Neurotic Owl

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

Tag Archives: this won’t end well

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

So, no joke, I JUST now noticed that I left the H out of Owlphonse.

And okay, his name is also spelled with one more A and one less O and W, but that’s a joke and the missing H is just dumb.  It’s going … Continue reading

September 26, 2013 · Leave a comment

No, I really am. It’s okay.

You know that feeling where the self-loathing and frustration and anger and hurt all just pile up reeeeeeeally slowly, so slowly that you can’t always tell it’s happening until some … Continue reading

September 24, 2013 · 1 Comment

You’re turning violet, Violet!

  I say this as someone who loves Willy Wonka (both movies in different ways, but the book first and foremost) and Roald Dahl in general — you should not … Continue reading

September 23, 2013 · 2 Comments

Oof.

I swear, I’ve had it in the back of my head to post all day today, but the front of my head has been busy figuring out what these people … Continue reading

September 22, 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

OK, now I know where he lives.

After I said the other day that I wasn’t sure what sort of habitat Neurotic Owl inhabits (habitually), K suggested a house built into a nest.  This pleases me. Of … Continue reading

September 12, 2013 · Leave a comment

He should probably hire a handyman. Handyowl? Handylemur, I think.

RED ROOM. I honestly haven’t decided whether he lives in a house or a nest or a burrow, but whatever it is, that accent wall was a bad idea.

September 9, 2013 · Leave a comment