deviantART: by:jackle-ie http://search.deviantart.com/?q=by:jackle-ie&section=today deviantART RSS for by:jackle-ie en-us Copyright 2009, deviantART.com Tue, 22 Dec 2009 10:37:28 PST deviantART.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://s.deviantart.com/minish/widgets/apple-touch-icon-precomposed.png Week off http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/9963927/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/9963927/ Mon, 04 Sep 2006 11:46:57 PDT
(yes I am still too lazy to update this image)

Mood: Bored Good
Listening to: Foo Fighters
Reading: California Science - Grade 2
Watching: later

I am currently enjoying a week off work.

I was going to do stuff, and had plans... But then i decided balls to this I'm headed the burren.
So there i was for the last 3 days.

And now I'm back in dublin for a bit of relaxing a few nights out and not much else.

Life is good.

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]]> ~jackle-ie Account unstoled http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/9585210/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/9585210/ Thu, 03 Aug 2006 07:23:19 PDT
(yes I am still too lazy to update this image)

Mood: Bored hungry
Listening to: none
Reading: Creature comparisons - birds
Watching: later

Well my account got stoled.

Probably shoulda used a more imaginatie password. Ah well big bucket of meh.

Helpdesk staff are like super helpfull! I love them all.

And so i retunrn, back to procrastinating.

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]]> ~jackle-ie Injuries? http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/9318322/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/9318322/ Sun, 09 Jul 2006 05:45:57 PDT
(yes I am still too lazy to update this image)

Mood: Blank meh
Listening to: none
Reading: An Tain
Watching: Domino

Whadda ya mean i can't climb?

Bastards.

I've torn a few ribbons outta my stomach, and as a result i am not allowed to climb, play golf, play soccer or do many or the things i enjoy.

At the minute I'm bored out of my tree.

There is nothing to do... But if i mess around with this damned thing i won't be able to do anything for even longer.

Frustrating.

Need ideas for stuff to do indoors for a week...

*cries*

ah well.

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]]> ~jackle-ie What's wrong with mediocrity? http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/8866277/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/8866277/ Wed, 24 May 2006 17:12:56 PDT
(yes I am still too lazy to update this image)

Mood: Blank meh
Listening to: none
Reading: One Piece book 28
Watching: Krull

I mean seriously...

Why is aiming for mediocrity seen as such a bad thing?

I'm sick of being pushed to do things that i do not want in life, it seems lately that everyones become Obsessed with poking me about what i want to do with my life...

To be honest i've nearly achieved everything i want...
Its not like i want much in life.

People need ot learn to aim low.

-j

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]]> ~jackle-ie Alkeyhole ban http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/8702272/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/8702272/ Sun, 07 May 2006 15:42:50 PDT
(yes I am still too lazy to update this)

Mood: Blank Good
Listening to: My neighbours fighting
Reading: Grade 6 - Social Studies
Watching: Donnie Darko

Well this weekend did not go according to plan...

A lot of stuff fell apart for a lot of my friends and things seem liek a bit of a mess. But life'd be boring otherwise.

My tattoo has been delayed untill thursday due to a booking snafu.

This has a clear upside, my camera should be here by then. (i'm getting my first digital slr [though not technically an slr], its crap, but i need somethign to learn on that won't break the bank) So i can get some photos then :D

BUT the point of this pointlessness;

As of this post i am off alcohol for a month. I've done this before (once) and ts not hard, but you'd be amazed how many parties you get asked too :P you'd also be amazed how much money you save. Or ashamed.

I also bumped into & , If you happen accross either fo these two BEWARE. If ont he other hand you too are an odball you'll have a great laugh.

God bless being an odball.

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]]> ~jackle-ie Dealine-day http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/8589372/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/8589372/ Wed, 26 Apr 2006 07:35:03 PDT
(yes I am still too lazy to update this)

Mood: Blank mood?
Reading: Grade 8 - Social Studies
Watching: Movieing real quick to get this done

Sweet zombie jesus...

Its becoming obvios that at least 10% of my job is voodoo.

