normal people

Apparently I don't bowl like normal people do, or rather they don't bowl the same way I do. See, apparently most people release the ball with their palm pointed upward, but I've always done it with my palm down, so my ball winds up having this initial backspin, but then corrects itself as it goes along, so when it hits the pins there's more kinetic energy in the forward motion than in the spin, and so it makes the pins tend to scatter about a little more.

So my friends made me try and bowl like they did. And I did fine, maybe even a little better than what I usually do. I was getting nines and sixes and I think one strike, and it has this weird little left hook at the end right before it hits the pins, which I think is weird, but the fact of the amtter is that it just felt so weird, and though I was doing all right with it (my average is about 110 but I got like 124 on that game), one game's too small a sample size to determine if it's more effective for me to bowl like normal people do. Then, to add more insult to injury, when I tried to go back to my regular spin, I got 3 empty FRAMES in a row!

But I like my way. Sure, it's a little more off kilter. Sure, it puts more stress on my ankles, but dammit it's what I like. It's who I am. And I am not a pussy. I'm just afraid to drive. I've convinced myself that I am not a good driver because I take everything into perspective, and if that's just a euphemism for me saying that I can't pay attention to the road, then so be it. Half is me is hurt, but the other half doesn't give a crap about what you think. I'm not normal people, and I don't think you are, either.