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Saturday, February 14th, 2009
8:13 am	we missed the show last night i went to a llama show with donna and my brother. but they had switched the order. and instead of llama playing last, they decided to open. and we missed them. we didn't find out until the end of the night. and we talked to rusty a little bit. the lead singer. just kind of a depressing night. it was really nobodies fault. and these things happen. this is always the risk of skipping the opening bands to just see the band you want to see. i was actually really happy to talk with rusty. i've been listening to his stuff for years. and it was great to say hello and ask him a couple questions. they are a pretty small band. and they've got another show in a month or so. and i think i might just send him an email to find out when they are playing exactly that time. it was nice hanging out with my brother for the night. but i still felt bad that i had him drive over from bellevue for no show. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, December 30th, 2008
2:50 am	thoughts i'd really like it if there was no music or video in the main menu screen of a dvd. if you fall asleep to a movie, it would be great if that thing would quit spinning. and as for the music or dialog. it just gets old if you have it on for more then a minute. and sometimes, if it's your first time watching the movie, it can spoil a seen. or at least lessen the beginning of the movie. it's 3am and i'm not tired. and my saliva is beginning to taste gross. but if i swallow it, it will hurt. because donna got me sick. my brother in law josh says that i don't believe in germs, but that's not entirely accurate. it's all about the immune system. let's say you've been treating yourself well. no stress, no worry, eating well, getting sleep, staying active. let's say that it'll take 100 germs in 1 or 2 days to beat your healthy immune system. if you're not treating yourself well, i'd bump that number well down to somewhere between 5 and 10. and then what does it take to get 1 germ. bugs travel through towns. they come and go. so sometimes, you can be as unhealthy as you'd like. but when the bug is there, what does it take? i'd probably have to say that one glass of water, one open mouth kiss, something like that. that should account for around 10-15 germs. i think that in your every day life you can be pretty relaxed. your immune system can take a little action. by my math, that should be around 7 encounters with sick people to get you sick. and i spose i should mention that if your body is getting worn down outside of your control, you should take that into account. if you're lacking sleep because of something important. then you'll have to lessen your germ intake if you want to avoid getting sick. and finally, i have to mention the spouse situation. i'm sure donna and i have accidentally shared a few glasses, and kisses in the last couple days. but i'm nearly certain that this has happened less then 7 times. so what happened? why did i get sick? well, i've been drinking. but not too much. i've been eating somewhat poorly. and i've been a little stressed. but i'd still put my germ limit at around 60-65. that would put me down to 4 or 5 major contacts in the day. and i think i'm still below that. i think that there are a bunch of 1s and 2s that slip in, with simple hand touches. sneezes. breathing the same air. and all that. these can normally be ignored if you don't live with the sick person. but when you live together, it's a little more difficult. i'm not as sick as her, so clearly my immunity is doing something right. it's still fighting, and it has not been beaten. if my limit is at 60-65. i'd assume that around 55 have slipped in. i'm still barely on top. but i'm right on the edge. so i've got to keep heathy and avoid contact. (Comment on this)
Friday, December 12th, 2008
9:50 pm	on the way down the elevator, the glass recycling bag broke and some bottles fell out. but even before they fell out, the bag felt a little bit lighter. i knew something was off. but i was in no position to analyze the situation. carrying 4 bags. once it broke, i kicked the bottles that had fallen through out of the elevator. i then sat the broken bag down and carried on. even as the bottles fell out, i continued to hit next song through my pants to get party shuffle to play the correct song. i guess it's not technically party shuffle. but to me all shuffle is party shuffle. not that it's a party. it's just a term. i don't know how much i care about this. but i carried the 3 unbroken bags out and then came back for the broken one. i was thinking that it would at least be easy to dump. i could simply shake the bottles out. but while holding the lid open with my left hand, shaking was become less controlled then i would have liked. i eventually dropped the whole bag in. pushed the lid off. grabbed the bag with both hands and shook more. the bottles did go through. it wasn't hard. it wasn't easy. but i did get a little trash on my hands i had to wash off once i got back up to the apartment. the song i found on the shuffle was very good. my favorite new song in fact. a lucky break. a good roll. i recently found out what crap roll meant. or something. i can't remember exactly what the term meant. i was always vaugly aware that there was a gambling game called craps. or whatever. but i never put it