A Christmas Carol- 7/10
Solid with Polar Express animation but crazy scary for a PG film. Not recommended for children under 8.
The Box- 3/10
Really good until the last 30 minutes which infuriated me and killed it. Twilight Zone remake I believe. Really should have went with a different ending.
The 4th Kind- 8/10
Solid. I was building this one up crazy style ever since I saw the trailer and while it wasn't mind blowingly incredible it is worth a viewing.
Paranormal Activity- 6/10
Was bored with this one until the last 30 minutes and an excellent ending IMO saved it from being total garbage. Exorcist meets Blair Witch in a nutshell.
The StepFather- 5/10
Nothing special here. Insta-Lifetime Network hit.
I hope they serve beer in Hell- 5/10
Pretty much the top of the mountain when it comes to a movie degrading women. I guess this was a comedy... toilet humor thrown in at the end that wasn't necessary.
Zombieland 8/10-
Pretty much the coolest intro involving a Metallica song ever. Held up strong. Bill Murray Cameo makes this one top notch.
Whip It- 6/10
"that girl from Juno" does a decent job. I was expecting complete manure with this one and was surprised to find none in this one. One could say this is the greatest Roller Derby movie of all time.... Drew Barrymore's directorial debut doesn't do so bad.
Friday, November 6, 2009
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Bowling Scores 11/3/09
Week 11 11/3/09
206, 173, 249 (AMG) 628 Series
Craziest night on the season.
I can't ever remember bowling on lanes that were oiled the way they were tonight. Ridiculously dry on the back end between the 1-10 boards and wet everywhere between the 15 boards. I had to throw hard and aggressive all night. Kind of like how I finished with six X last week. Basically if I didn't throw hard and outside I paid for it. Well, until game 3.
Keep in mind we had to spot our opponents 163 pins this week. The most by far on the season. (Pretty much like bowling 5 bowlers vs. 4 bowlers in a scratch league)
The closest matchup of the season went as follows:
Team Stats on the night
Game 1 843-830 (W) (+13 total pins)
We were losing by over 50 pins going into the 10th frame and then our team went off and I was able to come through with XX to save it for us.
Game 2 838-850 (L) (+1 total pins)
Teammate missed a 10 pin in the 10th and I was unable to come through with any X's to close it out. Also, Our Opponent's Anchor came through with a X.
Game 3 884-862 (W) (+23 total pins)
The Worst Best game aka the sloppiest 249 I've every bowled went as follows:
DEJ X X X X X X 9/ X 7/ SX8/ 249
The ridiculous thing about it is that I probably threw 2 clean pocket strikes the entire game. Strikes on the left lane were coming in light and I was carrying the 7 pin, and I also had 2 brooklyn strikes on the right lane. What makes it even more of a bust is my spare in the 9th was a 1-2-10 washout conversion and then I end the night with a 6-7 split conversion to save my all mark game. Ridiculous and people were busting.
We took total pins going 5-2 for the second week in a row. on the night and beginning the second third of the season at 38-39 overall.
Duffy J's stats:
6,479 total pins through 33 games (11 weeks) with an average of 196.33.
206, 173, 249 (AMG) 628 Series
Craziest night on the season.
I can't ever remember bowling on lanes that were oiled the way they were tonight. Ridiculously dry on the back end between the 1-10 boards and wet everywhere between the 15 boards. I had to throw hard and aggressive all night. Kind of like how I finished with six X last week. Basically if I didn't throw hard and outside I paid for it. Well, until game 3.
Keep in mind we had to spot our opponents 163 pins this week. The most by far on the season. (Pretty much like bowling 5 bowlers vs. 4 bowlers in a scratch league)
The closest matchup of the season went as follows:
Team Stats on the night
Game 1 843-830 (W) (+13 total pins)
We were losing by over 50 pins going into the 10th frame and then our team went off and I was able to come through with XX to save it for us.
Game 2 838-850 (L) (+1 total pins)
Teammate missed a 10 pin in the 10th and I was unable to come through with any X's to close it out. Also, Our Opponent's Anchor came through with a X.
Game 3 884-862 (W) (+23 total pins)
The Worst Best game aka the sloppiest 249 I've every bowled went as follows:
DEJ X X X X X X 9/ X 7/ SX8/ 249
The ridiculous thing about it is that I probably threw 2 clean pocket strikes the entire game. Strikes on the left lane were coming in light and I was carrying the 7 pin, and I also had 2 brooklyn strikes on the right lane. What makes it even more of a bust is my spare in the 9th was a 1-2-10 washout conversion and then I end the night with a 6-7 split conversion to save my all mark game. Ridiculous and people were busting.
We took total pins going 5-2 for the second week in a row. on the night and beginning the second third of the season at 38-39 overall.
Duffy J's stats:
6,479 total pins through 33 games (11 weeks) with an average of 196.33.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Bowing Scores 10/20 & 10/27/09
10/20/09
199, 187, 162 548 Series
We lost all games putting us at 28-35 with position round next week. 0-14 (0-6) the last two weeks.
Couldn't string anything together, it was the X,X,Open Frame all night.
