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the japanese say "blocking" for parrying.

still not sold on sf4. make it easy for beginners? that could be a big mistake. i think sf3 is still played worldwide today after 11 years not because it's a game that anyone can pick up, but because it's a game that takes time to master, and even when you get good there is still room for improvement. you want the game to be challenging no matter how good a player is. games that anyone can just pick up become boring. take wii tennis, for example. yeah, you can do super serves, and you can do the early hits that are impossible to return. but what more? can those be used to make the gameplay much more interesting? it becomes boring. there needs to be a lot of mechanics or characteristics that are interesting when discovered and exploited (by expert players).

i know, it's a little crass..

not sure how i feel about it.. but the normal moves look like they came from sf3, so i guess that's good..

if anyone has used att.com, you will discover that it's dumb. one reason is that you can't tell when your bill is due. so i wrote customer service:

Hi,

My online bill does not indicate when my bill is due.

Supposedly, if you enroll in automatic payments, the bill will state that your card will be debited automatically, so, I guess you don't need to know when your bill is due, since it's all automatic. However, during the "pending" period immediately after you enroll in automatic payments, you should still be able to know when your bill is due, but that information can't be found anywhere in this case either.

Basically, the due date should be clearly visible on online accounts no matter what. It seems painfully stupid that it's not. Just have an info box that says:

Due by: 12/26/07
Enrolled in automatic payments: Yes. Your card will automatically be debited by 12/26/07.

or

Due by: 12/26/07
Enrolled in automatic payments: No. You will need to make a manual payment by 12/26/07.

or

Due by: 12/26/07
Enrolled in automatic payments: Pending. You will need to make a manual payment by 12/26/07.

vonage commercials suck, especially the one that goes like this:

[increase volume by 800%]
[cue playful yet grungey guitar riffs with a guy going "woowoo, woo woo woo, woowoo, woo woo woo" in the background]
[cue regular-looking mom] "when i switched to vonage i was able to keep my number, and when i moved i was able to take it with me [nod approvingly]."
[cue mac user] "call quality is of.. the utmost. it projects.............. my business. and with vonage... it's perfect."
[cue another lady who probably doesn't know what she's talking about] "vonage and reliability... [nod approvingly] that just kinda goes hand in hand [still nodding]."
[annoying music plays to the end]

this online radio station has been consistently really good:

http://somafm.com/cliqhop.pls

www.unitedbreaks.fm

do i really need to say it? it's the dumbest show ever. i feel myself getting stupider when i watch it, which i can't afford to let happen, considering how stupid i already am.

on the rare mornings when i am up before 10, i listen to the mikey show on rock 105.3 (listen live here).

even though i haven't listened to it very much, it's fun to listen to.

hi i'm sky, what's happenin?

no thank yeew.