USAU Club Finals

The USAU Club finals will be a repeat of last year's finals (Revolver vs Chain Lightning). Can't tell who will win this yet but it should be rather exciting (as long as Revolver goes more than 10 deep). Apparently Chain is getting Jolian Dahl, Sam C-K, and Kiran Thomas (three of the top cutters in the nation) while Revolver is getting the top talent from JAM. 

Going to be an exciting season.

Food

So I just got back from dinner at my friend's place. His family is full of amazing cooks so I relish every opportunity I have to go over than and stuff my face. They usually don't mind because they enjoy making fun of me. I think it is a fair trade. 

Here is what was on the menu for tonight:

Baby back ribs (that fell off the bone), goat cheese melted on baked spinach and lobster ravioli, mushrooms, asparagus, fried potatoes (with some sort of Spanish sauce on it), and a beer. For dessert we were going to have a Spanish baked apple thing, but it imploded into a sauce, so my friend's sister turned it into a topping on toasted bread with goat cheese. So tasty. 

Anyways, this got me thinking about cooking, and how I need to learn to do it better. Since I've moved back home I've gotten rather adept at most breakfast foods (eggs of multiple varieties, sausage, french toast, etc) as well as grilling hamburgers and turkey melts. 

Typical breakfast/dinner:

But I haven't really forayed into any real dinner dishes. No real cooking. Part of that is because when I'm hungry I want to eat, not cook. So I never really think ahead for what I'm going to have for dinner. The most I ever remember is to defrost the hamburgers. Also, it is hard to cook nice things when I'm the only one that is going to enjoy it. But oh well. At least I have something to look forward to. 

P.S. I got A-'s in my last two classes at UCI. Officially done. Woot.