Jerzei Collie's journal

This weekend, I found an opening for a part-time announcer at Westwood One in Denver. I previously worked for this company as a Colorado Springs news writer with Metro Networks. Even though this job likely wouldn't pay enough for me to live on by itself, I should be able to continue making food deliveries during my free time to supplement it.

I'm glad the IRC chatter had a reference picture from "The Bad Guys" that was easier for me to draw. I tried to do a freehand drawing of Diane Foxington using a clip from the movie. She looked more like a donkey when I finished.

It looks like I might have to "dust off the asterisk" next Sunday. Romeo may be taking more time off from the Rabbit Hole to recover.

I needed to pick up a few art supplies late last night. I had about 90 minutes between that task and seeing "The Bad Guys," so I had dinner at a bar next door to the theater. I got some pumpkin risotto and two lemon drop martinis, then a Mexican chocolate martini for dessert.

The previews had two animated movies which look interesting. "The D.C. League of Superpets" is about the pets belonging to the D.C. superheroes. Another movie called "Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank" is basically a samurai dog movie with the voices of Michael Cera, George Takei and Samuel L. Jackson. Both movies come out in July.

I was the only person in the theater for "The Bad Guys" (It was a 10 PM showing.) I liked the spoofing of heist movies, as well as the storylines involving bad guys being good and vice versa. Not to spoil too much, but it's also bookended by a pair of fart jokes. I definitely recommend this movie.

I was buying a new container of Coffee Mate creamer at a 7Eleven on Saturday when the cashier commented about my eyebrows, calling them "American Pie" eyebrows. For some reason, my eyebrows want to grow upward instead of to the sides. I occasionally use hair gel to point the hair in the right direction.

I need to buy more AA batteries today. I usually change the batteries in my smoke and carbon monoxide detectors on April 15th and October 15th, but I only have one AA battery left.

My April 17th fill-in show for the Rabbit Hole went very well. Other than my laptop occasionally freezing when I loaded songs into Mixxx, I didn't notice any audio problems.

I downloaded the mono version of CCR's "Suzie Q" today since I didn't like how the stereo version sounded last weekend. I mainly played the song to go with the other songs and bits about Twinkies and junk food.

I got an e-mail from the local classical radio station yesterday. The weekend position I applied for was filled by someone else. I'm thankful that I got a response since most companies never call or write back when people apply and are rejected.

My singles group held a Mardi Gras meetup yesterday at Springs Orleans downtown. I had two "Hurricane" drinks, a cup of gumbo and étouffée fries (AY-too-FAY,) which is sort of like Cajun poutine.

I ran out of baking soda, so I picked that up along with some soups and a few other groceries before the meetup. The soups are perfect since it's been snowing this week.

Cinder Collie's stream today is about certain heart conditions. The discussion about defibrillators reminded me of the "muscle stimulator" bit from the first Jackass movie.

My singles group held a meetup this afternoon at a Mexican restaurant. Fuzzy's Taco Shop has some nice frozen margaritas, which are perfect for summer!

My Blu-Ray copy of "The Fandom" arrived today! I don't have a Blu-Ray player yet, but I'm planning to get one later this year.

I missed another KRCC online meeting because the link I have must be outdated. I called the operations manager to let him know. He will ask the meeting organizer to e-mail me the correct link.

I found Mtn Dew Baja Blast in a store! I picked up a few bottles of the Zero Sugar version at a Family Dollar store. I saw a recipe for making a copycat version, but I'd like to have at least one bottle of the real thing to compare the taste.

I contacted my Drinking Liberally group with the suggestion of using Google Hangouts for an online meeting. The group will test that out tonight.

My DVD of the Sonic the Hedgehog movie arrived today, along with a couple CDs of 1960s music.

One of the videos I watched on my new VR headset was a 360-degree video promo for Isle of Dogs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JqXC46b1uUg

When looking at the "back" of the video, I could see the crew members and equipment. That action was very choppy since this is a stop-motion animated video. About 3.5 minutes into the video, "King" the dog walked to the front of the video. I actually leaned my head back a bit because it felt like we were nose-to-nose!

My cell phone has been acting weird lately. It used to charge no matter which charger I used (including my portable charger and the USB outlet in my car.) Now it only charges with its original charger. The phone either freezes and restarts or I get a "moisture detected" message when I try to charge using the other chargers. I made an appointment after the Sonic movie ends at a store in the same shopping center. I'll be seeing the movie in less than an hour!

The Rabbit Hole is live tonight after all! In the event I needed to fill in, I had a mini-playlist of songs I wanted to play for the first hour, along with a three-minute tribute to Buck Henry. The tribute had truncated versions of Buck Henry's roles from the Scarface parody in "The New Show," "Heaven Can Wait" and the Lord and Lady Douchebag sketch from SNL.

I was taking an after-work nap today when my phone reminder went off. I had signed up for a cider-tasting meetup. I quickly shaved and showered then drove to the cider house. The "apple pie" cider I had actually tasted like apple pie! Afterwards, the group had dinner at Shuga's on the south end of downtown.