Bowling!

Ow, my arm.

Ow, my pride, also.

Today, I learned just how much I can't bowl. Which, it turns out is a lot. Only... only let's pretend I just said that in a way that makes sense. And let's also pretend I bowled well. And that I have a girlfriend. Ready... pretend!

Okay, pretending over. I suck at bowling. I got one strike, and a whole lot of gutters. I did pick up a few 'Ed strikes', which is a fancy term for getting a spare when your first throw was a gutterball.But, ultimately, I didn't score above 55. Still, it was nice seeing Jason and Lesley again (Attn. New Yorkers: These are people I knew in high school. For the purposes of this post you may consider them the East Asian or Pacific Islander equivalents of Jose and Candice, respectively.) It was especially nice to see Les, because she mentioned that she reads my weblog, so I pretty much have to say that. Hi Les! Keep on readin'! Nice hat!

You know, what I hate about bowling, and I say this based off of the one bowling experience I've had in eight years, is that the communal balls are just... terrible! For me at least. See, those of you who know me, or indeed anyone of six feet, five inches and mumblemumble pounds, know that I have tremendous fingers, like sausage links glued onto my hand. Not conducive to fitting in most of the balls. The ones that are sized for mighty men like myself are, of course, huge, unwieldy balls of fifteen pound doom. So I was stuck with the ball Jason dubbed 'El Monstro', or 'The Monstro'.

Fifteen pounds ain't all that much, but it adds up. Five games, ten frames each and two throws per game, I lifted that behemoth, for a total of 150 pounds. That's like lifting a medium sized person up to head height and throwing them into a bunch of pins! Not the wooden kind either, more like a board with a whole bunch of pins sticking out of it. That's would hurt a lot, wouldn't it? Well, that's how my arm feels. And I proved it, using math.

I'm going bowling again in a week. Why do I do this to myself? [SIGH] I'm gonna go drink some PowerAde. And get some ice.