I missed the Flash Forward Jam this year. Last week. The day I came back from this ^ wonderful vacation.

I've missed a bunch of things. I might be missing an awesome opportunity to fix up custom music for an in-game credit sequence - but I will manage the other sequence! May miss one of two. Time's just flying too fast. I've been in Östersund walking through a wonderful snowlit spring though, feeling like that really was time spent better after all, no matter how much I feel I need to do.

And refitting car tires - there's a screw stuck in one of my summer ones, I wonder what I'll do about that. And swapping clothes - they arrange events for that over here occasionally - this time it was in Bålsta. And submitting my tax report for the year. And booking trips for summer. And catching up on comments and conversations. Still feeling like I should have plenty of time to spare, but somehow the days just stream by and summer approaches with worrying speed.

There's so much I still want (and need?) to finish...

I must admit I have been playing a bit of DOOM though. New levels for the old classic. And I did watch through the 2011 Hunter X Hunter anime in its entirety a few weeks back.

I thought it'd spur me onwards; re-ignite my hope in humankind, and my sense of adventure, and make me DO things with my life, and so I did go to Östersund and that was great, but now I'm just back here again and it's the same old shit. Stagnation. No matter how much I push myself. I don't focus on what I should focus on, or I'm too tired to. I notice I yawn. I feel all but strong, so unlike when I'm in writing some prose or some song...

Though why do I EVER waste time on non-essentials? Been listening to Jocko's podcast. I then go mental. So necessary with breaks though when you feel you have spent all. Go take a train or a rental. Whatever you can: cement all. Relations you want to keep, then leap on out the window. Don't be indoors. Get out in the world and kill your limbo!

Regarding that Flash Jam I did get mentioned in a little Flash Forward interview/showcase thing. For the game I made last year. That was nice.

Maybe I will make a new game anyway, jam or no. Later. For now: gotta go.

Adapt to your generation but don’t forget your culture.

It's a savage classic! Get it here if you want it. One copy free.

Thought I'd share the birthday card I drew up for my nephew this year. :) He turned 22 yesterday! Time truly flies, under newlit skies with tulip eyes...

Grattis = Congrats! Our official local 'Happy Birthday' phrase alternation most commonly used in honor of said occasion.

Rasmus = His name.

Originally shot in 1984 and not finished until 2021, New York Ninja is about a sound technician for a news station (John Liu) who becomes a vigilante ninja in New York City after his pregnant wife is murdered.

Original from 1984?! What a throwback! Just a while before you had similarly vengeful average-guy-goes-over-the-top movies like The Exterminator, following a wave of similarly themed films that came after the iconic 1974 original Death Wish.

And this one was supposed to come out exactly ten years after!

Coincidence, or intentional homage?

If It had come out back then maybe it would've been easily forgotten though. One among many. But now it feels like an all the more welcome throwback to a great era of action I miss, when things didn't have to be complicated or overly aggressive, but still had attitude. Could still poke at social issues and stigmas. Could still be fun, too.

The movie's cheesy but savage, with a charming main character, a good cop and hiphop (in limited doses) and lots of ladies.

It feels like a bit of a B-movie now, but at the time I wonder if it would've gone toe to toe with other action movies of the year... it's not a blockbuster but it feels like the quality just might've been on par with 'em. Back then. Would it have become a cult classic and paved the way for others or would it have been forgotten after all; it's a better time for it now...

Guess we'll never know, but it feels special now. The passing of time is forgiving in regard to quirks of filming and acting too. It's natural standards have progressed since, so whatever flaws you see seem excused by age.

Good movie.

There's a rare shot of the Statue of Liberty under construction, too. Or cleaning. Something like that. Undergoing some form of maintenance you don't usually see in film.

The original cast unfortunately don't get the credit they may be due here - original records were lost to time, and the sound is all new, starring icons such as Cynthia Rothrock on the voices!

Don Wilson voices the main character.

 rated 3.5/5: not bad at all

...for some good tricking!