Sometimes files just dont want to print, dont want to pdf, or just plain dont want to exist.

In the last week of work i've had 23 files that an entire room full of experts (well there's 12 of us) could not get to print, or understand why they wouldn't print. Some jiggery-pokery later and i re-shuffeled most of them so they'd work.

Today we found some more in this book.. (for those who don't know i publish books, its actually fun, but the deadlines and last minute problems are a complete bitch) I had to have the complete book ready to roll by 3pm, so i started early.

Well I tried to start early.

After being locked out of the office for nearly an hour i got to work at 9.10 The funny thig was everything was going really smoothly, unill we realised there was another entire section to be PDF'd, proofed, updated and sent.

So i've worked my ass off all throguh lunch and got it out (only becuase fedex man [my deadline is when he arrives to take my files away] was late). Now I am tired.

Very tired.

You ever notice how a good chipper has just enough grease to make everything ok?

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]]> ~jackle-ie Weirdness http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/8425961/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/8425961/ Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:16:23 PDT
(yes I am still too lazy to update this)

Mood: Good

I had to go out to the airport today to drop a package off becuase the fedex guy left wihtout it. Log ununteresting story.

On the way back i was pasing pearse st station with the 'only in Kenya' song from weebls stuff in my head when accross the road this girls starts singing it REALLY loud... followed by 'ooh christian book store!'.

o.O

The weirdness continued when in booterstown i heard a cyclist humming magical trevor...

O.o

Its safe to say I'm going nuts.

Woot.

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]]> ~jackle-ie Update http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/8359718/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/8359718/ Tue, 04 Apr 2006 01:37:44 PDT
(yes I am still too lazy to updae this)

Well i'll see if i can remember whats been going on:

Work
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Works a good laugh, though i dont think i'll be doing this job for too long, i enjoy the work and the people are fantastic, but i am getting SCREWED on money, unfortunatly i need experience, so i'm stuck with no real ability to do anything about it.

I've still not signed my contract, as i'm disputing the notice required, and for some odd reason I'm on emergency tax, so I'm trying to live off one weeks wages (on emergency tax) for a month, because i wonderfully get paid one month in arears.

On the plus side I have finally pinned down my actual job title, which is a bit mixed up, I'm a Production Artist / Mac Operator / Graphic Designer. I'll just put it down as multitallented-fantastmo-man-o-rama.

Camping
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Well we went camping this weekend, 5 of us managed to actually make it, and as any irish person reading this should realise we had shockingly bad weather.

I dont mind a chalange, and i did enjoy the trip, but that was a bit more challanging than any of us had expected. Fortunatly we're all pretty experienced and capable (cept one American girl who came along, that thing was a sack of useless and has forced us to make a rule whereby the lazy don't eat) so we had it covered. We all came home stinking and sore, so it was well worth it.

Took every trick i know to get the fire going... but it was so worthwhile, best kebabs ever.

We're going again on easter weekend, its a kind of semi-open invite event, in that for the most part all are welcome to come along, but i dont know who is going yet, and if its only the little group outsiders might be a tad on the left out side. Plus we need to decide on a new area, we me the locals again this weekend, and we want to avoid talking to them.

Climbing
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I'm not getting nearly enough climbing done, I'm still ging at least once a week, but the weathers been too shit to do much outdoor, and theres still not enough light in the evenings to climb after work...

I had the idea of offering climbing lessons to newbies, I'm good with people who are shitting themselves with fear, and i know my safety inside out. I'd enjoy it too.

Not had any improvement in a while, still climbing ~6A (have managed one 6B+) indoor and leading VS outdoor (top-roping E1, last time it was 'crash landing' i highly recomend it).

Art
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By the time i get home the last thing i want to do is boot Photoshop or Illustrator... which is why my work has slowed down below a crawl... I'm still playing with some pieces but they're far byond what i am capable of yet. I Will Finish These.

Yoga
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I've not forgotten abot this, I said i'd take it up, and i'll take it up! Problems have been: Class i signed up for was cancelled, Person i was going with seems to now have bailed.

