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I woke up yesterday craving bowling. I'm not an avid bowler by any means (I can usually break 100), so this was quite a surprise. Anyways, we (Moonie, Han, Sulhye, Eurie) decided to go bowling at AMF in Durham.

Perhaps the cravings had build up my bowling karma, because I played an AMAZING first game; my previous bowling high had been around 120 - in that first game, I managed to turkey (three consecutive strikes) in the last three frames; my last shot looked dead perfect but I couldn't get any pins to fall. I looked up and saw a wonderful score of 155 and was ecstatic.

But the bowling gods were apparently not happy with my self-confidence, for they decided to put me in my place. The next game looked something like this:
9 | 9 | 7 2 | 8 1 | 9 ...

I was throwing the ball exactly the same, and for some reason, the 10 pin (far right in the back) refused to fall. And I was unable to finish for a spare.

I marked exactly once (a strike in the 8th frame or so) and ended up with a crappy 90.

In any case, our fourth game we decided to play for ice cream (loser pays). To be "fair," we decided to combine the two girls scores - except they decided to suddenly start playing real well (funny how girls suddenly do awesome once food is on the line). Long story short, Moonie ended up sucking it up real poorly along with me in the 4th game.

And it all came down to one shot - Moonie had a final 98, and into my last frame, all I had to do was knock down six pins to win with a 100 (I had hit a strike in the previous frame).

I geared up and launched. The ball looked a little to the right, and knocked down a whole bunch of pins. Of course, it only managed to knock down 5 of the self-righteous white pins (stealing a line from Family Guy), which meant I needed to knock down ONE pin to defeat Moonie.

I have a history with AMF in Durham. A few months ago when I went bowling, I ended up a 99 on my last frame. And guess what I did? I gutterballed it twice.

I wound up for my shot ... and the ball guttered left. One stinkin' pin. ONE STINKIN' PIN.

This is the SECOND time I've missed ONE pin with one shot to go.

So not only did I not manage to beat Moonie, but the two girls ... they beat both our scores. And I had to buy ice cream. And I had to relive the horrible memories of my 99 game.

::shakes fist:: Why must you mock me, o Bowling Gods?!