BOWLIN'!

On a week when construction on the old Sunset Bowl site was approved we went bowling in Korea. In remembrance of Sunset Bowl I donned my RIP Sunset Bowl T-shirt. Apparently, it imbued me with the power of Roy Munson! Except I have both my hands and no hook. And I didn't pull a Munson. (More often we call it 'Pulling a Goldsmith' when things go awfully wrong) But I could be Ernie McCraken's bastard son.

What about this Korean bowling alley? Do they have shoes in my size? Yes. Do they have bowling balls big enough to fit my American hands? Just big enough for me to fit in just the tip ;). Do the shoes have traction? Absolutely not. It was like skating on ice. On my first bowl the night I stepped into my motion. And as I let the ball go....BAM.... I fell right onto my ass. Only to bowl a STRIKE! * He passes to the man....and...boom goes the dynamite* It was just that kind of night.

My first game I bowled a 182. I can't remember the last time I bowled over 150. During the summer I went bowling with some friends. I think I only broke 100 once. And barely. That same game, I lost a bet for blizzards. Too bad Dairy Queen was closed. And I left the following month :O! If Migs and Brad can remember that bet when I return, then I will buy them 2 blizzards each.

Anyway, by the time the second game rolled around I was already giving pointers to 5 or 6 different people on how to bowl.  And my pointers are actually working. The other teachers are complimenting me on my coaching. I give them a couple decent pointers. For the straight bowlers I tell them to point their toe and their finger toward where they want the ball to go. And remember to keep your weight over your knee. For

If they knock down 7 or more, they laud me with far too much praise. 'Oh, you are such a good teacher. Justin teach me!' 'Yeah, man, you are a good coach' I'm thinking, 'Yeah, I'm great at teaching you how to bowl. But why won't it work like this with my ESL kids!'

But one set of compliments confused me the most. I heard from Drake a couple people said, 'Wow, now that I've seen Justin bowl, he really is an all around athlete.' It's bowling. Since when do you have to be an athlete to be good at bowling? Anyone can drink beer, get fat, and roll a ball down some wood planks. Bowling isn't a sport. It's an active hobby. The most confusing part is a couple of these people have seen me play other sports while here. Now, all of the sudden, because I bowl I am athletic??? But don't let my rant voice out how much I miss bowling. And how much I miss my Sunset Bowling team.


R.I.P. 'Bowl'shevik Revolution

(enter Hammer and Sickle picture here minus the fact that blogspot won't let me. Maybe I'm too close to a communist country to be able to post that....)

Notes:

Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 has made my social life nonexistent. Ask Brian Chu he has less of a social life than I do. He is up until 6am PST (11pm Korea) on the weekends playing. Don't tell him I told you that. He is really embarrassed about it.

Hm....Ah.... I need to post a new poll or you can just give me suggestions about what to write about next. Dad, I really don't want to go to a Korean church to see what it's like. Their churches here are wild. They have your ordinary churches. Then your church with a GIANT statue of an anime character or Winnie the Pooh....yeah, I'll get some photos.