Sunday, October 10, 2010

Bloglet #1: Phases of Bowling

Phase 1) Josh is feeling good about this bowling excursion, and is ready to bring his A-game.
Phase 2) Josh must go through the embarrassing process of trying to find a bowling ball that fits his hand and yet is light enough for a 9 year-old girl.
Phase 3) Josh has bowled pretty good on his first turn, and is confident in his performance. At this time he is trying to bowl properly with his fingers in the holes.
Phase 4) Josh's ball goes straight into the gutter four times in a row, and Josh is forced to realize that he sucks as much at this game as the last twenty times he has played.
Phase 5) Josh thinks maybe it has something to do with his throwing technique, and resorts to holding the ball without finger holes and hoping that his hand doesn't flop ridiculously to one side, sending the ball horribly askew.
Phase 6) Josh lapses into self-parody, throwing the ball between his legs and other equally silly gimmicks, in the hope that he can convince onlookers that he's "not really trying," and can be forgiven of his earlier mishaps.
Phase 7) Josh is pretty much just throwing the ball as fast as he can so he can return to the Netflix movie that he is streaming. 
Phase 8) Josh is starting to wonder why bowling is so popular and so common of a social outing.
Phase 9) Josh has asked someone to take over for him, and has retired, defeated, to the arcade.
Phase 10) Josh plays some games and leaves the bowling alley moderately satisfied, and with a final score of 54 in bowling, and 5780 in CarnEvil.
Phase 11) Josh is invited to another bowling event. (Return to Phase 1)

2 comments:

  1. This actually made me LOL, and is very similar to the phases I go through.

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  2. Love it. Hate going through it, but love it.

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