together. and i didn't even do it on my own. i saw it in a movie or something. i hate it when movies have gambling or drugs do someone in. just stupid and i don't care. yea yea, you ruined your whole life on this thing. whatever. cowboy up dead man. pictures are a weird thing. just a picture. what should the photographer had done. gotten involved. saved the women. no one could save her. so why not take the picture. i'd like to see that picture. though i do have a thing for that kind of thing. i saw a broken leg on break.com that disturbed me somewhat. but i think i'm getting better at seeing broken legs. for some reason that's never visualized how a leg would look after a break. but, obviously that's how it looks. and a broken leg really isn't that bad. but for some reason it's worse to look at. i perhaps, just less enjoyable then some of the other fun injuries. the slip and fall is where it's at. i certainly don't mind the violence mind you. but to me it's all extentions of the simply slip and fall. i do love the build up though. the moment right before the guy decided to make the leap. that will change his life drastically. maybe from here on out. maybe just for a year or two. it matters. but it's all good. you could just have a hurt tail bone for all i care. i'll happily smile. and it's not their pain specifially that makes me happy. not that it isn't that. but it's the whole situation. it's the decision. or perhaps the friend who decided to kick the table at the last moment. or some dummy who just made a mistake and accidentally messed you up. so good. i've been telling more and more people about how much i like these things. i've got some reactions that have made me question whether i aught to be so open about such things. i think i will though. perhaps it's just part of the fetish, but i like to talk about it. maybe it's just that it is that. my knowledge of the intentions that make me regret, if even slightly, telling people. the reactions really weren't all that bad. it was more just me i think. i don't know. i'm not sure. i don't even really remember. i hope i do well in the soccer game tomorrow. and that i get there on time. i'm going to set my alarm early. mail a couple video games at the post office. get some coffee and then head off the the first 2 hours of a 5 hour soccer clinic. i need 3, but i only have time for 2 before my game. and even with that i'm cutting it close. there's a 1 hour meeting so 2 is all i need. if i hadn't forgeten to go last week, i would only need 1. and i wouldn't have had to cancle the line i had before my game. but what can you do. after the clinic i'll go ref the game. i'm really looking forward to it. a little nervous, but not too much. and then i've got to do laundry at some point in the evening and then head on to work sunday morning. oh yeah, i need to get some quarters and cash a check also sunday morning. i think the banks will be open by 9. i'll have to check. i've been a little off today. my thoughts haven't come to quick. i've been low on energy. and have perhaps gotten off a little too much on just being a little bit rude to people. which i really think people should be better sports at by the way. but that's fine. i understand. i may even be wrong. death to jeffery (Comment on this)
Sunday, September 7th, 2008
4:31 pm	nfl the most boring play in the nfl. you're on the 5 yard line. 1st and goal. the stupid one step back toss to the corner of the endzone. this works sometimes, but not enough. i say, run it like a man. or at least put a little creativity into it if you're going to throw it. also, man the seahawks appear to suck this year. (Comment on this)
Saturday, August 2nd, 2008
2:18 pm	blue angles i'm absolutely done with these jets. are we at war? every 10 minutes these stupid things fly over. i can't hear anything. i can't even think. i get all tense. aren't these things designed to kill people. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Monday, July 21st, 2008
9:38 pm	the mind my mind has been busy tonight. thinking thinking thinking. restless. un at ease. frustrated. i mistook an amphibian for a reptile. i looked it up later hoping that amphibians might be in some sort of bigger reptilian family but no dice. i was still right. and no one argued my point. but it didn't matter. once you've got that wrong, there's nothing you can do. i've been thinking about friends, coworkers, god, video games, cleaning, walks, heat, music, free time. debates. all debates. me debating with imaginary people. well, real people. but the situations are made up. and most of these people i'll never meet or talk to. i'm winning the debate. but it's not real. the focus of the debates. god, retards, following the rules, knowledge of celebrities, fight club. i'm sure there was more but that's all i can think of. let go let go let go let go. deep breath. let go. with a pitcher of hot steaming water and one coffee mug i'm sure i could kill a bad guy if i could distract him for long enough. well, i could leave him defenseless for long enough to run over, take his gun, and then kill him. there'd be a moment when he knew. nothing else mattered. no regret of getting himself in the situation. no thoughts on how to escape. just the overwhelming pain of what is to come. and then bam. boom boom. bang bang. lie down. you're dead. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, July 20th, 2008
