more pool... different opponent... same results!!

I spent some time in the afternoon practicing pool-- practicing the softer shots that I often have difficulty doing... the ones where you just barely touch the cue ball and it whispers across the felt to smidgely brush against another ball (Andy told me off for kissing things other than him!!) and gravity takes over and it gently falls into the pocket. I'm getting better at them. Still need some work though.

After a while, David wandered down to have a game of pool with me. We got playing and after he knocked in most of his balls (and I accidentally helped him with one!) I came back bigstyle to do my final shot-- the famous 8 ball... and David had been trying for about 10 turns to knock it in, but just didn't have the angle (plus I was pretty good at putting my pool balls in his way!). So it was my turn, and I had a great angle, so I took the shot and it went in!!

Unfortunately so did the cue ball. So technically in that one I won, but then lost...

But later on, in the evening, after all the birthday excitement (poor David-- Mom and Dad were paying way more attention to lil fussy Mia two shoes), we had a rematch, and this time I did my trick again of letting him knock all his balls in, and then spend huge amounts of turns trying to get that 8 ball. This time though I did a smoooooth shot with the 8 ball and it went in and the cue ball didn't!!! Whohooo so I won!!! Really this time!!

One funny shot I made was a long shot-- and so I put a bit o' power into it, and the pool ball went circling around the edges of the pocket as it fell in. Very smooth!

Posted by kristen at September 8, 2004 12:43 PM