Neurotic Owl

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Weekly! thingy and the Ten of Pentacles/The Girl Without Hands

Have you ever thought, “Gee, I love Snow White, but I wish it was significantly more fucked up. I wish it was like an oddly religious Saw movie. I wish … Continue reading

April 3, 2023 · Leave a comment

Not so weekly thingy and the 10 of swords/Twa Sisters

If you don’t know this ballad/set of ballads, the basic story in the variation I know best is: Two sisters are in love with the same man; the older dark-haired … Continue reading

September 5, 2022 · Leave a comment

Weekly thingy and piggies.

It’s hard to get an appropriate look of horror on those wee faces. Places to buy stuff! TEEPUBLIC: mostly t-shirts, a few other products.  Watch for sales, when shirts drop … Continue reading

January 19, 2019 · Leave a comment

Oy I’m tired.

But also I’m making some pretty fun stuff, so there’s that.  Not sure I can tell you exactly what the story is here, but if you’re in Houston and coming … Continue reading

November 12, 2018 · Leave a comment

Weekly thingy and theatre stories.

  So we’ll be doing West Side Story soon, and one of the joys of working a show is learning the names of characters that may or may not ever … Continue reading

February 24, 2018 · Leave a comment

And then I did a dumb.

Or actually, quite a while ago I did a dumb.  See, I drew this thing specifically for the second colouring book.  I would have sworn to you that it was … Continue reading

November 3, 2017 · 1 Comment

I made a thing and now I am DONE.

This is from a Simplicity pattern and ha!  Ha I say!  I am an experienced stitcher lady who balks at neither corset nor chiffon, and this bitch made me weep … Continue reading

April 19, 2016 · Leave a comment

If you even THINK about burning a library down, I will cut you.

Hypatia (of a few different places, really) is mostly remembered as a brilliant philosopher and mathematician, and as a rational person murdered by an irrational religious mob.  Seems like a … Continue reading

January 19, 2016 · Leave a comment

You know what’s even more unsettling than wearing a mask of your friend’s face? Voter apathy.

Will not rant, will not rant, will not rant. . .  YOU HAD ONE JOB, VOTERS!  And dumbasses who can’t understand what they’re voting for did that job, and now … Continue reading

November 4, 2015 · Leave a comment

I break for opera. (Braking for opera would just be weird.)

More cartoons are coming, but I saw Tosca last night, and I have THOUGHTS.  First of all, it was beautiful and glorious and if you’re in the Houston area, you … Continue reading

October 21, 2015 · 1 Comment