So if anyone knows of a beginners yoga class in the city centre available from about 6.30 any weekday with the exception of tue and fri starting next month (too poor to pay this month, see above) let me know.

Comics
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Work is making it hard for me to get into town in time to pick any up. I'll cry. Don't think i wont cry.

Anyhoo I think thats it.
If not its not the end of the world.

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]]> ~jackle-ie Not a good start to the morning http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/8251570/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/8251570/ Fri, 24 Mar 2006 00:53:58 PST

Mood: Unimpressed Damp
Listening to: Kids with guns - gorillaz
Watching: Layer Cake

Well this cant be a good start to a day..

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-woke up
-had shower
-looked out window and saw it was raining
-wore appropriate gear
-left for work
- got rained on so heavily that on arriving in work i had to change my trousers

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I wouldn't mind that so much, only i dont keep spare trousers in work... so i had to resort to my climbing shorts, which i keep in a bag of gear under my desk. Now i know we have an informal dress code in this place... but tshirt and shorts seems to be taking it a bit far.

I also gotta sort the colours on that journal banner... but i've work to do, so i'm not going to bother.

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]]> ~jackle-ie Its quiet... http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/8233924/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/8233924/ Wed, 22 Mar 2006 06:22:24 PST

Mood: Very Happy Edgy
Reading: Candy
Watching: Fargo

...Too quiet.

I recon its about time i got my finger out and got back to doing some work on my own. I am working on one piece but i doubt it'll ever be up to scratch [mmm... biting off more than you can chew].

Work [job] is going fine, its not the most interesting thing on earth but at least it puts money in my pocket... ohwait... no it doesnt. For the past month i've been working for free, starting out is a beatch. Hopefully this friday i'll be signing my contract and actually getting paid. If not its good old unemployement and the small claims court.

On the plus side i'm using a mac now and was amazed at how easily i switched over from PC... and since my PC needs replaced i'm looking at macs.

I'm not getting out climbing nearly as much as i'd like, which is a bitch, but i have plans for this friday and sunday, so hopefully the weather'll hold and i'll get to spend most of my weekend half way up a cliff trying desperatly not to die.

I'm still plucking away at the tattoo design, its funny how somehting that was so close to being finished has gone back so far, ah well, i'm enjoying it at least.

Need to come up with a memeorable exit from this place if friday doesnt go well... criminal charges aren't sometign i look forward to so i need to keep it good and legal...

*plots*

]]> ~jackle-ie Employed http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/8023884/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/8023884/ Tue, 28 Feb 2006 01:20:25 PST Mood: Very Happy Chuffed

Well I got me a job and i started yesterday, life is good.

I'm now a designer, and getting paid for it.

Fulltime work is gonna take a few days to get used to, but i'm looking forward to it.

So for now I'm going to go back to the wonderfull confusion that is starting a new job.

]]> ~jackle-ie AAArrrggghhh!! http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/7948475/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/7948475/ Mon, 20 Feb 2006 00:12:10 PST Mood: WTF? uh oh

Well this sucks... I'm currently unemployed, and i've just lost my internet connection...

Unemployed becuase; I've just finished my course and having no eperience am having problems finding a job.

No internet becuase; NTL upgraded ym line to 6meg and forgot that they also have to upgrade my cable modem..

On the plus side I'm getting a lot of lead climbing done, going to start leading a few HVS during the week.. mmm... fun.

]]> ~jackle-ie Clarity http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/7826686/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/7826686/ Tue, 07 Feb 2006 09:15:25 PST Mood: Moo Unusually direct

Well the portfolio is complete, and i'm supposed to be starting work on monday...

Artwise i'm quite happy with certain areas of what i do, and in a very unusual burst of clarity i can finally see the bits I dont like...

I know i need to do a lot of work on the detail of the hair in any portrait i do... this is the main thing i dont like.. and i can fix it...

Which is a suprisingly good feeling.

So everything's good.

