Bowling Scores....

Current mood:pessimistic

The last 2 weeks have been the worst slump of my bowling career. I am physically and mentally drained and I may or may not know why.
sub 500 series' yes sub 500 series' the last 2 weeks. This is not fun and I don't know if I'm having fun anymore. Dax this will pass but right now I feel worthless as a bowler.
Tonight-
161, 154, 147 462 Series
Last Week-
I don't even remember. I salvaged a 198 the third game but the first 2 games I seem to remember being in the 140's.
Horrible.
Duffy goes on.......

Late Movie Reviews

Eastern Promises- 8/10 Good Movie. Wicked Sauna Fight Scene towards the end. Naomi Watts plays a good role.

310 to Yuma- 9/10. I didn't quite catch the storyline from the beginning due to there being a giant splotch on the screen from some punk kids probably. Then again these are the things I'm looking for when screening them.

The Brave One- 6/10 Typical Jodie Foster film ala panic room/flight plan. This one's a bit more ruthless at times. Some things just didn't add up for me though.

Yeah... That's the last 3 I've screened in a nutshell.

Bowling Scores 9-11-07

161, 197, 224 582 Series

I got Bowler of the Week for my 256 last week, only because my average was like a 176 after week 1.
Yay.

9-5 after 2 weeks as apparently we won all games last week even though I couldn't tell cause the handicap wasn't figured in cause someone was absent.

We swept again this week putting us at 18-5 on the season somewhere near the top of the leaderboard. This week was eerily similar to last as I completely sucked it in the first game not putting together anything and then improving each game and finishing strong. Took until the end of the second game for me to leave a 10 pin, which I didn't convert. 3rd game was stronger and I did convert a 10 pin as well as some other spares. Our team has come up with this side game where if you don't strike and the other 3 do, then you have to put $2 into a side pot that will be used to take our team out to dinner at the end of the season. Subconciously I think it's a bit of a distraction from the true focus which should be on getting the W. But whatever. This week I didn't get burned so $0 dollars into the pot from me. I don't know if I'll be so sure next week though... Being the anchor of the team though I control my own destiny...

Bowling Scores 9-4-07

160, 204, 256 620 Series

Enter second week with a 174 average. I couldn't really find a groove, in fact the 1st game was just a continuation of that miserable 145 I rolled last week. Missing single pin spares all night long. Seriously frusterating. Then I just have to tell myself it's early in the season and we went 2-5 last week which means we earned our first win 4 weeks sooner than last season so we are already having a better start than last year.

Second game I strung a few strikes together and managed to get my first 2.

Third Game:

X X X X X X X X 90 X81 256

Apparently Spares are overrated. I missed a 7 pin in the (surprise) ninth frame. I came in high on the headpin and actually glad I didn't leave a split but then couldn't convert a 7 pin! Worthlessly Frusterating.
Don't know how many games we won or lost but my average will be a bit higher next week and hopefully continue to climb back up to the mid 190's which is where I ended last season (197)
Till next week...
Duffy J-

Halloween

Michael Myers as a child and the horrible environment he grew up in, who wouldn't want to kill their entire family?

The first 30 minutes of this movie and you know Rob Zombie directed it. The crude and I mean CRUDE language and other stuff right away reminded me of the devil's rejects. You know the stringy haired dead beat white trash dad and the mother is a stripper of course. Mikey is ignored as a child and noone will take him trick or treating. So he snaps and shit goes crazy.
Later on it jumps forward 20 years and he ends up breaking out of the asylum he's been in for so many years and comes back to kill the only sibling left alive, his baby sister from so many years ago.
It's a remake of the first one but way more brutal. I think I counted 16 kills which definatley makes this one a slasher film. The music is pretty cool too (not just the original theme) Not a bad film, I jumped twice but slasher films don't scare me the way some others do.
It's worth a look if you liked any of the other halloween's and definately better than Halloween H2o.
7/10

Bowling Scores 8-28-07

Winter League Week 1

186, 192, 148 526 series.

For once I don't bowl my ass off week 1 and screw myself over for the season. Starting with a lower average will actually give our team some handicap and maybe this year we can win a game a little sooner than week 5 and not lose 26 straight points. We ended up placing 3rd last year even after a horrible start, quite impressive in my opinion.
I missed like 4 single pin conversions which on any other night would be unacceptable but tonight was the night to sandbag to a certain degree. Plus I injured my finger playing tennis about 10 days ago and it still hasn't fully healed. It should be good to go by next week.
Don't know how many games we won or lost cause nobody had handicap figured into the computer.

Mr. Bean’s Holiday

Ah yes, some of those I knew in high school would categorize this as a "Dean Movie" all the more reason to screen it last Thursday Night.
Before we get to that let's review "Dean Movies" from 1997:

Bean
Mafia!
Mousehunt

If any of you (terry) can think of any others feel free to throw them on the blog.

Bean's Holiday Adventure returns us to the weird and in some ways humorous to some, antics of Rowan Atkinson. While this movie busted 200 million across seas, it only did 10 mil in the U.S.
Bean is on a vacation with a handheld camera and the movie moves through different places, a fancy restaurant where they serve snails, raw shrimp, etc. You've all seen the trailer I'm sure. Well the trailer is pretty much the first 20 minutes of the film.
There's hardly any dialogue in the entire movie and Bean's main quote would be...
"I'm going to the beach."
There are a few mildly funny parts but overall not a good film.
But definatley fits into the "Dean Movie" category from 1997.
The highlight of the film had to be the Wilford Brimley lookalive on the Mo-ped.
Bustin.

3/10