I experienced about 10 minutes of bowling zen last night. Yes indeed. In my first five frames, I got three strikes.

The rest of the evening went more as expected. I need a bowling shirt with big flamboyant embroidery on the back reading "Gutterball Queen." I really went just for the fun of it. 'Cause I sure can't bowl. But I do have fun laughing at myself.

And there was a cute guy playing our lanes for me to smile at. That helped take my mind off the fact that The Other Half of "Our" was not in a very conversational mood for the latter half of the evening, which was making me nervous. The original plan was to go bowling with a group of people of TOHO's inviting, but nobody got invited, so it was just the two of us. This seemed like a Bad Idea to me, because TOHO is a super-extrovert, who always seems happiest in a big group of people.

The high point of the evening came when TOHO -- talking about the group of people who play on Tournament Bowling nights -- said, "the conversation is always better on Fridays...."

Hello. What's that you dropped on the floor? Oh. It's your tact... Would you like that back, or weren't you using it anymore?

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