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We had a good night at bowling last night as we went 5-2 while the first place team bowled with their panties in a bunch and got went 2-5. We're now 2 points ahead of them with the showdown next week. We have to take at least 3 points to win the 2nd half and get into the championship.

I bowled well but ended up disappointed. I was dead on for the first two games, firing 255 and 242, with the only problem being my 2nd ball in the 10th of game 2. I was looking at 256 after striking on the first ball. I started thinking about having more than 500 after 2 games and a shot at the ever elusive 800 series. As I was in my approach I was still doing the calculations and figured even if I didn't get a strike I would still have 245 and have 500 going into the 3rd.... of course what I didn't do was concentrate on the shot and missed badly, getting only 6 and the 242, which put me at 497. Duh... idiot.

The 3rd game I started with 2 strikes and felt pretty good about beating high series in the league at least (743). Then came a bad break with a buried 8-10 split (I never leave those). Another strike and then a buried 9 pin and a 7 pin and a 4 pin. By the 8th my chance at high series was gone. Then came the bad ending. Yanked one in the 9th for a 6-7-10 split, then pitched it way outside in the 10th for a 5 washout and ended with a paltry 178 for 675.

We lost that last game by 100 pins after winning the first 2. I think maybe we drank a little too much and we all faltered in that game. We'll have to be a little more careful next week.

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Watched Lost when I got home. What a wasted episode! Total filler, focusing on 2 people that were basically extras the whole series. It meant nothing, we learned about them, but who the hell cares about them? They keep doing this to me and pissing me off. One great episode followed by total crap. Grrrrr, get your shit together here people, this is why you're losing ratings!