Today I’m going to write about an event that many would consider humorous. I myself consider it to be so, hence why I am going to write about it.

Part of the birthday event I attended roughly two weeks ago involved ten-pin bowling. I don’t go bowling too often but I generally enjoy it when I go. This night was no exception.

So we were bowling, having fun and enjoying ourselves (as one usually does when they go bowling). We played two rounds. For the second round, one of the people there and I were continuously close to each other score-wise. We reached the tenth frame and our scores were the same – both on sixty (It might’ve been sixty-one or sixty-two – I can’t quite remember anymore).

The person bowled first.
Their first ball went into the gutter.
Their second ball took out one pin.

I knew I could beat them easily.They said to me something about how funny it would be if I bowled two gutter balls. I shrugged it off as I knew in my heart that I was going to beat them without any issue.

My first ball went into the gutter.

I suddenly felt the pressure despite it not being competitive. I wasn’t certain I could get more points. The person said something about how I’d be fine (I can’t remember what was exactly said).

I calmed myself and began to focus as much as I could.
I turned to the person and told them I could do it.
I then began to bowl my ball.

I enjoy bowling as it’s something I find fun at times.
I also like how the ball can appear to not be moving as well as the anticipation of how many pins will be knocked over.
I find it interesting that it can get intensely competitive at times and everyone involved can still remain jovial about what is happening.
Maybe that falls down to the experiences I’ve had with bowling but that’s how I find it to be.
I don’t think I’ve ever had a bad time bowling and aside from being sore the following day due to overdoing it, have always wanted to do it again sooner rather than later.

Maybe there’s something about how recreational it is that I find appealing.
It’s hard not to enjoy yourself when you’re playing with a bunch of friends.
Your get to socialise a bit and with enough playing, you become a better bowler.
It’s easy to get a few people together for bowling and have a really satisfactory experience with it, even if you end up losing horribly.

My second ball went into the gutter.
I let out a loud scream of anguish and fell to the floor.
I was beaten by one point.

I lay there for a few seconds before I pushed myself back to the seats until I reached carpet and decided it would be better to be standing on the ground instead of lying on it.

The time it took to write five-hundred words: 23:03:82

Slower than yesterday. Oh well.
I think I do better when I’m not writing about life.
The next one will probably be free-form so I think it will be a faster time.