Thursday, February 21, 2002

JayceLand's Weekly Rochester Events #163: Oll Korrect

Oh yeah, and that GarageBand site is kinda broken. I guess they ran out of money. Too bad I spent any time at all making the little icon.

So far I've still been not drinking. I think I'll start again this Friday. I thought it was kinda funny that I stopped on 1/11, so I figured I'll start back up on 2/22. I really don't anticipate drinking very much. I'm kinda liking the not drinking thing. It's a little boring now and again, though.

Not much of a segue (and certainly not a Segway(TM) worth over $50,000) ok ... it's not a segue at all. I made some home-made macaroni and cheese the other day. See, I went to Wegmans for groceries and wanted to get some cheddar. I picked up a quarter-pound brick and it looked okay ... aged four years ... until I realized it was $12 per pound. I put it down but thought, "what the heck," and bought it anyway. I got it home and chopped it up and found that it had little hard bits in it so it wasn't very good.

So, mac-and-cheese it was.

I tried making white sauce but screwed it up like I always do, adding way too much flour and then trying to thin it out with more milk and water. I eventually let it slide and just left it really really thick. There's a lot of cheese in it and a little Tabasco sauce and pepper and paprika and salt. It ended up pretty good. Of course, compared to a Kraft dinner at a buck-fifty, this batch is probably more like $10 or so. I guess it tastes better ... and no little crunchy parts.

In other news, y'all should clear your evening calendars for March 2. Well, okay, it's not that big a deal. Nonetheless, the Dryden will be showing the quirky Harold and Maude. It's one of those movies that sort-of nudges you along in a different direction in life. The woman who played Maude, Ruth Gordon, was born in 1896 and passed away in 1985. There's some amazing quotes listed on her IMDb page including gems like,

The great have no friends. They merely know a lot of people.

The kiss. There are all sorts of kisses, lad, from the sticky confection to the kiss of death. Of them all, the kiss of an actress is the most unnerving. How can we tell if she means it or if she's just practicing?

S A T U R D A Y

O'Bagelo's, 165 State Street, noon. The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing The Magnificent Seven starting at 8. Tonight is yet another Garage Pop show for the Bloody Hollies CD Release, with Thundergods, Shackleton and Bee Eater. will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:45. Over at the way-too-Penny-Arcade-like Mercury (171 St. Paul, formerly Red) is The Grinders, with Dead Blue Hand, Eddie Nebula and the Plague and American Acid starting around 11. It's pretty sucky that tonight's lineup is pretty similar to Water Street last week. Low Ton will be over at Monty's Krown (875 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10:30.

S U N D A Y

The Dryden Theater at George Eastman House (900 East Ave.) will be showing A Raisin in the Sun starting at 8. Open Jar Jam at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) tonight and every Sunday. Just like on Thursdays, you can see/do/avoid Karaoke with Sugar Bear at Drinks by Mary Dawn (535 S. Clinton) starting around 9. Karaoke with Sugar Bear is back at The Blue Room (293 Alexander St.)

M O N D A Y

For those in need of entertainment, the California garage band The Warlocks, the rock-jazz band Schvilkus and Kill Myself on Monday will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 10 or so. It's also Arts and Crafts Night at the same time. Trivia Quiz continues at The Old Toad (277 Alexander St.) My interest is waning, but I keep going and we still haven't won--whether we have a few people or a whole bunch.. We've been within a couple questions of winning, but so has everyone else. It all gets started a little after 9.

T U E S D A Y

Over at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) is Terranauts! starting around 10:45. As of a few months ago, Java's (16 Gibb Street) still has open mic poetry downstairs starting around 9:30. Tonight from 8 to 10 is an interesting "new-material-only" Open-Mic Comedy Night at Daily Perks (389 Gregory St.) I think they're making it into a workshop type of environment.

W E D N E S D A Y

The Starving Artist Art Show will be at The Bug Jar (219 Monroe Ave.) starting around 8 or so. Weekly karaoke contest with Sugar Bear, at Comix Cafe (3450 Winton Pl.) Tonight at Daily Perks (389 Gregory St.) is Open Mic Night (for music) from 7 to 10.