:)

--j

]]> ~jackle-ie Portfolio http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/7721880/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/7721880/ Fri, 27 Jan 2006 10:21:21 PST Mood: Confused Confuddled
Listening to: Demon Days
Reading: Dalky Quarry M.C.I Guide
Watching: Garden State



My portfolio website is nearly finished, and i am looking for opinions on it.
Some things to consider:
-this site is not slow connection friendly.
-it has been designed for use in 1280*1024 resoloution
-there may be some 1024*768 resoloutions issues, please let me know if you get any.

the actual site can be accessed here: [link]
Please visit and comment.

thanks :)

]]> ~jackle-ie What the hell am i doing? http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/7561292/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/7561292/ Tue, 10 Jan 2006 05:45:33 PST Mood: Confused Confuddled
Listening to: Demon Days
Reading: Dalky Quarry M.C.I Guide
Watching: Garden State

I was talking to one of the lads at football last night and we were both amazed that we'd been playing for six years now... Nothign unusual about that, but tyhen i started to think about what i'd done in that time.

The main thing include doing the leaving cert, a degree in psychology and completely changing my life.

I got out of possibly the single worst relationship of all time (after 4 years).

I got 2 dogs and have been wondering ever since why i took so long getting them, three years with no dog is a long time.

I got fit, it turns out that when you get over the initial horrible lazyness you can get your arse off the couch and outdoors.

I took up Gaelic Football, then dropped it becuase of a stupid arguement in the club.

I took up climbing (very recent) and love it to bits.

I made a decision that i hate psychology, and have gone in a completely different direction deciding that i want to work in desktop publishing, doing magazine layout, graphics and the like.

The list goes on and on and on...

I am nothing like i used to be... its weird.


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Also trying to decide on what illustrator work to add into portfolio and how to do it, i have a few different ideas for the presentation, but willl have to decide on one soon...




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Check this dude out:


Well worth a look:



]]> ~jackle-ie teh suckage http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/7200172/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/7200172/ Fri, 02 Dec 2005 02:35:42 PST Mood: Apathetic moody

Whats the story with women?

Things have been going wtih with a particular girl for a little while and i was quite happy with stuff.

Then completely out of the blue i was on the wrong end of a bitching session, apparently i think she is fat amongst other things, as she openly tried to get me to dump her...
This girl is Beautiful...

Anyhoo i suspect she either was:

a) too spineless to dump me
b) Is a complete nutball
or
c) Has some issue i dont knwo about

And now for the past few days my heads been wrecked, Its not that i've been dumped (woe is me, lets write peotry about suicide), i dont mind that, not the first time wont be the last (my oh my dont i come off well in that sentence) but the not knowing what the real reason was is very annoying.

Still, i got new hiking boots, and am learning my knots... bring on the alps i say!!!

-- jackle

]]> ~jackle-ie Rating Check http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/7068830/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/7068830/ Thu, 17 Nov 2005 00:48:10 PST Mood: Angry angryish / bemused

Hmm.... Apparently my Fás dont thinkg its appropriate for em to be viewing all the material i view here... and in an amazingly unusual step have blocked access to =paulkun along with a few other deviants, but they didnt stop the randomness there! they blocked access to many of the most random things i've seen, most of which are actually related to the course...

weeeeeiiiird...

]]> ~jackle-ie unproductivity http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/6996338/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/6996338/ Wed, 09 Nov 2005 02:39:24 PST Mood: Bored twitchy
Listening to: She moved through the fair
Watching: Shawshank Redemption

Well yesterday i managed to do literally nothing (workwise) the entire time i was in here, which was good in a way.

Today is shaping up to be equally boring, but i have some stuff a doing when i go home.

* People are pissed off at me for not bothering to go to my graduation, they'll need talked to.

* My PC seems to have comitted suicide, this means i'll either be getting some sleep for a few days or that i'll just be twitchy and bored. A decision needs ot be made now about wether or not i'll fix the machine or replace it.

* I have a load of files to upload for a client, but cant becuase of my machine being doomed, so i'll have to take them to a net cafe or somethign (do they allow ftp?)...

* I'm also pretty sure the dogs need a good wash and brush.

TO INACTIVITY!!!!

