Neurotic Owl

flapping vaguely downward through clouds of uncertainty on wings of existential dread

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Mmmmmm, it’s hedgehoglicious.

The real trick is not poking holes in the pasta.

April 2, 2014 · Leave a comment

Can I take the day off, too? Please? Pretty please with cartoon hedgehogs on top?

Because I apparently have inflammation around the nerve in my thigh, which is why it feels like a constant gentle burning, occasionally interspersed with a furious fucking burning and sometimes, … Continue reading →

April 1, 2014 · Leave a comment

Buffering. Or maybe fluffering. Wait, no, that’s something else.

“The TV never needs to load.” – Lord Charlie Roundbelly of Lickington

March 31, 2014 · Leave a comment

See? It’s a happy one!

Which, if my friend V who coined this phrase could, in fact, make a mix for the orgasmic mushroom soup she fed us last weekend, I would not care what … Continue reading →

March 28, 2014 · Leave a comment

This is infinitely creepier than I meant it to be. Also, FAQs!

Seriously, I was going for cute.  She’s not stealing the baby permanently, she just wants to hold it and sing to it and possibly sniff its head and play with … Continue reading →

March 27, 2014 · Leave a comment

Actually, really frequent stress criers know that you do it INSIDE the stall, but I didn’t feel like drawing him on the toilet.

The sink is for when you’re pretty sure you’re done crying, so you go splash cold water on your face to try to look less like you’ve been hysterically sobbing, … Continue reading →

March 26, 2014 · Leave a comment

Just cast a snowy owl, you!

This came up several times recently, both because underrepresentation of people of colour in theatre is always an issue, and because the opera company I work for announced next year’s … Continue reading →

March 25, 2014 · Leave a comment

Hey, L? IT’S A THING NOW.

A few days back L coined the term ‘britster’ (like an Anglophile, but with more irony), and then was immediately horrified by what she had wrought and demanded that no … Continue reading →

March 25, 2014 · 2 Comments

Mini-rant!

For the purposes of today, pretend he’s a lady owl, because while there certainly are a few men in the world who try to squeeze into the tiniest space possible … Continue reading →

March 21, 2014 · Leave a comment

They’re certainly not in mine.

March 20, 2014 · Leave a comment