I-Que

Designs by I-Que, the shop

AdamSwish_I-Que — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:29:12 GMT

Come visit my shop at: http://www.cafepress.com/designsbyique You'll find t-shirts, stickers and mugs adored with my design (only the two at the moment but give me time*). *and if anyone fancies anything from my gallery on a t-shirt (copyrights allowing of course) let me know.

a gift to the rest of the world

AdamSwish_I-Que — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:42:51 GMT

C • A • N • C • E • R: Most Amazing Kisser (stolen from Myspace)

AdamSwish_I-Que — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 13:27:14 GMT

Once you have opened this bulletin, there's no turning back. Below are true descriptions of zodiac signs, with traits from a book written 35 years ago by an astrologist predictionist. Read your sign, then repost this in a new bulletin with your zodiac sign and label. If u dont repost this, u will have bad luck for as long as it says in your description!! C • A • N • C • E • R: Most Amazing Kisser Very high sex appeal. Great in bed!!! Love is one of a kind. Very romantic. Most caring person you will ever meet! Entirely creative. Extremely random and proud of it. Freak in bed.Unique.Easy to talk to. Spontaneous. Natural born dancer.Great tellin stories. Not a Fighter, But will Knock your lights out if it comes down to it. Someone you should hold on to. 12 years of bad luck if you do not repost. V • I • R • G • O: The Whore Dominant in relationships. Sexy. someone loves them right now. Freak in bed. Always wants the last word. Caring. Smart. Intellectual. Attractive. Loyal. Easy to talk to. Hard to forget. Love at first sight. Everything you ever wanted. Easy to please. The one and only. Ultimate sexiness.Great kisser. 7 years of bad luck if you do not repost. S • C • O • R • P • I • O: The lover Can be mean sumtimes, and will Probably knock your ass out, if crossed the wrong way!! EXTREMELY sexy. Intelligent. Energetic. Predict future. Most erotic. (Freak in bed.) (GREAT kisser.) Always get what they want. Sexy. Attractive. Easy going. Loves being in long relationships. Talkative. The sexiest ever....Romantic. Caring. 4 years of bad luck if you do not repost. L • I • B • R • A: The sex addict Very pretty. Very romantic. Nice to everyone They meet. Their Love is one of a kind. Silly, fun and sweet. Have own unique sexiness. Most caring person you will ever meet! Amazing n Bed..!!! Did I say Amazing in Bed? not the kind of person you wanna fuck with... u might end up crying... the most irresistible.Rare 2 find. Funny. Talkitive. Erotic. Smart. loves sports. gets what he/she wants. Loves to be in a relationship. 9 years of bad luck if you do not repost. A • R • I • E • S: The Sexiest Outgoing. Lovable. Spontanious. Not one to fuck with. Erotic. Funny. Take you on trips to the moon in bed. Excellent kisser EXTREMELY sexy. Loves being in long relationships.=) Addictive. Loud. best in bed. 16 years of bad luck if you do not repost. A • Q • U • A • R • I • U • S: Does it in the water Trustworthy. Sexy. Great kisser. One of a kind. Loves being in long-term relationships. Extremely energetic and funny. Unpredictable. Will exceed your expectations. Not a Fighter, But will Knock the shit out of u. The best and biggest freak in bed! Considered to be a "G". 2 years of bad luck if you do not repost. G • E • M • I • N • I: Ultra Sexy Nice. Love is one of a kind. Lover not a fighter, but will still knock you the fuck out. Trustworthy. Always happy. Loud. Talkative. Outgoing VERY FORGIVING.Horny. Freak in Bed. Loves to make out. Has a beautiful smile. Generous. Strong. ULTRA SEXY. THE MOST IRRESISTABLE. 9 years of bad luck if you do not repost. L • E • O: wild in bed Great talker. Sexy and passionate. Laid back. Knows how to have fun. Is really good at a lot. Great kisser. Unpredictable. Outgoing. Down to earth. Loyal.Addictive. Attractive. Loud. Loves being in long relationships. Talkative. Not one to mess with. Rare to find. Great when found. 7 years of bad luck if you do not repost. P • I • S • C • E • S: The Piece of ass Caring and kind. Smart. Center of attention. Too Sexy, DAMN IT. Very high SEX appeal. Has the last word. The best to find, hardest to keep. Fun to be around. Freak in the sheets. Extremely weird but in a good way. Super good in bed. Good Sense of Humor!!! Thoughtful. A partner for life. Always gets what he or she wants. Loves to joke. Very popular. Silly, fun and sweet. 5 years of bad luck if you do not repost. C • A • P • R • I • C • O • R • N: The passionate Lover Loves being in long relationships. Great talker. Always Love to bust. Nice. Sassy. Intelligent. Sexy. Predict future. Irrestible, awesome kisser.gets what he or she wants. BY FAR the BEST in BED. Very sexy. Coolest. Loves to own Gemini's in sports.Extremely fun. Loves to joke. Loves to be your first. So you'll never forget. Smart. 24 years of bad luck if you do not repost. T • A • U • R • U • S: The Freak in bed Aggressive. Freak in bed. Rare to find! Loves being in long relationships Likes to give a good fight for what they want. Extremely outgoing. Sexy as ...u no!..... Loves to help people in times of need. Outstanding kisser. Very funny. Awesome personality. Most attractive to Cancers. Stubborn. Sexual as ......... Most caring person you will ever meet! One of a kind. Not one to fuck with. Are the most sexiest people on earth! 15 years of bad luck if you do not repost. S • A • G • I • T • T • A • R • I • U • S. The Sexy one Spontaneous. Horny. Freak in Bed. Great when found. Loves being in long relationships. The one. So much love to give. Not one to mess with. Very pretty. Very romantic. Nice to everyone They meet. Their Love is one of a kind. Silly, fun and sweet. Most caring person you will ever meet! Not the kind of person you wanna mess with you might end up crying. 4 years of bad luck if you dont repost

