Double Down!

So, as you could gather from my latest post, I've been indulging myself a little bit this week. Well, the indulging continued today.

We had our end of semester cleaning checks today, and I've been taking some time each of the last few days making sure that our bathroom was as clean as could be. I finally finished everything today and sat down to relax in front of the TV. After watching some Holmes on Homes, I realized that I was really hungry because it was almost lunch time and I hadn't eaten breakfast yet. This opened the door perfectly for my latest indulgence...the KFC Double Down.

For those of you who haven't seen the commercials, the Double Down is a sandwich that uses chicken in place of the buns. Here's the description found on the KFC website

The new KFC Double Down sandwich is real! This one-of-a-kind sandwich features two thick and juicy boneless white meat chicken filets (Original Recipe® or Grilled), two pieces of bacon, two melted slices of Monterey Jack and pepper jack cheese and Colonel's Sauce. This product is so meaty, there’s no room for a bun!

So, the first time I saw the commercial on TV I thought to myself, "you have to be kidding me. They're really marketing this?" It seemed delicious yet disgusting at the same time, but I told myself that I had to try it at least once, so I did today. The verdict? It was delicious. And it wasn't as greasy and nasty as I thought it would be. The only problem was that the seasonings on the chicken overpowered everything else. I couldn't really taste the bacon and only occasionally tasted the cheese. It was pretty much just like eating a couple of pieces of KFC chicken. But, like I said, delicious.

It's Over!

Yesterday was the last day of finals. I had actually taken my last exam on Tuesday, but I still have some research stuff that I needed to work on and turn in by 5:00 pm yesterday for another class, so I didn't get to feel like finals were over until last night. I'm not sure how I did in my classes, but I'm not going to worry about that until I see my grades.

Here's how I celebrated. First, I left all my books and papers and such in my office and didn't take home a single school/related thing. That right there felt pretty good. Then I let myself play some Guitar Hero when I got home. Then my roommates and I went out to Outback Steakhouse to fill ourselves with beef. I got a nice ribeye steak with garlic mashed potatoes, caesar salad, and a pomegranate mango lemonade (which was amazing). I even had leftovers that I ate for lunch today, and they were still delicious. I also started reading Catching Fire last night. It's the sequel to The Hunger Games. I read The Hunger Games a few weeks ago and really enjoyed it and stayed up far too late reading it a few nights in a row. So, I told myself that I couldn't start reading the next one until after finals were over.

I'm still going to have one class this spring term and I have a lot I need to get done for my research, but I'm really looking forward to spring and summer and feeling a little more free to do what I want and not feel like I should be working on something else. Oh, I've also decided that I need to get a little more active again. I bought a cool blue, three-piece suite last summer for really cheap. I hadn't worn it for almost eight months before last week when we had a formal dinner as a ward activity. Well, the vest and jacket sure didn't fit like they used to. And I think "fit" is a generous term there. So, I need to get moving again.

A Great Night

Last night I went to my first ever big concert. It was awesome. Muse came to Salt Lake City and performed at the E-Center.

I've been to a couple of smaller events, but never anything that I had to pay more than $10 or $15 for. The biggest act up until now would have been when I went to the Calgary Stampede a few years ago and saw Good Charlotte doing the free outdoor show. I'm not much of a fan of Good Charlotte, and it was a fairly small crowd, but it was fun.

Anyway, Muse is the first band to come around (and whose tour date I was aware of) that I really wanted to see. So, after talking about it and tiptoeing around the idea for about a month, a couple of my roommates and I bought tickets. Money well spent. I had heard that they put on a good show, and they definitely didn't disappoint last night. They had a lot of cool effects, lazers, videos, and whatnot. But, most importantly, they sounded amazing. They played quite a bit of stuff from their new album, which was pretty good, and they played a lot of our favorites such as Supermassive Blackhole, Hysteria, Map of the Problematique, Knights of Cydonia, Plug in Baby, and Time in Running Out. Even though they came back out and played three or four encore songs, it still felt way too short and I definitely could have stayed for another couple of hours. But, I guess they do need to stop at some point.