| | bowling.
like i mentioned in my last posting, something in my personality drives me to be good at everything. and just as music does not escape this, neither does bowling.
random? perhaps.
but for a good portion of my college career, i bowled fairly regularly. pretty regularly. regularly = weekly. and more in the summertimes ($1 games -- can you blame me?).
sophomore year was the beginning of it all. at first, it was just three of us -- bryan, tony, and me. and as the weeks went by, more and more joined... and in the summer of 2004, it had become a full-blown league.
i loved it. with consistency my greatest asset, i bowled straight as a laser, sniping any unforunate pins and picking up spares with ease. and as much as i liked to say i competed against myself, some of my greatest joy came from the fact that i bowled in competition with a lot of the guys. regularly posting scores in the 150s and 160s, and an all-time high of 202, my competitive spirit never failed to flare, particularly in the case of a bad game. i'm sure there are still people who remember some of my reactions... and my animal-like wailings. hahaha...ha.
i've had to mellow through the years. for a period of time, bowling poorly against my own expectations would frustrate me unspeakably, and hurl my mood into the mud.
even now, it takes conscious effort to not take bowling too competitively or too seriously. it doesn't work out too well when bowling for a company event, as we did tonight. it's too easy for me to expect too much of myself, or even to have the desire to impress.
all this about bowling. silly? perhaps.
mellow...mellow....mellow? there's something strange in this personality of mine that dislikes mediocrity. perhaps it's a flaw, but i can't honestly say i feel the need to change it.
if i'm going to do something, i will do it all out. and those people in which i see similar traits, i often respect and admire. there's something about that... spark, that drive, that is undeniably appealing. |
| | Posted 6/16/2008 11:04 PM - 71 Views - 2 eProps - 2 comments
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