2.

the season finale of Hard Knocks was good last night.

Name That Tune was pretty funny last night.

Inside the NFL was good last night.

here are your NBA highlights from last night:

NXT was excellent last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be AEW Dynamite and I Can See Your Voice.

if the pork chops are thawed out, i'll be making those tonight with some apples. if not, who the fuck knows...

i'm going to try to be on here earlier tomorrow.

until tomorrow kids...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck war.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

stay off the fucking streets.

get the fucking shot.

un sol frio

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:

Shovels & Rope - St. Anne's Parade

Ethan Azarian - Hawaii

Stepan i Meduza - Ocehb

Steve Earle - Colorado Girl

Waxahatchee w/MJ Lenderman - Right Back To It

"The man who has no imagination has no wings." - Muhammad Ali

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

laundry day...

 since i really don't want to be doing laundry this upcoming weekend (my 48th birthday is on Sunday), i decided laundry day was going to be today. but first, i needed to go to the post office to drop off some mail. i was going to take it out to the mailbox at 3 in the morning, but it was snowing and 4 degrees outside. after the post office, i went to the bank. after that, i went and got some gas at Kroger. i usually like to have a full tank of gas in the winter, just in case. 

i did watch both NFL playoff games yesterday. Buffalo defeated Pittsburgh, 31-17. Tampa Bay beat Philadelphia, 32-9.

here are your NBA highlights from yesterday:

Monday Night Raw was good last night.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be NXT, Inside the NFL, Name That Tune and Hard Knocks.

the New York Rangers play at home tonight against Seattle.

the Dayton Flyers play at home tonight against Saint Louis. first game since Dayton has been back in the top 25 in the country.

i should be on here tomorrow after i get the grocery shopping done.

i need to finish my laundry, cook dinner and get the trash picked up.

until tomorrow kids...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck war.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

stay off the fucking streets.

get the fucking shot.

día de lavandería

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:

Bella Cuts - Until Everybody Is Free

Bien et Toi - Haiku

Retr0grade w/BoomBaptist - No Hook, No Name

Kurt Vile - Another good year for the roses

Dharmacide - Horses/Divorces

"In England, I'm a horror movie director. In Germany, I'm a filmmaker. In the US, I'm a bum." 

                                                                         - John Carpenter

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

a day for reflection...

 i wish this day was spent like the title of this blog post, but it isn't. for too many people in this country, it is just another day off, that is all. just imagine how much better we could be as people if we actually understood why this holiday matters.

i did watch both NFL playoff games yesterday. the Packers whipped the Cowboys, 48-32. the Lions won their game last night over the Rams, 24-23. today, the Bills are at home against the Steelers and the Eagles play at Tampa Bay.

here are your NBA highlights from yesterday:

the season finale of The Curse was fucking insane last night.

Power Book III: Raising Kanan was really good last night.

True Detective Night Country was excellent last night.

Manchester United and Tottenham finished 2-2 yesterday.

the New York Rangers won yesterday at home against Washington, 2-1.

i wrote 2 poems last night before i went to sleep. i think they are pretty good.

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Monday Night Raw.

i will probably be on here tomorrow after i get back from the bank.

it actually made it up to double digits today for the high temperature. it is so cold in our garage, i'm not sure the refrigerator actually needs to be running.

i hope everyone had a great weekend.

a big thank you to everyone for checking out my latest published poems:

https://synchchaos.com/poetry-from-j-j-campbell-97/

until tomorrow kids...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck war.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

stay off the fucking streets.

get the fucking shot.

un día para reflexionar

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:

Curtis Mayfield - Pusherman

Beyonce - BLACK PARADE

Billie Eilish - bury a friend

The Unthanks - Magpie

Jim James - State of the Art (A.E.I.O.U.)

"In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends." 

