Mako's Message: The game doesn't exist. It comes from Bloons Tower Defense 5, where one of the special towers is called the "Angry Squirrel". With a little bit of Angry Birds for flavor. I developed a lot more of the game than I mentioned, but unless one of you is a game developer I don't see how that matters. Enjoy!
I'm going to fucking kill Todd.
He got me playing this stupid cell phone game, Angry Squirrel Tree Defense, and I haven't been able to put the damn thing down all night. I'm not even sure if there's any point going to sleep. I might as well just go make breakfast and get an early start on my work out.
I seriously cannot understand how squirrels using slingshots to defend their tree from birds can be so fucking addictive. I didn't even realize how late it was until I lost because Eagles started coming in and taking all my squirrels.
A good clue would have been when Marcus came in to say goodnight.. Bastard could barely restrain his laughter.
I'm glad we didn't go on patrol last night. I might have done something stupid like tried to play the damn thing "while it was quiet".
Fuck I'm tired.
I dunno if I'm gonna be up for what I had planned for them today, but going to sleep for only a couple hours might just make it worse.
Maybe I'll just have to borrow one of Dave's Five Hour Energys if our jog doesn't wake me up.
Today was good though, aside from Todd getting me hooked another stupid video game.
The jog to our new training center with Katie and Angela went well. I think they were both too sore to complain. Or maybe they just knew better.
Anyway, when we got there we took a short break then I took them through a basic warm up and had them show me what I taught them yesterday.(I only knocked them down a couple times), and then gave them some moves to practice while I worked with Dave.
It was fun watching them work together. They came real close to turning the exercises into real fights. Dave had to pull my attention back to what we were doing a few times.
Once we started sparing though, it was Angela and Katie that were stopping to watch us.
When Dave and I finished our spar, they started clapping. I actually kinda liked Katie applauding me. Then Angela said, "That was amazing. How long did it take you to get as good as Mindy?"
And Dave and I just looked at each other and burst out laughing. I mean really, Dave as good as me? That's hilarious! We actually had tears in our eyes by the time we pulled ourselves together. Hell, I could barely stand!
Dave was the one who pulled it together enough to say, "Oh god. Me as good as Mindy? Ah man, I wish! I don't know if I'll ever catch up. She just keeps getting better."
I said, "Aww, thanks. It helps to have a great sparring partner. And lots off criminal assholes to kick the shit out of. Here, lemme show you what I can really do."
And then Dave completely stopped laughing and said, "Uh, wait, do you-"
And I said, "Yeah, I'm gonna not hold back, well, ya know, aside from not trying to kill you."
He said "Yeah, that makes me feel so much better," and he settled into a fighting stance.
I said, "Oh stop being such a pussy or I'll stuff a tampon down your throat."
And then he said, "Oh this is gonna suck," and came at me.
Dave is actually better than I was giving him credit for. I'm so used to being better than him that I didn't even notice he hadn't been going full out against me. If I'm a ten, and the average street punk is a two or a three, I'd figured Dave was about a five or six. He's more like a seven though. Maybe an eight if I'm feeling generous.
Anyway, he surprised me, but I was going at about 95% so he didn't last long.
He did this real nice feint into a low reverse backhand, but I rolled over his shoulder and kicked off his back and then spun and kicked him in the back of the head in mid air. That could have been bad for him, but I've trained him well, so he was rolling away from the kick long before it connected. I just kinda grazed him. Barely felt the contact.
I turned my landing into a forward roll and as he came back to his feet and turned around I hit him in the jaw with a handspring kick that took him completely off his feet.
I tucked in and flipped and landed with my knees on either side of his head.. I took a moment to admire the view and burn it into my memory while he tried to shake off the stars and birdies.
After a couple seconds he said, "Damnit Mindy, I thought you said you WEREN'T trying to kill me!"
"I wasn't. If I was I'd have landed ON your neck, snapping your neck and killing you instantly. Or at least crushing your larynx and leaving you to slowly suffocate while chocking on your own blood.. You know that you goof." and then I pulled his head up by his hair and bopped him back to the mat.
When I stood up Angela and Katie were staring at me in awe and I just smirked at them.
When Dave stood up he said, "I think you might have broken my jaw."
And I said, "No, I didn't. I'd have felt it break if I had. You'll be fine. And if I had, hey, it'd be an opportunity to get some more metal plates in you. We'll turn you into a real Wolverine eventually"
And he was still looking like a kicked puppy so I said, "Okay, how about I let you show off a bit now?"
And he looked at me all suspicious and asked, "How?"
And I said, "We can do that thing where you lie down and-"
And Dave cut me off with, "No!"
And I was like, "What? Why not? You kept wanting to do it when we found out you could."
"Well, yeah, but that was before-" and he shut his mouth real quick and I saw his eyes shoot towards Katie and Angela before coming back to me and I knew exactly what he was talking about. We hadn't done that since my little adventure in his bedroom. The first one.
Actually, I don't think we've done it since my Birthday.
Anyway, I said, "Oh don't be such a baby. Man up and make up for getting your ass kicked by showing off just how strong you are."
And he said, "You just want to do it because you get to show off too."
So I said, "Well it's still really cool. You wanna do it or not?"
And he huffed, and sighed, and rolled his eyes and then he said, "Fine," and lay down on the floor.
Then I stood over him, and he took my hands and I flipped into a handstand with my hands in his and he started doing benchpresses with me.
I heard Angela whistle, and then he looked up and me and he must have known exactly what I was thinking because he stopped halfway down and said, "Don't even think about trying to kiss me."
And I said, "Aww, you're no fun."
He said, "I'll drop you."
I said, "I'll land on my feet. Or on you."
Then Angela said, "That is SO cool! Do me!"
And I looked at her like, "Seriously?"
And she looked right back and said, "Please?"
So I rolled my eyes, said, "Fine" and flipped off.
Then Angela came over and did the same thing I did and started giggling like mad. Katie kept watching and I said, "Don't even think about asking."
And she looked at me all wide eyes and said, "I wasn't!"
But I know she was.
So after we wrapped up training, Katie went wherever Katie goes, and Dave and Angela and I went to Atomic comics to meet up with Marty and Todd, which is where the rest of my day disappeared in a blur of birds, squirrels, and acorns.
And now the sun is up. Fuck my life.
