It's been brutal at work. A little better on the lanes.

After a December nosedive I've been getting a little better and staying above average - at least on Wednesday nights. I've been struggling a bit on Fridays, but that's another story. My Wednesday night team got up to 2nd place 2 weeks ago, but we got swept by the first place team last week and started last night in 4th place.

Game 1: 202
Game 2: 168
Game 3: 191
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Series: 561

Last night wasn't bad. First game went smoothly, but I had a couple of funky leaves in the second game. One bright spot of that second game was converting a nasty washout of 1-2-8-10, after which I turned to face the cheering and said "For my next trick, I'll need a volunteer". My luck was short-lived, as I later left the 9 pin on a 1-2-8-9, which I thought would be easier. Switching to the Monster Frenzy for a straighter shot in the last game would have netted me another deuce had I not left a 4-6 split in the 9th frame.

I've tried to force myself to play more inside whenever possible. I also did some open bowling over the weekend with Christen, which really forced me to play further left than I'm used to. I've been improving, but as much as I love my Radical Inferno I still refuse to show up at the lanes without my Monster Frenzy. I recently had to get the grips changed, as the ones I got back in September were a bit tight and I got tired of trying to work with them. Felt a lot better last night, but they are just a little bit looser than my Radical Inferno. I think that's because I got the Monster Frenzy used and the pro shop used the existing finger holes to put the new grips into.

League Name/Season	Bowler Name
Wednesday Night Mixed	Rich Koppinger
T.G.I.F	Rich Koppinger