                                                                              - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

my 5 poems at Synchronized Chaos...

 my poems "what could have been", "too damn stubborn", "and rainbow eyebrows", "the stranger" and "swiss cheese" have been published at Synchronized Chaos. you can read the poems by going here:

https://synchchaos.com/poetry-from-j-j-campbell-97/

now, it feels like winter...

 so, i didn't get to sleep until around 5 this morning. when i got up, roughly 4 or 5 hours later, i looked to see what the temperature was outside. my phone said 0 but feels like -11. oh joy, now winter is definitely here.

i was hoping to get this done before Manchester United started today. so much for that. they are currently playing at home against Tottenham. it is 2-2 in the second half.

the New York Rangers pissed away a lead yesterday and lost at Washington, 3-2. they play them at home today. hopefully, they end this fucking losing streak.

i did watch both NFL playoff games yesterday. the Texans whipped the Browns, 45-14. the Chiefs beat the Dolphins last night, 26-7. today, the games are Packers at Cowboys and Rams at Lions.

AEW Collision and AEW Battle of the Belts were both pretty good last night.

Austin City Limits was excellent last night.

here are your NBA highlights from last night:

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be the season finale of The Curse, Power Book III: Raising Kanan and True Detective: Night Country.

i did go to Rite Aid yesterday to pick up some prescriptions. that looks like a wise decision as it was probably 20 degrees warmer yesterday.

i hope everyone had a great Saturday. i hope your Sunday will be even better.

a big thank you to everyone for checking out my latest published poems:

https://horrorsleazetrash.com/2024/01/14/j-j-campbell-83/

https://beatnikcowboy.com/2024/01/13/j-j-campbell-40/

hope everyone stays warm today.

until tomorrow kids...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck war.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

stay off the fucking streets.

get the fucking shot.

ahora se siente como invierno

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:

Soul Coughing - Super Bon Bon

Faith No More - Easy

King Air - Power Ballads

Disturbed w/Ann Wilson - Don't Tell Me

Jeymes Samuel, D'Angelo & Jay-Z - I Want You Forever

"People don't choose their careers; they are engulfed by them." - John Dos Passos

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

a cold wind

 my poem "a cold wind" has been published at Horror Sleaze Trash. you can read the poem by going here:

https://horrorsleazetrash.com/2024/01/14/j-j-campbell-83/

my 3 poems at The Beatnik Cowboy...

 my poems "endless poems about regret", "thirty years younger" and "for nickels and pennies" have been published at The Beatnik Cowboy. you can read the poems by going here:

https://beatnikcowboy.com/2024/01/13/j-j-campbell-40/

if it was snowing harder, we'd be in a blizzard...

 i could hear the wind whipping last night as i was trying to fall asleep. i woke up this morning and it was snowing sideways. so far, it is only sticking to the grass, so i'm assuming the real fucking cold isn't here yet. joy.

the Dayton Flyers won last night at Duquesne, 72-62.

Smackdown and NXT Level Up were both really good last night.

AEW Rampage was good last night.

here are your NBA highlights from last night:

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be AEW Collision, AEW Battle of the Belts and Austin City Limits.

the NFL playoffs start today. the Browns are at the Texans and the Dolphins play at Kansas City tonight.

the New York Rangers play today at Washington.

i should be on here tomorrow in the morning, before Manchester United plays.

a big thank you to everyone for checking out my latest published poems:

https://www.theasylumfloor.com/2024/01/four-poems-by-jj-campbell.html

i hope everyone has a great Saturday.

until tomorrow kids...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck war.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

stay off the fucking streets.

get the fucking shot.

si nevara más fuerte, estaríamos en una tormenta de nieve

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:

Pissed Jeans - Moving On

Willi Carlisle - A Higher Lonesome

The Black Keys - Beautiful People (Stay High)

The Pineapple Thief - The Frost

Middle Sattre - Hate Yourself to the Core

"With out art, without communicating, we wouldn't live beyond 30 because we'd be so sad and depressed." - Wayne Coyne

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

my 4 poems at The Asylum Floor...

 my poems "creatures of mercy", "all the while sharpening the knives", "all the signs are there" and "as cheap as wine" have been published at The Asylum Floor. you can read the poems by going here:

https://www.theasylumfloor.com/2024/01/four-poems-by-jj-campbell.html

turning over to sleet...

 it started off as rain this morning. by the time i was driving to Rite Aid to pick up a prescription, it had turned over to sleet. at least it wasn't really causing any problems here. i know some other roads around here had crashes on them. it is that time of year again...

Rite Aid wasn't that busy. i got my prescription and some stuff mom needed and came back home. what kills me is i got a text from Rite Aid 2 hours later saying i had 2 more prescriptions to pick up. since i don't need them right now, i think those will be picked up on Monday.

the New York Rangers lost last night at Saint Louis, 5-2. 

