black wool holiday, coconut cream and milk

admiration and inspiration

: blackwool; January 31st, 2009

where am i?:: nice cool cellar

how am i?:: intimidated

sounds in my ears:: keyboard clicks

So, I have been admiring the lovely photo's and such from some other live-journal-ians, in particular,

machinedance ,

atillathehan ,

razor_candi and

thestuntkid

here's a sample

I am amazed by the wonderful things these people can do with their appearance! Makes me feel rather boring though!

I found this excercise on

atillathehan 's page, thought I'd have a go at it:

You.
Can.
Only.
Type.
One.
Word.

No.
Explanations.

1. Yourself:
expressive

2. Your boyfriend/girlfriend (spouse):
educated

3. Your hair:
purpleish

4. Your mother:
brave

5. Your Father:
thoughtful

6. Your Favorite Item:
varies

7. Your dream last night:
hotel

8. Your Favorite drink:
chai

9. Your Dream Car:
dodge

10. The room you are in:
cellar

11. Your Ex:
non-existant

12. Your fear:
hospital

13. What you want to be in 10 years?
colourful

14. Who you hung out with last night?
Ace

15. What You're Not?
dark

16. Muffins:
chewy

17. One of Your Wish List Items:
hang drum

18. Time:
fast

19. The Last Thing You Did:
talk

20. What You Are Wearing:
comfy

21. Your Favorite Weather:
varies

22. Your Favorite Book:
murakami

23. The Last Thing You Ate:
lindt

24. Your Life:
indefinable

25. Your Mood:
restless

26. Your best friend:
unsure

27. What are you thinking about right now?
fringe

28. Your car:
non-existant

29. What are you doing at the moment?
internet

30. Your summer:
dry

31. Your relationship status:
very

32. What is on your TV?
pokemon

33. What is the weather like?
blistering

34. When is the last time you laughed?
recent

hee. : ) that was fun!

take care! - blackwool xoxo

Tags: admiration, hair, livejournal, survey

not about halloween

: blackwool; October 31st, 2008

where am i?:: land of internet

how am i?:: cheerful

sounds in my ears:: teenage song from the next room

okay, so i'm not anti halloween, but i just don't find it all that exciting, so despite the rather good re-decoration in here this evening, I will not be posting spooky halloween related fun-things.

Instead, how about a darn good music video by josh pike. I get shivers everytime i hear this song. Makes me want to go forest-ing. It also makes me a little sad somehow.

and another which makes me feel very happy : )

Also, a list of common, interesting and odd clothing items : )

...and a complete list of things you should do with a drunken sailor

Stick him in a bag and beat him senseless, (3×)

Early in the morning!

Put him in the longboat till he’s sober, (3×)

Early in the morning!

Take him, shake him and try an' wake him, (3×)

Early in the morning!

Put him in the brig until he's sober, (3×)

Early in the morning!

Slap him around and call him Suzie, (3×)

Early in the morning!

Put him in bed/the brig/the hold with the captain's daughter, (3×)

Early in the morning!

You haven't seen the captain's daughter, (3×)

Early in the morning!

Keelhaul the man until he's sober, (3×)

Early in the morning!

Put 'im in the crow's nest and watch him fall down, (3×)

Early in the morning!

Put 'im in a leaky boat an' make 'im bail 'er, (3×)

Early in the morning!

Put him in the bilge and make him drink it, (3x)

Early in the morning!

Put him in the scuppers with a hosepipe on him, (3×)

Early in the morning!

Put 'im in the back of the paddywagon, (3×)

Early in the morning!

Take 'im and shake 'im and try an' wake 'im, (3×)

Early in the morning!

Give 'im a dose of salt and water, (3×)

Early in the morning!

Give 'im a taste of the bosun's rope-end, (3×)

Early in the morning!

Stick on 'is back a mustard plaster, (3×)

Early in the morning!

Soak 'im in oil till he sprouts a flipper, (3×)

Early in the morning!

Heave him by the leg in a running bowline, (3×)

Early in the morning!

Tie him to the taffrail when she’s yardarm under, (3×)

Early in the morning!

Keelhaul him, keelhaul him, (3×)

Early in the morning!

Shave his belly with a rusty razor, (3×)

Early in the morning!