5:13 pm	in the future in the future we'll no longer drink milk all the cows will die out in the great canada take over. we'll be forced to steam blood for our lattes. blood from the great dead baby udder. (Comment on this)
Monday, May 12th, 2008
7:02 pm	i'm right on the edge i've completed my 5th practice test for the usps in 2 days. and oh man. the mistakes i'm making just kill me. it's so stupid. the good news. even on the last test. i felt i did horribly but got an 87. with a 90, you're in. an 87, you're probably in. i've had a couple 83s. that's pushing it. i'm nervous about the forms. there is always at least one question that just flat out stumps me. my mind is blank. it's awful. and the memorization. once i get in my flow, i'm okay. but when i flip the page and i have all these addresses staring at me, i have a moment of panic. i trudge through. i go slow. and then i have to rush later. and as for the address checking. i'm always miss a few. i go back and check afterwords and i have no idea what i was thinking. i'm out of practice tests. i think though, that i'm going to print out one of the old ones. see if i can make some adjustments on the way i check addresses. as for the memorization. i just don't know. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, April 12th, 2008
4:53 pm	japan day #3 saturday after our last night in shibuya, we spent the morning walking around and seeing what we could see. we were aimless and we found little to mention. we saw an eye glasses cleaner on the sidewalk. we stopped at a bookstore looking for a specific book for donna's mom. things don't open very early in shibuya. later on donna went up and down the 10 floors of a store called 109. checking out every shop, sometimes more then once. then we headed back to tiffany's to get our things. we threw the key underneath the mail in the mailbox. then started rolling our suitcases behind us through the streets of shibuya. we took the JR to nishi-nippori, then took the chiyoda line to nezu station. it was very different in yanaka. less people, smaller buildings. more mothers with kids and groceries on their bikes. we found our way to the sawanoya ryokan. the people were wonderful. and the place was wonderful. we got unpacked and settled in. in the late afternoon we headed for ueno park. donna got a bun at 7-11, and we shared some green tea. this time we got some warm tea out of the vending machine. the park was beautiful. we saw people paddling their duck shaped paddle boats in a pond. we walked around the pond. walked through the food vendors. and then made our way to the main park. there was so many people just walking around and enjoying the cherry blossom trees. some were put on special display. we couldn't figure out why. we sat down for a while and watched some kids running in circles. donna snuck some pictures of people with face masks. then we made our way back to the ryokan. on the way back we got some terriaki burgers and mos burger. then we headed back for the night. before we went to sleep we took our first bath. we sat down on our stools. it was strange not to stand, but i quickly found that i preferred sitting. it took us a while to figure out what all the buttons did. but before long we were cleaning ourselves with our bucket and movable shower head. it was so much easier to clean your feet and legs while sitting down. every evening, we'd take our time and enjoy this. then we got into the bath, opened the window to the meditation garden, and began to relax. day #4 sunday we both had eggs, toast, and tea. a western breakfast that our ryokan provided. we needed to be in asaksa by 10am so we left pretty early. from asaksa we took a boat to obadia island. we were hoping to take the future boat. but it was sold out. we weren't fully sure what we agreed to. but the ticket girl sold us some tickets and told sent us along. it wasn't until later that we figured out exactly what happened. as our boat was heading off, we saw other people boarding the future boat. but there was nothing we could do. in obadia, we went to a large arcade. the highlight was the prison break "game." in the "game," we broke out of prison, running through small holes, avoiding spotlights, running from gunfire, finding codes to unlock doors. the whole time our leader was instructing us in japanese what to do. we were very lost. but it was a ton of fun. after that we found the cat house. cat living. first we walked through their store. they sold tons of cat toys and cat outfits. it was hilarious. then we paid our yen and went to play with the cats. we went from room to room where we could pet and play with the cats. they had some very unique and unusual cats. the rooms were made to look like a house. with a kitchen, living room, bedrooms, and so on. and cats everywhere you looked. after that we took the train over rainbow bridge to shimbashi. then switched to the JR and found our way back home. once we were back, we took our baths and relaxed for a little bit. then we went out and had one of our nicest dinners. we had kamameshi. it was a great little place with little english. we got these very hot pots full of rice and meat. miso soup. donna had baked tofu, i had some chicken skewers. we both got these perfect little salads. we both drank some beer. it was a great evening. (Comment on this)
Saturday, April 5th, 2008
