sooo there's been a change of plan-- due to Blogspot's weird formatting issues (you write the thing and get all your pictures looking all cool with text wrapped around them and other fancy tricks and then you post it and it comes out TOTALLY DIFFERENT!), I am going to start experimenting with Wordpress instead. It will be the same blog, The Loamly Goatherd, just different.
All of the posts I've written on this blog will still be here in case you ever need to reference some ridiculously intelligent blurb I spouted in November 2009, or super hip groove I posted in December that you simply can't live without. All of that will be here.
New stuff, however, will be posted at www.theloamlygoatherd.wordpress.com, so in the future you can head over there to get your sporadic-and-rando-musings-about-my-life-and-other-things fix.
Thanks pals! As always, I lurve you all very very much.
Frances
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
it's been a hot minute
Greetings, babies! Long time no blog!
I hope you are all whizzpop boom bam pow! I am feeling pretty great myself. The quarter's over: I got into Western's design program, I somehow managed to wrangle A's in French, drawing, AND band (although I'm pretty sure everyone got an A in band), and Ive been hanging out with REAL LIVE PEOPLE! As opposed to the dogs and my blankie, who are always great company and we remain quite close, but humans are turning out to be fun, too.
Also, yesterday I embarked on A Great Hunt for Inspiration and came across some really incredible stuff. Here are a few tasty morsels:
These are by a Swedish illustrator named Stina Persson. They are some of the most gorgeous things I have ever seen. The colors are glorious and her use of negative space is so innovative and bold and yet so delicate, I can hardly stand it. I love these. Don't ask me how Persson manages to keep her watercolors under such precise control-- I've been asking myself the same question for 36 hours straight and I really haven't the foggiest.
You can see her complete portfolio here.
This one is by Finnish-born illustrator, Kustaa Saksi. Both Saksi and Persson favor sharp graphics with bold contrast augmented by silky watercolor drippiness. Loves it. This one (below) is by Chad Hagen. I think the colors are spectrumtacular and I want to know how he handled all the layering and overlapping of those semi-transparent hues. Teach me preeze, Mr. Hagen?
Vintage Citroen ads-- I mean come on. Tell me that ain't crispy.
1975 is more my style, though.
I hope you are all whizzpop boom bam pow! I am feeling pretty great myself. The quarter's over: I got into Western's design program, I somehow managed to wrangle A's in French, drawing, AND band (although I'm pretty sure everyone got an A in band), and Ive been hanging out with REAL LIVE PEOPLE! As opposed to the dogs and my blankie, who are always great company and we remain quite close, but humans are turning out to be fun, too.
Also, yesterday I embarked on A Great Hunt for Inspiration and came across some really incredible stuff. Here are a few tasty morsels:
These are by a Swedish illustrator named Stina Persson. They are some of the most gorgeous things I have ever seen. The colors are glorious and her use of negative space is so innovative and bold and yet so delicate, I can hardly stand it. I love these. Don't ask me how Persson manages to keep her watercolors under such precise control-- I've been asking myself the same question for 36 hours straight and I really haven't the foggiest.
You can see her complete portfolio here.
This one is by Finnish-born illustrator, Kustaa Saksi. Both Saksi and Persson favor sharp graphics with bold contrast augmented by silky watercolor drippiness. Loves it. This one (below) is by Chad Hagen. I think the colors are spectrumtacular and I want to know how he handled all the layering and overlapping of those semi-transparent hues. Teach me preeze, Mr. Hagen?
Vintage Citroen ads-- I mean come on. Tell me that ain't crispy.
1975 is more my style, though.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Kickin' it real tough
I like fish and mango pickle/when I climb trees dem feet dem tickle
The good word of M.I.A. -- amen, right?
Hey so check out: you can customize your own DUNXXX!!! It's a way good distraction strategy (distrategy, if you will). Friggaligs, dude, I could do this ALL DAY! Check it--
Cute Fuzzy Dunks
Tacksville Dunks (My goal with these was to create a pair of shoes so obnoxious that even I, queen of the anything goes wardrobe, would never wear them. I failed- they are undeniably obnoxious but I would totally wear them anyway.)
Bugs (Jeebs! The dudes' colors are way better than the girlzz...)
Soleil
Ninja Turtles TMNT theme was unintentional, but what can I say? Cowabunga suckazzz!
Aight Ima go read about war and the death penalty.
PEACE
Frandoodle
The good word of M.I.A. -- amen, right?