Queworld v2.0

AdamSwish_I-Que — Wed, 02 May 2007 18:19:11 GMT

Well the flash/rich media content version of the on-line novel is finally up and running. 19 chapters of wild and fabulous sci-fi goodness. Take a look, take a while to read the story, or just check out the front cover. Basically enjoy it...

Showing off and a question

AdamSwish_I-Que — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 22:37:43 GMT

So do you like my new icon image. I do but it reminds me of another picture, but can I think which one? Can I buggery! So I'm turning to my friends here with a question/request. If you can indentify what this image reminds me/you off then please tell me. And if you can provide a link to the picture in question that would be most helpful.

Jesus was Gother than you! (stolen from a friend on Myspace)

AdamSwish_I-Que — Fri, 24 Nov 2006 12:29:45 GMT

The Proof * Jesus never referred to himself as goth. Everyone knows the gothest thing someone can do is deny he/she is a goth (case in point: Andrew Elritch and The Sisters of Mercy). * He is referred to as Lord Jesus. Even to this day, people call him Lord Jesus, much like other gothlings go by titles such as Lord Ashtoroth, or Lord Wolfbane. It wasn't so cheesy, in the beginning.... * He was mocked by "normals." Even the gothest goth of them all was made fun of by ignorant rednecks and trendies. * Jesus was obsessed with death. Yes, he lived and breathed it, to to speak. He hung out in tombs with dead guys like Lazarus. He also spent time with lepers. * Jesus was secretly a vampire. At his last supper he said, "This cup means the new covenant by virtue of my blood." Transubstantiation is nothing but a fancy spell that changes wine into real blood! After all, how else could Jesus promise eternal life? In addition, when Jesus was up on the cross, the sun went dark so he wouldn't get those nasty sunburns vamps are so prone to. * He was always depressed. Think about it. What real Goth is ever happy? With all the exciting masochistic stuff he went through, is it any wonder that "Jesus wept?" He was, after all, known as the "man of sorrows." * Jesus was a great dresser. C'mon now. He might not have worn black all the time, but just take a close look at all those pictures we see of Christ. He wore long flowing robes, looking positively ethereal in white, or sombre in blood red. He wasn't afraid to pull gender-benders, either, which proved very influential to the San Francisco goth scene. He tended to wear a lot of dresses and skirts, yet somehow still look both undeniably male and sexy!. And check out the fashion accessories. A crown of thorns or funeral shroud are the epitome of angst-fashion. * He went to the coolest clubs and dens of iniquity. Jesus hung out with the real "alternative" crowd of the time. His buddies were tax-collectors, fetishists, and women of ill-repute. He also literally hung around with murderers (check out the cross scene), once again showing his fascination with death. * Christ surrounded himself with goth chicks. Mary Magdalene and Veronica were two of the first goth-chicks, but Jesus also has a horde of gothic groupies. How else would you describe all those nuns/brides of Christ? They wear all black and white, and are heavy into crosses, rosaries, and the contemplation of holy masochism. * He had the gaunt look down pat. You have to admit, few pictures you've ever seen of the guy had him rosy-cheeked and robust. The man was positively scrawny and white. He had cheekbones from Hell, and even his hipbones stuck way out. * He was big on crucifixes. Crosses are very goth. Jesus liked them so much that he would occasionally carry a huge one around with him. He was somewhat partial to ankhs too! * Christ was into body piercing. He only did it a few times, but what a statement he made with his piercings! He had a huge-guage piercing gun zap his hands, feet, and side. To top it all off, he did it all in front of an audience, making him one of the first performance