NJPW was really good last night.

here are your NBA highlights from last night:

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be Smackdown and AEW Rampage. i'll watch NXT Level Up sometime tonight on Peacock.

the Dayton Flyers play tonight at Duquesne. the game is on ESPN2.

i should be on here tomorrow in the morning before the Rangers play at Washington.

i guess New England has a new coach.

  

so does Alabama.

i helped mom put up a towel ring in the other bathroom here. since it didn't come with the screw to use, we had to improvise. and doing that while it is raining and arthritis is raging, joy... but, after i watched a YouTube video, i figured out what we were doing wrong and got it up pretty quickly. after that, i had a bunch of boxes to break down and put in the recycling.

i guess it is going to get really fucking cold this weekend. hope everyone stays warm.

until tomorrow kids...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck war.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

stay off the fucking streets.

get the fucking shot.

volteándose hacia el aguanieve

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:

Suki Waterhouse - OMG

Futon Blonde - Goodbye, Goodbye

Bosq & Kaleta - No Walls

Freekbass - I Know You Do

Superchunk - Everybody Dies

"You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." - Jack London

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

it was sunny today...

 other than a cold wind, today was one of those January days you couldn't really complain about. of course, next week is supposed to be below zero. the complaints will be flowing.

took mom to her foot doctor today. that went smoothly. then, i had to drive her to her regular doctor to pick up a test she needs to do. after that, she wanted to go out to eat. she decided she wanted to go to Waffle House. so, i drove back to where we live and went to the one in town. i'm not sure which genius decided they need new chairs. holy shit those are bad. it was like they got a discount on children's chairs and just said fuck it. the food was good but you could clearly tell that no one working actually wanted to be there. good times.

so, another day dominated by NFL news.

AEW Dynamite was good last night.

I Can See Your Voice was very good last night.

here are your NBA highlights from last night:

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be NJPW.

the New York Rangers play tonight at Saint Louis.

i should be on here tomorrow in the afternoon most likely. i think the weather is supposed to turn to shit, so i will probably be aching as usual.

until tomorrow kids...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck war.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

stay off the fucking streets.

get the fucking shot.

estaba soleado hoy

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:

Bint il Sham - Ishtar

Ghost Funk Orchestra - To The Moon!

Baraari w/Jurum - Habal

Queen - Radio Ga Ga

The Afghan Whigs - When We Two Parted

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

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

response from Synchronized Chaos...

 i heard back from Cristina at Synchronized Chaos on my recent poetry submission. my poems "what could have been", "too damn stubborn", "and rainbow eyebrows", "the stranger" and "swiss cheese" have been accepted for publication.

at least it wasn't ice...

 it rained and rained all night long. as you can imagine, i didn't sleep worth a shit. i  probably didn't fall asleep until around 5 AM. thankfully, i woke up and was able to have breakfast before noon. i got all the grocery shopping done and was able to get back home before the next round of weather started. good times.

so, there has been some holy shit news today in pro and college football. Pete Carroll out as Seattle's coach and Nick Saban is retiring from Alabama. 

NXT was very good last night.

Inside the NFL was excellent last night.

Name That Tune was hilarious last night.

Hard Knocks was really good last night.

here are your NBA highlights from last night:

enjoy some music:

and now some of this and that:

on the DVR tonight will be AEW Dynamite and I Can See Your Voice.

i think i am going to make bacon cheeseburgers for dinner tonight.

i should be on here tomorrow after i take mom to her foot doctor. we may go out to eat after that, not sure yet.

i'm hoping some poems will come to me in the shower tonight. it usually happens there or when i'm taking a shit. ah, the life of a poet.

today marks 8 years since David Bowie died. 

until tomorrow kids...

fight the power.

fuck racism.

fuck hatred.

fuck war.

fuck the police.

black lives matter.

stay healthy.

wash your fucking hands.

stay off the fucking streets.

get the fucking shot.

al menos no estaba helado

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:

Wilco - Space Oddity (Live)

Greg Dulli - Modern Love

Nicole Atkins - Heroes

Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World (Live)

Natalie Merchant - Space Oddity (Live)

Jonah Mutono - Modern Love

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

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