Duh!

Well I'm not as depressed as I was a couple of days ago. in case you were wondering.
I can't believe I got upset for being 36. I've been 36 for 3 months now. why be upset now?
I'm so silly sometimes.

2006 Poets Market guide

for something that cost 25 bucks for information you can easily find on the internet is crazy. 20 years ago before the internet this was absolute Gold. but now all you got to do is write Poetry publishing links in your browser. and presto, several links to all the Presses magazines your heart desires. I mean literally all of them are there.

I was under the impression that what made this book worth getting is the list of Literary Agents that publish poetry. Well I was thinking their information was exclusively private and this book was the ticket to find these people and contact them. Well I was wrong. Literary Agents are not looking for Poets. maybe a long time ago but not now. or maybe never. You'd think mentioning that fact would be important. I was under the impression that Agents don't have websites because they don't want to be swamped with really bad manuscripts. I thought that was the premise of this book. Call me stupid call me naive but thats what I read as to what literary agency listings were for. but Now I learned Poetry is not part of the criteria. when I purchased this book last February. In defense of the book it never claimed what I am ranting about now. but I remember when there was time in writers market guides listed agents looking for almost everything every genre of literary. Again that was ages ago. But still the information in this book is available on the internet. its a big bulky book but filled with lots of filler with tips by poets but still I found very little information.

Next problem which is small I guess. but there are listings of publishers but are not accepting stuff until 2007 which is kind of silly if you ask me. and then there are issues of dead links or publishing companies who are now defunct or companies who are not accepting manuscripts unless you were invited. If you have that kind of privledge of being that snooty then don't advertise because its a waste of space. if your not ready to publish don't advertise.

also most of the submissions guidelines are exclusively old fashioned submitting through Postal
which in this day and Age is Archaic. You may question my point but as I stated earlier I found lots of links to publishers and I found plenty of presses magazines who accept the modern way of email.

then there is the ever annoying issue of Chabook contests which I don't understand why you have a seperate section to that when its already written in the listings.

I found only a handful of companies in this book that I would be interested in submitting too. and I found literally hundreds on the net because they all have websites now.
This book is a waiste of your dough, you could be saving that money for submission fees or postal submissions if you prefer the old fashion way?

$25 dollars is a lot of money for information thats spread around and under your nose. thats like Stephen King publishing a book but you find chapters here and there in your mail box in your yard in your sock drawer... all for free.

here is the weirdest of all.
City Lights Press, which is still going. which is a legend, and its not listed in the damn Book.

Why?. keep that in mind when you check the guide out.

I found the tips almost silly, they show you how to write a query letter both postal and through email which at first I thought was very cool. but if you read what these people are looking for and they say. "Don't send us a Generic query, show us your personality." So I did an experiment I emailed some of them the generic email almost word for word and all of them never responded to an appropriate generic query letter. Next I wrote them a basic letter to companies I found on the internet saying I have a manuscript of poems and can I send a copy? out the several hundreds I emailed I'd say a hundred said yes. where as Zero of the companies said no or none even responded to my query using the suggested Query letter which is sampled in the 2006 writers market guide.

Come 2007 I'm not going to be that book again. I mivght just pay postage for submiting a manuscript hopely My manuscript of short stories will be finished by then.

Whats sad is I feel squeezed out from writing poems because nobody is looking for it. I know there are some bad ones out there, and maybe mine is shit too but damn. lets bring it back for crying out loud.

Sucky Shitty Day

I was having an okay day until my wife caused me to remind myself that I'm thirty six years old. for some reason it didn't realy hit me until now. I guess I feel old right now. it seems like everything is happening for everyone else and not me. sounds corny but I'm not too thrilled about anything right now. Like I just fell into another slump.
I gues thats what life is, just another slump to replace that last one. maybe I have to wait this out? but then how long have I been waiting and what am I waiting for, and when will it arrive? and most importantly will I enjoy it when it finally gets here? they say if you build it they will come.
Well I've been building and building and yet no takers. I seemed to have something going there for a while. I guess I need more steam. I just wish I knew where it was.

Regarding Wave

lamest book of poetry I have read in a while. toom nuch buddhist crap, and nature poems.
these poets need to get off the safety net of nature and write some cool stuff.
Flowers and Trees and animals is just a mask for them to hide behind. iin fact they not saying anything about the animals mentioned

i do not recomend Gary Snyder. I"m just its over.

Joy Division / David Blaine

Nothing much to say whats going on in my life right now. just writing and seeking poetry magazines and book publishing companies to submit to. Saw the most boring movie in the world. The New Mr. Vampire, last night it put me to sleep. there was nothing funny about it at all. I hated it. It looked cheaper then the first one.

just reading relaxing and going back to the gym. right now I'm listening to Joy Division which is the sweetest music you can possibly hear. but don't listen to it if your depressed. God No!