10/27/09
184, 188, 224 596 Series
This night began very similar to last week. All 3 games this week started with XX in a row but then a split or an open frame followed. I was unable to get anything going again until game 3 where halfway through I started throwing very hard and getting my ball outside near the 10 board. I finished with XXXXXX in a row to end the night.
Team Stats on the night
Game 1 868-835 (W)
Game 2 824-898 (L)
Game 3 938-816 (W)
We also took total pins going 5-2 on the night and ending the first third of the season at 33-37, right in the middle of the pack.
Duffy J's stats:
5,851 total pins through 30 games with an average of 195.03.
199, 187, 162 548 Series
We lost all games putting us at 28-35 with position round next week. 0-14 (0-6) the last two weeks.
Couldn't string anything together, it was the X,X,Open Frame all night.
10/27/09
184, 188, 224 596 Series
This night began very similar to last week. All 3 games this week started with XX in a row but then a split or an open frame followed. I was unable to get anything going again until game 3 where halfway through I started throwing very hard and getting my ball outside near the 10 board. I finished with XXXXXX in a row to end the night.
Team Stats on the night
Game 1 868-835 (W)
Game 2 824-898 (L)
Game 3 938-816 (W)
We also took total pins going 5-2 on the night and ending the first third of the season at 33-37, right in the middle of the pack.
Duffy J's stats:
5,851 total pins through 30 games with an average of 195.03.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Bowling Scores 10/13/09
10/13/09
206, 183, 213 602 Series
We couldn't keep our winning streak going as tonight we got swept for the first time this season. Our opponents were hitting the pocket and carrying 7 and 10 pins all night, while we were leaving them solid. Opponent rocked a 269 game (highest on league so far this season) and threw a 660 series.
While I threw a 6, my path to the pocket was sparadic on the night and I was coming in light quite a bit. 4 open frames this week which is an improvement from last week but 2 of them were back to back in game 2. My teammates this week were a bit off but I'm not sure it would have mattered. (Maybe in game 1)
Well going into the night we were in third place but now we fall back into the middle of the pack with a 28-28 record. It's going to be really difficult for us to win this first third without running the table from here. We will see but our main focus should be on getting as many wins as possible.
Week 8 results
Lost Game 1 859-878
Lost Game 2 954-877
Lost Game 3 865-882
Duffy J's stats:
4,707 total pins through 24 games with an average of 196.1.
206, 183, 213 602 Series
We couldn't keep our winning streak going as tonight we got swept for the first time this season. Our opponents were hitting the pocket and carrying 7 and 10 pins all night, while we were leaving them solid. Opponent rocked a 269 game (highest on league so far this season) and threw a 660 series.
While I threw a 6, my path to the pocket was sparadic on the night and I was coming in light quite a bit. 4 open frames this week which is an improvement from last week but 2 of them were back to back in game 2. My teammates this week were a bit off but I'm not sure it would have mattered. (Maybe in game 1)
Well going into the night we were in third place but now we fall back into the middle of the pack with a 28-28 record. It's going to be really difficult for us to win this first third without running the table from here. We will see but our main focus should be on getting as many wins as possible.
Week 8 results
Lost Game 1 859-878
Lost Game 2 954-877
Lost Game 3 865-882
Duffy J's stats:
4,707 total pins through 24 games with an average of 196.1.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Bowling Scores 10/6/09
10/6/09
Week 7
207, 213, 156 576 Series
We played Ed's team tonight "The Big Dawgs" and I kept the momentum for our team going and got into the other team's head a little bit with my "Randy Orton is God" comment as "The Big Dawgs" are huge John Cena fans and your standard wrestling marks. They were telling me how Orton cheated to win the title and I was trying to explain it's really quite impossible to cheat in a hell in the cell match. Anyways, I believe it helped us get our first sweep of the season.
Game 1 918-828
Game 2 904-867
Game 3 897-831
It seems like every game over the last few weeks we have a shot at hitting a 900 series. Tonight we bowled a 2365 team scratch series!
That's a combined 197 average on the night. Good stuff. We remain the team with the highest team average at 745 (186.2). Going into the night we were sitting at .500 (21-21) ending the night at 28-21 and definitely guarenteed somewhere in the top 3 with 3 weeks till roll off for the first third champion.
Only down side for me is that my third game was by far my worst game of the season. Check these stats:
Game 3 frames 1-9: 4 open frames, one strike. And I still managed to throw a 156! Thanks to XXXing out in the 10th after we already had the sweep locked up with Bill and Dana both throwing a 245 and a 214 respectively.
Confidently clicking on all levels right now.
As for Duffy J's stats:
4,105 total pins through 21 games with an average of 195.5.
Word.
Week 7
207, 213, 156 576 Series
We played Ed's team tonight "The Big Dawgs" and I kept the momentum for our team going and got into the other team's head a little bit with my "Randy Orton is God" comment as "The Big Dawgs" are huge John Cena fans and your standard wrestling marks. They were telling me how Orton cheated to win the title and I was trying to explain it's really quite impossible to cheat in a hell in the cell match. Anyways, I believe it helped us get our first sweep of the season.