]]> ~jackle-ie Msn and college http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/6977194/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/6977194/ Mon, 07 Nov 2005 02:26:14 PST Mood: Bored Itchy. Its a mood.
Listening to: Fire coming out of a monkey's head
Reading: Photoshop, a beginners guide (*cringe*)
Watching: Sin City

First up i gotta explain the book, college made me do it, i've never been so bored in all my life.

As a direct result of this i wanderd off in search of somethign to occupy my time while i struggled to stay awake, and i found out that i can indeed access MSN in college. Handily enough msn provided a webmessenger which allows you to nicely get arround all the hard work IT staff have put in to stop people liek me from wasting bandwidth.

its available here: [link]

in other news, i use news in a very lose sense, its more liek in other pointless spacefillling gibberish, i'm supposed to be graduating tomorrow but amn't arsed going, might wander on out to the afters, but this whole not drinking for november thing means i'll probably be bored off my ass (my class were extremely boring)...

Ah well i'll see how ti goes.

]]> ~jackle-ie Subscriber and rare Journal updater http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/6816324/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/6816324/ Thu, 20 Oct 2005 06:35:44 PDT
Hmmm... i keep meaning to update this journal with interesting events and plans...

Unfortunatly for my poor neglected journal, i do very little that is all that interesting, and my plans rarely get past the vague concept phase.

So instead i'll write the occasional piece of fluff, detailing how i really should do somethign with this, but cant really be arsed.

On the plus side i finally decided i really should subscribe to dA. Now i feel all fancy and cool. Well not really...

anyhoo, back to work!

]]> ~jackle-ie Tattoo http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/4619961/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/4619961/ Sat, 19 Feb 2005 06:29:52 PST
[link]

Excuse the photo, it was taken on my phone. ]]> ~jackle-ie Ps7 updates http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/4454155/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/4454155/ Sun, 30 Jan 2005 14:22:35 PST ~jackle-ie Some of you thought i was dead http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/4396331/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/4396331/ Sun, 23 Jan 2005 17:44:48 PST
Apr 21, 2004 was my last submission, i've been extreemly busy, but today Jan 23, 2005 i managed to submit once more!!

YAY!!! ]]> ~jackle-ie i got a... http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/2343328/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/2343328/ Sun, 02 May 2004 10:52:37 PDT
And I'm chuffed.

But I'm still to busy to really start to use it...... ]]> ~jackle-ie Its been ages http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/1905193/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/1905193/ Wed, 25 Feb 2004 16:16:30 PST
Been so busy at college that I've hardly had a hance to check my DA let alone do work for it. :(

I hope to be back soon.

brushesbrushesbrushesbrushes ]]> ~jackle-ie Brushes! http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/1834144/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/1834144/ Thu, 12 Feb 2004 15:45:02 PST brushes ]]> ~jackle-ie The big decision http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/1781140/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/1781140/ Mon, 02 Feb 2004 04:54:59 PST

I'll, miss the wonderfull CS file browser and a few other things, but I'll be glad to get back ot Ps7s great text tool.

So from now on all new brush sets will be Photoshop 7+

(sorry photoshop 6ers, I just dont have v6, so I cant help yis) ]]> ~jackle-ie Site ready for business http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/1771757/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/1771757/ Sat, 31 Jan 2004 10:21:27 PST
YAY!

[link]

check it out! ]]> ~jackle-ie My site's almost done http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/1744021/ http://jackle-ie.deviantart.com/journal/1744021/ Mon, 26 Jan 2004 10:00:35 PST
The site was a brush resource site, basically a place for me to put up the off tutorial on brushmaking and post all my brushes.

Well 2 days ago I too the first steps, I got rid of the entire old layout and have replaced it with hours of editing little cracks onto a few of my own crack brushes.

I'd like to thank aleksandra for inspiring me with the wonderful prety cracks series of brushes. And great help came from Angel Of Death (not a deviant) whithout her this would still be a site layout gathering dust on my harddrive.

Well if anyones interested, or read this far have a look at jackle.net [link] ]]> ~jackle-ie