Neurotic Owl

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

Saturday! Time for another break from owls and their neuroses.

The first two pages were originally published in ‘Contemporary Doll Collector’, February-March 2009, but the others have never seen the light of day (except when I flip through my old … Continue reading →

February 2, 2013 · 2 Comments

His novel is roughly the size of my (unfinished) undergraduate thesis. Did you know those things were only supposed to be about 20 pages?

. . . which is why I teeechnically shouldn’t have graduated the honours program.  I meant to finish it, I really did, but I had to go talk to the … Continue reading →

February 1, 2013 · Leave a comment

He must be a grad student.

January 31, 2013 · Leave a comment

Sometimes he makes poor life choices.

January 30, 2013 · Leave a comment

Somehow I don’t think it’s going to work.

“I see. . . despair.”

January 29, 2013 · Leave a comment

In which more nerdy owls are posted and I succumb to peer pressure.

Also, I opened a Zazzle store because a few people told me to and I sometimes do as I’m told.   http://www.zazzle.com/neuroticowl

January 28, 2013 · 3 Comments

introducing manic pixie otter

She’s not taking over, I’m just occasionally in the mood for joyous insanity.    She used manic panic, of course.

January 27, 2013 · 2 Comments

doctor. . . who?

January 27, 2013 · 3 Comments

. . . and now for something completely different.

I thought once a week or so I’d post a different art project, costume piece, whatever — something besides owls that makes me happy. I did this a few months … Continue reading →

January 26, 2013 · Leave a comment

What can I say?

So if you haven’t seen it, the tagline was inspired by this spectacular video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFCuE5rHbPA.  Awesome, no?   In other news, I’ve started adding colour to some of these where … Continue reading →

January 26, 2013 · Leave a comment