This should be a pretty quick review as I imagine someone could point out a few choice moves and then just give a summary.
I was trying to focus on some things I'd read recently, both in reviews here and in the book I'm currently reading (Learn To Play Go vol 5) about keeping good shape, using the haengma when choosing placement, and being a better judge of when to tenuki and where; and I failed at all three.
I felt rusty and apprehensive after not playing for a week, but I got sucked into fighting early, at which I performed poorly, and lost any territory/influence I was trying to secure. One thing I noticed after 
was that he nearly always haned my hanes (meaning that he haned again after I would hane his attachment). For some reason this threw me off and I don't think I handled or any of the subsequent occurrences well.I know resigning as a 25K isn't really in my best interest but I was out of time (one of the downfalls of trying to squeeze in a game on my lunch hour) and it just seemed lost to me by that point. I had also been in byo-yomi since about move 60 which doesn't help. I know that isn't an excuse and I need to get used to it, but it does affect my play and decision-making.
Thanks,
sleepy
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is not a good move because once White blocks at B4, you have to defend against B6 in gote and then White is free to do what he wants (probably keep harassing you with D6) while you haven't even started making eyes or running away to the center. The standard responses to 
are D6 or E6. This is something you will learn on the way to 15k.
is really never good until the endgame (even if White couldn't immediately capture you with B6); it doesn't do anything but fight over a couple of points while the whole board is virgin territory ready to be contested. These first-line moves really should always be saved until 1) the endgame, where you're mostly fighting over small amount of points, or 2) you need to play it to live or kill. You'll learn this on the way to 15-20k.
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do nothing at all but feed prisoners to your opponent. At 25k you should already be able to see that there's absolutely no way they could ever possibly live or cause any trouble to White. You will have to stop making moves like this to get past your current level. And I'm sure you will!
But some things that may help you:
at K3 but decided against it as I thought my stone would be all alone and ineffective; but then proceeded to play my stone in a corner where the surrounding white stones were even closer. 