Neurotic Owl

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

Author Archives: naralesser

In which I draw a monkey.

And some other stuff, clearly.  ‘A Little Princess’ was one of my absolute favourite books as a kid, even with its painfully Victorian outlook, for fairly shallow reasons.  I loved … Continue reading

August 6, 2015 · Leave a comment

Just a quick PSA?

I’ve talked about this before, but it bears occasional repeating.  If you’re having frequent crying jags, if you feel hopeless, if you have thoughts about hurting yourself — SEE A … Continue reading

August 5, 2015 · Leave a comment

He’s alive, dammit! It’s a miracle!

I’m not shilling for a certain Netflix series, but a friend suggested it and it just seemed perfect.

August 4, 2015 · Leave a comment

And then podcast references that only a few of you will recognize.

There was a recent episode of the Judge John Hodgman podcast involving some dude who wanted desperately to buy a large and apparently rather ugly axe to hang over his … Continue reading

August 3, 2015 · Leave a comment

THAT’S Murdercat!

If you don’t listen to WITs, but do share your life with one or more cats, this should still make perfect sense.  Oooh, one of the segments has been posted … Continue reading

July 31, 2015 · Leave a comment

Tiny owls really shouldn’t adopt cats.

Because when my fourteen pound cat sleeps on my face, it’s not great, but when it’s Neurotic Owl’s teensy weensy face, it’s MUUUUURDERRRR.  About which, more tomorrow.

July 30, 2015 · Leave a comment

It is a truth universally acknowledged that Lizzie Bennett is awesome.

Well, almost universally acknowledged, since I know a few people who still don’t like Austen (M!!!!!).  NOT EVEN THE FILM VERSIONS.  I asked, because sometimes, when a book is a … Continue reading

July 29, 2015 · Leave a comment

Zombie apocalypse! Except I didn’t actually draw any zombies.

This is both The Bloggess and K’s fault, because they shared one of those things where your zombie apocalypse team is decided by the last three things you watched.  Mine … Continue reading

July 28, 2015 · Leave a comment

Mama just killed a witch! Put a wand up to her head, used some magic, now she’s dead.

I’m the worst at advertising, so if I haven’t mentioned it lately, these are available on t-shirts at https://www.teepublic.com/user/neuroticowl and on other kinds of t-shirts and a bunch of other stuff at http://www.redbubble.com/people/neuroticowl/. … Continue reading

July 27, 2015 · Leave a comment

Stardance!

I think you all know by now that I spent a lot of my life training to be a professional dancer, and that that did not pan out.  This isn’t … Continue reading

July 25, 2015 · Leave a comment