I’m on a bowling league. I love bowling, I really do. No matter how hard I try, though, I am a consistently mediocre bowler. My average runs about 120. My teammates like me, because I’m nice, don’t take myself seriously, and I’m good for our handicap.
I’m not fishing for bowling tips. What I’m wondering is if there’s anyone else out there that has this “chronic mediocrity” problem. Something that no matter how hard you try, you never quite seem to raise above the level of “okay.”
Have a nice day, and wish me luck. Tonight’s my bowling night.
Actually, I’d like to share your bowling pain more, since the boi doesn’t like to bowl. But I usually run about a 140, and, strangely enough, I hit my highest score when I was drunk. I have a printout, so there’s proof!
Bowling advice? Drink. It makes you… um… more relaxed? Better judge of those little lane arrows? Anyway, it works for me!
It’s terribly depressing, but after a while, you just learn to live with it.
Mediocre Me: My best friend ,Catte, is a much better writer than I. When we were all still single, my friends were the ones who attracted all the cool, intelligent, yummy guys. I got stuck with the disgusting morons. No matter how cute I was, I guess they were just cuter. (more cute?) Unless it’s just me and my husband, I’m generally the least intelligent person in the group.
Et cetera.
So, you try optimism. My house is always cleaner than their’s. So’s my kid, for that matter… Small comfort, I know, but it’s something, right?
I actually quit bowling because I was frustrated at my own inability to be as good as I wanted to be. It takes money (for new-fangled equipment and practice) and time (for practice) to get better at bowling, and I had none of either.
But I usually run about a 140, and, strangely enough, I hit my highest score when I was drunk. I have a printout, so there’s proof!