Neurotic Owl

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Road trip part three! O-K-L-A-H-O-M-A!

September 22, 2015 · Leave a comment

Road trip, part two. In which I piss off Arkansans. Is that what they’re called?

I feel like somebody’s going to bitch at me about this, since I have no idea if jug bands are even a thing in Arkansas.  Look, I’m just telling you … Continue reading

September 21, 2015 · Leave a comment

Road trip!

This is a set of little anecdotes about a road trip I went on in grad school with two friends (names are changed, but if you knew me in school, … Continue reading

September 18, 2015 · Leave a comment

Comics for no reason!

There may or may not be posts coming for the rest of this week; I’ve started drawing a sort of mini-comic book about the time a giraffe stole my lunchbox, … Continue reading

September 9, 2015 · Leave a comment

The Snow Queen (the other one)

 I asked this on Facebook already, but who’s read Joan D. Vinge’s ‘The Snow Queen’?  It’s a big juicy sci-fi novel based on the fairytale, and it’s pretty splendid.  I … Continue reading

September 8, 2015 · Leave a comment

The Snow Queen! The original one, not the sci-if one. She’ll happen soon enough.

 Oh, so many things to say about this fairytale.  Genda is fantastic and perseveres gamely through everything to save her childhood friend, even though the last time she saw him, … Continue reading

September 3, 2015 · Leave a comment

MOAR SADS.

Again, two levels for this quote.  Again, not the dress she actually had on for this song.  It’s a companion piece!

September 1, 2015 · Leave a comment

And then with the sads again.

 So I know this isn’t the outfit she wore during the song, but they so frequently made Tara super frumpy that I really wanted her to have her flattering (if … Continue reading

August 31, 2015 · Leave a comment

A Wrinkle in Time.

 A couple of things – I know this one’s very simple compared to what I’ve been doing lately.  I did play with working in Aunt Beast, and the centaur-like creatures, … Continue reading

August 28, 2015 · Leave a comment

Trigger warning?

So usually this is where, if you haven’t read the book, I say to do so, but there’s a caveat this time.  Robin McKinley’s Deerskin is an amazing and wonderful … Continue reading

August 26, 2015 · Leave a comment