175, 180, 194 549 Series
Our entire team completely sucked it. My series was the Team High so that tells you how bad it was. Our lead off bowler threw 10/30 splits (33% of the time) I think half my team was busting too much over how much this night mattered cause it was the playoffs!
I on the other hand wasn’t really into it and wasn’t worried, I just bowled and let the chips fall where they may. Not a good night we ended up taking 4th place which is what we took 2 years ago. (Last year 3rd place) I’m not surprised though as is usually the case ala Wiffolution 51 style. This was an off year as my average has been on the decline ending this year at a 186, last year ending at a 197 and 2005 my peak year ending at a 202.
On a positive note, we did finish the year in 2nd place in wins overall at 125-75 and took home some cash for each win so that was nice.
So anyways like I said before, for the first time in about 4 years I’m taking a break from bowling. I won’t throw again until August. So no more bowling blogs for a while, sorry fans, although maybe I’ll start blogging my Disc Golf rounds that I play in Oroville on a weekly basis. Anyone down for that? heh.
Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Sunday, April 6, 2008
The Ruins
A group of friends whose leisurely Mexican holiday takes a turn for the worse when they, along with a fellow tourist embark on a remote archaeological dig in the jungle, where something evil lives among the ruins.
That something evil that I thought would be scary turns out to be nothing more than a plant monster. Yeah that’s right I just ruined the ruins. I’d still throw it in the average mix of horror films that I’ve reviewed. It wasn’t terrible and it was entertaining.
The beginning is a bit slow but it has to be to build the characters toward some bloody violence and death. Yeah! Some sweet scenes for you horror fans to look forward include:
Close Up assasinations
Close Up Amputations with Rocks and a hunting knife.
And a medley of other scenes including blood and pain.
So this one gets a 5/10 putting it right at average. The ending is somewhat weak as most films are (excluding The Mist obviously) but overall an ok film.
again 5/10
That something evil that I thought would be scary turns out to be nothing more than a plant monster. Yeah that’s right I just ruined the ruins. I’d still throw it in the average mix of horror films that I’ve reviewed. It wasn’t terrible and it was entertaining.
The beginning is a bit slow but it has to be to build the characters toward some bloody violence and death. Yeah! Some sweet scenes for you horror fans to look forward include:
Close Up assasinations
Close Up Amputations with Rocks and a hunting knife.
And a medley of other scenes including blood and pain.
So this one gets a 5/10 putting it right at average. The ending is somewhat weak as most films are (excluding The Mist obviously) but overall an ok film.
again 5/10
Saturday, April 5, 2008
21
This one comes late but here you go...
21
That guy from Across the Universe stars an an intelegent young man trying to get into Harvard University. Unfortunatley he needs to come up with 300,000 and it doesn’t look like he’s qualifying for any scholarships anytime soon. So he shows he’s the smartest kid in his class and the teacher played by Kevin Spacey gives him an oppertunity to join an elite underground group. This group goes to Vegas on Weekends counting cards and making a lot of money. Reluctant at first, he finally gives in and goes to Vegas for a wild ride. The movie moves well with the group dominating the tables. Only problem with the movie is it seems like they always hit up the same casino. Morpheus (matrix style) the pit boss finally catches on and begins to figure things out. Another thing that is super retarded is all of his winnings he takes back to his dorm and puts in the vents. He has like 100 grand in cash just chillin up in the ceiling. I found this to be extremely stupid when he could have just opened a bank account. It ends up biting him in the ass anyway though, I won’t tell you how as to not spoil the entire movie.
21 kept me interested the entire time and is worth a watch if you have nothing better to do. They do try to tie everything together at the end in like a 5 minute span that became somewhat confusing. Still good though.
7.5/10
Oh yeah, and there’s this one scene that just made me want Dennis Hopper instead of Kevin Spacey when he’s drunk with a glass of burbon yelling at the kids. Flashbacks of Blue Velvet. Heh.
21
That guy from Across the Universe stars an an intelegent young man trying to get into Harvard University. Unfortunatley he needs to come up with 300,000 and it doesn’t look like he’s qualifying for any scholarships anytime soon. So he shows he’s the smartest kid in his class and the teacher played by Kevin Spacey gives him an oppertunity to join an elite underground group. This group goes to Vegas on Weekends counting cards and making a lot of money. Reluctant at first, he finally gives in and goes to Vegas for a wild ride. The movie moves well with the group dominating the tables. Only problem with the movie is it seems like they always hit up the same casino. Morpheus (matrix style) the pit boss finally catches on and begins to figure things out. Another thing that is super retarded is all of his winnings he takes back to his dorm and puts in the vents. He has like 100 grand in cash just chillin up in the ceiling. I found this to be extremely stupid when he could have just opened a bank account. It ends up biting him in the ass anyway though, I won’t tell you how as to not spoil the entire movie.
21 kept me interested the entire time and is worth a watch if you have nothing better to do. They do try to tie everything together at the end in like a 5 minute span that became somewhat confusing. Still good though.
7.5/10
Oh yeah, and there’s this one scene that just made me want Dennis Hopper instead of Kevin Spacey when he’s drunk with a glass of burbon yelling at the kids. Flashbacks of Blue Velvet. Heh.
