About The Goat
The Ugly Goat is an eccentric (I like ‘eccentric’, it sounds interesting – ‘crazy’ just sounds crazy) individual who believes bathtubs should be installed in living rooms and that good books should come waterproofed.
She accidentally fell into working for herself as an illustrator/artist at a young age, before deciding she’d like a glimpse at the ‘real world’. Two ‘real world’ jobs and a near nervous breakdown later, she decided the real world could stick it, quite frankly.
Now I’m back to working as an illustrator, and I’m often not quite sure what exactly I spend my time on – all I know is I spend a lot of time getting chewed on by a cat that thinks it’s a bird and drinking bad coffee.
Some things you may (or may not!) like to know!
- I’m from Wollongong, Australia and met Seth, my American partner online back in the golden age of ICQ.
- I love pineapple, argyle, walking, natural history and weather. Any weather. Rain, hail or shine – weather is great in my books.
- Animals turn up where I am. They ambush me and take over my home. Everybody thinks I do this on purpose – I don’t.
- I struggle to touch anything even remotely sticky.
- I suffer from depression on and off. I write about it, but I have too much other stuff going on in my life to have it be prime focus.
- I dislike a lot of things, but two things that especially haunt me: tile grout and the idea of having honey in my hair.
- I think Douglas Adams books and acid wash denim are among the major problems humanity faces today.
In conclusion: I have no explanation for the way I am, except that as a child I routinely ate toothpaste as a snack. It can’t have helped.
