the night began with dinner. we didn’t do much special, i figured sizzler since it would easily allow us to pay separately, thereby avoiding splitting the bill 5 ways and irritating the hell out of the help. it seemed like a marvelous plan, until everyone for some reason decided to get the salad bar. i myself opted to eat like a king (not sure if that’s entirely possible as sizzler, but i tried), and got the steak & chicken combo, with baked potato and all. overall, a nice little deal for $10.99! problem was, everyone else wanted to cheap out and get the salad bar... only to pay the same damn amount as me. so i ate like a king, and they were my peasants. which was fitting seeing as how i blew them all away later with the lowest bowling score of the night, thereby crowning myself the victor!

thing was it took a while to even begin bowling. i picked sizzler and bowling because they’re close to work and happen to be in the same parking lot, so it’d be real easy for everyone. but, it so happened that although bowling is dead, and it was only 7:30, we couldn’t get lanes until after 9pm. after getting the goofiest looks from the people behind the counter (something akin to well, if you had called ahead, dickweed; we are the most popular spot in town, you know), we loitered in the parking lot and discussed our options. then we went back in and killed those assholes behind the counter.

ok we didn’t do that. we tossed around ideas ranging from going to my place and laying down some super smash bros. mayhem, playing mini-golf, shooting pool, shooting children (kidding), and going to an alternate bowling alley a few miles away. so as should be obvious, we decided on the bowling.

now before anyone starts in.... yes, i know that bowling isn’t scored like golf... the guys already filled me in on that one ;-). we got in 3 damn games, and the good news is that one of them i actually won! it was close, so it didn’t count for much, as the other two i rather handily lost. so it was more like beginners luck, if you can call it that. i sort of figure that if you only bowl once every 10 years or so like i do, that you can safely call it beginners luck every time. which i do. the breakdown went something like this: action jaxan won the first round by a ball, nathan won the second round by a hairy ball, and won the 3rd round by a... well, not much.

i must say that at first, i was concerned that it wouldn’t be that much fun for everyone, but by the end of the night that sentiment seemed to be a distant memory. it was pretty entertaining overall, with highlight footage courtesy of nathan and his herman-munster-with-a-mouse-in-his-undies bowling style. times like those call for a video phone, i swear.... maybe someday i’ll justify it somehow, but until then – use your imagination and laugh at his expense. especially since he ended up winning a game, which i guess would make it at our expense, but i’m ok with that.

the gang has decided we should set something like this up again, and i agree. though i don’t want to do it as frequently as they seem to want to do it. and it’s not that i’m not a fan of the fun, it’s just that i feel as though if we do it too frequently, it’ll be mundane and orchestrated instead of fun and novel; i don’t want the novelty of it to wear off, mostly. but definitely again, though i’m voting for a different venue, like the air hockey tourney or mini-golf. and i’m going to try and set it up with a few more friends that couldn’t make it this time around. nick the knuckle-dragger was invited but couldn’t make it, but i thought that it would be more fun if we could get his monotone ass down to play.

eh, my birthday is coming birthday is coming up; maybe we can do it again then! probably not, but i just got some people’s hopes up, which is funny. sorry guys, that’s my night to request that the girl dresses up like a nurse. and i’ll play doctor. and you know damn well you can’t compete with that.

peace out.

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