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(X) Donated Blood
(X) Skipped school--i don't think so.
() Watched someone die
(X) Been to Canada
(X) Been to Mexico
() Been to Florida
() Been to Hawaii
( ) Been to NYC for New Year's Eve--
(X) Been on a plane---Yes, many times.
() Been on a helicopter
( ) Been on a zip line
(X) Been lost
() Gone to Washington, DC
() Hugged a homeless person
(X) Swam in the ocean
(X) Swam with Stingray (Didnt actually sing with it. I stepped on it)
(X) Been sailing in the ocean
(X) Cried yourself to sleep (probably)
(X) Played cops and robbers
(X) Recently colored with crayons.
() Ran a half-marathon
(X) Sang Karaoke (sang in a pub once. Never again)
( ) Volunteered at a soup kitchen--
(x) Paid for a meal with coins only..
() Been to the top of the St. Louis Arch
() Seen the Northern Lights
( ) Been Parasailing
(x) Been on TV
(X) Done something you told yourself you wouldn't
(X) Made prank phone calls
() Been down Bourbon Street in New Orleans
(x) Laughed until some kind of beverage came out of your nose
( ) Fed an elephant
(X) Caught a snowflake on your tongue.
(X) Made a snowangel
(X) Fired a gun
(X) Danced in the rain
( ) Been to the Opera
(x) Written a letter to Santa Claus
() Serenaded someone
() Seen a U.S.President in person
(x) Been kissed under the mistletoe..
(x) Watched the sunrise with someone
( ) Driven a race car
(X) Been to a National Museum
(X ) Been to a Wax Museum--
(X) Eaten caviar
(X) Blown bubbles
(X) Gone ice-skating
(X) Gone to the movies--
(X) Been deep sea fishing
( ) Driven across the United States--
( ) Been in a hot air balloon--
(X ) Been sky diving
( ) Gone snowmobiling--
(X) Lived in more than one country--
(X) Lay down outside at night and admired the stars while listening to the crickets
(X) Seen a falling star and made a wish
( ) Enjoyed the beauty of Old Faithful Geyser
(X) Seen the Grand Canyon
() Seen the Statue of Liberty
( ) Gone to the top of Seattle Space Needle
() Been on a cruise
(X) Traveled by train
(x) Traveled by motorcycle
(X) Been horse back riding--
() Ridden on a San Francisco cable car
(X) Been to Disneyland OR Disney World
() Been in a rain forest?
(X) Seen whales in the ocean
( ) Been to Niagara Falls
( ) Ridden on an elephant
( ) Swam with dolphins
( ) Been to the Olympics
( ) Walked on the Great Wall of China
( ) Saw and heard a glacier calf
( ) Been spinnaker flying
(X) Been water-skiing----
(X) Been snow-skiing--
(X) Been to Westminster Abbey
( ) Been to the Louvre
( ) Swam in the Mediterranean--
(X) Been to a Major League Baseball game--
(X) Been to a National Football League game--
() Swam with sharks--
( ) Been White Water Rafting
(X) Written a book or screen play
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| the neolithic finalHere is the final of the neolithic round house. I think I like how it turned out.
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| A little bit of what I am doing...I am working with/for a archaeologist on my newest project. Its a Bronze Age site (from approximately 4,000 - 3,000 years ago). Here are a few of the roughs that I have done so far. They're just pencil drawings and when they are approved they will be done in ink with grey washes of colour. I'm really enjoying the project.
^This is a bronze age camping/hunting roundhouse. The house is thatched with the walls being made of twigs interwoven (like the windbreak in the picture) but also covered in mud.
^Pretty obvious this is a poor fella who has died. He would have been placed atop the timber structure and when the elements (and the odd animal) had finished he would have been buried in a burial mound. In case anyone was curious he did not eat any of Jackies cooking and contract appendicitis (No, I have not forgotten ha ha), he simply died of natural causes. | | |
| 10 Years Ago...
1. I was had spent one year in Ireland
2. I was working in a outdoor clothing shop
3. I lived in a 200 year old cottage
4. I had no car
5. I would paint while listening to the radio instead of watching tv
5 Things on today's "to-do" list
1. post illustrations to the client
2. go to Galway
3. study my Irish
4. go to Irish class
5. bring a Cadburys chocolate cake to class for payment for the free t-shirt they gave me
5 Snacks I enjoy
1. pringles
2. fruit
3. cheese, cilantro and salsa burritos
4. the odd can of beer or porter
5. these fat free crackers with fruit filling
5 Things I would do if I were a millionaire
1. pay for family to come to Ireland
2. travel
3. buy a currach (boat)
4. finish the shed in 2 weeks with new builder that actually show up
5. fly to Dublin just for the craic
5 Places I have lived
1. Long Beach, CA
2. Arvada, CO
3. Westport, Ireland
4. Galway, Ireland
5. Clare Island, Ireland
5 Jobs that I have had / or still have
1. illustrator
2. ferryman
3. shop clerk
4. barman
5. bicycle salesman
5 people I am 'tagging'
1. Maura
2. Tammy
3. Virginia
4. RJ
5. Joe K. | | |
| Its been ages since I last posted anything here. Sorry about that.
Things here are going about the same. The studio shed is coming along slowly. As I type the electricians are hard at work wiring the place up. Next the plasterer needs to come back and finish the outside in order that the inside can be leak free so the dry lining (insulated drywall) can go up. Trying to get the plasterer to show up is like getting someone with Dentophobia to have a tooth pulled. He can only work one day a week (he's is taking a course in Galway) and I was ready to replace him when he said he'd be there and then his cousin was killed in a car crash. I would have a hard time firing someone when they get back from a funeral.
I'm painting still. I find it easy to be busy and not get any painting done so I have to crack the whip on myself.
I don't know how well the book is doing. It is selling so thats good. I did get a offer to be interviewed on RTE1 radio about the book. The programme is on the national radio station RTE1 and deals with the handicapped and their issues. The host was the host of a TV programme dealing with the same thing. I had contacted her to say I liked her TV programme and she later came back wanting to interview me on the radio. Am I nervous?....yes.
The Irish Guild of Illustrators, which I am a member, has a halloween illustration 'show'. Its online and the brief was a quick illustration (under 2 hours) with the theme of halloween. Here's my entry. I tried to turn the tables and have the scary monster scared of the little kid...
A bit early...but Happy Halloween! (This year I am making pumpkin pie...from scratch!) | | |
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