I heard that David Blaine is doing more stunts. he's going to hang from the brooklyn bridge.

Big Deal!!! sounds Lamo to me

I hope he knows this aint magic. maybe he's ran out of ideas. theres nothing magical about a guy staying in one spot for long amount of time.

Does Coma Ring any Bells? Being in a Coma isn't a stunt. or how about quadroplegics? sometimes they stay in one spot for to long and thats not a stunt.
he needs to stop this shit

Now!! I was on his side put now he's getting rediculous. People want to see magic not a man who withstand boredom.

Tales of Ordinary Madness

Great for people who are insane or think they are insane until they read this book. lets face it Bukowski think everyone is a bunch of pussies so I pity anyone who tries to be a bad ass. You suck you understand Assholes???

Bukowski

Bukowski at the Piano

Whats going on here?

Bubba Ho-Tep Review

Bubba Ho-Tep, A major disappointment for an independant film ossie Davis was the only person I cared about in the whole movie. he's a Seasoned pro, and diserves more recognition then he has

As for Mr Bruce Campbell its more then likely he'll stay in the ranks of loser pseudo Independant film star. especially with is attitude with his fans which he makes fun of them for being a fan of anything.

I know its funny but sometimes people are such loser that being a fan of anything is the only thing keeping them together or sane as they possibly could be. he of all people should know this. he should be more respectful of his fans then he is. I saw him in action at a book signing. Instead of enoying the festiveness of his fans he talks to them like their idiots in a friendly manner. Mr Campbell is dick.


this piece of crap Bubba Ho-Tep lacked the heart it pretends to have and I don't know why critics raved about it. Again Ossie Davis was the only life this film could have possibly have.

This is the worst Elvis Joke in the world

SlaughterHouse Five

Crazy Funny wild and a constant whirlwind transitions of episodes of Billy Pilgrim. or Time Tripping. Very bizzare leaving one with a since of bewilderment. which is why I liked it. I remember I read this book fifteen years ago. I must say they left out the funniest part in the whole book. Billy Pilgrim goes to the bathroom athis human zoo. He takes a piss the Crowd goes wild.

Get this movie and read the book.!!!

BlockBuster Video Sucks Shit!!!

A letter I wrote to block Buster about their online service. I must say IU have been very nice in hiolding back my opinion about this Service, here is what I had to say to them about my problem.

in my cue I have several selections I have been waiting for for 2-3 months and the Number One DVD was Tetsuo The Iron man. well after waiting for almost four months It finally arrived today but was broken, not cracked broken with a chunk of the DVD missing, thus making it an incomplete DVD, therefore not playable.

I personally find It insulting that I would have to wait that long for a broken DVD. this makes the second time I recieved a broken dvd from you guys. down below is a cut and paste of your explanation of your DVD Wash process. which after today I realize is total garbage.

"Blockbuster regularly runs each DVD through a special DVD wash process to minimize the passing of dust and lint to our members. Despite this process, dust, lint, and fingerprints may still build up on the DVD and the internal mechanisms in a DVD player. One, or a combination of them could be responsible for some of the problems you are experiencing. Before placing a DVD in the player, wipe the back of the DVD with a lint-free or DVD cleansing cloth and run a DVD player cleansing disk through your system"

I find this insulting almost a slap in the face, Net Flix was never this bad. their only crime was being late. You guys are making my online rental experience absolutely miserable. my movies are late and now broken. And this happened on your end because their is a piece missing. You packed a dvd already broken and shipped it out. You didn't even look at the DVD before shipping.

My promise is this if my films continue to show up late or broken. I will cancel my account, and I won't accept any more false excuses the lateness the dvd arrives to my house exceeds far more then 2 weeks to a month. like you claim in dvd policies. I'm fed up perhaps thinking of switching to net flix. If the movies I sellected a LONG LONG LONG time ago, are not shipped promptly safely and watchable, I'm cancelling, How many times do I have say this?
that is all I have to say

Thank You Craig Caudill
a very pissed customer

Date Movie

Even though someone told me how stupid this movie was and I shouldn't watch it, and yet I watched it anyway because nobody knows what I think is funny. This wasn' t the funniest movie but I recomend it for a stuipid laugh

Kerouac

Not a bad book, not sure if he beleived this stuff himself though. Buddhism does seem like a lot of hot air like most spiritual epressions but thats my opinion. so Fuck off

Buk, just Chillin'

LE SAMOURAI

I recomend this film, I could not stop watching this masterpiece
French thrillers are awesome

Chill Out Weekend

Not much to report or say, weekend was pretty good, i was in an usually good mood for two days in a row. bought a another Stereo lab CD I tend to find them used. I was at Phils Records and god do they play the worst Punk I have ever heard in my life. i used to love Punk but I'm not sure if I have out grown or whether it was again just God Aweful Punk.

