I think I just managed to get two wordpress loops running at the same time on my home page, without breaking the rest of the theme. Nifty.

Edit: Except the styling for the second loop is a bit off. Dangnabbit.
Edit2: Ha. Fixed it.
Edit3: And yet, it still won’t work exactly the way I’d like. Switching back to the old theme for the time being. Aarg.