Remember
the goddess from Wednesday? The goatherder showed up tonight. I
couldn't have hit the ocean if I dropped my ball off the deck of the
Queen Mary, and my teammates bowled horrible too, and admitted it. Too
bad there wasn't any alcohol involved. 
I
started with the Smokin' in practice and it went well, but once we
started scoring I just totally lost it. Lost the line, lost carry,
lost my spare shooting. It wasn't pretty. I did switch out the
Smokin' for the Special Agent in game 2 and got some carry back since
the ball came off the breakpoint and finished stronger than the
Smokin'. I'm shocked I broke 500 at all 
142-164-195/501.
My
next highest teammate shot a whopping 412. Yes, they promised me they
would relax and have a cocktail while we bowl because they bowl better
on a little sauce. I'm the team teetotaler because if I drink my
fingers swell and they're like little Ball Park Franks and trying to
get out of the ball cleanly is too much of a chore. If I partake, it's
late-late-late in the third game, and RARE, since I want to be one of
the sober ones on the road when I leave the lanes.
Till Monday! 
Week 1, 09/05/2008
Week 1, 09/03/2008
I was asked to sub on Wednesday nights. This is the league that I bowled a couple of years ago and shot my first 700 on ;) How could I say no to the house that's been good to me, the overly inflated average house shot goddess? (I can officially lay claim to that title as I survived a PBA Experience league and have the 40 pins under house shot average to prove it).
I get to the lanes and we're on the high end of the house and there's another league ahead of us and we have to wait for them to finish. When I last bowled this league the start time was 7:00, and now it's 8:00. Since this is a bit of a drive for me, it's near Midnight by the time I get to bed. OOF.
Practice went well and league began, and I decided to avoid the outside since there were bowlers on the pair ahead of us. It was a good idea. Oh, this house also has new Qubica score monitors and consoles, so I could see my ball speed on shots. If I kept it around 13.3 mph I was carrying. If I fell under that number to around 12.5 mph, I left corner pins. I think this ball speed thing may be a blessing in disguise over the course of the season. I'm quite pleased with the start and since we have 9 games to establish our average, I want to build up my cushion for two more sessions ;)
235-225-184/644. Yes, I'll take it. After all, I am the overly inflated average house shot goddess ;)
I'm subbing again tomorrow (Friday). Film at 11!










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Lisa, keep the faith girl... To bad they don't have a PBA league during the fall... those tougher conditions will make you a much better bowler in the long run.
CookieGood luck this upcoming week.
Alan
07:03 PM EST