Sometimes I wonder how I can be so negative. Like last night, we lose 2 games (well, we lost all 3) as some guy dumps a ball onto the lane gets lucky and carries the brooklyn (we're talking bowling here, try to keep up). Why do I care? It's a drunk league and there are very few real bowlers in this league. It should be about having fun and hanging with my friends. But I'm so darn competitive and I hate to lose...I wish there was a switch for that sometimes. Being competitive is a good thing, but being competitive and out to win at all costs is not so good. It has to be channeled in the right way. I have to be able to let it go and be a good sport when I lose...how annoying I find it to be gracious when someone gets lucky...
But, in some games, that's part of the game. In bowling it is. It happens, move on. In Poker, it happens, move on. Hell, in poker one should be happy that the guy got lucky, at least if you play against that person periodically. Getting lucky will make that person feel that they made the right play and you will profit over time against that play. The percentages will play out over time. My mental game is off right now. How do you get that back? Why not pat the guy on the back that got the brooklyn strike to win? Why not say "nice hand" (without sarcasm) to the person that just rivered a flush or straight or whatever on you and move on knowing that you made the right play or did all you could do? I'm going to get my mental game back, I am.
Side note: IU loses at Michigan State...sigh...Jordan Hulls can't guard anybody...move on. Ohio State is next. Let's hope Sheehey is healthy but either way, we can play them tough in Bloomington.
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