artists. Here's a picture of his stage-hands helping him set up for his first piercing act. * Jesus was fascinated with the occult. When Jesus wasn't hanging around with whores and lepers, he was often out consorting with demons. He liked to find people possessed with evil spirits so that he could order the demons around. Once he even told a bunch of demons to go live in a herd of swine. To top it all off, he even went comparison shopping with Satan once. Here he is dissing the devil. * He spent time in tombs. Like I mentioned before, he hung out with Lazarus in one once, but there's much more to it. He once pretended to be dead for three days so that he could sleep in one. How goth can you get? I'll bet you never lived in a tomb. Only Christ, vampires, and Poppy Z. Brite characters get to do that. * Jesus knew how to party. Once he went to this wedding where everyone was a bunch of tight-asses. All they wanted to drink was water, but he fooled them. He went and switched wine (or was it absinthe?) for the water! Voila! Instant party! * Jesus was into kinky domination and submission. Okay, we all know that he liked to hang out with harlots. That's been quite established, even by the most zealous of right-wing Christians. But what did the big C do with these lovely ladies of the night? Well, he had them wipe his feet with their hair and tears. And let's not forget what he did to the moneychangers in his Dad's temple! * He was into fishnet. Jesus rarely went anywhere without his trusty fishnet. Occasionally, he would get a bit sick of it, and would throw it overboard while boating, but one of his disciples would always give it back to him. Of course, the disciple would clean all the fish out of it first.

How I’m perceived.

AdamSwish_I-Que — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:45:39 GMT

Running through my list of friends (now up to the heady mark of 65) to see how I’m categorised by my fellow Tribe members. 33 have me listed as one of their Friends, I don’t show up on 11 friends profiles, mainly due to the amount of their friends that are listed as on line as I looked this evening. Or a couple who simply don’t have their friends listed on the main profile page. This leaves 21 who have categorised me into special, heart-warming compartments of their lives. So in no particular order I am: an object of affection; a peep (actually three times a peep); someone they haven’t met yet (times two); a fan club member (quite true); one of many who’s cat wishes to kick off the bed; one of THE Guys; one wanton and willing sex slave; a person who either sends or receives nothing but love (true in both circumstances); a heartbreaker (who me, gosh); part of the social set (extremely cool and oh if it was true); part of a liked group (flattering); a co-conspirator; one of the huddled masses of lost souls on this site and a morale booster. All of which is very flattering for me and I thank all those listed as my friends. Both the Brits and the rest of the world.

Saturday night

AdamSwish_I-Que — Tue, 18 Jul 2006 14:23:20 GMT

Thought I'd be slightly smart for my annual drinks with my old mates. And as you can see I was extremely smart. But the bars didn't like my hat during the night. Three of the four bars my friends and I visited told me to take the hat off. Okay fine, I guess in the fight against the chavs and herberts of the world if you want to ban baseball caps and the idiots underneath them then you've got to have a zero tollerance to all hats. Well all hats on blokes anyway as the one bar who told me to "lose the hat" was filled with two hen night parties, the first in purple, shiny cowboy hats and the second dressed as policewomen all with the same style hat as me. Where's the justice. At one point I was considering the hat was part of my religious beliefs. But I couldn't think of any religion that would include hat wearing and still let me be this drunk. Besides even I haven't the balls to spin out such silly bullshit.