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Bowling Scores 4/1/08
194, 177, 147 518 Series
The regular season ends, next week playoffs.
It would be awesome if I could roll a 2005 style Evans series. Basically the way it works is the top 4 teams battle all at once and whoever rolls highest combined series for all 3 games wins the championship. Last year we got 3rd, year before 4th. Hopefully this is our year.
We end the season at 125-85 which is by far our best season yet. We kind of unintentionally threw the last game which didn’t matter for us but we did decide who was the 4th team in the playoffs and was decided we’d rather have the team we bowled this week in there rather than another. Hence 147 final game. Next week will be my last league night until september or october as I’m finally taking a break after years of bowling both summer and winter leagues which winds up being something like 46 weeks of the year.
The regular season ends, next week playoffs.
It would be awesome if I could roll a 2005 style Evans series. Basically the way it works is the top 4 teams battle all at once and whoever rolls highest combined series for all 3 games wins the championship. Last year we got 3rd, year before 4th. Hopefully this is our year.
We end the season at 125-85 which is by far our best season yet. We kind of unintentionally threw the last game which didn’t matter for us but we did decide who was the 4th team in the playoffs and was decided we’d rather have the team we bowled this week in there rather than another. Hence 147 final game. Next week will be my last league night until september or october as I’m finally taking a break after years of bowling both summer and winter leagues which winds up being something like 46 weeks of the year.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
Bowing Scores 3/25/08
188, 187, 221 596 Series
We lost the first game by 15 pins
We Won the second game by 5 pins
We lost the third game by 1 pin
Talk about a close night and me not being able to come through in the clutch and strike except for game 2. We only took 2 of 7 points this week losing total pins by 11.
Still though all of this is just for wins and doesn’t really mean anything until playoffs.
Average still sits at 185.
We lost the first game by 15 pins
We Won the second game by 5 pins
We lost the third game by 1 pin
Talk about a close night and me not being able to come through in the clutch and strike except for game 2. We only took 2 of 7 points this week losing total pins by 11.
Still though all of this is just for wins and doesn’t really mean anything until playoffs.
Average still sits at 185.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Shutter
Shutter another Japanese remake yee haw!
So basically Pacey from Dawson’s Creek (that’s what we’ll call him) and Roy from the Office are buddies over in Tokyo. Pacey just got married but then there’s a terrible accident as his wife hits this girl in the road and their car swerves off the road and they crash into a tree. They both survive as this movie really drags along at a jobberish pace.
Pacey is a photographer and has a bunch of photoshoots but they are ruined by some weird developments as there’s smudges in many of the photos. The girl that they hit end up haunting them both...through the pictures. Is she out for revenge from being hit by a car or is there something larger at work here? The last 1/4th of the movie moved it from being total garbage to just below average. A few twists towards the end made it not a total waste of time but for the runtime on this movie being in the 85 minute range it’s really not worth your cash. I mean damn this was shorter than Horton Hears a Who. So go ahead and pass on this one unless you really are desperate to watch a mild horror flick. Personally I’d rather suggest that you hold out for Prom Night which is going to be terribly terrible or terribly awesome. Or The Ruins that looks to me like The Descent meets Slither. Anyways next week it’s a step away from the horror and a step into the Casino.
Shutter- 4/10
Next Review- 21
So basically Pacey from Dawson’s Creek (that’s what we’ll call him) and Roy from the Office are buddies over in Tokyo. Pacey just got married but then there’s a terrible accident as his wife hits this girl in the road and their car swerves off the road and they crash into a tree. They both survive as this movie really drags along at a jobberish pace.
Pacey is a photographer and has a bunch of photoshoots but they are ruined by some weird developments as there’s smudges in many of the photos. The girl that they hit end up haunting them both...through the pictures. Is she out for revenge from being hit by a car or is there something larger at work here? The last 1/4th of the movie moved it from being total garbage to just below average. A few twists towards the end made it not a total waste of time but for the runtime on this movie being in the 85 minute range it’s really not worth your cash. I mean damn this was shorter than Horton Hears a Who. So go ahead and pass on this one unless you really are desperate to watch a mild horror flick. Personally I’d rather suggest that you hold out for Prom Night which is going to be terribly terrible or terribly awesome. Or The Ruins that looks to me like The Descent meets Slither. Anyways next week it’s a step away from the horror and a step into the Casino.
Shutter- 4/10
Next Review- 21
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Bowing Scores 3/18/08
178, 175, 193 546 Series
Nothing special this week to tell aside from the fact that my teammates managed to carry us to winning 2 of 3 games and total pins putting us at 5-2 on the night. I couldn’t find the pocket all night as most of the season has gone. I think one of the games was an all mark game with a ridiculous number of spares but I could be mistaken. We still hold 1 spot for the third third of the season at 40-16 and Second in overall wins at 121-75.
Nothing special this week to tell aside from the fact that my teammates managed to carry us to winning 2 of 3 games and total pins putting us at 5-2 on the night. I couldn’t find the pocket all night as most of the season has gone. I think one of the games was an all mark game with a ridiculous number of spares but I could be mistaken. We still hold 1 spot for the third third of the season at 40-16 and Second in overall wins at 121-75.
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