Set him polishing up the brasswork, (3×)

Early in the morning!

'Round with the rum and scotch and whiskey, (3×)

Early in the morning!

Go to the market and buy some apples, (3x)

Early in the morning!

a very charming cover of bjork's "all is full of love, sung by the Bitone Children's Troupe

(The mission of The Bitone Children’s Home/Troupe is to restore the lives and hopes of Ugandan children between 8 and 18 years old who have been traumatized by the death of their parents or loss of their home due to disease, war, or economic hardship.)

The following photographs are by Gavin Fernandes, and I absolutely love them. His website is very swish.

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And now, I will leave you with "The Teenage Song", and a 3 year old explaining Star Wars : )

Enjoy!

- much love from blackwool xoxo

Tags: bitone, bjork, clothing, drunken sailor, photography, star wars, teenage song

the best things

: blackwool; October 23rd, 2008

where am i?:: land of internet

how am i?:: chipper

sounds in my ears:: computer humming and footsteps on top floor

Some very good stuff:

Andy Goldsworthy, one of my favourite artists of all time. He is very amazing...

This next video is rather poorly edited, but it shows some of his most amazing work.

Other rather good things:

www.bestthing.info The Best Thing project was created as a side project to the webcomic xkcd. The goal is to try to determine the best thing ever through majority vote mediated by decent algorithms. You should go have a look, it's very clever.

So, as voted by this site's users, the top ten best things are:

Being outside at night when it's the perfect temperature
Waking up to your crush knocking on the door and proceeding to make mad monkey love all afternoon
Being able find the perfect, witty response to everything someone says to you
Being able to come up with comebacks right away
Having a 100% sarcastic conversation with someone who thinks you're serious
Meeting that 1% of the population that you actually get along with and can call your friend
Being able to teleport anywhere you wanted just by willing yourself to
Be able to do anything, I said ANYTHING!
Having a pair of magical pants that always had money in the pockets
The ability to make every woman in a room simultaneously hit orgasm simply by walking in.
Secret passages behind bookshelves
Hair that does whatever you want just by thinking about it
Discover that you can stop time at will
Saying the perfect comeback at the perfect time.
Having crazy mind control abilities
Movies that get better every time you see them.
Having feet. It's pretty awesome.
Finding out that every time you reach into your pocket, you find another $100 bill.
Being able to read minds...AND being awfully good looking.
Finding a lamp with a genie who offers you three wishes, and you CAN wish for more wishes.

love love! - blackwool oxo

Tags: andy goldsworthy, best things

art of the body, designs for a new generation

: blackwool; September 29th, 2008

where am i?:: land of internet

how am i?:: creative

sounds in my ears:: hum of computers and blow-heater

So I read an article in Frankie magazine a few months back, about tattoos, particularly the difference between tattoos that look cool when you're young and buff, but look weird and a bit sad when you get older, and the kind that truly are well thought-out works of modern art, which are more likely to age gracefully.

I liked this whole idea because I've never been a huge fan of the classic "I'm-a-rebellious-young-street-goer-who-likes-skulls-and-black-roses-an-shit" style designs. I will probably never get a tattoo myself, but as an art form, I find it very interesting.

So anyway i went and had a hunt around for some new and different approaches to a very old practice, and this is what I found:

This one (above) I particularly like. On his left wrist is three lines, "for writing haiku"

This one (above) is a 3D image!

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Hope you enjoyed this exploration into alternate styles of body art. : )

wishing you all much joy and arty-ness

- blackwool xoxo

Tags: body art, tattoo

bjork and imogen heap's eco-house in wales...if only

: blackwool; September 23rd, 2008

where am i?:: land of internet

how am i?:: optimistic

sounds in my ears:: ashton discussing pokemon

Hullo! Thought I'd share this link to a really amazing article about an eco community in Wales. Very very interesting.

Also, this is the official video for Bjork's the Dull Flame of Desire featuring Antony Hegarty. it features a mix of the three winning entries for their music video competition. I like the second one best i think, though the others are very clever.

Also imogen heap is so wonderful...

And, despite what others might say, i love these dresses : )

lovelovelove! - blackwool

Tags: bjork, eco-house, imogen heap, wales

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