diff --git a/crates/mockingbird/src/skip.rs b/crates/mockingbird/src/skip.rs
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+
+enum Lexer {
+    Int,
+    Colon,
+}
+
+
+struct PythonIndices {
+    start: isize,
+    end: isize,
+    skip: isize
+}
+
+
+//  1 -> (0) hot-queue
+//  1: -> (1..) queued only 
+//  -1 -> end ( -1) back only 
+// [INT]
+
+//  :: -> (0..) ALL
+//  [COLON][IMP][COLON][IMP]
+
+//  3::-1 -> (0, 1, 2)
+//  3::   -> (3, 4, 5, ...)
+//  1:6:2 -> (1, 3, 5)
+//  :5     -> (..5) queued + front only
+impl PythonIndices {
+    fn from_str(payload: &str) {
+        let mut field_ident = 0;
+        let mut iter = payload.split(":");
+        let mut use_last = true;
+        let mut last = 1;
+
+        let first = match iter.next() {
+            Some("") => 0,
+            Some(x) => x.parse::<isize>()
+                .unwrap_or(0),
+            None => return
+        };        
+
+        let end = match iter.next() {
+            Some("") => isize::MAX,
+            Some(x) => {
+                let x = x.parse::<isize>().unwrap_or(0);
+                if first >= 0 && 0 > x {
+                    // probab some heklerino
+                    return
+                }
+
+                x
+            }
+
+            // make sure qmod doesn't run
+            None => {
+
+                let handle = qctx.cold_queue.write().await;
+                let keep = qctx.cold_queue.write().await.split_off(first);
+                
+                if first > 0 {
+                    handle.clear();
+                    handle.extend(keep);
+                }
+
+                else {
+                    handle.split_off(handle.len() - first.abs() as usize);
+                }
+
+                   
+            }
+        };
+        
+        let qmod = iter.next();
+        
+        let skip = match qmod {
+            // probob clever heklerino
+            Some("0") => return,
+            Some("") => 1,
+            Some(x) => x.parse::<isize>().unwrap_or(1),                
+            
+
+            // process first + last
+            None => {
+                let reverse = 0 > first && 0 > end; 
+                let positive = |s,e| s > e;
+                let negative = |s,e| s < e; 
+                
+                let handle = qctx.cold_queue.write().await;
+                let keep = qctx.cold_queue.write().await.split_off(first);
+                
+                invalid_check = if reverse {
+                    positive
+                } else { 
+                    negative
+                };
+
+                if invalid_check(start, end) {
+                    return;
+                }
+           }
+
+                        
+            todo!()
+        };
+
+        let reverse = 0 > skip;
+        let skip = skip.abs();
+
+        let mut cold_queue = qctx.cold_queue.write().await;
+        
+        cold_queue.split_off(first as usize);
+
+
+
+        if reverse {
+        }
+
+        for x in cold_queue.step_by(skip as usize) {
+            x.clone();
+        }        
+
+
+        match reverse {
+            true => cold_queue.pop_back(),
+        }       
+         
+
+    }
+}
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