4:36 am	japan night #1, thursday after riding on a bus, also known as a limo taxi, for around 90 minutes we arrive in shibuya. there we get in a taxi and the driver takes us the rest of the way. after the taxi left, we pressed the call button on the house and there was no response. it was raining, cold, we'd been up for over 24 hours and we weren't sure what to do. so with backpacks on and luggage rolling behind us, we walk the streets looking for a payphone. this was slightly confusing being as we'd never used japanese phone numbers before and we'd never used yen before. but we were able to call tiffany. she walked over and showed us where to go. as it turns out, both tiffany's house, and the next house over had the same address, and we got left on the wrong one. tiffany put us up in our room and gave us some tea. then we went out to see shibuya. it was absolutely amazing. there were so many stores and lights and people. very very clean. everyone very happy. the advertisements had cute and well dressed men and women. none of them showing too much skin. we walked through shibuya crossing, surrounded by thousands of young japanese people. tiffany took us through the streets to show us the stores, arcades, and restaurants. it was absolutely wonderful. day #2, friday we went to the post office, first thing, to get some yen. only to find that we needed a pin number which we had not set up. so we went back to tiffany's and called out banks. bank of america could only mail me my pin which did me no good. but luckily, usaa happily gave donna hers. if we hadn't gotten pins, we still would have been able to get money from banks, but it was much easier to get it from the post office and 7-11. after that, we explored the JR line by going to shinjuku. putting yen on our suika cards and using them was a small challenge but we were able to figure it out. in shinjuku we bought our tickets for our trip to hakona. and our free pass for getting around hakona. finding where to buy these tickets was not easy. we got very comfortable asking for help. shinjuku station is huge. it can be pretty difficult if you don't know where you're going. since we were there, we decided to check out the goverment building. it was very cool. we got to go to a room near the top and take a look out at tokyo. i was impressed how much you could see in every direction. buildings an buildings as far as the eye could see. then we headed to the park, picking up a pita sandwich at cherry kabob on the way. we sat down, as was the custom. got some water from a near buy vending machine. and we enjoyed our lunch. the park was beautiful. we were tired and weren't able to explore the whole place. but the trees were amazing. very different from washington. we walked through small pathways over streams. we walked on bridges over ponds with little islands full of well kept trees and plants. it was very impressive. but eventually we had to make our way back to shinjuku station, where we took a train back to shibuya. there, we ate at a japanese pizza place, which took some effort to find. and then we went shopping and exploring for the evening. (Comment on this)
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
9:32 pm	such a disapointment. don't underline me. i know it's mispelled. i try to fix it but i don't know how. erase the red line. erase the red line. i hate it so much. i watched a movie. it wasn't bad but it wasn't good. it was a 3 of 5. that's what i'll give it on net i flix. foriegn films. no plot. there's a plot. they just don't tell you until after. give me a reason to care. i beat nights. a bad game. just lazy devoloping. it deserved it's bad scores. i thought it might have been something else. i didn't read the review. too long. boring. selling it is becoming trouble. ebay won't take me picture or let me list canada buying options. i'm stuck selling it in america with no picture until ebay gets its act together. even ebay is mispelled according to the red line. which i'm sure i can turn off. but i don't know how. i hate computers. and now itunes. my albums folder is unable to open to my individual albums. it's just one long list of every song i own. and the albums. freaken backwards. i hate my life. my skin is starting to fade. or at least the feeling my skin has with what it touches. the more the better. the less the better. i'll go to party shuffle. not because i want to. there's just no better unbroken option. so bad. no podcasts to listen to. games that require more energy then i have. i will run and hide until they find me and eat me. i will lay low. until it's over. the last thing i'll see won't the teeth. the knife in the air. the gun. the animals will bite through. the knife will go in my heart. in my neck. the bullet will settle somewhere. there will be time to think. if it didn't hurt so much. if i fight, it's cause it's the right thing to do. i know it's over. you've won. you won't be hungry until sometime later today. and i will live in the sun. until the earth grows big enough. and the sun grows. and every planet and moon. nothing circles the moon. that's why that's where i want to live. but they'll grow big enough that they'll all collide. the ocean between land will be far to far to travel. we'll stay put. here in seattle. where gibbard claims we cannot ever ever leave. the sun would be to hot if it were fire. but now days we know better. the right adaptation. the evolution. we'll live through even that. like a whale out of the ocean. grown legs to walk around with. we will finally overcome with sun. and we. not it. will live forever. (Comment on this)
