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Flash Forward To Boden!

I'm sitting on the train. Listening to Jocko Podcast #249. About Face. Eight hours to Stockholm from Åre. Five to go. Sipping my second cup of coffee currently. Had sandwiches and fruit for lunch, and some somewhat sweet but also notably nutritious no-bake RAW food Raspberry crumble.

Figured I'd blog a bit in transit, cause as soon as I'm back home it's game time again.

The Flash Forward Jam's in eight days. I have a flight to Boden in four. I'll be working at least two of the four remaining days before then, and before I leave I'd best be done with my part of that game!

I'll be back the afternoon of deadline day, if there's anything that still needs adjusting then, but I'm hopeful - hopefully after I've done some of these animation dues tomorrow I'll also be confident - that I'll be done with my part before the next trip awaits.

I managed almost everything I wanted to manage before I was off on this current one, hopefully the code's all done by now, and what remains for me now is simply to animate in walk and jump animations, tweak the interface a little more, and if time allows maybe redo a kick.

Maybe no kick. I'm not confident there'll be time over for that bit - but for essential MCs and other final interface edits and adjustments...

Needless to say I won't be doing a lot of blogging next week, the week after I should be back to the usual grind, and the next project, a little something for Pico Day! Calmer days, no gauze or haze... for a while. Before summer come and I up and run!!! This season really does get kinda stressful...

Åre was great y'all. I'll post pictures sometime. Maybe right below this text right here when I'm back and at it again, and there's time to spare...

Read on...

Don't Åre, Be Happy!

I'm heading off to Åre y'all. Tomorrow morning. Way too early.

Is it even possible for me to get comfortable with morning times, I wonder... I find peace when the light dims; when everything is tranquil and cozy, when the blisters of life wane away, bliss comes to play, your mind lights up, a vortex of thoughts whirl through it, floodgates to another world seem to open and give you far-off whiffs of epiphanies yet to come, you feel a sense of focus and accomplishment and enlightenment and also calm... if everything went well that particular day.

But yeah I'm heading off to Åre! Early morn'. It may rain a bit; it may freeze over just as I head to the commuter train. Best be careful with the sprain. I'm wondering if I should take an earlier commuter train too, cause rain and snow's usually a bad combo...

I've packed a couple cases and a bag with big winter boots, and if I take the one I've planned to take I have 25 minutes till the long-distance train when I reach the station... if nothing's delayed that's perfect. If there are delays there will be problems. Maybe if I can get to bed even earlier than I'm expecting I'll take an earlier train after all...

As for Åre: It seems the winter weather's waning, but there's still plenty of snow! I've been stressing with that game design but now I've got to go. Hopefully I'll rest up there and return full steam or smoke. And finish things up finally - grow and go for the choke. Don't worry just keep going, as an un-assuming bloke 'bout to be the blunt of a joke. Or maybe resort to blunts, cause where there be fire there be...

Woke culture. Totes vultures. Don't Åre if you can't cope! Go Åre if in
good hope.

See y'all in a week or: whenever I'm back and broke.

#YOLO

Fool Round

A Green Circle

Happy April y'all! Green.

Sunday Recap - Sprain & Kneecap

Getting back to these Sunday posts a bit. Not next Sunday though, then I'll be on a mountain, hopefully. Probably not skiing because of that inconspicuous sprain though.

As for my kneecap: there's nothing wrong with it! I'm just continually reminded now of this old thing.

It's interesting how injuries linger, both in mind and body. I'm not sure I've ever sprained my right foot, but I have sprained my left one at least three times now, and my right knee does still swell up a little occasionally. Cumulative burdens on the body - but you can get better! Exercise right. Eat right. Sleep nights. Yeah. Instill in yourself a will to street fight.