Game 1 918-828
Game 2 904-867
Game 3 897-831
It seems like every game over the last few weeks we have a shot at hitting a 900 series. Tonight we bowled a 2365 team scratch series!
That's a combined 197 average on the night. Good stuff. We remain the team with the highest team average at 745 (186.2). Going into the night we were sitting at .500 (21-21) ending the night at 28-21 and definitely guarenteed somewhere in the top 3 with 3 weeks till roll off for the first third champion.
Only down side for me is that my third game was by far my worst game of the season. Check these stats:
Game 3 frames 1-9: 4 open frames, one strike. And I still managed to throw a 156! Thanks to XXXing out in the 10th after we already had the sweep locked up with Bill and Dana both throwing a 245 and a 214 respectively.
Confidently clicking on all levels right now.
As for Duffy J's stats:
4,105 total pins through 21 games with an average of 195.5.
Word.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Bowling Scores 9/22/09 It's a good one
9/22/09
Week 5
221,212, 244 677 Series.
Holy Shit. Went off like a fucking cannon tonight. In fact my entire team rocked it pretty much all night. Check these team handicap games:
Game 1 974
Game 2 911
Game 3 996
If 3 900+ has happened in one night for our team before, I sure don't remember it.
We were clicking ridiculous style. And still only went 5-2 on the night because the team we were playing rocked these handicap games:
Game 1 935
Game 2 998
Game 3 875
I had 3 open frames and they weren't splits they were easily makeable. I opened in the 4th frame of game 1, the 3rd frame of game 2 and the 1st frame of game 3. I was stringing strikes together like I haven't done since 2005. Nothing more than XXXX in a row but they were coming in bunches and the third game I XXX9'd out for that 244. New ball hit the pocket flush on a lot of shots and even when it was coming in light I was carrying. A couple pocket shots were too perfect, and one even left a solid 8 pin with the gallery's jaws dropping. "A Minus"
677 is my highest series in probably 3 years. It looks to be good enough for second highest series this season just behind Fred's 683.
I've been tracking my games since the 07-08 season and I don't have anything that high. My last significant 6 came on 10/23/07 when I rolled a 657.
Our team came into the night in second to last place for the third. We are now 16-19 on the year and back in the middle of the pack just halfway through the first third.
2,947 total pins through 15 games with an average of 196.5
Week 5
221,212, 244 677 Series.
Holy Shit. Went off like a fucking cannon tonight. In fact my entire team rocked it pretty much all night. Check these team handicap games:
Game 1 974
Game 2 911
Game 3 996
If 3 900+ has happened in one night for our team before, I sure don't remember it.
We were clicking ridiculous style. And still only went 5-2 on the night because the team we were playing rocked these handicap games:
Game 1 935
Game 2 998
Game 3 875
I had 3 open frames and they weren't splits they were easily makeable. I opened in the 4th frame of game 1, the 3rd frame of game 2 and the 1st frame of game 3. I was stringing strikes together like I haven't done since 2005. Nothing more than XXXX in a row but they were coming in bunches and the third game I XXX9'd out for that 244. New ball hit the pocket flush on a lot of shots and even when it was coming in light I was carrying. A couple pocket shots were too perfect, and one even left a solid 8 pin with the gallery's jaws dropping. "A Minus"
677 is my highest series in probably 3 years. It looks to be good enough for second highest series this season just behind Fred's 683.
I've been tracking my games since the 07-08 season and I don't have anything that high. My last significant 6 came on 10/23/07 when I rolled a 657.
Our team came into the night in second to last place for the third. We are now 16-19 on the year and back in the middle of the pack just halfway through the first third.
2,947 total pins through 15 games with an average of 196.5
Friday, September 18, 2009
Quick Movie Reviews- Some Late, Some Recent, etc.
I Love You Beth Cooper 5/10
Nothing special nothing horrible.
Orphan 8/10
Really dug the ending. classic finish.
Halloween 2 7/10
Classic Rob Zombie film but too much flashing gave me a headache by the finish. Don't watch if you have epilepsy.
Sorrority Row 6/10
Horribly Awesome.
Jennifer's Body 3/10
Horribly not awesome and you have to suffer through some whino/screamo/emo song the entire film.
Ah the September Releases! Can't wait for Vanilla Gorilla! Wait that's been pushed to November and Shutter Island pushed to Feburary. Bah!
On a side note, Shutter Island- THE BOOK was really good.
Carry on...
Nothing special nothing horrible.
Orphan 8/10
Really dug the ending. classic finish.
Halloween 2 7/10
Classic Rob Zombie film but too much flashing gave me a headache by the finish. Don't watch if you have epilepsy.
Sorrority Row 6/10
Horribly Awesome.
Jennifer's Body 3/10
Horribly not awesome and you have to suffer through some whino/screamo/emo song the entire film.
Ah the September Releases! Can't wait for Vanilla Gorilla! Wait that's been pushed to November and Shutter Island pushed to Feburary. Bah!
On a side note, Shutter Island- THE BOOK was really good.
Carry on...
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