Monday, November 12th, 2007
3:33 pm	veteran's day i went for a walk today. i went first to the post office, then the bank, and then the liquor store. all closed. i forgot about the "holiday." worthless. so i'm back home with undeposited checks, an unmailed package, and no liquor. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 17th, 2007
10:02 pm	i'll only take one, i'm not going to kill myself i cut myself at work today. i slipped, and when i moved my hand to the counter to regain my balance i ran into something sharp. it actually wasn't that sharp, it was more the speed of my hand that caused the cut. when i fill out the injury report thing, i won't mention slipping. i just don't want crocs outlawed, though i'm sure i wouldn't have slipped if i had shoes with any kind of traction. why don't they make some variety of crocs with traction by the way. what the hell. perhaps they've already made some. i don't know. anyway, i didn't think i needed stitches. the person who is going to go get stitches never thinks they need stitches. becuase they don't want to go get stitches. it's an overwhelming want that over powers logic. but everyone else looks at it and says calmly, you need stitches. and they're right. donna has to go to the hospital on friday, so i think i'll delay my visit until then. that will still be less then 48 hours from the injury. and it will save me a very unwanted trip to the ER. and donna's scans always take a while so i've got time. death (Comment on this)
Thursday, October 4th, 2007
10:10 pm	i'm stuck i'm in B3 of the ghost ship. there are 5 pully things on the wall and a statue that tells me to pull in the order 24513. i've pulled these things in that order from left to right, normal and backwards, and more. there's a girl in a barrel. i can't get to it because there is blue fire in the way. there is also another room with a trap door on one side and spikes on the others side. i can see some sort of button in that room. i've tried throwing bombs onto the button but it's too far. there's a ghost in the room that walks back and forth. he's impossible to kill. i just don't get it. i think i'm going to leave and come back and see if anything changes. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007
3:52 pm	phantom hourglass i'm enjoying the hell out of this game. i was up till 2 in the morning playing. i was very tired today at work. drawing on maps, yelling to get people's attention. timed levels. a solution to one puzzle was to close the ds, without prompting. very out of the box. happy jeffrie. (Comment on this)
Wednesday, September 26th, 2007
5:22 pm	mri i had an mri the other day. since i've already had surgery on my acl, an mri alone won't give any kind of results. something is in the way now or something. so they pump my knee full of some sort of speacial mri liquid that will show up on the mri. this to me is a little bit crazy. so there is my knee, full of liquid. looking very very swollen and squishy. not pain but definitly pressure. they ask me to bend my knee some to allow the liquid to move around. the mri comes and goes and now i'm waiting for one final appointment with the doc to look at the results. surgery will follow. (Comment on this)
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007
6:41 pm	flaming lips at the paramount i have to start with the compliants. the venue; too hot. difficult to breathe at times. packed tight with kids. difficult to see. the paramount normally has seats. and with them the stage is at an appropriate height. but without seats it's just too low. the sound was bad. or at least not good. i think it was just balanced poorly. the base and drums were simply too loud. in comparison to the rest of it anyway. the crowd; Wayne Coyne went on and on about how great the crowd was. even mentioning how all singers compliment the crowd. but that we, in fact really were the most wonderful group ever. why? because the flaming lips crowd is full of love and hope. bashing george bush endlessly, saying how people in power think only of themselves. but we, the flaming lips, and you the crowd. love and hope. meanwhile, the crowd like assholes shoved their way to the front pushing everybody out of their way. pushing and kicking. yes. kicking. these compliments wayne was giving to the crowd were a joke. the band; too much talking, not enough playing. between every song the moment was lost with endless talking. and not entertaining stories we like to hear from artists and musicians. but compliments upon compliments to the beautiful city, to the beautiful venue, to the beautiful crowd, to his beautiful songs, and to the beautiful band. complaining about our awfull awfull government. too many old songs and not enough new ones. i'm watching you now because i really liked the last two albums. but i would say that less then half of the songs were from those albums. and only 2 or 3 from the most recent. the best formula. play your news stuff with some old goodies in between and the true classics for the finale. you're not a has been, don't act like it. and do not play a rolling stones song for your encore. the good and amazing; the endless confetti, the enless balls bouncing everywhere, the lights, wayne in a ball walking on the crowd. the larger balls with more confetti inside ready for the inevitable pop. their songs. they really are a unique band with some incredible songs. and they played them well. crowd involvement. they took it a little too far. encouraging us to scream and scream louder and louder. just encourage us to sing along, nothing more is needed. but singing along with yoshimi battles the pink robots was wonderful. they did many things that i've never seen at a show before. it was amazing. some sort of crazy indie rocker circus. but instead of lions and elephants. we had santa claus and aliens. and i believe that wayne really does care. but his ability to save the world ends at him making beautful music. let the songs speak for themselves. let everything else go (Comment on this)
