I've got an odd problem. This house I've started bowling at has me completely backwards. It's an easy shot, although there's not much of a wall, and it's the most difficult house shot in town, it's still really easy. I just can't score there. I throw much better shots there, the scores just don't reflect it. It's little stupid things, like the game I started with last night. First two frames were strikes, next frame my wrist pops, and I wasn't able to pull up, so I left a washout, and opened. Irritating, but it happens every once and a while, so I wasn't too upset about it. Couple more strikes then a 10 pin. Next couple, then another 10 pin, I strike out for 223. I won my point by 1 pin, but I thought I'd bowled much better than the score showed. The open killed me, but I took it anyway. Next game I get the first 2, then found a little track burn and it nosed. Then I get a strike every other frame, and it's either a 10 or a 4, but I spare all of them. I ended up with a pretty dismal 4 game set of 758, but maintained the average at least.
Tonight I bowled a bi-weekly tournament there. First game my wrist popped in the first frame, so naturally that was a washout. Then I got the next two, then a 4 pin. And then I had more issues with the 10 and 4 the rest of the game, 201. Next game went better, but near the middle, I caught some track burn which game me a few two pin spares. Made them, and moved left 3 boards. The next shot the burn seemed to have disappeared, and I left a 10 pin. Got into the 10th frame working on a strike and left a flush 7 pin. You know, great shot, and the headpin has to sweep by it just to add insult to injury. I was an idiot and tried to hook it at the 7, I thought it was a good shot, but it caught oil and slid. Lost a bracket because of it, 194. Last game was just more nickel and dime stuff. The guy on my pair wasn't being any more accurate than I was, but he shot 804 for the three game qualifying set. One shot would hit 30 feet at the 8 board, the next would hit it at the 4 board, and then the one after that would be at 10. He's a great bowler, and I'm not trying to take anything away from him, it's just that I was throwing good shots too, and all the little things just add up. Now I'm beginning to hit my spares again, but that's all I'm getting.
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I know Kung Fu!
I am the one, the one that will bring balance. All the pins shall be destroyed!