Transferring stuff from my xanga
Aug. 19th, 2004 02:00 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
greybetaWell, I write most of my stuff on xanga but now I've decided to slowly move stuff to my LiveJournal. I guess I can just post the same stuff on both sites. I'm on an introspective roll right now...
I've heard that when you begin these weblogs, you should explain a little about yourself. Usually, you write about something that interests you and who you are will come out. So looking at my profile, one of my expertises is foosball. How did that come about?
Let me make no secret about it, I own a foosball table at home. In fact, it sits in my room. Now, simply having a foosball table in the same room I sleep in doesn't automatically make me a good player. It's going to sound cliche, but I have to play the games too. Fortunately, my Dad is a very good foosball player. He taught me how to okie doke. For those of you who don't now, an okie doke is when you fake someone out on your offensive line of three. It's usually a quick tap and shoot with your forwards. It's kind of hard to explain, but when done correctly you should beat the defender due to pure speed most of the time.
But most good players can do that. And they usually have powerful shots without spinning, for spinning is illegal if you play by the rules. If both players can okie doke, then it comes down to their left hand shot. Most people don't have as good of a left hand shot as a right hand shot. It's like tennis in that the forehand is usually stronger than the backhand. If you play against me, I will probably score two or three goals with my defensive two because my left hand shot is that quick and powerful.
On doubles, I'm like most people in that I'm better at offense. I can combine my okie doke with my left hand shot at the midfield. I'm a bit slow in my reaction time to play defense, though I'm not too bad at that either.
I like to challenge people one on two every once in awhile. Sometimes, I get cocky and challenge people with just my right hand. Of course, usually I'm just making some noise but I can win if I can score enough goals with the okie doke. I have a good story about that, but I need to save it for a later time when I get properly gather my writing abilities to do it justice.
I've heard that when you begin these weblogs, you should explain a little about yourself. Usually, you write about something that interests you and who you are will come out. So looking at my profile, one of my expertises is foosball. How did that come about?
Let me make no secret about it, I own a foosball table at home. In fact, it sits in my room. Now, simply having a foosball table in the same room I sleep in doesn't automatically make me a good player. It's going to sound cliche, but I have to play the games too. Fortunately, my Dad is a very good foosball player. He taught me how to okie doke. For those of you who don't now, an okie doke is when you fake someone out on your offensive line of three. It's usually a quick tap and shoot with your forwards. It's kind of hard to explain, but when done correctly you should beat the defender due to pure speed most of the time.
But most good players can do that. And they usually have powerful shots without spinning, for spinning is illegal if you play by the rules. If both players can okie doke, then it comes down to their left hand shot. Most people don't have as good of a left hand shot as a right hand shot. It's like tennis in that the forehand is usually stronger than the backhand. If you play against me, I will probably score two or three goals with my defensive two because my left hand shot is that quick and powerful.
On doubles, I'm like most people in that I'm better at offense. I can combine my okie doke with my left hand shot at the midfield. I'm a bit slow in my reaction time to play defense, though I'm not too bad at that either.
I like to challenge people one on two every once in awhile. Sometimes, I get cocky and challenge people with just my right hand. Of course, usually I'm just making some noise but I can win if I can score enough goals with the okie doke. I have a good story about that, but I need to save it for a later time when I get properly gather my writing abilities to do it justice.
