My word was 'arachnophobia.' What sixth grader knows how to spell that? What made it worse was the fact that my competition had to spell 'fiend' right to win the title. How lame.

And I'm not sure what my pin total was, but I don't think I cracked 20. Of course, I missed out on 10 free pins from the Leavenworth tournament two years in a row because of violin, while my JV counterparts pinned their way through. Freaking bogus. Jhris--five of your pins belong to me.