I had my voice used for a little anti-piracy thing recently, that was cool. :) Can't share it yet, I'll get back to it in time. May not be totally in line with my personal stance on piracy - or rather on how digital piracy isn't really 'piracy', on the potential positively world-altering benefits of a share-and-share-alike culture that permeates all, in the ideal kind of world we could be building if we weren't as focused on an ownership that in the long run means nothing at all. But it's still fun to be included. /irrelevant rant

I also had one my Inktober audio tracks including in a fun little animation on teh Grounds - I can share that! And I've jumped on one more project, TBA, TBC, two ongoing ones in the pipeline before it!

Am feeling the stress but making progress every day now too... just need to stop resorting to a game of Advance Wars every night to wind down. Could add in another hour at least on that creativity side-hustle schedule and gradually stress down by means of even speedier progress instead, and rest properly.

My ankle sprain almost disrupted everything momentarily, but it's getting better I think. The foot's still swollen. It's bruised and big, purple and puffy, but for the most part it feels alright. Still hard to keep it in a painless position when I'm in bed though, and it swells up a bit towards the end of each day. Wearing shoes is an issue. I wonder if I'll need to remove my shoes on the ~8 hour train to Åre, the departure date's closing in fast and I'm not in an ideal state for it yet. Shorter office trip this Tuesday shall work as a trial for further travel.

We've celebrated Easter on three occasions anyhow - with guests and games yesterday, with a family egg hunt today, and with a quick outing by a lake this Thursday. I grilled sandwiches and stuff; it went well! Ought do that more often. Be out in nature too. It softens. It makes stress seem less, it's like the best precaution.

And here's an irrelevant but awesome sketch starring a bundle of Hip-Hop OG's I'd never have expected to see in the same frame, or in this kind of content in the first place... nice to see Snoop and Em are on good terms too - good enough to star in the same skit at least. And that Eminem goes last even here. :)

Joe Rogan's back on YouTube too! I've moved on to a few other possibly much much better podcasts since he went Spotify exclusive a few years back, but I couldn't keep from watching a couple of the newest episodes anyway... he interviews Zack Snyder for one, that was cool.

I'm reminded again of how impressive a conversationalist he really is. He makes it seem so easy. Compared to other pods there's a captivating sense of calm to his episodes, and I believe a large part of that is thanks to how well he keeps conversation flowing. But doesn't rush it, either. He steps in when necessary. He lets the guest talk when not. He's not afraid to ask silly questions, or show vulnerability, or share his personal opinions and views, but most importantly he never stalls. Never loses the red thread that ties it all together. Each episode is a masterclass in socializing, and I hope I'm picking up some skills just listening.

If I just watch another thousand episodes or so maybe the essence of conversation will become almost instinctual to me too...

That Dublin trip btw? It went well! I rid myself of the cold in record time, though was feeling sluggish again after the trip. Maybe the cold stuck around under the surface. Felt like I was on the verge of catching it a while later too, but at least the trip went great. Felt nothing. It's almost enough to make you believe in miracles. Pictures... probably not in a foreseeable future, but I do plan on more travel blogs. Would be fun. Requires a bit more time and effort.

Played a fair share of WWP before that trip - distracting myself from dues I should've been working on already at that point - which I'm really working on now! I'll catch up.

Collabs are going well, have a few random glimpses of the first of three.

First of three what? What was I thinking there... was I planning to post two more of these? Oh first of the three upcoming collabos. Right. TBC.

Have you heard about Tucker Carlson's Putin interview? It's a big thing, but his podcast with Lex Friedman where he speaks about that interview is maybe all the more interesting. Worth a listen.

Toodles! Happy Easter too ya poodle woo.

Ken Block's GYMKHANA TEN: The Ultimate Tire Slaying Tour

Heeey it's Luleå! :D The first set - there's more than one. Though the views are winter they're easily recognizable, and though they're all winter they make me look forward to this summer all the more too... little cameo with a Swedish drifter too! This is probably the best drift video I've ever seen, and not just because of the location, that was a fun surprise...

RIP Ken Block! Though his era's over his daughter seems to be carrying the reins and reign now, and I still have quite a few of these left to enjoy. And to inspire subtle summer drifting. He really was a beast with the precision.

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