Monday, July 14, 2008

Bowlorama

Why is it every time I go bowling, there has to be a group of people who are 8000x better than I am?  I consider myself a mediocre player of the sport.  Sometimes I do really well (I beat everyone the first game!) and sometimes I do splendiferously bad (getting zero points for three sets in a row).  I guess people who carry their own name embroidered bags  and wear their custom made shoes have had a lot of experience with aiming the stupid heavy ball towards the pins, but I really think they should not play while normal people (who are lucky if they get 5 pins down) are around.  They make me feel really stupid when I get gutter balls.  They throw them with perfection down the alley, usually with no sound (while I chuck the thing halfway down the lane) and get a perfect strike.  I have to say though, tonight I was lucky.  I got three strikes and a spare.  Beat that, professional bowlers.  One thing I really love about bowling alleys is the jukebox.  Who knew people of this millennium are still into jukeboxes?  I love flipping through the playlists and finding hits from the 80s (like Tom Petty's Free Falling [is that from the 80s?] and John Mellencamp's Jack & Diane) and mixing them with hits from today.  I get really excited when my songs come on.  I have this theory that when my I am up and my song is playing, I should automatically get a strike (or do well anyway).  I hate when a song I have chosen is on and I do horrible.  I don't know why, but I do.  You know you're bad when little five year old kids playing next to you get a higher score.   Are there genes that they inherit that automatically make them good bowlers?  Like is there honestly that much talent in throwing the thing?  I really need to find out.  I wonder if anyone offers bowling lessons...
BOWLING

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