Week 7 recap

One of my weekly pool team recaps, always written after midnight and a testament to the adrenaline rush of competition.
Again at Amsterdam, a pool hall with all the excitement and energy of your parents' basement. Bad food, watery drinks, ugly carpet, and a soundtrack that consisted of five hours of Jimi and Janis. At least in your parents' basement you could smoke pot or make out or listen to 2 Live Crew. Our opposing team was perfectly nice, even though the captain, Diego, was the epitome of uptight pool nerd, using a well-thumbed copy of a pool instruction manual as the backboard for his score sheet. It was worrisome at first--was he going to be an unbearable rule sadist? No, just a nervous tightass who became a little cuter as the night went on.
Jane won her first match handily, and then I lost mine (against a 4; I didn't have the mojo I had last week. Perhaps because Kperl was not there? And because I hadn't had a lovely practice session first?) Then Lisa, fueled by her nutritious dinner of martinis and olives, lost to Galan (Garlan? Gerlan?) and it has to be said that the Shot of the Night Award goes to Garlan who managed to get the cue ball around a seemingly impenetrable block; it defied nature, really. Doug dispatched his opponent, a 3, in his usual hill-hill nailbiter fashion (although I never doubted for a second) and Shelby played a strong but ultimately doomed game against another 3. We finished 2-3, which I think will leave us solidly in the middle of the pack, in the middle of the season (we have 8 more weeks of play).
Talking points:
> I seem to have acquired a fan in Garlan, which I'm a little concerned about. Kperl, if he stalks me, we may have to instigate some kind of "hostile boyfriend" plan.
> The fact that we're older now, and automatically uncool to teenagers, is somewhat distressing to Shelby.
> Lisa should not be allowed to take a drink into the women's room, but it was incredibly generous of her to pick up the bar tab, and wonderful to see her, and Carrie, as always.

Next week we are at home, thank god! But I will not be there as I have a birthday dinner, which leaves us down two players (Patty will still be in Asia). I can pick up the sheets on Sunday and messenger them to whomover on Monday, and Jane has Patty's cue.
See you!!
xoxo