I remember when Punk used to mean something Iguess now its just for show and Henry Rollins has his own tv show, and thats okay if he wants to be a film critic. god knows I am have the time, and that always seems like the only thing to do.

Anyway this weekend was ok frisky and lazy. and yet lots of Fun.

Saw the Film Channel Z i will talk about it later, saw Samourai and that was awesome


later

GOOD NIGHT AND GOOD LUCK REVIEW

the movie was Ok, I thought it was too dry and two demensional two say they breathed life into the battle between Murrow and Mccarthy. Mcarthy was only seen through a series of real films. So we don't really see what happens in their private lives.. As I said I really feel I don't know either of these gentleman or what inspired either of the two. or what really happens to either after the investigations. Where did Mccarthy gwet his his zeal and passion to root out Comunism? where Did Murrow get his his passion for the Truth and when did He get his start saying Good night and Good luck.

I understand this is amovie about a moment in both mens lives but still is one sided.

The filming although Cut and Dry film Noir isn't too shabby. I just needed a little more for the history buff in me. I also just needed a little more for the guy in me who doesn't know everything about history. I left this movie not learning more then I already knew. I think I learned more about Murrow from watching Interviews on The Tom Snyder Show then this movie.

An OK Movie, Not a Great movie

Pat Robertson the Next Sampson

Dip Wad Pat Robertson is going around telling people he bench press 2000 pounds with his legs, and he's serious folks. heres the Damn Article from Sports Illustrated

It all makes sense now. The other day 76-year-old Pat Robertson, the founder of the Christian Broadcasting Network and The 700 Club, claimed that three years ago he leg-pressed 2,000 pounds? The video currently online where he appears to be leg-pressing close to 1,000? His miracle "age-defying" shakes that made it all possible, which contain soy protein isolate, whey protein isolate, apple-cider vinegar and ... flaxseed oil? Flaxseed oil!

Don't you see? Barry Bonds wasn't using steroids. Greg Anderson and Stan Conte are scapegoats! Bonds has been chugging Robertson's magic shakes!

Imagine Robertson's secret underground lab, where he's used thousands -- if not millions -- of dollars in "donations" from "loyal viewers" to set up all kinds of test tubes and beakers and flasks, with electricity crackling all around him, bubbles popping. He puts his head back and laughs maniacally, slickly grasping two test tubes, somehow succeeding where decades of nutritionists and athletes and health experts have so miserably failed.

Either that or he's lying. Like Bonds. But unlike Bonds, it's harder to call Robertson a liar. Not because he says things that are truthful, but because it's significantly more likely that he's simply crazy.

"If he was able to lift that much weight, I take my hat off to him, but the numbers suggest that people who lift that much weight are few and far between," Andy Zucker, a strength coach at Old Dominion University, told The Associated Press. "One would have to see what type of leg-press it was on and under what parameters it was done."

Angell Vasko, a spokeswoman for the Christian Broadcast Network, told the AP she wouldn't be surprised if Robertson really leg-pressed a ton. "This is something he trained for over an extended period of time. He lives a very healthy, regimented life," she said.

THONGS

Nurses don't dress they way they used to or anyone in any medical facilities, which is sad. I miss the shoes and the white nylon stockings or pantyhose that they used to wear. amd I the only one who feel this way. today I went to the doctors office with the old lady and I sat in the hall lobby as she went for her check up. god i loove reading books in public buildings. its great because people watching is a great past time. especially in front of the elevator.

You get to lots of great Legs ankles and feet and sometimes painted toe nails. and lets not forget Tight short shorts on a J Lo Ass. some women have it and I think its a blessing. God was being very kind to me today. Today I noticed two nurses in white uniform nurse pants which I could see through. one was wearing what I like to call Impenetratable Industrial panties, and the other A sweet Blue Thong. so It truly pays to read.

I know this is short. but this is a No News Day. The world Did not end and I hear The Omen is a mediocre movie. so congratulations to Mediocrity for being consistant all these years.

Same Sex Oil Crisis with marriage

Nice to know George Bush is working hard on the Gay marriage issue because He can't do nothing with this oil Crisis. I think gas went up 15 cents over So now the president has to create an amendment to "Protect the Sanctity of marriage" Well I think if they are going that far, and if marriage is so Sacred then I think they should make it so sacred that our very own law makers if they are divorced that they have to take back their previous wives and make it work this time. This would be a positive message to all of us that our leaders are pure as the driven snow they expect everyone else to be

Could you imagine Newt Gingrinch being forced to take his previous wife back? that would be a scream.

