Neurotic Owl

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

Tag Archives: anachronisms

Then some more happened, so that’s ok.

Remember how, weekend before last, I was all, “All work and no play makes Neurotic Owl something something” and said that posting would be a bit sketchier?  And then, immediately … Continue reading

October 7, 2013 · Leave a comment

I feel like this one might merit explanation.

If, for some reason, like never having been a determinedly romantic and dreamy 13-year-old girl, you aren’t familiar with Dante Gabriel Rosetti, behold: I love a painter who picks one … Continue reading

October 3, 2013 · Leave a comment

Introducing another childhood fear!

Can I just say that if you have a young child who’s already terrified of the dark, and showers, and being left alone, and spiders, and needles, and, really, life, … Continue reading

October 1, 2013 · Leave a comment

Grrrrriffyndorrrr! (But I’m still a Hufflepuff.)

September 30, 2013 · Leave a comment

Oh, Beardsley. You naughty scamp, you.

Have you ever sat and looked through a large book of Beardsley prints with a bunch of really young college students?  I did, back when I was in grad school … Continue reading

September 27, 2013 · 1 Comment

Sometimes I regret my choices.

Which is why I went back and redid the caption for this one — as I recall, it was my first art owl and I hadn’t quite worked out the … Continue reading

September 25, 2013 · Leave a comment

Because didn’t you always want to see an owl in a chastity belt?

This is not going to help my Google search terms list.

September 23, 2013 · Leave a comment

Talking to other humans, eep.

And I agree with him.  Making phone calls is terrifying and a leetle bit panic-inducing and nauseated-making.  In fact, my most hated part of my job is the phone calls … Continue reading

September 18, 2013 · Leave a comment

It’s VAN DAY! (That’s a thing now.)

Y’all! Y’all!  Remember this?  Remember how I said it needed expanding?  And then I waited with bated breath and you guys probably forgot it existed because you have lives and … Continue reading

September 16, 2013 · Leave a comment

I’m not great at drawing cars.

That’s supposed to be a Gremlin, just so you know — not because that’s what I drive, I have a reasonably reliable although somewhat elderly Honda Accord named Kaylee, but … Continue reading

September 12, 2013 · Leave a comment