29 July 2010
28 June 2010
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.
18 June 2010
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.
07 April 2010
The Show
So it looks like the UPA have finally released the end of season rankings. Somehow the GL got 3 bids (wasn't this new system supposed to stop stuff like that?), but it also looks like UCLA was able to do well enough at Centex to give the SW a 3rd bid! And CSULB 'strategically' messed up their roster for Easterns so their 3 losses didn't end up hurting us.
That brings up a good point. In the past is was only going to be beneficial for teams to travel long distances to play quality opponents that they've never played before. But in the new system it can be a double edged sword. Now that every game counts towards the bid allocation going to tournaments in which everyone is out of region will only help the SW (in particular) if you win the games. Just a thought.
In any case, now that the SW has 3 bids, who do you think is going to make it?
I think the two easy choices are Colorado and UCSD (as long as neither chokes). That 3rd bid is going to be a dog fight between UCLA, SDSU, and UCSB. So far UCLA is 0-3 combined against the other two, but I have faith. Plus it would be awesome to see them finally go. Then again, regionals are in CO again (stupid), and even worse, they are in Fort Collins (even worse weather than Denver.) Hopefully some CO team used to the weather doesn't end up taking the 3rd bid when they don't 'really' deserve it (a la Psychoplastique, a 9 seed, at NW mixed regionals last year.) But hey, win the games that matter and you get to go to the show.
Good luck in the series.
That brings up a good point. In the past is was only going to be beneficial for teams to travel long distances to play quality opponents that they've never played before. But in the new system it can be a double edged sword. Now that every game counts towards the bid allocation going to tournaments in which everyone is out of region will only help the SW (in particular) if you win the games. Just a thought.
In any case, now that the SW has 3 bids, who do you think is going to make it?
I think the two easy choices are Colorado and UCSD (as long as neither chokes). That 3rd bid is going to be a dog fight between UCLA, SDSU, and UCSB. So far UCLA is 0-3 combined against the other two, but I have faith. Plus it would be awesome to see them finally go. Then again, regionals are in CO again (stupid), and even worse, they are in Fort Collins (even worse weather than Denver.) Hopefully some CO team used to the weather doesn't end up taking the 3rd bid when they don't 'really' deserve it (a la Psychoplastique, a 9 seed, at NW mixed regionals last year.) But hey, win the games that matter and you get to go to the show.
Good luck in the series.
The Off-Season
My off-season has been pretty successful. So far I'm 3 for 3 in tournament victories. City Wok won Club TiV over the Wisconsin Alum team. Then 'Humboldt Alum' (aka ABB: Always Be Boosting) won BTOYL 3 over New Mexico. And then this last weekend Polar Bears dominated at DUI beating BCBC 11-5 in quarters, then beating Mischief 11-3 in semis, then finishing off beating CTR 11-6 in finals.
I didn't count Polar Bears at Lei Out because I was filming instead of playing. But they did make the finals.
In case you haven't seen it yet, Zip made a super sick highlight video from the footage I took at Lei Out. Check it out here: http://vimeo.com/9831097. I love how you can tell how drunk I got over the course of the weekend.
Polar Bear love.
I didn't count Polar Bears at Lei Out because I was filming instead of playing. But they did make the finals.
In case you haven't seen it yet, Zip made a super sick highlight video from the footage I took at Lei Out. Check it out here: http://vimeo.com/9831097. I love how you can tell how drunk I got over the course of the weekend.
Polar Bear love.
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