Birthday

AdamSwish_I-Que — Wed, 28 Jun 2006 15:42:11 GMT

Happy birthday to me; Happy birthday to me; Happy birthday dear Steven, Happy birthday to me.

New artwork

AdamSwish_I-Que — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 18:51:17 GMT

In my progress to become a better designer/artist I've been playing with the vector art in Photoshop. I've put up the results into my gallery. Go and have a look and let me know what you think...

Dropping the act...

AdamSwish_I-Que — Wed, 21 Jun 2006 15:30:46 GMT

So I've decided to brake out of the Adam Swish persona and name and introduce myself as who I am, Mr and Mrs Quirke's only son Steven (you can call me Steve). A struggling designer of pretty pictures for web and print looking for something to give him security and inspiration in his professional life. A dreamer and mental explorer (and finding it rather apt that as I type this the Super Furry Animals are singing "God show me magic" as this feels like an act of magick) who knowns there is more out there for him than what he currently has. A lucky son-of-a-bitch (sorry mom) to of found such a wonderful girlfriend almost a year ago and who needs to make the world and his life perfect for her. A believer in ghosts and the universe sending out messages in it's own form for him to decode. A hermit who spends far too much time in his own head and should really break out one of these days (hey, one thing at a time it's taken a lot just to drop the online mask). And finally a friend to all those who know him. Whether thats in real life or in the two online communities that I frequent.

2006, a devilish year for some

AdamSwish_I-Que — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 20:01:51 GMT

Well when I see some I mean me. According to the Thoth tarot I subscribe to, my Growth card for this year is trump XV: The Devil. Here's what the thin book has to say about the card: In General: Trapped in passion and dependencies, unable to assert one's will - inability to mdecide, or acting against one's convictions - hypocrisy - greed for material goods, power and sex - the cuckolded husband with his horns - addiction, intoxication and black magic - but also higher i nsight, calmness and wisdom - living one's instincts in the form of creative energy. Relationship Subtle, unconscious structures of power and dependency - feeling guilty about conflicts ("It's all my fault!") - projecting one's own repressed weaknesses on one's partner - wild passion - temptation and seduction. Career Dirty business or not entirely honest behaviour in order to achieve money or power - feeling aggressive or powerless in the face of the aggravating little details of the work day - nothing seems to work out right - but also recognizing machinations and returning to one's own principles. Which makes the fact that I'm at the threshhold of starting off as my own business means this is going to be one hell of a year (pun intended)...

Tarot ME

AdamSwish_I-Que — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 17:47:34 GMT

Following the synchronicities of the tarot appearing all around me (Robbie Williams’ new album, Levi’s t-shirt offer) I’ve created five cards of my own, utilising my own image. For use in the all new, corporate, business feel of Internalimages.com I’m working on and presented here for your delectation in a lesser version. Combining the five elements of Feng Shui and a startling use of Chaos Magick to add a little zing to the proceedings and help the fledgling business I’m currently growing.

So are you red or blue?

AdamSwish_I-Que — Wed, 12 Oct 2005 11:06:31 GMT

My mate finally returned a set of DVDs and videos to me last night after having them for over a year. Among them is the Matrix Trilogy (and I don't care what anyone says I love ALL three of those movies) alongside the Animatrix. So if you don't see me for the next few days you know why... PS Spot the rogue agent in the photo. A sense of self-satisfaction to the winners...

