Hah. Well, at least I know that high-level players don't mind this happening to them, so I guess it's not too bad.
I'm going to be gone for today, and may have little time for a few days starting tomorrow. Therefore, I'm going to post a trigger along with this move...
The way this works is that once you've decided on your move, you can check the hidden part below and if you played what I thought you'd play, I play the response I gave below.
I hope I'm right here. I think I can still settle reasonably well with 23. But with the white stone just 2 spaces below, I think I'm going to be in for a fight.
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Usually, I'd play on the bottom in order to split it up, but I'm not sure that's actually any good... However, a black play there would make it far too hard for me to do anything about it. And, a however to that however, I'd rather not jump into yet another crazy sequence. I think I should have played on the bottom-right as I had played on the top, but oh well.
I'm playing this because if white now approaches, I've got the pincer in place, and can hope to not give white two sides. Hm. I don't like it, but I've tried others, and they all feel even worse. Hm. I expect a low approach from white.
I'm torn between the move I want to make (a), and the move I think I should make (b). 'b' settles my group completely and is sente, according to Ishida. The cut at 'c' would be hard for white to manage. Indeed, given the black position above, perhaps even more so. But I don't want to let white get move along the top. Such a move, with his wide extension on the left (24), would threaten a big moyo. On the other hand, if I can cut at c, white would be left with a weak group sandwiched between two relatively strong groups. This also gives black a rock-solid corner. White took similar profit on the top right, so perhaps 'b' is a good move for maintaining balance of territory.
Looking at 'a', this would give me an extension, but I would be asking white to mobilize , which I don't feel ready for yet, since white 'b' would deny me the corner and put my group at risk. Ok! 'b' must be my move.
Well, I get 'a' and I get 'b' after all! I am not good at positional analysis, but a high approach that is balanced between both strong positions seems like the right place. It has a balance with the low D3 and P3 stones. To get ahead, white have to finish his shimari in the top left *and* play an extension along the top. But that isn't going to happen.
already i wouldnt want to be either B or W: too hard
Well for me, I'm using joseki that I have only read about , which may be increasing the complexity. But the cross-corner game makes fuseki pretty weird too. I cast all blame onto Sevis for that.
happened in my self-paired game with Chew Terr
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, which I don't feel ready for yet, since white 'b' would deny me the corner and put my group at risk. Ok! 'b' must be my move.
, which may be increasing the complexity. But the cross-corner game makes fuseki pretty weird too. I cast all blame onto Sevis for that. 
And it's only been the same joseki twice so far.