Tired and half-shoeless

First 180 of October

Hit it during a cricket game against the bot. I then proceeded to lose the leg (after being 140 points up). So it goes, Kurt, so it goes.

I shouldn't have been playing. I'm tired. And you shouldn't play darts when you're tired. But a 180 is a 180, and it's the first 180 I've hit for a while where the dartitis didn't kick in after the first two T20s.

 

98/50

Carry on with your woes

Missed about 4 or 5 180s before this one, The Dartitis is really playing up at the moment. 

Same situation every time: I hit the first two T20s and then my arm cannot release the third dart. I then jerk my arm in a semi-farcical fashion for about 30 seconds before I can eventually throw the dart. It usually lands low in either the 1 or the 5 bed. On this occasion it miraculously landed in the T20.

What with the League up and running, I can't swear off practicing but for the foreseeable future I'm just going to throw in the apartment. No playing - and losing - to the Dart App in the apartment. Just throw darts at the board to try and get some sort of rhythm back.

97/50

I'm toying with myself

 Darts really does know how to mess with your head.

96/50

May to September

I hadn't hit a 180 in about a month so, for the hell of it, I switched up my darts. What do you know? I hit a 180 10-15 minutes later.

The problem is, I've been here before. And it wasn't that long ago. I'm not complaining. I really needed that 180 but I'm not reading too much into it.

95/50

Busted Ruinate *

Busted on 180. (I actually went for the 180.) I've been here before. I just didn't realised how many times before:

• Sep 7th 2022
• Feb 12th 2024
• Sep 20th 2024
• Nov 12th 2024
• Mar 12th 2025
• Apr 22nd 2025

The strange thing is that when I entered the score of 180 into the Russ Bray Dart App to acknowledge the busted throw, it recorded it as a 180 outshot. Did someone come up with a new rule change whilst I wasn't looking? 

So, either the app is busted ruinated fucked, or it is just another reminder that I originally opted the cheap arse bargain basement dart app all those years ago. Probably a combination of both.

94/50

*I realised I kept falling back on 'busted' as a post title for such 180s, so I broke out the online Merriam-Webster dictionary and plumped for 'ruinate' instead . . . it's just not the same. (In a Matt Berry voice.)

'Have I seen you lately?'

Posted early morning August 17th.

First 180 in three weeks. First 180 of August. If you are going to slump, go in all the way, folks.

Back on the Target Carreras for this 180. (I've since reverted back to the Designa Dark Thunders again.) Me umming and aaing about what darts to use, where to stand, am I left eye dominant or right eye dominant?, what grip should I try? etc, etc, all add up to the fact that I'm totally down in the dumps with the darts right now. I should take an extended break . . .  but I won't.

I could have sworn the Van Morrison song was entitled 'Have I seen you lately?' Just another thing I'm getting wrong lately.

Van the Man. Half genius, half wanker.

93/50

Counting backwards

Posted the 8th August (late morning).

Currently in a slump with regards to the darts. (I seem to start a lot of darts posts with that line . . . but this time it's even worse.)

Deliberating whether or not I should go to a local dart event this afternoon. Not because I'm playing well and I think I can get something out of it but because I'm playing badly and I need to push myself. I probably won't.

91/50

Honkers

Posted the 8th August (late morning).

Honkers? What? 

Lexulous made me do it. Not even my bingo. Someone else's. So why am I mentioning it? 'Cos it struck me funny. Why am I doing a poor imitation of David Peace? Not enough repetition for the full Peace experience.

89/50

Let them eat (British) confectionary

Posted the 8th August (late morning).

In an alternative universe, Bastille rhymes with (fruit) pastilles.

88/50

Listening to podcasts about Adrian Mole and a family revelation

Posted late evening June 27th.

Just walked in whilst listening to a podcast about the enduring brilliance of Adrian Mole,  only to meet with the sad realisation that I'm the only member of my immediate family who likes Bolands Raspberry Cremes.

Absolute bloody heathens.

87/50

Fantastic Four

Last time I hit 4 180s in one day was early May of last year.

86/50

Three's a charm

Maybe I should dial down the practice more. I haven't really been playing that much  in the past week - here and there - and I'm suddenly hitting some sort of form again. Funny how that works.

85/50

That Spongebog meme . . .

You know the one . . . 

Actually, can six minutes qualify as "A few moments later"? 

In a darting timeline, probably . . . why not  . . . leave me the fuck alone.

84/50

Half a man

A couple of days ago I got one of those Facebook Memories thingies in my timeline, where I was informed that this time last year I'd just hit my 150th 180 in 2025. Sadly, I can't link to that 180 on the blog 'cos I've yet to post it. (My continuing bad.)

Why the drop off? No idea. I can't really blame the dartitis 'cos I'm sure the dartitis was up and running last year. Have I played less? I can't be certain but, if I was to guess, I'd say that in fact I've played more this year. That leaves me with the conclusion that last year just happened to be an exceptional year, and I've just levelled out again . . . reverting back to where I'm truly at. A bit of a come down but why lie to yourself?

Anyway, I still have plans to adopt a proper practice routine to see if I can improve my game . . . and I just hit my 83rd 180 of 2026. One of those 180s where I didn't necessarily realise that I was aiming for the 180 with my third dart.

 

83/50

P.S.

I'm back on the Dark Thunders.

Hello Beautiful

File under using song titles as post titles. A brilliant comeback song from Dodgy.

If 'Hello Beautiful' isn't in my Spotify Top Ten at the end of the year, then Unwrapped is a crock of bogus shite.

82/50

"It's like talking to a wall with a moustache."

My first 180 for a couple of weeks. My longest drought since mid-January. It doesn't help that I've been throwing the Harrow Graflite darts, which are a chunkier dart and makes it all the harder for the third dart to find a spot in the T20 bed.

Why throw the Harrows, then? In truth I'm having a flat period with the darts at the moment. Maybe because it's the post-season blues, maybe 'cos the NYC hot summers have kicked in. That partially explains why I'm not being as serious with my darts, and why I'm using a dart which I know is not ideal in the long term. 

I promised myself that once the season was over that I'd commit myself to proper training routine to improve my game. Practising doubles . . . practising checkouts . . . the whole shebang. Sadly, I'm not there yet.

81/50

My darts are shot

Posted June 15th.

The Shot Zen Ki's continuing to mess with my head. I ended up putting them down . . . resulting in a 180 famine. 

Serves me right.

80/50

Don't leave old darts lying around . . .

Turns out I hit a 180 with Shot Zen Ki's back in 2022. 

Did I ever hit another one before today? I don't have a scooby.

79/50

'Don't do it !!!!

Another day of life messing with my head. Old darts revisited.

Decided to pick up the Shot Zen Ki 26g darts  just for the sake of it. I hadn't thrown them in three or four years. "A few moments later  . . . "

In fact, it was that long since I'd thrown them that I couldn't even remember what brand or weight they were. I had to look them up.

78/50

"They were only nuns."

Posted June 15th.

Catching up. Half-watching the first season of Father Ted.

77/50