Reincarnation... My own personal spin

AdamSwish_I-Que — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 02:10:15 GMT

This probably isn't original but here's my own version of reincarnation: I do believe in the idea of reincarnation but after our time in this current version we don't move forward in time but instead are reborn within our own timeline so experience the same time again and again. Goes towards explaining the idea of deja vu. Viewing the same events or same places but from different persceptives. Nirvana is reached within this theory through meeting yourself (either a past or future version) . The aboriginals believe this (some what) as these meeting is the desired result of "walkabout". You meet yourself, sit down and talk. It could also go towards the idea of the soulmate out there for each and everyone of us. What happens after this is acheived is anyone's guess? Well those are my thoughts. Let me know if you agree/disagree or can tell me whether this is an original thought or if I've stolen it wholesale (which I have a tendancy to do)...

Feeling silly, so here's a joke...

AdamSwish_I-Que — Thu, 11 Aug 2005 11:39:31 GMT

Q. How many kids with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) does it take to change a lightbulb? A. "LET'S GO OUTSIDE AND PLAY ON BIKES!!!!!!!!!!!!"

What an odd month

AdamSwish_I-Que — Mon, 01 Aug 2005 22:57:21 GMT

Having survived all of July's odd treatment of Thursdays (go on try and find a more inapporiate, woolly way of skirting around the major news stories of that month) God decides to stick his oar in by sending a tornado through South Birmingham on the last Thursday of the month (and I used to really like that day of the week too, near the weekend and I was born on one 32 years ago. Some would say the signs were there too). And guess where I live. Yep, South Birmingham. Fortunately the tornado didn't make it up my street, but did make a mess of the high street and surrounding areas in the two minutes it was active. Roofs ripped off, not to mention several first floors of houses too. Windows, and in the case of one well know frozen food supermarket the entire glass front, smashed by the wind or what it carried. Cars repositioned into your neighbours front window or the other side of the street upside down. Trees either splintered or just pushed down. Now I know a few of you will be sneering at the thought of little old Blighty being hit by a tornado. Especially those stuck in that beautifully named part of the States "Tornado Alley". But let me tell you ours was a T4 with winds hitting the 130mph mark. And as a leading red top tabloid stated the next day: "(the UK) suffer more (torandos) per square mile than any other country in the world - including the United States"**. But I wasn't injured or distrubed by the winds and stuff. And neither was my house. ALthough going on the number of texts and phonecalls I got during the evening more of my friends were worried about my house then me as they asked how that was rather than how I was. **The fact that the USA has more square miles then the UK isn't mentioned in the piece so it's a handy bit of maths magic.

Men in alcohol ads must be ugly

AdamSwish_I-Que — Wed, 27 Jul 2005 11:25:47 GMT

Culled from one of the daily e-mails I get: Lambrini {a nasty, cheap white wine} has fallen foul of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for failing to abide by new guidelines that men who feature in ads for alcohol should be unattractive. A poster ad for the sparkling drink brand showed three women 'hooking' a slim, young man in a parody of a funfair game. The ASA objected to the ad and advised that the man who starred in it should be either overweight, balding or middle-aged. It said the ad was potentially implying that the alcoholic drink brings sexual success because the man in question looked attractive and was desirable to the three girls. The ASA said: "If the man was clearly unattractive, we think the implication would be removed from the ad." The new guidelines, which were introduced last month, are designed to prevent companies using sex to sell their products and in particular to avoid firms making links between alcohol, seduction and sexual activity. Lambrini responded by saying it did not regard the ASA as an authority on what does and does not class as attractive. It added that sexual attraction cannot be governed and that beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Just when you thought the world couldn't get much more bonkers...

Something new and a bit of help please

AdamSwish_I-Que — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 22:26:57 GMT

OK a couple of weeks ago a photographer freind of mine came up with a concept for a set of photos staring me, dressed as "Adam Swish", as he would appear in the novel I'm writting at the moment (there's a link to it somewhere on my profile). So I turned up fully "fiction suited" up (not just a phrase I nicked from Grant Morrison, but also how I consider an actual suit) and posed for a few photos, even got a model friend of ours to pose with me just to add that air of glamour and such like. Anyway, six of the photos are now up in my gallery and I'd like you, my fabulous friends to take a gander* (maybe reval in the image of me looking smart) and let me know which should become the new image for me. *Management wave all responsibility over the effects of viewing these pictures.

A huge big thank you...

AdamSwish_I-Que — Mon, 25 Jul 2005 22:21:33 GMT

...to all my friends off here who sent me messages over the last two weeks concerning the drama currently in London and the rest of the country at the moment. Very much appreciated you guys...