Friday, September 14th, 2007
10:09 pm	i love it when pets and babies attempt to turn door knobs. i'd love to see a tv show where pets and babies had to solve a room sized puzzle. and of course you could have regular humans solve harder puzzles. i'd watch that. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, September 4th, 2007
9:39 pm	monica blake what time do you close. nine. what time is it now i wonder. but he's gone. i'd have to get up to see the clock. by that point what's the difference anyway. the mode i was in is already broken. it's got to be right around nine. let's just go. and by let's. i mean me. i walk home. and continue to read my book here. where the coffee shop isn't empty. with music stopped and me not noticing that everyone has left. i consider that as a compliment to my book. to monica blake. the clown. i'll play more video games but not now. no tv for a while. maybe a long while. hard to say how long this will last. i couldn't believe they broke my ship. assholes. they give me the ability to knock down red doors. to boost up ramps. and i know just where i want to go. there are upgrades on a distant planet. blocked by what i can now unblock. but i can't get there. my ship is broke. bull shit. why would they do that. what harm would it be if i went way the hell out of the way and got all that stuff. how long will i have to wait. i hate it. they pulled that crap on fusion. this better not be a sign of what's to come. locked doors for no reason. let me free. i hate it. i'd scare you but it's too easy. and by too easy i mean that i'm too lazy to get up. and it might not even be you. and then i'd have gotten up for nothing. nobody to scare. man wouldn't that feel bad. i couldn't believe how bad that night went. just sat there. nothing to do. worthless. i shouldn't have smoked so much. but how was i supposed to know the night would go so awkwardly. perhaps i had faith. maybe just hope. i probubly just didn't think about it. i'm in the right place. i was told to be poor and i'm poor. i feel it's necessary to wait. it's just the way it is. it's only one person. and it's fine. i take it too hard. i'm the impatient one. let it go. enjoy this year. make the best of it. it'll come. have faith. i believe. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Thursday, August 2nd, 2007
9:19 pm	"sidekicks" so i've been playing super mario strikers. there are some big differences between it and it's predisesor. i will list them for you. -a big part of my strategy before was to clear the ball from the back. but in this game, the ball can be charged up. when it's charged your shots will be big, you're passes will be fast, and your clears will go far. but most of the time the ball is not charged. so no dice. -also, before i would do a lot of dribbling up the field. setting up the perfect pass and shoot. pass then shoot. and i'd score. but now, you're pass and shoots won't be successful unless the ball is charged. so now for the new things. they've given the "sidekicks" all sorts of new abilities. i should mention that every team is made of 1 goalie, 1 captain, and 3 sidekicks. before the captain had one special ability. a super strike, which can give you two goals with one shot. now the captains all have special abilities and an even bigger super strike. now back to sidekicks. -they all have special shots. the better you're special shot, the slower you're sidekick is. you've got to get enough space to charge this up, but if successful and at the correct distance from the goal. and that distance will depend on the sidekick. it will be a definite goal. some of the other sidekicks special shot sucks, but they are far faster which can be very useful on defence. especially when your opponent is charging a shot of their own and you'd like to run over as fast as you can and knock them down and take the ball. -now to dekes. both the captains and sidekicks have dekes. you had dekes in the last game. but it was very small and very useless. just a little just to any direction. but now you've got major dekes. offence dekes. (donna wanted to be mentioned). birdo can spin and if you run into her spin, you'll fall down. hammerhead can jump up and come down with a hammer. the mole can dig down beneath the ground and come up and knock you down. that kind of thing. so this brings a whole other element of the game. some players will offencively deke their way down the field. then charge up a super shot and then score. this sucks online. simply because players will fall in love with one specific stragy and do it all game. it's just boring, it's not tremendously effective. especially since it becomes predictable.  but people do it. there's more but that's it for now. (1 Comment |Comment on this)