Jerzei Collie's journal

For the Rabbit Hole, I will need to take March 28th off as well. Back when the show was on Sundays, I was free to drive my dad to church on Saturdays. After the show moved to Saturdays, the driving was done by my brother and sister-in-law. Both of them will be going on a cruise over the next 7-8 days, so that means I'm the only one left to drive Dad to church tonight and next Saturday.

The depression part is knowing my dad will be very disappointed that my tax refund vanished within a week because it was supposed to last four months. The furry artists had started asking me to leave reviews for them on Fiverr by pretending to order more art. I thought they would use the money to pay down what I owed them for the art I actually ordered, but that wasn't the case. I sold some of my stocks from my Stash account to pad my account a little, but that is also running low. I really hate myself for allowing myself to be manipulated like this. I've been working extra DoorDash and UberEats shifts to make back at least a little money.

I got awakened by one of the furry artists who did a ref sheet for me. Even though I corrected the artist, the ref sheet still incorrectly refers to Jerzei as a "border collie/fox hybrid." The artist tried to hit me up for more money, but I refused.

On Friday, I made some macaroni and cheese for dinner using my mom's recipe.

During the Rabbit Hole, the Second Life server disconnected around 3:45. I was able to reconnect a minute or two later.

My show yesterday was about 98% smooth. There were a couple times where the audio stuttered a little and once when my computer froze for a few seconds. At least I don't have to piece the show together from several files.

I'm still waiting for the last of my tax documents to arrive so I can finish filing my taxes.

I read an article saying northern California could get up to 8 feet of snow this week. Here in Colorado, there was some rain and snow in Monument yesterday. After Monday, high temperatures will slowly get colder and reach the upper-30s by Saturday.

I started The Rabbit Hole an hour late today. I was supposed to pick up some groceries an hour before the show, but my pick-up order wasn't ready until 50 minutes later. The store refunded $5 of my bill for the delay. My computer froze during the pre-show, but everything was smooth afterward. I took JaSonic's advice and defragmented my laptop's hard drive after the show.

I ordered a belated Christmas gift for myself: a DVD of "Weird Al" Yankovic's "The Compleat Al."

Romeo Rabbit announced his "Weekly Hop 20" show will be coming back soon. This will help me with programming The Rabbit Hole.

Instead of actually going to Costco, I arranged to have Instacart deliver some Costco food to me. The driver had a bit of trouble finding my front door, having driven around to the opposite side of the building.

While the recent "furry show shuffle" has me feeling a bit down, I'm trying to put a positive spin on parts of it. One big positive is I don't have to worry as much about my volume since I'll now be doing my show mostly in the afternoon instead of late at night. Other positives with cutting the show down to four hours is I can program each show a bit faster and only use two sheets of paper for the playlist instead of three. I didn't plan a birthday set for my December 20th show and I put more furry songs in the playlist. I wanted to update Romeo Rabbit about The Rabbit Hole, but he's deleted the Telegram and Discord accounts he recently used.

FoxTrot is tonight. I'm not really in the mood to go out, so I'll stay in and play in Steelwoulfe's Jackbox Games night.

My car must have sensed I made a service appointment with the Subaru dealer about the car's "low tire pressure" light. The light turned off while I was driving home from a catering order this morning. I just called to cancel the appointment.

What can I say about last night's show except...it was a show. I couldn't do certain things during the show due to certain factors. Also, the audio glitched a few times because I was trying to run other programs in addition to Mixxx and Second Life. I'll have to use the travel laptop for any additional work I need to do. I actually had to do an extra hour of the show for someone on Second Life who selects DJs.

As Roseanne Rosannadanna once said, "It's always something. If it's not one thing, it's another." I thought my computers were set up correctly for doing a co-host show. Unfortunately, Romeo informed me that he couldn't hear me through Discord. After getting advice from Romeo, Boomer and JaSonic, I will shop for a low-cost mixer that can do the job.

I went miniature golfing with my dad today. I must be getting better at it because I actually scored lower than my dad for the first time ever. Dad scored 2 under par with a total of 42, and I got 6 under with a 38.

After golfing, I went out to dinner with a meetup group at a Mexican restaurant. I had two chile rellenos with green chili, rice and black beans, along with a margarita.

This Sunday, I may use my travel laptop to run Voicemeeter Banana and pipe the sound to my main laptop. I still can't get Voicemeeter and Mixxx to run simultaneously on one laptop.

I wish I could find a job that will hire me. I need something to get me away from my current weekday routine. Dad is having me pick weeds at his house after I work out, but he says I need to do a better job. On top of that, the family friend from Pittsburgh wants me to walk faster when working out. I currently walk at a pace I feel comfortable with that doesn't tire me out too much. Going faster will just get me tired more quickly and make me angry.

I found more information about an AM-FM station for sale from a few months ago. A listing said the AM station had two FM translators. The only local stations fitting that description are KPPF, currently called "Power Talk 1040," and KQSC which is simulcasting classic hits KDZA in Pueblo.