666 the Omen

Ok 666 some of you Morons out there are cringing and squirming in your seats dreading the sixth day the sixth month and the sixth year scenario aren't you? some of you dreading the end of the world aren't you? God what a pathetic loser you are! how do you live with yourself feeling the way you do?

how does it feel knowing that retarded people are smarter than you?

Well your gonna be disappointed just like you were at Y2K, I bet you were sitting in your bunker/basement with water, food supplies, and holy water and a King James Bible to fend off the Satanic robots coming to gobble up your little girl?

and now We have a stupid remake of the classic The Omen already for your consumption. personally I have been avoiding remakes of movies I have already seen. the Director of this remake is John Moore who basically has only three movies under his belt, which one was also remake of a classic, and his first was really bad war movie. So with that in mind I'm not expecting a great film to spring forth from this guy. I do however predict in the midst of really bad movies this summer. this will bump a very weak film which is Break Up. with Aniston and Vaughn

People are gonna flock to this movie hoping for a thrill based on the calender date 6.6.06 which the film PR people are using in this campaign.

I just want to say Fuck you People, for being dumb enough, fuck you for being superstitious and Fuck you in caving in to one of the biggest Religious Cons in the World. Fuck You and Fuck You, and Fuck You!!!

If your dumb enough to believe the hype of such a preposterous superstitious beliefs system
Then Fuck Your ignorant Puppet ways!!! You deserve to be slave to any monster or beast that lurks inside your retarded heart. Fuck You!!!!

Your not good enough to know that 666 was the sign of Nero. You not smart enough to know this so Fuck you, Fuck WAD!!!

Photoshop of Aleister Crowley

Mediocre Day

Believe it or not nothing bad happened today, as far as I know. Everyone has been driving like an idiot but thats kind of normal. People are rude. although it was a pretty cool day, in both Temporature and mood. Nobody I know was stabbed, shot raped or killed, I didn't have to yell at anybody

My wife and I are getting along. We survived a pretty bad month, our aniversary is coming up

I think today I just experieced a mediocre day and was concious of it. all I know is I feel calm and that is it. here's something strange I woke up this morning before my wife did. isn't that the craziest thing you ever heard?

I might need to seek counciling for this one, but I'm afraid all they got to give is anti depressants. and last I checked they cause suicide

Well thats my mediocre not threatened suicideless boring day. I might just sleep. I don't know what to do with myself.

Dan Akroyd and UFO'S

Dan Aykroyd Takes UFOs Out for a Spin

By Michael Conlon
Reuters

CHICAGO (May 30) - Dan Aykroyd has a new video on the market, but the ex-conehead and one-time ghost-buster says he's not the star. The UFOs are.
"My recommendation is to skip through me and get to the film footage, the digital images," he said on Tuesday, talking about the 90-minute "Dan Aykroyd Unplugged on UFOs" from Union Station Media.
"This is where the whole thing starts to become more credible," he said of footage of unidentified flying objects from around the world.
"This is the real stuff. I'm not alone on this. There are many, many people interested in UFOs," he said.
The DVD, which went on sale Tuesday, is a conversation between Aykroyd and UFO expert David Sereda interspersed with footage of unexplained objects in flight and comments from experts like former astronaut Gordon Cooper. There are no jokes.
Asked if he was worried that a comic actor might not be taken seriously discussing an edgy subject like extra-terrestrial visitors, he said "It's not a concern."
"Enough people know I've had an interest in this for years," he said, speaking from New York. "People know I'm interested in the paranormal."
Aykroyd said he has had two personal encounters with the unknown.
One occurred on Martha's Vineyard, he said, where he sighted "high altitude, glowing magnesium discs traveling at 20,000 miles an hour at 100,000 feet (30,480 meters). ... wing to wing, edge to edge."
Four people with him saw the same thing, he said, and while one expert later told him it was probably a meteor formation of some sort "I believe they were visiting the earth, passing by on the way to somewhere else."
"The second was a telepathic experience," he said, which happened at a lake retreat in Canada.
"I was asleep with my wife and I woke up about 3 a.m. wanting to go outside into a field and look at the sky," he said, telling his wife, "They want me to see. They want me to see." She told him to forget it.
The next morning, he said, newspapers and radio reports from across the region were filled with eyewitness accounts from some of the estimated 12,000 people who saw a pink spiral in the sky.
The military later said it was a Chinese rocket, Aykroyd said, but he believes he was being summoned and regrets ignoring the call.