Hey so check out: you can customize your own DUNXXX!!! It's a way good distraction strategy (distrategy, if you will). Friggaligs, dude, I could do this ALL DAY! Check it--
Cute Fuzzy Dunks
Tacksville Dunks (My goal with these was to create a pair of shoes so obnoxious that even I, queen of the anything goes wardrobe, would never wear them. I failed- they are undeniably obnoxious but I would totally wear them anyway.)
Bugs (Jeebs! The dudes' colors are way better than the girlzz...)
Soleil
Ninja Turtles TMNT theme was unintentional, but what can I say? Cowabunga suckazzz!
Aight Ima go read about war and the death penalty.
PEACE
Frandoodle
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
ReMIXXX
Dudes! I have a paper that I should really (REALLY) be writing right now, but I want to show these songs ultra speedy quick-like and then I will get my write on.
ok check it:
Kanye - Gold Digger (Diplo remix)
Ok Go - This Too Shall Pass (Passion Pit remix)
The Beatles - Come Together (Starfire remix)
Lil Wayne - Fireman So Cold (A-Trak remix)
ok I love you all a whole very lot much
Francoise
ok check it:
Kanye - Gold Digger (Diplo remix)
Ok Go - This Too Shall Pass (Passion Pit remix)
The Beatles - Come Together (Starfire remix)
Lil Wayne - Fireman So Cold (A-Trak remix)
ok I love you all a whole very lot much
Francoise
Saturday, February 6, 2010
Friday, February 5, 2010
We wii? Oui oui, we wii!
Holy mackerel what a BEEYOOTIFUL day!!!! It's downright BALMY! Way good.
Here's the bulletin:
Kid Cudi - Highs N Lows
Dan Black ft. Kid Cudi - Symphonies
Aight I gots to GO, y'all! The playground is calling my name...
I lurve you berry much! Franny
Here's the bulletin:
- I gave myself a haircut. I guess it could be better, but I didn't cut very much off and it was so shaggy already that you can't really tell the difference anyway.
- Ryan brought home a Wii last week, which means that every evening starting around 7ish our living room becomes Obom's Bowling Oasis (or the OBOwl to those is the know). I Wii bowled for the first time ever last night and surprised myself by not being awful. I didn't roll a single gutter ball, though, which goes to show that Wii bowling is nothing at all like real bowling. Anyone who's seen me bowl in real life can tell you that.
- There must be a major Kid Cudi blogging craze going on because about a third of the songs today on hype machine either have him in them, on them, around them, (insert your own preposition here) them, or ARE him. WAY GOOD. CHeck it out:
Kid Cudi - Highs N Lows
Dan Black ft. Kid Cudi - Symphonies
Aight I gots to GO, y'all! The playground is calling my name...
I lurve you berry much! Franny
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Developments on "Don't ask, don't tell", John McCain, and how to feel okay after hearing what he has to say...
Informative article by Elisabeth Bumiller of the New York Times on what's going on with "don't ask, don't tell" right this second. To say I'm hopeful would be pushing it, but people are talking about it which is definitely something.
I find that, whenever Senator John McCain speaks, it helps to do something else, like whistle, hum, or listen to recordings of whale noises, at the same time. Multitasking helps tune out the hatefulness and bigotry.
I mean, don't 100% ignore it, because it is essentially the only argument in favor of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy and therefore a crucial part of the discourse, but still. I think ignoring at least 55% of it is permissible.
If you are unable to tune him out, this is a guaranteed cure-all megatronic wonder remedy for heavy boots:
This video of somebody tickling a cute fuzzy
In other news, the French test that I thought I bombed actually turned out aight (91% suckazzzz!)
Have I mentioned yet to day that I love you all? Because I do.
kissing noises, Franny
I find that, whenever Senator John McCain speaks, it helps to do something else, like whistle, hum, or listen to recordings of whale noises, at the same time. Multitasking helps tune out the hatefulness and bigotry.
I mean, don't 100% ignore it, because it is essentially the only argument in favor of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy and therefore a crucial part of the discourse, but still. I think ignoring at least 55% of it is permissible.
If you are unable to tune him out, this is a guaranteed cure-all megatronic wonder remedy for heavy boots:
This video of somebody tickling a cute fuzzy
In other news, the French test that I thought I bombed actually turned out aight (91% suckazzzz!)
Have I mentioned yet to day that I love you all? Because I do.
kissing noises, Franny
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- I was going to call this blob the Lonely Goatherd but thought that might be misleading because I am not, in fact, a very lonely person. The Loamly Goatherd works out quite nicely because loam rhymes with lone and also happens to be my favorite soil type. When I am not buzzing about being an agriculture and education student at Western Washington University, I am a cooker, a baker, an eater, a feeder of people, and a knitter-sewer-felter of all things soft and wooly.