queen, men and strikers

I would like to think that I'm a good carrom player, but to be honest, I have absolutely no aim. I've played only one other time in my life and although I won both times, it was always by default. All those years spent learning geometry and physics and science-y things was for moot. If only my teachers stressed the importance of angles and forces in high school. If only they warned me about how useful and relevant these things would turn out to be in my life. I would be living a glamourous life as a professional carrom player right now. But instead, I have to find happiness in a simple life where playing a board game is exciting enough to warrant a blog post...

 Maybe it was a good thing I was never very studious in high school.