OK, so I'll chat a bit before the game, mostly because I see that in other malkovich games. I tend to play slow moves, then usually end up feeling behind then try to start a ridiculous fight or invasion to catch up. Not a great playing style, but we all need one, right?

I also dislike star point joseki because I know very few so I end up doing the same thing over and over. I find 3-4 a lot more fun. But this is handicap, we didn't discuss free placement, so I'll go with this and see what happens.

i wonder how strong he is..???
i have a feeling that his reading will be equal to my reading.
then i must win by some other aspect of the go.
getting all the critical points and punishing his mistakes.

Gaaah! He plays a star point! I would have liked to start with an approach move, leaving the last corner empty, but that would risk an all-star-point game, which drives me nuts. So I'll take the 3-4 in the last empty corner. 3-4 isn't unusual or anything, but at least there are a bunch of different options no matter what path things take.

it is usually better to play non common approach that uses moyo when playing against weaker players with handycap. Because they are usually better at joseki than i am

Neat! A far approach! Well, with both of the adjacent corners having my stones, it seems a pincer can't be a bad idea.

when you want to play with flow...dont answer everything you dont have to answer. he will have more headache that way.

Standard 4-4 move. It was this or make a knight's move on the other side, that's all I ever do. In this case giving W a strong position on the top doesn't bother me so I'll attach.

since he attached i dont have much choice but this