I hate waiting around

AdamSwish_I-Que — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 16:09:01 GMT

Especially when that waiting around is done on a job where I get a fee rather than a hourly salary. Like the job I'm on at the moment. Where the more hours I do sat waiting for clients to get their shit together and come up with decisions on what they want done, or worst, content to be included on their site, the more my fee breaks down to an embrassingly low McJob hourly rate wage. Throw in the fact I have other, more pressing thinks to do (the kitchen and lounge/living room aren't going to clean themselves) and I'm becoming disenchanted...

More Birthday shennaigans

AdamSwish_I-Que — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 10:41:12 GMT

Just a little list of all the "famous" and (in one case at least) "infamous" folks I share my birthday with: Jon Heidenreich (WWE wrestler) Fabien Barthez (French National Teams Goalkeeper) Adam Woodyatt (Ian Beale off Eastenders) Fay Ripley (Cold feet, those annoying lottery ads) John Cusack (which I'm very, very happy about) Mary Stuart Masterson (equally happy about) Sanjee Bhaskar (the kumars and Goodness Gracious Me) Beverley Craven (singer) Mark Goodier (Radio DJ) DIane-Lousie Jordan (one time Blue Peter presenter) A.A. Gil (writer, critic, all round know it all) Sandy Gore (from Farscape) Kathy Bates (great actress) Clarissa Dickson-Wright (one of the Two Fat Ladies) Bruce Davison (Senator Kelly from the X-men movies) John Inman ("I'm free...") Dr Hans Blix (UN weapons inspector, yes THAT one) Cyril Smith (Liberal MP) Mel Brooks (genius) John Dillinger (Public Enemy Number One) All of which sounds like the makings for an unforgetable party. Oh and in researching this (through http://www.imdb.com and it's "On this day page") I also discovered that this is the same date that ArchDuke Franz Ferdinand died. Who knew my birthday started World War I...

It's my birthday

AdamSwish_I-Que — Tue, 28 Jun 2005 00:46:15 GMT

well in my time zone anyway. It's twenty to two the morning of June 28 as I type this in good old Blighty. A little over four (or is it five) hours till the actual time of my birth back in 1973. The start of my 33rd year (something my mom took great delight in pointing out to me last weekend, it's alright I got my own back and pointed out if she says that about me then she can't lie about her age) and me hitting the grand old age of 32. Scary? Yes. But only becasue I look around me and see what others have acheived by this age (both back in history and amongst my own peer group). But I refuse to be down beat about this. I here by promise that I am going to enjoy this birthday (the fact I'm out every night this week will help) and not get sad and depressed about my view of my own live. As my friends please feel free to smack me silly should I break this promise...

I can do magick me

AdamSwish_I-Que — Tue, 21 Jun 2005 23:15:58 GMT

It's true. Sunday I wanted a job or something to get me out of this far too familiar financial hole I found myself in. And by Tuesday I had one. No spells, scarifices or hunching over a crunched up sigil in the toilet. Just grabbing live (and myself) by the balls and wandering into a place that advertised they created websites and asking the boss if they needed a designer. And they did. So I'm playing with really old software (a version of photoshop that is pre-internet so no websafe colours, no safe for web, no ImageReady and I've not noticed the pen tool to create vector art either) on PAYING designs. WHich to the outside world is the important thing here. For me the former is the most important, just don't mention that in front of friends, and especially my folks...

The healing power of plastic bricks

AdamSwish_I-Que — Fri, 03 Jun 2005 20:31:41 GMT

Wander home in a really shit mood after a crap phone call off some recruit agency. I'm annoyed, I'm fuming, I'm (a little bit) sulking and doing my usual "if only I'd said that" routine. Basically I'm pissed off. Now two hours later I'm wearing the biggest of silly grins on my face. Why, well I'll tell you. I've from when I logged onto the the internet to right now as I type looking through the Lego website. God bless the Danes. PS If you could do with a damn good laugh and have a child-like sense of fun hit the site and play "Revenge of the Brick" (you're need quicktime). Got me out of my funk quicker then anything...